Unit4 Earthquakes
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I. Teaching content analysis
1.Teaching content: Unit4 Earthquakes
2.Teaching objects：Senior one students
3.Type: reading
II. Teaching aims:
1.About knowledge
①Students should master the “tools"- key words and expressions, learn about the earthquake , can describe its damage. and can apply it in other disasters.
②To acquire new knowledge
2.About skills
Develop the students' two kinds of sill:
①The skills of reading: skimming(for the general idea), guessing(for a better understanding) ,intensive reading( for details)
②The skills of studying: self-discovering, communicating, cooperating
3.About affection
①Develop the awareness of communication and cooperation ,and help students get a better understanding of the importance of helping each other and treasuring their life as well as determination to overcome difficulty in face of trouble and even disasters to arouse students interest in learning and life.
III. Teaching important points
①Find out the topic sentences of each paragraph.
②Analyze the reasons why did the earthquake cause so many deaths.
IV. Teaching difficult points
①Analyze the function of numerals.
②Developing students' abilities of reading comprehension and summarizing
V. Teaching methods:
Task-based teaching method，Audio-lingual method
VI. Teaching aids:
PPT, tape recorder, blackboard and text books
VII. Teaching procedures
Step 1:Lead-in
Ss figure out some natural disasters according to their common sense and the pictures. T:Good morning, class! Do you know any natural disasters? Can you figure out some words about natural disasters?
S:Earthquake.
T:Earthquake, yes. It's a very serious disaster, right? And in this summer vocation, there was an earthquake, a big earthquake, where was it? you know?
S:...
T:Do you know any other natural disasters?
S:Typhoon.
T:Yes,台风. You are familiar with typhoon, right? And where and when did it always
take place?
S: In Zhejiang province/in southeast China.
T: And when? In which season?
S: Summer or autumn.
Step 2:Pre-reading
T: Let me show you some pictures about natural disasters. What are they?
S:Snow storm/flood/tornado/typhoon/earthquake.
T:There are many natural disasters on the earth, right? And today we are going to learn one of these natural disasters. Now please look at your book, turn to page 26. T:First please look at this picture. Can you tell me what are they doing?
S:They are doing some work...
T:They are doing some rescue work, right? Do you know rescue?
And they are digging out something or some people, do you think so? Do you know "dig out"?
T:So can you guess what disaster happened?
S:Earthquake.
Notes: To read in to the topic earthquake and to attract students’ attention and interest. Step 3: While-listening
1: Skimming
T:Now everyone please skim the text and get the general idea of the passage.
T:OK. Time is up. Now please divide the text into three parts and find out the main idea of each paragraph.
T:At first, please tell me the order of the text.
S:The passage is written in ____ order.
A. time
B. place
T :Well done, now please look at the PPT.
T:Check if your answers are right. If your answers are not exactly right, it doesn't matter. Now let us read it in details.
2. Scanning
T:Please read paragraph and think about the signs before earthquake.
T:Now please read paragraph 2-3 and describe the damage of the earthquake.
T:Please read paragraph 4 and think about a question:
What did people do to help the people of Tangshan?
S:（Answers）
Step 4: Post- reading
T:OK, since we have read the passage, now let's have a review. What should you do if the earthquake happen? Please think it over and share with us. I will invite some of you to show your opinion. So, let's start!
S1: ..
S2: ..
Step5.Summary
Write a report about an earthquake. (signs，self-protection, what we should do after an earthquake
Step 6.Homework
Finish the exercise in the exercise book.
A night the earth didn’t sleep
things people
Para.1 signs ignore before
Para.2-3 damages suffered during earthquake
Para.4 rescue hope after
work。