Unit 4 Our World
Topic 2 How can we protect ourselves from the earthquake
教学内容分析及课时分配建议：
本单元以Our World 为主题。第 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )二话题主要围绕玉树地震，地震中如何保护自己等话题展开。同时学习表达安慰，关心等的功能句。本话题的主要语法是：多音节和部分双音节形容词比较级和最高级的变化规律。主要句型有：The mobile phone is more useful than the telephone., The computer is the most useful of the three., The safest place is under a strong table or desk., Was it serious , I’m very sorry to hear that., Don’t worry.等。 语音版块复习字母i， o和字母组合oo，ou，ow，or，ai在单词中的发音规则；区分/θ/和/ /的发音，学习降调，继续训练连读和不完全爆破。Project的活动“Caring About the Children From Disaster Areas”为学生灵活运用该话题相关语言知识和创造了条件，训练学生用英语做事情的能力。
本话题建议用五课时完成。
第一课时：Section A—1a,1b,1c,1d
第二课时：Section A—2a, 2b, Section B—3a, 3b Section A—3
第三课时：Section B—1a, 1b, 1c, 2, 4
第四课时：Section C—1a, 1b,1c, 2a, 2b,2c
第五课时：Section D—Grammar and Functions, 1, 2, Project
第二课时 (Section A—2a, 2b, Section B—3a, 3b Section A—3）
教学设计思路：
本节课的课型为语法语音课，主要活动 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )是SectionA-2a和SectionB-3a，3b。Revision环节里同桌之间借助P89-1c的表格互相讲述三次地震的情况，复习上节课的内容。然后利用表格对比另外三次地震的严重程度，引出多音节形容词的比较级和最高级。出示更多的图片，让学生领会和掌握多音节形容词的比较级和最高级的用法。在Grammar环节，引导学生总结
多音节形容词的比较级和最高级的变 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )化规则，完成Section A-2a的表格。接下来利用2b的活动编对话练习多音节形容词的比较级和最高级的用法。在Pronunciation环节中，首先将Section A-2b中谈到的三种自然灾害fire，earthquake和rainstorm的图片展示在屏幕上，巩固这几个词汇，提问：What other natural disasters do you know 出示SectionB-3a其它的图片，根据音标写出单词，并总结字母及字母组合的发音规则。接下来通过听音、模仿学习区分辅音音标/θ/和/ /的发音，学习降调，训练连读和不完全爆破。并利用3a的图片做对话进行操练。提醒学生降调常用于陈述句，感叹句，特殊疑问句和表示命令的句子。听力任务Section A-3继续自然灾害的话题，自然导入之后阅读表格预测答案。听录音完成表格并核对答案，最后让学生根据表格信息复述这则有关自然灾害的消息。
Ⅰ. Teaching aims
Knowledge aims：
（1）学习并掌握新词汇：
mobile, phone, fire
rainstorm, snowstorm, typhoon, flood, drought
（2）学习双多音节形容词的比较级和最高级的变化规则。
（3）学习双多音节形容词的比较级和最高级在句子当中的应用。
（4）掌握字母i， o和字母组合oo，ou，ow，or，ai在单词中的发音规则；
（5）区分/θ/和/ /的发音，学习降调，继续训练连读和不完全爆破。
2. Skill aims:
（1）通过对双多音节形容词比较级、最高级的操练，能用形容词比较级和最高级谈论有关自然灾害的话题。
（2）能听懂有关自然灾害的新闻报道。
（3）能读出句子的升降调、连读和不完全爆破，分清/ / /θ/之间的区别。
3. Emotional aims:
4. Culture awareness:
了解几种常见的自然灾害。
Ⅱ. The key points and difficult points
Key points:
（1）学习双多音节形容词的比较级和最高级的变化规则。
（2）学习双多音节形容词的比较级和最高级在句子当中的应用。
Difficult points：
（1）学习双多音节形容词的比较级和最高级的变化规则。
（2）学习双多音节形容词的比较级和最高级在句子当中的应用。
Ⅲ. Learning strategies
1. 学生自己总结语法规律。
2. 降调常用于陈述句，感叹句，特殊疑问句和表示命令的句子。
Ⅳ. Teaching aids
多媒体课件/图片
V. Teaching procedures
Stage 1（3mins）：Getting students ready for learning
Step Teacher activity Student activity Designing purpose
1(Class activity) Greet the students and get themready for learning. T: Good morning, everyone!T: Who’s on duty today T: It’s your turn to give your duty report. Are you ready for it Focus their attention on the teacher. Ss: Good morning, Miss…S1:I am.S1: Yes. Good morning, everybody. It’s my duty today. …
Remark：这一环节的目的是要创造学习英语的氛围并使学生静下心来，开始新的学习。可以采用多种方式，如唱歌、游戏、值日报告、自由讨论等。
Stage 2（5mins）：Revision
Step Teacher activity Student activity Designing purpose
1(Pair work) Lead the students t ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )o tell the three earthquakes to each other with the help of the form on Page 89-1c.T: Thank you for ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )your report. You did a good job. Now let’s review what we learned yesterday. How many earthquakes did we talk about T: What are they T: Yes. Now work i ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )n pairs and tell the three earthquakes to your partners with the help of the form on Page 89- 1c. Work in pairs and t ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ell the three earthquakes to each other with the help of the form on Page 89-1c.Ss: Three earthquakes.Ss: Tangshan earthquake, Wenchuan earthquake and Yushu earthquake.Ss:…
Remark：
Stage 3（15mins）：Grammar
