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Disaster and hope
Tier 1 Learning Activities
情境导入
Activity 1 Watch a video about a storm and describe your feelings after watching it.
Stars
after
the
storm
Under the midnight sky, the author saw the Bigger Dipper, the Little Dipper, and the Milky Way.
An extremely powerful hurricane called Katrina caused enormous destruction and significant damage to New Orleans.
单元内容分析
本单元主题语境是人与自然——灾害防范。语篇类型:记叙文——个人故事。
文本分析: Stars after the storm是一篇讲述自然灾害的个人故事。该文以一个孩子的视角,通过亲身经历灾害前后的境况变化和相应的心理感受变化,表达了团结一心战胜灾害的决心和对未来生活充满希望的乐观的人生态度。文章按照飓风发生先后顺序展开。
本文共有6个段落,第一二段描述了飓风来袭,特别是对飓风的突如其来和暴雨的破坏力进行了生动的描述。第三四段重点对飓风过后的作者所处的处境和心理感受进行了描述。第五段寥寥数笔带过了作者被转移到安全的地方。最后一段是灾害发生一年后,社区灾后重建工作。作者通过文中对暴雨和夜空的描述,反映出了给作者带来的人生启迪。
To memorize significant language points and use them flexibly
To enhance reading and writing competence
To build a positive attitude towards difficulties
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Learning Objectives
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natural disasters
rescue work
Activity 2
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natural disasters
erupt
occur
landslide
tsunami
drought
typhoon
blizzard
exceptionally
avalanche
hurricane
earthquake
flood
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billion
stay positive
go nowhere
threaten
crisis
a severe food
claim ... lives
move on
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announcement
reliable
protect one’s property
the common
satellite data
weather forecast
precisely
safety guidelines
stay in the shelter
sufficient food
threat
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rescue work
International rescue team
emergency aid
donate
Tier 2 Learning Activities
新知梳理
Activity 3
Look through the passage again and try to get its structure.
During the
hurricane
Right after the hurricane
A few days later
One year later
Conclusion: The passage is organised in the order of
_______.
time
One year later
1. _________
The roof 2. ______________________.
The street turned into a river and we were going nowhere.
worried
hopeful
We didn't have enough drinking water.
It was hot and 3. _____________________
___________.
Mom told us to 4. ___________________
________________.
The amazing stars at night gave us hope
for the future.
5. _______
We were rescued.
Smartie 6. _____________________.
optimistic
Many families have come back to New
Orleans and are working together to
7. ____________________________.
During the
hurricane
Right after the hurricane
A few days
later
Feelings
Causes
frightened
flew off/was blown away
smelled so bad
everywhere
always try to see the
good side of things
happy
came home just in time
rebuild our homes and our lives
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Stars after the storm
Activity4
Mum told us to try to see the good side of things ! The amazing stars at night gave us hope for he future!
Tier 3 Learning Activities
组织学习
Activity 5: Discuss the following question and present your ideas:
How to stay positive in the face of difficulties and disasters
for your reference
How to stay positive in the face of difficulties and disasters
Activity 5: Discuss the following question and present your ideas:
1. Adjust emotions by
ourselves
2. Seek companionship of
family and friends
3. Trust others
4. Release emotions,
e.g. by crying
5. Take a deep breath
6. Seek the help of a
professional psychologist…
To find out the light ! To be the light !
发现光! 成为光 !
1. I was sitting in my room with my cat, Smartie, on my lap, when the roof just flew off. All of a sudden, there was sky where the roof had been.
插入语, 补充说明
with复合结构: with+名词 + 介词短语,作伴随状语
时间状语从句
定语从句
当时我正坐在自己房间里,猫咪斯玛蒂趴在我腿上,突然屋顶就飞走了。霎时,屋顶变成了天空。
归纳总结
be doing ... when. . . 某人正在做某事, 这时…
had just done . . . when. . . 刚做完…这时…
be on the point of doing . . . when 正要做…这时…
be about to do . . . when 正要做……这时……
Activity 6
2.I remember us all lying under the midnight sky and looking up at the stars.
remember sb. doing sth.
Translation
我还记得那时我们躺在午夜的苍穹之下,仰望星空。
3. Some families have yet to return, but many others have come back. Although we are surrounded by reminders of the disaster, we are working together to rebuild our homes and our lives.
have yet to do: if you have yet to do sth., you have not done it 尚未;尚有待于;还没有
让步状语从句
reminder: sb. or sth. that makes you remember a particular person, event or situation
引起回忆的事物;提醒人的事物
目的状语
有的人家仍然流落在外, 但有许多人已经回来了。虽然我们周围的一切都提醒着我们这里曾发生的灾难, 但大家都在为重建家园和生活而一同努力着。
Tier 4 Learning Activities
当堂评价
课文语法填空
I was sitting in my room with my cat,Smartie,on my lap,1. the roof just flew off.I was so 2. (frighten) that I just froze.The rain 3. (come) down so hard and so fast.There was water everywhere,but we could just had drinking water that 4. (send) to us by helicopter.I just spent the days 5. (watch) the boats going up and down the street and looking out for Smartie.He 6. (disappear)the moment the storm hit.
7. (live) in the open air,we became breakfast,lunch and dinner for the mosquitoes.But Mom said that 8.___________happens,we should always try to see the good side of things.Although it was only a few days 9.________we were rescued,it felt like months.10.___________(thankful),Smartie came home just in time to be taken to another town in a faraway county.
when
frightened
was coming
was sent
watching
had disappeared
Activity 7
Living
whatever
before
Thankfully
结合课文主题, 使用本单元词汇与句型写一篇50词左右的短文。
1. 昨天的飓风(hurricane)特别(exceptionally)大, 结果给人们的财产(property)造成了严重损失。
2. 据报道(announce)这次灾害夺去(claim)了一些人的生命。
3. 一些人没有地方(nowhere)可去, 只能住庇护所(shelter)。
4. 他们不仅没有饮用水而且也没有足够(sufficient)的食物。(not only. . . but also)
5. 我们应该立刻(immediately)营救(rescue)他们。
Write a short passage according to the thematic context
结合课文主题, 使用本单元词汇与句型写一篇50词左右的短文。
The hurricane was exceptionally strong yesterday, causing significant damage to people’s properties. It’s announced that a number of lives have been claimed by the disaster. Some people have nowhere to go but shelter. Not only do they have no drinking water but also they do not have sufficient food. So we should rescue them immediately.
Tier 5 Learning Activities
归纳拓展
What can we do to help our planet
low-carbon lifestyle
In some cases, it only takes a little change in lifestyle and behavior to make a great difference.
Apr. 22nd
The World Earth Day
Homework
Write a passage about how to protect the earth.