必修1unit4Earthquakesperiod1教学设计

1、Part 1 Teach ing Design第一部分教学设计Period 1 A sample lesson plan for reading(A NIGHT THE EARTH DIDN SLEEP)In troduct ionIn this period, after the warming up, students will first be guided to share their views about earthquake. Then they will be helped to read a narration (记叙文)entitled A NIGHT THE EARTH

2、DIDN SLEEP. It s aToiuikgshan Earthquake which happened in 1976.Summary of the text and an alysis of the text orga ni zati on is offered for teachers reference.Computer and overhead projector may be used to aid the teach ing and lear ning.Objectives To help stude nts lear n to read about past experi

3、e nces To help students better understand earthquake” To help stude nts use some importa nt words and expressi ons To help stude nts ide ntify examples of the attributive clause in the textFocusWordsburst, ruin, injure, destroy, shock, rescue, trap, burry, damage, frighte n, judge, expressExpressi o

4、nsright away, as if, at an end, in ruins, dig out, a number ofPatternsBut the one million people of the city, who thought little of these events, were asleep as usual that ni ght.It seemed as if the world was at an end!似乎世界的末日到来了。All hope was not lost.并非所有的希望都失去了。Slowly , the city began to breathe a

5、gain.慢慢地，这个城市又开始呼吸了。AidsMultimedia facilities, tape-recorder, photos, diagramsProcedure1. Warming up(1) Warming up by look ing and say ingGood morning class. Have you ever experieneed any natural disasters? Look at the pictures. Can you n ame all the disasters?volea no typho on floodfirehailsto nehu

6、rriea nesan dstormthun derstormearthquakeHave you ever experie need an earthquake? Can you describe how terrible an earthquake is?(The earth is shak ing; all the build ings will fall dow n; many people will die; many ehildre n willbecome orpha ns.) Warming up by discuss ingHello, class. As we all kn

7、ow, earthquakes are disasters to every one. But can we avoid or at least reduce the loss caused by earthquakes? Can we foretell earthquakes? Now let think and decide what may happe n before a big earthquake.WARNING SIGNS WHEN AN EARTHQUAKE IS ABOUT TO HIT Thermal precursor: A few mon ths before the

8、occurre nee of an earthquake the average temperature of the area keeps in creas ing. Water precursor: There is a sudde n rise or fall in water level in the wells. It could be as high as one metre. Seismo-electromag netic precursor: This is a very reliable precursor. It occurs and is exhibited about

9、10 to 20 hours before the quake. Animal precursor: It is seen that 10 to 20 hours before the occurrenee of an earthquake, the en tire ani mal kin gdom becomes highly disturbed and restless. Huma n precursor: Doctors and nu rses observe that some sen sitive patie nts in hospitals become highly distur

10、bed. The best i ndicator is the nu mber of child deliveries in any hospital.(3) Warming up by talk ing about Tan gsha n / Califor nia EarthquakeToday we shall start Un it 4 Earthquake. But first I dke you to lear n about the two famous earthquakes: The Tan gsha n Earthquake and The Califor nia Earth

11、quake.At 3:42 a.m. on July 28, 1976, a magn itude 7.8 earthquake hit the sleep ing city of Tan gsha n, innortheastern China. The very large earthquake, striking an area where it was totally unexpected, wiped out the city of Tangshan and killed over 240,000 people - making it the deadliest earthquake

12、 of the twen tieth cen tury.The California earthquake of April 18, 1906 is one of the most significant earthquakes of all time.Deaths: 3,000Injuries: 225,000Property Damage: $ 400,000,000 in 1906 $2. Pre-readi ng by talk ing and shari ngBefore an earthquake comes various sig ns could be see n. What

13、are they?Cows, pigs and dogs become too n ervous too eat.The mice will run out of the fields look ing for places to hide.The water in the wells will rise and fall.Walls of the wells in village will have deep cracks.* There will be bright light in the sky.Villagers wit ness pre-earthquake warning sig

14、 nsVillagers say they saw warning sig ns before the earthquake hit Chife ng city last Saturday.Hours before the quake, villagers said they saw water flow over for over two meters from a river th bee n dry for years.About 10 hours before the quake occurred, hand phone sig nals were stopped for quite

15、some time in Linxi county seat, which is 140 kilometers from the center of the earthquake. Days before the earthquake, two pigs appeared nervous in the pen and tried to run out. said Li Xiaohua, a villager in Gubeikou Village.A woma n village folk recalled that she happe ned to see crowds of sparrow

16、sand swallows bump ing into walls seemed un able to find direct ion duri ng flight.Now let s come to the text3. Liste ning and fast readi ngA NIGHT THE EARTH DIDN T SLEEP” and see what it tells us.Please liste n to the text and get the gen eral idea of the passage. You should pay atte nti on to the

17、first sentences of each paragraph. In what order is the text written? (The text is written in a time order. The text tells us something that happened before the earthquake, during the earthquake and after the earthquake.)4. Readi ng and un derl iningNext you are to read and un derl ine all the usefu

