必修一Unit4第1学时Warming-upandreading学案

1、Unit 4 EarthquakePeriod 1Warming Up and Reading 学案Step 1.Warming-upTask 1:Talking about disasters(Group-work activity)1. What disasters do you know ?2. Have you ever experieneed one of these disasters? Can you describe what it was like and how you felt?Task 2 Looking and guessing:(课本 25 页的图片) (1)Wha

2、t can you see in the picture?(2)What do you think may happe n before an earthquake?Step2. SkimmingTask1 Prediction (课文标题预测)1. What cause you can 'sleep well at ni ght?2. What a kind of information does the author try to convey to us through the title ?3. What cause the earth didn'sleep at ni

3、ght”n the text?Task 2: Divide the whole passage according to the change of timePart 1:Part 2： Part 3: Step3: Careful reading.Task 1 :Reading the para 1 for the second time and finish the following diagramIn the wellWell water, rose and fell,smelly gas ,came out of ,cracksIn the farmyardIn the skyBri

4、ght light, the sound of pla neIn the cityTask 2: Readi ng the para 2 &3 and fill in bla nks of two diagrams below. What do all the nu mbers referred to in the 2nd passage?3:42 AM11 kilometersBelow the city ,un dergro undth20 centuryThe greatest earthquake100 kilometresHeard away from Beiji ng1/3

5、1/3 n ati on felt this earthquake8 kilometres30 metres15 secondsThe earthquake only last so shortThousands ofFamilies killed ,childre n left without400,000 The nu mbers referred in passage 375%The factories and buildi ngs were gone90%TwoDams fellTens of thousa nds ofHalf a millio nPigs diedMillio ns

6、 ofChicke ns diedPeriod 1 Warming Up and Reading 参考答案Step1 Warmin g-upWhat other disasters do you knowEarthquake (VolcanFlood【視水严Tsunami(iWW)Hurrican»(Mt4SARS/HIVhltidflowf 淀石流)war fireTyphoon 洛风)2. Have you ever experieneed one of these disasters? Can you describe what it was like and how you

7、felt? Suggested Answer:( like a terrible ghost, dangerous,frightening ,afraid ,nervous ,etc.)3. What do you think may happe n before an earthquake?Suggested Answers: Before an quake, animals will become nervous. Cows, pigs,horses and dogs will be upset. Mice will run about and fish will jump out of

8、water. I n win ter,people can even see sn akes. There are bright lights in the sky. Water pipes may crack or burst. So earthquake is predictable(可预测的).Step 2: Skimming1. What cause you can 'sleep well at ni ght?Suggested Answers(Physically ill ,psychologically in terrupted ,have a bad dream,or t

9、hinking about sth throughout the ni ght )2. What a kind of information does the author try to convey to us through the title ?Suggested Answers (There must be someth ing stra nge happe ning at ni ght on earth.So the earth did n 'sleep )3. What cause the earth didn'sleep at night”n the text?S

10、uggested choices(earthquake , volcano, tsunami ,tornado ,hurricane, flood)An swer: Earthquake(Ss have previewed the text)Divide the whole passage according to the change of timePart 1: Signs before earthquakePart 2: Damage and destruct ion of earthquakePart 3: Recon struct ion after earthquakeStep 3

11、:Careful readingTask 1 :Reading the para 1 for the second time and finish the following diagramIn the wellWell water, rose and fell,smelly gas ,came out of ,cracksIn the farmyardChicke ns&pigs ,n ervous to eat , mice run out to hide,fish , jump out ofIn the skyBright light, the sound of pla neIn

12、 the cityWater pipes ,cracked and burst,people ,go to bed as usualTask 2: Readi ng the para 2 &3 and fill in bla nks of two diagrams below. What do all the nu mbers referred to in the 2nd passage?3:42 A.M.Bega n to shake11 kilometersBelow the city ,un dergro und_ _th丄20 centuryThe greatest earthquake100 kilometresHeard away from Beiji ng1/31/3 n ati on felt this earthquake8 kilometresThe len gth of crack30 metresThe width of crack15 secondsThe earthquake only last so shortThousands ofFamilies killed ,childre n left without400,000People were killed or injured The nu m