Step Teacher activity Student activity Designing purpose
1(Class activity) Talk about t ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )he three earthquakes and some other pictures. Lead to the grammar—comparative and superlative of degrees of adjectives.T: which earthqu ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ake is more serious, the Yushu earthquake or the Wenchuan earthquake T: Which one is the most serious T: Let’s get ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) to know about more earthquakes. Look at this form. They are about three terrible earthquakes in China. T: Which earthqua ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ke is more terrible, the Yaan earthquake or the Gaoxiong earthquake T: Which one is the most terrible T:You are right. ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) Well, the topic of earthquakes is so serious. Let’s talk about something light. Look at these pictures. T: They are useful inventions. Do you think so T: Which one is more useful, the mobile phone or the telephone T: I agree with you. And do you think which one is the most useful T: I think so. Another group of pictures. ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )T: Which picture is more beautiful, the tree or the grass T: And which is t ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )he most beautiful, the tree, the grass or the flowers Go on learnin ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )g comparative and superlative degrees of multisyllabic adjectives.S1:The Wenchuanearthquake.S2:The Tangshan earthquake is the most serious.S3:The Yaan ear ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )thquake is more terrible than the Gaoxiong earthquake. S4: The Ludian earthquake is the most terrible of the three.Ss: Yes, we do.S1: The mobile phone is more useful than the telephone.S2: I think the computer is the most useful.S1: I think the tree is more beautiful than the grassS2: I think the flowers are the most of beautiful. 通过讨论地震的严重程度和其他图片，引出多音节形容词的比较级和最高级。
2(Group work) Ask the students to sum up the rules and complete the table in 2a.T:Have you found any r ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ules Discuss with your group members about the rules and complete the table in 2a.T: Let’s check you ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )r answers. Who can read the comparative and superlative degrees of “serious” T: And the next one, dangerous T: So what a ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )re the grammar rules of comparative and superlative degrees of multisyllabic adjectives T: Wonderful ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )! This kind of “long” adjectives refer to the multisyllabic adjectives and some disyllabic adjectives like the adjectives in the form. All of them are a little longer, right T: Any other rules T: Good. Don’t forget it. Sum up the rules and complete the table in 2a.Ss:…S1: More serious and most serious.Ss:…S2: For this kind ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )of “long” adjectives, we add “more” before them to get the comparative degree of it. And “most” before them for the superlative degree of it.Ss:Yes.S3: We often add “most” before the superlative degree of adjectives. 小组总结多音节形容词的比较级和最高级的变化规则并完成2a表格。
3(Group work) Ask the students to finish 2b.T: Look at the table in 2b. Number the things according tothe degrees you like them. T: Work in groups o ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )f three and follow the example to make small conversations.T: Which group would like act our your conversation Number the things ac ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )cording to the degrees they like them. Then follow the example to make small conversation.Ss:...Ss:...G1: SA: The rainstorm is serious.SB: I think the fire is more serious than the rainstorm.SC: Yes, but the earthquake is the most serious of the three.... 利用2b的活动编对话练习多音节形容词和部分双音节形容词的比较级和最高级的用法。
