Unit4Earthquakes教学设计

Unit4Earthquakes教学设计Teaching design of unit4earthsquaresUnit4Earthquakes教学设计前言：小泰温馨提醒，英语作为在许多国际组织或者会议上都是必需语言，几乎所有学校选择英语作为其主要或唯一的外语必修课。

英语教学涉及多种专业理论知识，包括语言学、第二语言习得、词汇学、句法学、文体学、语料库理论、认知心理学等内容。

本教案根据英语课程标准的要求和针对教学对象是高中生群体的特点，将教学诸要素有序安排，确定合适的教学方案的设想和计划、并以启迪发展学生智力为根本目的。

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the first period leading in, warming upthe nose when planes take off; the sound of trains; the sound of thunder…..）but did you once hear the sound that the heavenfalls and the earth crack. in chinese it is 天崩地裂？if there is a sound like this what is it? what will happen?today we’ll learn something about earthquakes. can you imagine how terrible it is?first let the students answer the following question.which of the following may cause people the greatest damage?earthquake, typhoon, flood, droughtvarious answers are possible. students should give reasons to support their answers. all of them are naturaldisasters, they have something in common, at the same time, they have many differences.let the students know something about the earthquake. （slides）t: how does the earthquake occur?then show the film to the students. （ film aboutthe earthquake ）t: when some plates of the earth move suddenly, an earthquake happens. many earthquakes begin under the sea. in fact, earthquakes may happen near high mountains.during an earthquake, the shaking make rocks rise suddenly and even cracks open. houses fall, people are killed or hurt, and sometimes the whole villages orcities are destroyed. some villages even disappear completely.t: earthquakes are disasters to everybody. now look atthe two pictures of tang shan and san francisco. can you describe what you see in the pictures?（show two pictures to the students and tell the students they are t oday’s tangshan and san francisco.but many years ago some big earthquakes hit these two beautiful cities.）1.show the pictures of san francisco to the students and let them describe today’s san francisco and then let them know what happened in san francisco in 1906 （from the picture of san francisco, we can see itis a very big city. there are many tall buildings thickly standing on the earth. and the population of the city is very large.）2.show the pictures of tangshan to the students and let them desc ribe today’ tangshan and then let them know what happened in tangshan in 1976.（today’ tangshan is a beautiful city. it has beautiful gardens, broad roads and some tall buildings.）t: but, what will happen if there has been a big earthquake in these two cities? work in groups and discuss it. then i’ll ask some of you to say out your opinion.（ after the terrible quake, everything is destroyed, what we can see is fallen buildings and dead bodies. the policemen, the soldiers and some other volunteers arere scuing the people trapped in the ruins….）t: right, now let’s see a film.（let the students see a film about tangshanearthquake.）（film）t: after the earthquake the city of tangshan became…..let the students discuss what they saw. and thentalk about the pictures in their own words.the house….the fire….the bridge….the road…the police and the volunteers….the people…..（ tangshan earthquake happened on july 28, 1976.it was the greatest earthquake of the 20th century in china. before the earthquake, many strange things happened, but people thought little of them. such a great number of people died during the earthquake, because the quake happened while they were sleeping. the number of people who were killed or injured reached more than 400,000.and all the traffic was almost destroyed after the quake. thousands of thousands of people became homeless in a short time. many soldiers were sent to tangshan to rescue the survivors after the earthquake.let the students talk about the damage caused by earthquakesusing the following words and phrases:shake, break, fall down onto, hurt, destroy, homeless, die…..step ⅲ. pre-readingt: but we can avoid or at least reduce the loss caused by earthquakes. and we can foretell it.do you know what would happen before an earthquake?can we do something to keep ourselves safe from earthquakes?（ 1.there is often a great sound.2.animals may be too nervous to eat.3.maybe there are bright lights in the sky.4.a smelly gas may come out of the well.5.in the city the water pipes in some buildingscrack and burst.6.scientists have studied earthquakes and make maps that show the “ earthquake belts”. in areas in these belts,it is possible for earthquakes to happen. in these areas we can build strong houses to fight against earthquakes.）discussion & activities1.show some pictures to the students andlet them discuss.let the students look at them and decidewhat situation may happen before anearthquake.2.then fill in the missing wordsaccording to the pictures.a. the water in the wells ____ and____. and some deep ______could be seen in the well walls. a ______gas came out the cracks.b. mice ran out the fields ___________places to hide. fish _________out of bows and ponds.c. the chickens and even pigs were ______ nervous_____eat. the dog was ________ loudly again and again.d. people could see _______lights in the sky.3.let the students discuss if they have ever experienced an earthquake.step ⅳ discussion & activitiest: what do you think may happen before an earthquake?（before an earthquake, animals will become nervous. cow, pigs,, horses and dogs will be upset. and people cansee mice running about. if the earthquake happens during winter, people can even see snakes.）t: have you ever experienced an earthquake?let the students discuss and then talk about it. preview reading material and then do exercise on page 27.1-3 （ in comprehending ）-------- Designed By JinTai College ---------。