Unit;4; Earthquakes.docx

Unit;4;Earthquakesunit4earthquakesfirstperiod:warmingup,pre-reading,readingteachingaims:1、developthestudents/readingabilityandletthemlearntousesomereadingstrategies,suchasskimming,scanningandsoon.2、enablethestudentstotalkinenglish.teachingimportantpoints:1、 getthestudentstolearndifferentreadingskills.2、enablethestudentstotalkinenglish.teachingdifficultpoints:1、developthestudents'readingability.2、enablethestudentstotalkinenglish.teachingmethods:1、task-basedteachingandlearning.2、 cooperativelearning.3、discussion.teachingprocedures:step1:revisionaskthewholeclasstoreadthenewwordsofunit4together.step2:lead-inwarmingup1>playavedioabouttheearthquake.2、showsomepicturestoaskthestudentstosayoutthenamesofthenaturaldisasters.3、askthestudentstolookatthepicturesonpage25andtrytodescribewhattheyhaveseen.4、askthestudentstoimaginewhatmighthappentoallthesethingsifthereisanearthquake.step3:pre-reading1、imagineyourhomebeginstoshakeandyoumustleaveitrightaway,youhavetimetotakeonlyonething,whatwillyoutake?why?2、whatdoyouthinkwillhappenbeforeanearthquake?step4:while-reading1、skimmingtask1:findoutthetopicsentenceofeachparagraph.taks2:dividethepassageintothreepartsandcompletethemainideaofeachpart.part 1 :(para.l)beforetheearthquakebegantohappenbuteveryonethem.part 2 (pare.2-3)theearthquakethecityoftangshanandpeopleverymuch.part3:(para.4)cametohelpthesurvivors,bringingforanewlife.2、carefulreadingtask1:readthepassagecarefullyandjointhecorrectpartsofthesentences.1 .thechickendidn,teata.thearmycametohelpthem,because2 .beforethequakepeopleb.thequakehappenedwhiletheyweresleeping.didnztworrybecause3 .suchagreatnumberc.theywerenervous.ofpeoplediedbecause4 .waterwasneededd.damsandwellswereuseless,because5 .thepeopledidnotlosee.theydidn'tknowwhatthestrangeeventsmeant.hopebecausetask2:trueorfalse1. two-thirdsofthenationfelttheearthquake.()2. allthepeopleintangshanweredeadorinjuredduringtheearthquake.()3. allofthecity'shospitals,factories,buildingsandhomesweredamagedintheearthquake.()4. laterthatafternoon,aterribleearthquakeshooktangshanagain.()5. peoplesleptoutdoorsaftertheearthquake.()step5:homework1、learnthenewwordsbyheart.2、prepareforreading,underlinetheplaceswhereyoudon/tunderstand.