Remark：引导学生自己总结语法规律。
Stage 4（8mins）：Pronunciation
Step Teacher activity Student activity Designing purpose
1(Individual work) Show some pictures of natural disasters and learn the new words.Then play the tape recording of 3a.T: Group 1 talked about fire and rainstorm just now. Look at the pictures. Wha is it ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )T: The letter “i” p ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ronounces /ai/. So can you guess how to spell fire T: Good. Look at the picture. What is it ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )T: We have learned the ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) word “rain”. So can you try to spell the word “rainstorm” according to the sound T: Good. “or” pronounces / :/ .You may w ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )rite down the word on the line below the second picture on Page92.T: Look at other ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )pictures in 3a. Most of them are natural disasters. Please write down the words according to the sounds.T: Let’s liste ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )n to the tape, read and check your answers, paying attention to the vowels and stress.T: Work in pairs and t ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ry to find how the letters pronounce. And then fill in the blanks after the example.rainstorm— /ai/ / :/snowstorm— typhoon—flood—drought—forest fire— Look at the pictures ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )and write down the words according to the sounds. Then listen, read and check.Ss: It’s a fire.Ss: Fire.Ss: Rainstorm.Ss:...Ss:…Ss:…Ss:…Ss: 出示3a图片，学习新词汇。根据音标写出单词。总结字母及字母组合的发音规则。
2(Individual work) Play the tape recording of 3b.T: Do you know how to ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )pronounce “th” Read after the tape and imitate.T: Now listen t ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )o the rest sentences. Pay attention to the marked parts and intonation. The falling tone is often used in statements, exclamations, commands and special questions.T:The fourth one is a ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )short conversation. Now work in pairs and use the words in 3a and the comparative and superlative forms of adjectives to practice. Read after the tape and imitate. Ss:…Ss:…P1: —What do you think of the rainstorm —I think it is more dangerous than the snowstorm.… 学习区分辅音音标/θ/和/ /的发音，学习降调，继续训练连读和不完全爆破。
Remark：降调常用于陈述句，感叹句，特殊疑问句和表示命令的句子。
Stage 5（10mins）：Listening
Step Teacher activity Student activity Designing purpose
1(Group work) Lead the stud ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ents to read the form of Section A-3 and predict the answers.T: As we know ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ), the natural disasters often affect our life. Here is a piece of bad news about a snowstorm. Read the form of 3 and predict the answers. Read the form of Section A-3 and predict the answers.Ss: ...
2(group work) Play the tape recording of 3.T: Let’s listen to the piece of news and fill out the form of 3. T: Listen again and check your answers. Listen to the tape and complete the form in 3.Ss:...Ss:...
3(class activity) Ask the students to retell the news according to the form in 3.T: Can you retell ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )the news Work in pairs and have a try with the help of the form in 3. Retell the news according to the form in 3 in pairs.Ss:...
