必修1 Unit 4 Earthquakes reading 学案

Title Elias’ Story
Teacher Liu Yunfang School Enshi No.1Middle School Class Group
Studying Aims
Knowledge and skills Process and methods Emotion and attitude and value
1. Know basic knowledge of earthquakes.2. Learn and train the reading skills. 1. How to get details and retell the passage.2. Skimming, scanning, and discussion. 1. Know much about the damage an earthquake causes..2. Learn how to protect oneself and help others in disasters.
Learning Procedures Questions
Previewing Case: -- to learn to preview and shareBrainstorm- to learn to enlarge your vocabularyHow many natural disasters do you know 火山爆发 台风/飓风 龙卷风 雪崩 滑坡 泥石流 海啸 沙尘暴 地震 Others: Text analyses: -- to learn to grasp reading skillsPre-reading: Discussion (group work) --to challenge your creativity and cooperation What do you think of the earthquake In my opinion, the earthquake is While-reading: Skimming-- to get a general idea Read the passage fast and match the main idea for each part: Part 1(Para. ) A. Rescue work after the earthquake.Part 2(Para. ) B. Signs before the earthquake.Part 3(Para. ) C. Damage caused by the earthquake.Scanning-- to get certain informationPart 1: Signs before the earthquake ItemsStrange thingsThe water in the village wells The well walls The chickens and pigs The mice The fish Part 2: During the earthquakeFill in the blanks according to paragraph 2 and 3:Happening:1. At 3:42 a.m. everything began to ______.2. One third of the nation _____ it. 3. A huge crack_______ houses, roads and canals.4. Steam _____ from holes in the ground.5. Hard hills of rock became rivers of ______.6. Two thirds of the people died or ______.Damaging:1. Hospitals, factories and buildings were ____.2. Two dams and most of the bridges ____.3. The railway tracks were _____ pieces of steel.4. Cows would never give _____again.5. Pigs and chickens were _____.6. Sand______ the wells instead of water.Part 3: After the earthquakeAnswer the following questions according to Para 4:1. Who came to help the rescue workers 2. What did the army do 3. What did the workers do Tasks after reading-- to understand the text betterDiscussion (group work) --to challenge your creativity and cooperationSuppose there would be an earthquake, what should we do to keep ourselves safe At home: At school: In the street: In the building: Exercises in class– to learn what you’ve and haven’t learnedFill in the following blanks with the proper form of the words in the following chart.destroy , rescue, strange, much, earthquake, shake, bury, fall, team, trapSeveral days before July 28, 1976, many s________ things happed in Tangshan. They were signs for the e_________. But people in the city of Tangshan didn’t think m____ of these. At 3: 42 am that day, the earth began to s_____, which d________ the city. Many people, including workers and doctors, came to r_____ those t______ under the ruins. Later that afternoon, another big earthquake struck Tangshan. More people were killed or injured and more building f____ down. Soldiers were called in to help the rescue workers. T______ were organized to dig out the trapped and b ___ the dead.Homework --also an enjoyable learning experience 1. Read the text fluently;2. Try to retell the text in your own words; 3. Preview the next period Language focus.
SUMMING-UP--to sum up to experience success