英语优质unitEarthquakes

1、 全国中小学“教学中的互联网搜索”教案设计一、 教案背景1，面向学生： 中学 小学 2，学科：English3，课时：24，学生课前准备： （1）Let the students collect some information about Wenchuan earthquakes and Tangshan earthquakes, Including some pictures （2）Preview the text.二、 教学课题Unit 4 earthquakesA Night the Earth Didnt Sleep三、 教材分析 In this period, the teachi

2、ng emphasis will be put on developing the students reading and speaking ability by dealing with the parts Reading task and Speaking task. Let the students know something about Tang shan earthquakes . Firstly, students will know some stranger things before the quakes and learned the damage .lastly, F

3、rom some simple pictures , students will know how to protect themselves in earthquakes. In addition, through learning the text , Students should love their lives and put up in their mind to live . In the part Reading task, the students will read a passage titled The Story of an Eyewitness, written b

4、y a famous American writer Jack London. In order to lead in the topic, the teacher can first ask some students to talk about Tangshan earthquake. Then ask them to read and compare the passage with the title is A Night the Earth Didnt Sleep. In the part Speaking task, have a class discussion, and the

5、n encourage students to make their own choices and give their own reasons. In the end, make a class list and display it in the classroom showing the class choices for a personal earthquake bag. This activity not only helps to train students speaking ability but also provides them with some useful ba

6、sic knowledge about earthquakes.【教学重难点】1. Develop the students reading ability by reading and comparing different styles of passages.2. Develop the students speaking ability by discussing and explaining ways.3.Enable the students to discus the ways of protecting themselves in an earthquake【教学方法】1. T

7、ask-based teaching and learning2. Cooperative learning3. Discussion【三维目标】Knowledge aims:1. Get the students learn new words and expressions 2. Get the students to learn the following sentence patterns: It seemed as if the world was At an end The number of people who were killed or injured reached mo

8、re than 400.000Ability aims:1. Develop the students reading ability by reading and comparing different styles of passages.2. Develop the students speaking ability by discussing and explaining ways.Emotional aims:1. Get the students to learn the bravery and kindness people of San Francisco showed in

9、the disaster.2. Get the students to know more basic knowledge about earthquakes.3. Develop the students sense of cooperation.四教学过程Step 1：Lead in【教师活动】由以下部分自然灾害警示图引出本课内容地震 【师生互动】Let students watch some movies of Wenchuan Earthquakes in Chain and answer some questions 图片来自于以下网站：On May 12th , 2008, A b

10、ig earthquakes hit WenChuan of Sichuan in Chain.【师生活动】观看汶川地震视频短片【视频及图片来自于】According to these pictures, Ask students to speak out the names of the natural disasters !What damage did it bring about? Ask some students to talk about earthquakes they have learned.Step 2 Speaking1. Brief introduction of S

11、an Francisco Earthquake.2. Talk about the background about the article.由汶川地震引出唐山地震【板书】 A night the earth didnt sleep【师生互动】1.让学生观看有关唐山大地震的视频。视频来自于以下网站：2. Talk about the background.(As luck would have it, at the time of the quake, Americas most famous writer, Jack London just happened to be living nea

12、r San Francisco. London, like most great writers and former journalists, knew a good story when he saw it. He and his wife rode on horseback at a fast gallop from their ranch to the hills overlooking the “city by the bay”. What they saw both horrified and fascinated them. He wrote the article The St

13、ory of an Eyewitness to describe what he saw and his feelings. )Step 3 Reading【学生活动1. Let students look through the text and find out the main ideas.Before the quakes _ Stranger thingsDuring the quakes _ DamagesAfter the quakes _Rescue2. Ask the students read the article again with carefully.Step 4

14、Careful Reading【Before the quakes】1. There are bright lights in the sky.2. Animals are too nervous to eat.3. Mice will run about and fish will jump out of water4. A smelly gas may come out of the well5. The well wall has deep cracks6. There is often a great sound.7. Water pipes crack and burst【Durin

15、g the quakes】Imagine it is at 3:42 am and everything begin to Shake,What will be happen to the city then ?1.It seemed as if the world was At an end 2.The number of people who were killed or injured reached more than 400.000【After the quakes】Tangshan breath again with the help of the whole Nation.Ste

16、p 5 DiscussionHow can we protect ourselves in Earthquakes ?【师生互动】According to simple pictures and ask some students to speak out the meaning Hide under the hard furniture ( 家具 ) Dont rush out without orderCut off the gas protect your head Never use the left Open the door when it begin to shake.Step

17、6 Assignment ( homework ) : 1. Preview（预习）the next lesson 2. Review and summary what you have learned in this unit五 教学反思 From learning the text A night the earth didnt sleep, Let the students know something about Tang shan earthquakes . Firstly, students have known some stranger things before the quakes and learned the damage .lastly, From some simple pictures , students have known how to protect themse