14 Polluted Playgrounds Questions 1 What can you

多维阅读第 14级 Polluted Playgrounds

Questions 1. What can you see on the cover? 2. What’s the title? 3. What do the children look like? 4. What do you think might have happened to these children?

Look at the pictures and predict 1. Where is it? 2. Can children play here? Why or why not? 3. Why do you think children like to play here?

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Check your predictions Read pages 4 -5 and answer the questions. 1. Where is it? It is a place with poisonous plant. 2. Can children play here? Why or why not? No, they can’t. Because some kinds of plants are poisonous. And they could make children very sick. 3. Why do you think children like to play here? Because some children think it is fun to play in it.

Check your predictions Read pages 6 -7 and answer the questions. 1. Where is it? It is a rubbish dump. 2. Can children play here? Why or why not? Why do you think a rubbish dump is dirty and dangerous? No, they can’t. Because a rubbish dump is a very dirty place to play in. It is also dangerous. 3. Why do you think children like to play here? Because they can look through the rubbish and find things they can make money.

Check your predictions Read pages 8 -9 and answer the questions. 1. Where is it? It is a swimming place with full of rubbish. 2. Can children play here? Why or why not? No, they can’t. Because when children swim in dirty water, they can get very sick. 3. Why do you think children like to play here? Because some people don’t have clean beaches or rivers where they can swim.

Check your predictions Read pages 10 -11 and answer the questions. 1. Where is it? It is in the drains. 2. Can children play here? Why or why not? No, they can’t. Because sometimes a pipe can break. Water can squirt out of the pipe. This water is not clean. 3. Why do you think children like to play here? (Students’ own answers. )

Summary Read the whole book again and summarize the situations of the four playgrounds the reasons for the situations the bad effects

Group work Work in groups of four and each one choose a playground to talk about: You must include: the situation of the playground, the reason for its insecurity, its bad effects,

Group work Work in groups of four and each one talk about the playground in your neighborhood based on the questions: 1. What does the playground in your neighborhood look like? 2. Do you think it’s safe and clean? Why or why not?

Group work Work in groups of four and discuss: 1. How are these playgrounds in your neighborhood polluted? 2. Can you give some suggestions to help the playgrounds in your neighborhood become safe and clean? 3. Can you give some suggestions to help the playgrounds in the book become safe and clean? Choose a role from Writer, Reporter, Opinion Giver 1, Opinion Giver 2.

Role play The school radio station will invite you to do a report about how to protect our environment next week. Be sure to include: the environmental problems we are facing, the bad effects of these problems, the reasons for the problems and your solutions.

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Homework 1. Make a poster about the bad effects of pollution and what we can do to protect the environment. 2. Search more information about the environmental problems and think about the solution, share in next class.