Learning about Language教案3

Book4 Unit2 Working the land(导学案）

Using language Teaching aims 1.

Get the students to know the disadvantages of chemical farming and to catch the advantages of organic farming. 2.

Get the students to learn some important language points in this passage. 3.

Enhance the students’ speaking ability and let them express themselves freely.

Teaching procedures Step 1. lead in Step 2 . Reading Task1 Fast-reading (1)

Read the passage on Page 14 quickly to find out the main idea of each paragraph. Para.1

A.Farmers and customers turn to organic farming. Para2.

B.Other methods to keep the soil fertile. Para.3

C.Long-term use of chemical fertilizers can cause damage to the land and people’s health.

Para4.

D.Problems caused by chemical fertilizers. (2) Read the passage quickly , try to get the main idea of this passage.

can cause many problems,so

is

becoming more popular. Task 2 Careful-reading

1. Which statement is TRUE according to the text? A. All crops are organic.

B. Recently, more and more farmers have used chemical fertilizers. C. All farmers use fertilizers.

D. Scientists believe long-term use of chemical fertilizers can cause harm to people. 2. Which is NOT the reason why organic farmers prefer natural waste from animals? A. It can keep the food free from chemicals. B. It can keep the air, soil and water free from chemicals. C. It can kill harmful pests.

D. It can make the soil richer in mineral. 3. What is the advantage of using chemical fertilizers? A. Leaving chemicals in the ground for a long time is good for water supply. B. They can get the soil exhausted. C. They can kill helpful bacteria. D. They can kill harmful pest.

4. The organic farmers do the followings except ______. A. adding fertilizers which is rich in mineral B. changing crops every two or three years C. planting seeds in different layers of the soil D. planting grass between crops to prevent the soil from being blown away Step 3 Language points

Step 4 Exercises Fill in the blanks 1.

(laugh) often will benefit you a lot. 2.More and more trees and flowers have been planted in our school,

(make)it as beautiful as a garden. 3.Recently, because of illness, he

(lie) in bed all day. 4.He prefers

(walk)along the river in the morning.

Correct errors 5. Writing and reading is her two hobbies.

6.Her poor English often led to misunderstand when she first went to England.

7.He made no comment with what I said.

8.Costs have been reduced 20% over the past year.

Step5 Make a dialogue (pair work) 1)Situation: You are a farmer and your partner is the customer, who doesn’t know much about the green food. You are persuading the customer to buy your “green food” that is healthy and safe but more expensive. farmer customer It’s better to …

I’d prefer…because…

This is good value because…

I don’t like… because …

The advantages are…

If I have a choice I’ll choose…

It’s more expensive but…

What’s the advantage of…?

You’ll taste the difference when…

I’d rather…

It’s a great pity that…

Step 6 Homework 1.请以“PLASTIC OR CLOTH BAGS?”为题模仿这篇文章的篇章结构和句子结构去写一篇说明文。

2.复习文章中的知识点。