Remark：
Stage 6（4mins）：Summarizing and assigning HMK
Step Teacher activity Student activity Designing purpose
1（Class activity) Encourage the Ss to summarize the key points T: Class will be ove ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )r soon. We should summarize what we have learned in this lesson. Let’s begin! Summarize what they have learned today. S1: We learned some new words:mobile, phone, firerainstorm, snowstorm, typhoon, flood, drought S2:We went on lea ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )rn comparative and superlative degrees of the multisyllabic adjectives and some disyllabic adjectives.The telephone is useful.I think the mobile phone is more useful than the telephone.Yes. but the computer is the most useful of the three.S3:We learn some vowels and stress.S4: We learn to read through and falling tone. 培养学生归纳总结的能力，再次复习巩固本节课的重点知识。
2 (Class activity) Assign the HMK.T: For today’s HM ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )K, I’d like you to remember the new words and phrases. Please find more information about Yushu earthquake on the Internet and preview Section B—1a, 1b, 1c, 2, 4. Finish the HMK after class. 适当的家庭作业有助于巩固课堂所学的知识。
Remark：
VI. Blackboard design
第二课时 (Section A—2a, 2b, Section B—3a, 3b Section A—3 )1. New words:mobile, phone, firerainstorm, snowstorm, typhoon, flood, drought 2. Grammar: (Com ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )parative and superlative degrees of the multisyllabic adjectives and some disyllabic adjectives)The telephone is useful.I think the mobile phone is more useful than the telephone.Yes. but the computer is the most useful of the three.
earthquakes Yaan Ludian Gaoxiong
year 2013.4.20 2014.8.3 2010.3.4
level 7.0 6.5 6.7
the number of dead people 196 615 49Unit 4 Our World
Topic 2 How can we protect ourselves from the earthquake
教学内容分析及课时分配建议：
本单元以Our World 为主题。第二 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )话题主要围绕玉树地震，地震中如何保护自己等话题展开。同时学习表达安慰，关心等的功能句。本话题的主要语法是：多音节和部分双音节形容词比较级和最高级的变化规律。主要句型有：The mobile phone is more useful than the telephone., The computer is the most useful of the three., The safest place is under a strong table or desk., Was it serious , I’m very sorry to hear that., Don’t worry.等。 语音版块复习字母i， o和字母组合oo，ou，ow，or，aie在单词中的发音规则；区分/θ/和/ /的发音，学习降调，继续训练连读和不完全爆破。Project的活动“Caring About the Children From Disaster Areas”为学生灵活运用该话题相关语言知识和创造了条件，训练学生用英语做事情的能力。
本话题建议用五课时完成。
第一课时：Section A—1a,1b,1c,1d
第二课时：Section A—2a, 2b, Section B—3a, 3b Section A—3
第三课时：Section B—1a, 1b, 1c, 2, 4
第四课时：Section C—1a, 1b,1c, 2a, 2b,2c
第五课时：Section D—Grammar and Functions, 1, 2, Project
第一课时 (Section A—1a,1b,1c,1d）
教学设计思路：
本节课的课型为听说课，主要活动为Secti ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )on A-1a。在Warm-up环节听唱一首关于地震的公益歌曲Not Alone，营造气氛并学习词汇earthquake。Revision环节利用图片复习形容词的比较级和最高级。pre-listening环节里，首先播放一段电影《唐山大地震》片段，讨论：What can you see in the movie How do you feel about it 通过与学生讨论唐山地震，学习词汇fall down，province，strike，missing。继续讨论另外的两次地震——汶川地震和玉树地震，通过对比三次地震的严重程度，感知多音节形容词的比较级和最高级，认识more serious 和most serious。接下来看1a图片，预测1b的答案。在while-listening环节，首先听一遍录音，核对所预测的1b答案。然后根据已有知识将1c表格填空，充分调动已有知识经验有助于更加快速和深刻地理解对话。然后再听1a，完成1c表格，核对答案。在post-listening的环节里，学生阅读1a对话并划出表示安慰，感叹的句子。然后分角色朗诵对话并表演。最后学生两人一组根据1c的表格编写对话进行操练。
Ⅰ. Teaching aims
Knowledge aims：
（1）学习并掌握新词汇：
earthquake, strike, province, missing
（2）学习表达关心、感叹的功能句。
—A terrible earthquake struck Qinghai.
—Was it serious
—Oh, no!
—How terrible!
