unit4. earthquake教案

Unit 4——peroid 2 Reading

Earthquake

Teaching goals:

Knowledge aims:

1.Ss will be able to master the following useful new words and expressions.

well,smelly,pond,burst,canal,steam,dirt,injure,brick,dam,useless,steel,shock,rescue,quake,electricity,army,shelter, fresh,organize,bury, at an end, dig out, coal mine, in ruins

2. Ss will be able to know the basic knowledge about Earthquake

Ability aims:

Develop Ss’ reading ability.

Emotional aims:

1.Ss will be able to know damages earthquake bring about and the ways to reduce losses of an earthquake.

2.Ss will be able to know how to protect oneself and help others in earthquakes

3.Ss will be able to be aware of terrible disasters, meanwhile get them to face it, treat it in a proper way, and

never get discouraged.

Teaching important points:

1. Master the usages of the useful words and expressions above.

2. Improve the students’ reading ability.

Teaching difficult points:

1. The usages of some words and expressions.

2. How to train the students’ reading ability in learning th e text.

Teaching methods:

1. Explanation to get the students to have a clear idea.

2. Discussion to get the students to understand the text easier.

Teaching Aids:

A computer and a tape recorder

Teaching procedures:

Step 1. Lead-in

1. enjoy a part of film of earthquake.

(1)what other disasters does it have?(flood/ drought/earthquake/fire/typhoon/disease and so on)show some pictures

(2).which disaster may cause the worst damage? ( earthquake)

2.Have ever heard a story of an earthquake?(show video of Tangshan and San Francisco earthquake)

3.Have you experienced an earthquake? If you have, tell me your experience. If no, just imagine what will happen before an earthquake?

4.The earthquake is coming, if you’re trapped in the earthquake , how will you feel? What will you do? Will you leave right away? If you have time to take only one thing , what will you take, why?

5.What kind of damage can an earthquake cause?

( buildings are destroyed; people are killed; families are broken…)

Step2. Fast reading

Today, we’ll learn a text “A Night the Earth didn’t sleep” First, let’s look at the title again, why the earth didn’t sleep for a night? What happened? What does the passage mainly talk about?

Exchange your understanding of the passage with group members and work together to find the main idea of each part.

Main idea of each part:

Part 1 (para.1):

Strange things were happening before the earthquake.

Part 2 (para.2-3):