8B Unit 8 A green worldReading ILearning aims:Students should be able to skim for the main idea of Green Switzerland and scan for some details. Whats more, they will be able to understand the importance of protecting the environment.Learning focus:Discussing more ways to protect the environment.Step 1 Pre-reading1. Review how to live a green life2. Lead in some new words like make a difference, keep it that way, plastic, separate,-with the help of pictures to sweep away the difficulty in reading.Step 2 While-reading1. Discuss the title of the article.Ask: Whats the title of the article?Whats the article mainly about?What does green mean?2. Conclude the writing order.Say: According to the title, what writing order is the article in?Yes, its in G-S-G order.Ask: So how many parts are there in the article? And what are they?3. Skim for the main idea of each part.4. Scan each part and solve different tasks.Part 1 Ask: What does that way mean?What will be talked about in the following part?Part 2 Ask: How to keep it that way? Can you find the key words in Paragraphs 2-4?Say: Here are some tips to help you find key words.Yes, The three ways are recycling, laws, new energy.Lets read about Recycling makes it greenAsk: How do people in Switzerland recycle?How do they recycle clothes?Say: Lets talk about recycling around us.Say: Lets read about Laws make it green and complete the sentences.Ask: What else can we do to reduce pollution?Say: Lets read about New energy makes it green and choose correct answers.Ask: Why do we say nature is our greatest treasure?Part 3 Say: Nature is our greatest treasure, so each of us should do something. If we act together,we can make a difference. This is the purpose of writing the article.Ask: What does green mean?Why does Martina choose blog to write the article?Step 3 Post-readingSay: lets discuss how to make Yangzhou greener. And design a poster for it.-Lets show our posters.Ask: -, what do you think of his/her posters