（3）复习巩固单音节词和部分双音节词形容词比较级、最高级的变化形式；初步感知双多音节形容词比较级、最高级的变化形式。
2. Skill aims:
（1）听懂有关报道或谈论地震的消息。
（2）能正确朗读课本的文本材料，读懂报道地震的消息。
（3）能运用本课所学语言，谈论有关地震的消息。
3. Emotional aims:
通过对地震的学习，让学生感受生命的可贵，懂得珍惜自己和他人的生命。
4. Culture awareness:
了解玉树、汶川、唐山地震的历史概况。
Ⅱ. The key points and difficult points
1. Key points:
学习有关介绍地震的功能句。
2. Difficult points：
运用本课所学语言，谈论有关地震的消息。
Ⅲ. Learning strategies
1. 课前查找有关地震的知识不仅能扩大知识面，还能帮助我们更好地理解文章。
2. 充分调动已有知识和经验有助于更快更深刻地理解课文。
Ⅳ. Teaching aids
多媒体课件/图片
V. Teaching procedures
Stage 1（3mins）：Getting students ready for learning
Step Teacher activity Student activity Designing purpose
1(Class activity) Greet the students and get themready for learning. Play the taperecording of the song Not alone.T: Good morning, everyone!T:I’d like you to enj ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )oy a beautiful song named Not alone. It’s about earthquakes. An earthquake is a kind of terrible natural disaster. Can you guess what kind of disaster it is T:Yes. Earthq ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )uakes are terrible, but just as we sing, we are the world, we are not alone. Let’s enjoy it together. Focus their attention on the teacher. Listen to the song Not alone.Ss: Good morning, Miss…Ss:地震。Ss:… 听唱一首关于地震的公益歌曲Not Alone。学习新词汇：earthquake。
Remark：这一环节的目的是要创造学习英语的氛围并使学生静下心来，开始新的学习。可以采用多种方式，如唱歌、游戏、值日报告、自由讨论等。
Stage 2（5mins）：Revision
Step Teacher activity Student activity Designing purpose
(Pair work) Show some pictures ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )and review comparative and superlative degrees of adjectives. Learn the new word: province.T: Well. Let’s be ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )gin a new topic. Before the new lesson, we should review something we learned last week. Now look at the pictures and try to make conversations to talk about them. ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) subject/easy ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) province/bigT: Look. This is ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )a map of China. There are 23 provinces in China. What’s the meaning of “province”, do you know T: You man contrast the areas of the provinces in China. ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) animal/tall Make conversations to ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )review comparative and superlative degrees of adjectives. Learn the new word: province.P1:—Which subject is easier, Chinese or math I think Chine ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )se is easier. Which subject is easiest, Chinese, math or English I think English is the easiest.S1: 省。P2:—Which province is bigger, Guangxi Province or Hebei Province …P3:— Which animal is taller, tiger or horse —… 利用图片编对话复习形容词的比较级和最高级。
Remark：
Stage 3（8mins）：Pre-listening
Step Teacher activity Student activity Designing purpose
1(Class activity) Play the beginning ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )of the film《唐山大地震》.Talk about the film.T: Have you ever heard ofTangshand in Hebei Province A terrible ear ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )thquake struck Tangshang in 1976. Let’s watch a part of the movie The Tangshan Earthquake.T: What can you see in the movie T: How about the buildings T: How do you feel about it T: So do I. The earthquake struck Tangshan, Hebei Province in 1976. Many people lost their lives and lots of people are missing. That means people can not find them. Watch and talk about the film 《唐山大地震》.Ss:...S1: The ground is quaking.S2: Many buildings fell down. S3: I feel very terrible.S4: I feel sad. S5:I fell sorry for them. 观看电影《唐山大地震》片段，讨论并导入本节课话题，学习新词汇。
2(Class activity) Lead the students ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )to talk about another two earthquakes. T:Have you heard another two earthquakes struck yushu and Wenchuan T:Do you know when the yushu earthquake happened T: And the Wenchuan earthquake T: Yes. You know a ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )lot. All of the earthquakes are serious. Look at this table form. T: According to t ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )he numbers of dead people, It shows the Wenchuan earthquake is more serious than the Yushu earthquake and the Tangshan earthquake is the most serious of the three. Do you understand “more serious” and “most serious” T: Great! Look at th ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )e picture in 1a. Can you guess what they are talking about T: Yes. They are talking about something about earthquakes. Read the answers in 1b and predict the right answer. Talk about another ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )two earthquakes. Get to know “more serious” and “most serious”.Ss: Yes.S1: In 2010.S2: In 2008.S1: Yes. They means 更严重 and 最严重。S2: They are talking about earthquakes. 引导学生谈论玉树和汶川地震。通过对比三次地震的严重程度，感知多音节形容词的比较级和最高级。
