unit4 earthquake reading教案

Teaching Plan for Lesson 2, Unit 4, Book 1(Senior 1)

Earthquakes

教学内容：Lesson 2 for unit 4 Earthquake

课型：Reading

教学对象：51 students in class 9, senior 1

授课时间：40 minutes

授课教师：Zhou zhuoling

Learning Objectives:

1．Predict the possible contents of a text through the title.

2．Skimming for main idea of the text. (From the whole text to each paragraph )

3．Sum up the main idea of a paragraph by reading the topic sentences as well as key words or phrases.

4．Scan for the detail information (when, where, what and result ) by answering questions and filling in the blanks and chart.

5．Understand the function of the data in reading.

6．Be familiars with the key words and phrases: suffering, canal, burst, at an end, shock, rescue, million, mine, miner, shelter, useless, track, brick, extreme, survivor, trap, electricity, dig out.

7．Understand the implied meaning of the text. (We can predict and prepare for the earthquake to reduce the loss, and we should never give up and be united when the disaster comes.)

Teaching aids: PPT slides, blackboard

Teaching Procedure

Stage 1: Leading in (5 minutes)

Step 1: Review last lesson. (2 minutes)

(T: Class, what we have learned yesterday?

T: Yesterday we have learned what may happen before an earthquake. What else?

We learned how to protect ourselves in the earthquake. And we also learned what was happening during the earthquake.

Step 2: Ss predict the content from the title. (3 minutes)

(T: Let's turn to Page 26. Please look at the title of the reading, “ A night the earth didn’t sleep ” Why did the writer say so? What do you think of the title?

Step 3: T invites Ss to give their answers.

(T: ** , what' s your understanding of the title. )

Step 4: T summarizes the Ss' opinions about their understanding of the title.

(T: The earth didn't sleep in the night. That is to say, a big disaster may happen there.)

(If Ss keep silent, T continues to say :) T: OK. It may be difficult to answer now. Please keep this question in mind. After we finish this lesson, I’d like you to give me your answers.) Stage 2: Fast reading. (8 minutes)

Step 1: Skimming: Ss do fast reading to find out the main idea. (5 minutes)

(T: Now please read the text quickly, and find out the main idea of this reading. Please pay more attention to the first sentence in each paragraph and the time in the text. And then do the exercises on PPT. You have 3 minutes to go. Now begin.

PPT:

1) What's the main idea of the text?

The passage mainly talks about a(n) earthquake that happened in Tangshan in 1976.

2) Match each paragraph with its main idea.

Para. 1 A. Damage caused by the earthquake.

Para. 2-3 B. Rescue after the earthquake.

Para. 4 C. Signs (迹象) before the earthquake.)

Step 2: T checks Ss' answers and guides Ss to sum up the main idea of each paragraph by going through the topic sentences as well as the key words and phrase. (3 minutes)

(T: This passage tells us an earthquake that happened in Tangshan in 1976.

What's the topic sentence in Paragraph 1?

What's the topic sentence in Paragraph 2?

What's the topic sentence in Paragraph 3?

What's the topic sentence in Paragraph 4?)

Stage 3: Scanning (Careful reading). (21 minutes)

Step 1: Ss read Para. 1 and fill in the chart to show signs before the earthquake. (3 minutes)