(共27张PPT)
Unit 5 An Exciting Job
Reading (Period 1)
Objectives
2. Students will have learned some information about the volcano eruption and the job of a volcanologist.
1. Students will have read and understood the whole passage well.
3. Students will have learned to retell the passage according to the mind-map they will have drawn.
volcanologist
volcano eruption
Lead in
Do you think to be a volcanologist is very
________________
But the author thinks it
is an___________ job.
exciting
dangerous
Activity 1 ---
Para. 1 ( )
Para. 2 ( )
Para. 3 ( )
Para. 4 ( )
Para. 5 ( )
B. Express his love for his job and why he loves it.
A. State again his love for his work and volcanoes.
C. Describe his first closer look at a volcano eruption.
D. His first sight of a volcano eruption
E. Describe his job and his importance.
A
C
E
D
B
Group work 1:
Jigsaw reading (Fast reading)
Main idea of each paragraph
As/Gs: Read Para 1 and 5
We have 7 groups, and there are 6 or 7 students, A, B, C, D, E, F or G in each group. Now we have 5 paragraphs, so …
Bs: Read Para 2
Cs: Read Para 3
Ds: Read Para 3
Es: Read Para 4
Task 1 Get the main idea of each paragraph and share in your group.
Fs: Read Para 4
Task 2 – Main idea of the whole passage Gap filling—You please use the right form of the three words to fill in the blanks
The writer expressed his __________
for his job as a ________________ and told
us one of his unusual__________________
in Mount Kilauea, Hawaii.
love
experiences
volcanologist
volcanologist experience love
Jigsaw reading (Fast reading)
Activity 2 ---
Group work 2
Jigsaw reading (Detailed reading)
Different groups, you please read the different paragraphs and finish the different tasks in your handouts.
Group 1 Para 2 Task 1 and Task 2
Group 2 Para 4 Task
Group 3 Para 4 Task
Group 4 Para 3 Task 1 and Task 2
Group 5 Para 3 Task 2
Group 6 Para 1 Task and Para 5 Task
Group 7 Para 2 Task 1 and Task 2
Assignment
Group 1 A7 B6 C1 D5 E4 F3 缺Group 2成员
Group 2 A1 B7 C2 D6 E5 F4 缺Group 3成员
Group 3 A2 B1 C3 D7 E6 F5 G4
Group 4 A3 B2 C4 D1 E7 F6 缺Group 5成员
Group 5 A4 B3 C5 D2 E1 F7 G6
Group 6 A5 B4 C6 D3 E2 F1 缺Group 7成员
Group 7 A6 B5 C7 D4 E3 F2 缺Group 1成员
New Groups
Task Why does the author say that he has the greatest job in the world /Why does the author love his job
1.
2.
3.
unusual places
various people
dangerous and exciting
protecting ordinary people
Jigsaw reading (Detailed reading – Para. 1)
never bored
Why
The author’s main job
Work for
————————
Collecting
____________
Predicting
___________
Where is Mount Kilauea
——————
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
Hawaii
Information for a database
Where … will flow and how fast
Task 1
Jigsaw reading (Detailed reading – Para. 2)
Why is a volcanologist’s job important
warn people to leave their houses
Task 2
Jigsaw reading (Detailed reading – Para. 2)
save many lives
The lava flows down the mountain.
The lava buries everything in its path under ….
Why do the boiling rocks that erupt from
Mount Kilauea cause less damage
Why does the lava that flow down on
Mount Kilauea
cause more damage
No one lives near the top of Mount Kilauea.
Task 1
Jigsaw reading (Detailed reading – Para. 3)
What made the author realize
that an eruption occurred
1.
2.
3.
red hot lava…hundreds
5.
shaking
strange sound
as bright as day
4.
fantastic sight.
Task 2
Jigsaw reading (Detailed reading – Para. 3)
protective suits, helmets, big boots, special gloves
Got as close as possible to the crater
lucky
What did the author and two scientists do after this eruption
climbed down into the crater to collect some lava for later study.
difficult
To have a closer look at the volcano eruption
purpose
Jigsaw reading (Detailed reading – Para. 4)
What is the author still amazed at
He is still amazed at the volcanoes ___________ as well as their _____________ to cause great damage.
Jigsaw reading (Detailed reading – Para. 5)
beauty
potential
Post reading
Task 1 First, you please draw a mind-map (5mins) about the summary of the whole passage.
Task 2 Then, you please retell the article according to the mind-map you will draw.
Activity 3 – Mind-map and retelling
The passage is about …
The author expressed …
The author said …
The author told us …
The author talked about …
The author described …
.
.
You can begin your retelling like this
I’d like you to interview at least five of your classmates freely about what jobs they want to do in the future and the reasons.
Activity 4 --- Speaking
(Homework)
Eg: I want to be a doctor because I can help the people with diseases and save many lives.
1. What can you do for others or our society
I hope you will talk about the reasons from the following two aspects--
Eg: I want to be a fashion designer because it can make my life challenging and colorful.
2. What do you think of the job Adjs.
A: Hey, Could I ask you a question
B: Yes, please.
A: What kind of job do you want to do in the future
B: I want to be … because ….
Dialogue sample
Names Jobs Reasons
1
2
3
4
5
Interviewing
Homework
You please fill in the gaps by yourself first, then share your answers with other students, and solve the difficult points together.
I was appointed 1. _____ a volcanologist twenty years ago. The job is exciting but 2. _____________ (occasion) dangerous. I don’t mind the danger because I help protect ordinary people 3. _______ the volcanoes. What I do is to collect information for a database about Mount Kilauea, 4. _______ is an active volcano in Hawaii.
as
occasionally
from
which
5. _____________________ (collect) and evaluated the information, I help other scientists to predict where lava from the volcano will flow next and how fast.
When boiling rock erupts from a volcano and crashes back to earth, it causes less damage than you might imagine. The reason is 6. ______ no one lives near the top of the Mount Kilauea, where rocks fall. The lava can bury 7. ____________ in its path under the molten rock.
Having collected
that
everything
Once I was 8. ______ (luck) enough to have a closer look at the volcano the day after its eruption with other scientists. We have to wear 9. ___________ (protect) suits that covered our whole body. We made 10. ____ way to the edge of the crater and collected some lava for study. That was my first experience.
lucky
protecting
our