Remark：本节课语法不作为重点讲解，只让学生感知多音节和部分双音节形容词的比较级和最高级。
Stage 4（9mins）：While-listening
Step Teacher activity Student activity Designing purpose
1(Individual work) Play the tape recording of 1a and check the answer to 1b. T: Let’s listen ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) to the conversation and you can check your answer to 1b. Listen to 1a and answer the question in 1b.Ss:…
2(Individual work) Play the tape recor ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ding of 1a again and lead the students to finish 1c.T: You know Kangkang ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )and Li Ming are talking about the three earthquakes in China. Now try to fill out the form in 1c.T: Let’s listen to 1a again and complete the table.T: Listen once again and check your answers. Listen again and complete 1c. Ss:…S:… 先根据已有经验填表在完成听力任务，可减轻听力的难度。
Remark：充分调动已有知识和经验有助于更快更深刻地理解课文。
Stage 5（15mins）：Post- listening
Step Teacher activity Student activity Designing purpose
1(Individual activity & Pair work) Lead the stude ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )nts to understand the useful expressions and then read the conversation in roles.T: When we heard so ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )mething bad happened to others like earthquakes, it’s polite to express our concern, comfort or exclamation. Read the conversation and underline the useful expressions like those.T: Read the expres ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )sions to your partners, pay attention to the intonation and your emotions. Underline the usefu ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )l expressions and then read the conversation in roles.Ss:…Ss:…
2(Pair work) Ask the students to ac ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )t out the conversation in pairs. Pay attention to the emotion.T: Good gob. Now l ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )et’s try to read the conversations in roles. Pay attention to the marked parts and intonation.T: I’d like you to ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )act it out. Let’s see who read best. Who’s willing to have a try Act out the conversation in pairs.Ss:…P1:…
3(Pair word) Lead the students to ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) make similar conversations according to 1c and then practice in pairs.T: You have known ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) about the three serious earthquakes in China. I think you can tell them to your partners. Work in pairs and make up a conversation based on 1c. T: Does any pair w ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ant to act out your conversation I’m sure you can make it. Be brave,please! Make similar conver ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )sations according to 1c and then practice in pairs.Ss:…P1:…
Remark：
Stage 6（5mins）：Summarizing and assigning HMK
Step Teacher activity Student activity Designing purpose
1（Class activity) Encourage the Ss to summarize the key points T: Class will ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )be over soon. We should summarize what we have learned in this lesson. Let’s begin! Summarize what they have learned today. S1: We learned some new words.earthquake, strike, province, missingS2: We learne ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )d some useful functions about how to express our concern, comfort or exclamation.—A terrible earthquake struck Qinghai.—Was it serious —Oh, no!—How terrible!S3:We went on learnin ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )g comparative and superlative degrees of adjectives:serious— more serious — the most serious. 培养学生归纳总结的能力，再次复习巩固本节课的重点知识。
2 (Class activity) Assign the HMK.T: For today’s HMK, I’ ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )d like you to remember the new words and phrases. Please tell something about the three earthquakes your parents and preview Section A—2a, 2b, 3 Section B—3a, 3b. Finish the HMK after class. 适当的家庭作业有助于巩固课堂所学的知识。
Remark：
VI. Blackboard design
第一课时 (Section A—1a,1b,1c,1d)1.Some new words:earthquake, strike, province, missing2. Useful functions :—A terrible earthquake struck Qinghai.—Was it serious —Oh, no!—How terrible!3.Comparative and superlative degrees of adjectives:serious— more serious — the most serious.
