Background Information
Student:48 senior high school students,grade 1
Age:about 16
Genders:23 boys and 25 girls
Time and date:10:00a.m. to 10:25 a.m.(45 mins), Monday ,May 28,2014
Textbook:NSEFCM M5U2
Title of the lesson:A NIGHT THE EARTH DIDN’T SLEEP
Teaching Aims
I. Language knowledge: (1) can understand the meaning of an attributive clause
(2) can master the expression of “Workers built shelters for survivors whose homes
had been destroyed.”of an attributive clause
(3)can master the new words:well, rose,smelly,pond,burst,canal,dirt,bricks,dam,rescue,
disaster...
II. Language skills: (1) listening: can understand the meaning of the above new expressions & words
(2) speaking: can use the above new expressions & words in daily life.
III. Emotion & Attitude: (1) Ss can develop cooperative spirit.
(2) Can increase Ss interest in English learning.
Important Points: (1). the meaning of an attributive clause
(2). the expression of “Workers built shelters for survivors whose homes had been
destroyed.” of an attributive clause
(3). new words: well, rose,smelly,pond,burst,canal,dirt,bricks,dam,rescue, disaster... Difficult Point: the usage of the an attributive clause
Teaching Procedures:
I.Warm-up:show:Look at two pictures of Tangshan, imagine there has an earthquake. Describe
to your partner what might happen to the objects in the pictures. Then have a
class discussion.
II.Pre-reading:(1). Imagine your home begins to shake and you must leave right now. You have
time to take only one thing. What will you take? Why
(2). What do you think will happen before an earthquake?
III.While-reading
Skimming: (1). Ask Ss to sum up the main idea of the whole passage.
(2). Ask Ss to find out the an attributive clause’s sentence of the passage
Scanning: Ask Ss to find out the answers of following questions:
(1). What strange things happen in the in the countryside in northeast Hebei?
(2). How many people died or were injured during the earthquake?
(3). Who trapped under the ruins in anther big quake?
IV. Post-reading(1).Discussion:what the writer means by the title“A night the earth didn’t sleep”
(2). Give another title for the text.
(3). Choose a paragraph and act out an interview between a reporter and a survivor
from the Tangshan earthquake.
Example:
Paragraph 1
Reporter: Did you notice anything strange before the earthquake?
Survivor: There are some strange things...
Teaching Aids: computer, projector, tape recorder, pictures, blackboard
Assignment: write a composition, imagine your a survivor from the Tangshan earthquake,try to use some the structure of an attributive clause That, Which,Who or Whose to talk about your life and your hometown after the earthquake.。