必修一unit4earthquake教案

1、Unit 4 EarthquakesThe second PeriodReadingA night the earth didntsleep王时娇Teaching goals教学目标1. Target language 目标语言To make students get a general idea of earthquakes and some other natural disasters.To make students know the signs and damage of the earthquake.2. Ability goals能力目标Enable the students t

2、o describe the earthquake of TangshanLet the students write a summary of“A NIGHT THE EARTH DIDN ”T SLEEP”.3. Learning ability goals学能目标Help the students learn how to describe the earth of Tangshan.Help the students master the target language by doing some exercises.Teaching important points教学重点a. Pr

3、esent a sequence of events to introduce to the students and try to describe an earthquake. Let student pay attention to some useful words sentences and way to describe an earthquake.b. Let the students know what the correct attitude towards a disaster is and what we should do in a disaster for ourse

4、lves and for the other people.Teaching difficult points教学难点Teach the students how to appreciate an article.Teaching methods教学方法a. Discussingb. Skimming and scanning Teaching aids 教具准备A slide projectorTeaching procedures & ways教学过程及方式Step Lead-in (10 minutes)Daily proverb: It is always calm before a

5、storm. (暴风雨前总是平静的 )Show some posters and a short video about Tangshanearthquake, and then ask the students to answer the following questions.(1) When and where did the earthquake happen?(2) During the earthquake, what happened to the houses and the people?(3) How do you feel about the earthquake?Ste

6、p While-reading (20 minutes)Task 1(fast reading): Divide the reading passage into three parts, and then find out themain idea of each part.(Para.1)Strange things were happening before the earthquake.(Para.2-3)The disaster happened and caused a lot of loss.(Para.4)Helps came to Tangshan. All hope was

7、 not lost.Task 2(carefully reading): Read the text carefully, and try to understand the structure of the text.Part 1Strange thingsthe water in the village wellsrose and fellthe well wallshad deep cracks and a smelly gas came outthe chickens and pigswere too nervous to eatmiceran out of the fields ,

8、looking for places to hide.fishjumped out of bowls and pondsDetailsPart 21. At 3:42am, the greatest earthquake of the20th century began.2.Stream burst from holes in the ground.3.Hard hills of the rock became rivers of dirt.4.Bricks covered the ground like red autumnleaves.5.Two dames and most of the

9、 bridges fell.6. The railway tracks were now useless piecesof steel.7.Sand now filled the wells instead of water.8.Water, food, and electricity were hard to get.Part 31. How the army helped the people in Tangshan?The army organized teams to dig out those who were trapped and to bury the dead. 2. Wha

10、t did the workers do?Workers built shelters for survivors whose homes had been destroyed.Step Post-reading (8 minutes)Group activity 1: First choose a situation from the following, discuss how to rescue yourselves when an earthquake happens.1. If I were outdoors, I will_ and_2. If I were having clas

11、s, I will_ and _3. If I were on a bus, I will_ and _Group activity 2: Look at the following things then discuss with your group members, and choose an essential(必需的 ) thing in your bag, what will you take and why? You will take: torch, money, mobile phone, medicine, a bottle of water, blanket foodand sweets, and personal washing things.1. I will take _,