18、l expressi ons or collocati ons in the passage. Copy them in your no tebook after class as homework.Collocations from A NIGHT THE EARTH DIDN T SLEEPa smelly gas, in the farmyards, think little of sth., as usual, it seemed that, at an end,thirty meters wide, cut across, in ruins, be injury, the nu mb

19、er of, blow away, sth. be not safe for ,tens of thousa nds of, give milk, half a milli on, in stead of,be shocked, be trappedun derthe ruins, fall down, allis/wcfig oot, the-d,ead, to thenorth of,coal mines5. Reading for the organization of the text and retell the textRead the text for the outline o

20、f it and retell the story in your own words with thehelpof theoutli ne.Type of writ ing and summary of the textType of writ ingThis is a piece of descriptive writi ngMain idea of the passageThe article describes the cause, the course and the result of Tang Shan earthquake in 1976. It shows us the te

21、rrible image of earthquake. At the same time it hits us that we must realize that we can do something to mini mize the damage caused by earthquake.Topic sentencestof 1 paragraphStrange things were happe ning in the coun tryside in no rtheast Hebei.Topic sentence of 2 nd paragraphEverythi ng bega n t

22、o shake and it seemed that the world was at an end.Topic sentencerdof 3 paragraphEverywhere they looked n early everyth ing was destroyed.Topic sentence of 4 th paragraphAll hope was not lost.A retold version of thetext:See II in Part 3 Teach ing Assessme nt6. Maki ng a text structure an alysisTime/

23、 orderWhat happe nedResultthree dayssaw: cracksPeople thought little ofbefore thewater in the wells rose and fell,the events and went toearthquakeani malstoo n ervous , hide fish jumped out of bowls & pondsbed as usualat about 3:00bright light in the skyamwater pipescracked and burstheard : sound of

24、 planessmelt: smelly gas in the cracks of the wellsat 3:42 amfelt:everythi ng shook4400,000 peopleon e-third n ati on felt itkilled/injuredheard in Beijing 100 kilometers away75% factoriesa huge crack cut across houses,90% home goneroads bricks coveredsaw: steam burst from holes in the grounddams/br

25、idges fellhard hills of rock-rivers of dirtnot safe railway trackscity lay in ruinsuseless cowsn ever milkpigs/chicke nsdiedwells filled with sand rescue workers and trapped un der the ruins buildi ngsfell dow nwater/food/electricity hard to getafter thathope not lostthe city bega n to breathearmy s

26、ent 150,000 soldiers workers built shelters for survivorsagai nRead the textA NIGHT THE EARTH DIDN T SLEEP” , and then complete the following chart.d第9页fresh water was take n to the city7. Discussing the writing styleAs you have un derstood the gen eral idea of the text, I still put more questi ons

27、to you. From whose point of view are events described? How do you know? (A writer who didn t seethe quake uses the third person “ they ” when he writes.) Why do you think the writer chose to express her feeli ngs about the quake rather tha n simplyreport what happe ned? (Although the writer was not

28、there he felt sad for the people of Tang Shan.He knows that givi ng some feeli ngs will make the readi ng more in terest in g.) Why is the title “ANIGHT THE EARTH D IDN T SLEEP ? (As usual, night is the time tosleep, and ni ght should be quiet and safe. But that ni ght everyth ing cha nged. The writ

29、er used it asa title to show how terrible and how unusual that night is.)8. Clos ing dow n by read ing a prose about an earthquakeTo end this period I am going to give you the follow ing article to read.Father and Son in An EarthquakeNo matter what happens, I ll always be there r-you!In 1989 an 8.2

30、earthquake almost flattened America, killing over 30,000 people in less thanfour minu tes. In the midst of utter devastati on and chaos, a father left his wife safely at home and rushed to the school where his son was supposed to be, only to discover that the buildi ng was as flat as a pan cake.Afte

31、r the unforgettably initial shock, he remembered the promise he had made to his son:“ No matter what, I ll always be there for you!” And tears began to fill his eyes. As he looked at thepile of ruins that once was the school, it looked hopeless, but he kept remembering his commitme nt to his son.He

32、began to direct his attention towards where he walked his son to class at school eachmorning. Remembering his son s classroom would be in the back right corner of the building; herushed there and started digg ing through the ruins.As he was digging, other helpless parents arrived, clutching their he

33、arts, saying:“ MMy daughter! (Other well meaning parents tried to pull him off what was left of the school,say ing: It s too late! They re all dead! You can t help! Go home! Come on, face reality, there snothing you can do! ”To each pare nt he resp on ded with one line:“ Are you going to help me now?” And then hecontinued to dig for his son, stone by stone. The fire chief showed up and tried to pull him off thedan ger. We ll take care of it. Go home.school s ruins saying, “ Firesare breaking out, explosions are happening everywhere. You re inTo which