人教版高中英语必修一Unit4整体教案

Teaching plan for unit 4

Teaching aims and demands:

1. Topic:

Basic knowledge of earthquakes; how to protect oneself and help the others in disasters

2. Useful words and expressions:

earthquake, quake, right away, well (n.) , million , event , pipe, burst, as if, at an end , nation , canal, steam, dirt, ruin, in ruins , suffering, extreme, injure, destroy, brick, dam, track, useless, steel, shock, rescue, trap, electricity, disaster, dig out, bury, mine, miner, shelter, a (great ) number of , title, reporter, bar, damage, frighten, frightened, frightening, congratulation, judge, sincerely, express, outline, headline, cyclist

3. Functions:

Talking about past experiences:

I will never forget the day when the earthquake took place. The time was 5:15 in the afternoon and I was driving along the road.

Sequence

4. Grammar:

The attributive clause (I)

由that, which, who, whose引导的定语从句

The number of people who were killed or injured reached more than 400,000.

It was heard in Beijing which is one hundred kilometers away.

Workers built shelters for survivors whose homes had been destroyed.

Teaching procedures:

Period 1.

Step 1. Warming up

Ss discuss and answer some questions:

1. Which of the following may cause people the greatest damage?

A. earthquake

B. typhoon

C. flood

D. drought

2.Imagine your home begins to shake and you must leave it right away. You have time to take only one thing. What will you take? Why?

Step 2. Pre-reading

Ss discuss and answer:

1.Do you know what would happen before an earthquake?

2.What can we do to keep ourselves safe from an earthquake?

3. Do you know anything about Tangshan Earthquake in 1976?

Step 3. Reading

1.Skimming and find the answers to the following questions:

a.What happened?

b.When and where did it happen?

3.Ss read the whole passage again and get the main ideas of each part:

Part 1. The natural signs of a coming earthquake

Part 2-3. The damage of the city after the earthquake

Part 4. The help to the survivors

Step 4. Comprehending

Ss finish Ex 1 and 2 on page 27.

Step 5. Assignment

1.Surf the internet and get more information about the earthquake.

2.Retell the text.

Period 2.

Step 1. Warming up

1.Ss share more information about the earthquake.

2.Ask some Ss to retell the text by using their own words.

Step 2. Language points

1.lie –lay-lain (v.) : to be, remain or be kept in a certain state 处于某种状态

The village lay in ruins after the war.

These machines have lain idle since the factory closed.

2.in ruins: severely damaged or destroyed 毁坏

an earthquake left the whole town in ruins.

His career is in ruins.

3.number (n.): a quantity of people or things 数目；数量