Tangshan earthquake Wenchuan earthquake Yushu earthquake
level 7.8 8.0 7.1
The number of dead people 242769 69227 2220Unit 4 Our World
Topic 2 How can we protect ourselves from the earthquake
教学内容分析及课时分配建议：
本单元以Our World 为主 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )题。第二话题主要围绕玉树地震，地震中如何保护自己等话题展开。同时学习表达安慰，关心等的功能句。本话题的主要语法是：多音节和部分双音节形容词比较级和最高级的变化规律。主要句型有：The mobile phone is more useful than the telephone., The computer is the most useful of the three., The safest place is under a strong table or desk., Was it serious , I’m very sorry to hear that., Don’t worry.等。 语音版块复习字母i， o和字母组合oo，ou，ow，or，ai在单词中的发音规则；区分/θ/和/ /的发音，学习降调，继续训练连读和不完全爆破。Project的活动“Caring About the Children From Disaster Areas”为学生灵活运用该话题相关语言知识和创造了条件，训练学生用英语做事情的能力。
本话题建议用五课时完成。
第一课时：Section A—1a,1b,1c,1d
第二课时：Section A—2a, 2b, Section B—3a, 3b Section A—3
第三课时：Section B—1a, 1b, 1c, 2, 4
第四课时：Section C—1a, 1b,1c, 2a, 2b,2c
第五课时：Section D—Grammar and Functions, 1, 2, Project
第五课时 (Section D—Grammar and Functions, 1, 2, Project）
教学设计思路：
本节课的课型为复习课。Warming- ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )up播放一段关于地震的公益性短片，将学生的注意力吸引到课堂中，同时让学生感受到地震无情人有情的人文情怀。在Revision环节里，学生讨论与地震及自我保护有关的话题，复习形容词的比较级和最高级的用法以及本话题的功能句。Task1：Reading 中的课文是一篇关于汶川的新闻报道，在读文章之前，教师在网上找到关于汶川和玉树的英语新闻视频，学生观看之后，师生讨论新闻的要素。然后学生速读课文，猜测新单词的意思。再读文章，理解细节并完成表格。最后，学生根据表格，两人一组相互复述课文。Task 2: Writing 的任务是仿照1，将2的表格改为一篇新闻报道，向全班报道，提醒学生注意新闻的要素。Task3: Project的主题是关心灾区的孩子。首先出示一些灾区孩子的照片，引起学生感情的共鸣。然后组织四人小组活动：一人为记者，采访其他三人Project第一步中的3个问题。之后仍然小组合作，将采访结果改写成简短的汇报，并由记者同学向全班汇报。最后，学生独立完成书面表达任务：给灾区的小朋友写一封信，表达安慰，关心和祝福。
Ⅰ. Teaching aims
Knowledge aims：
（1）学习并掌握新词汇：
whole, appear, send, army
million, nation, rebuild, normal, injured
（2）复习形容词的比较级和最高级的变化规则及其在句子当中的具体使用。
（3）学习新闻的写作方法。
2. Skill aims:
（1）熟练运用形容词的比较级和最高级。
（2）熟练谈论有关地震的话题，能用英语自由地交流如何从自然灾害中逃生。
（3）能够根据新闻要素写出简短的新闻。
（4）能够写出表达对受灾人群关心和安慰的短文。
3. Emotional aims:
（1）通过本课的学习，学生在遇到学习、生活方面的困难时候能够冷静面对。
（2）具有关爱他人的精神。
4. Culture awareness:
了解汶川地震的历史概况。
Ⅱ. The key points and difficult points
1. Key points:
（1）复习形容词比较级和最高级的用法以及本单元的功能句。
（2）学习新闻的写作方法。
2. Difficult points：
根据新闻的要素写新闻。
Ⅲ. Learning strategies
1. 善于总结和发现规律，并能学以致用。
2. 在学习中积极与同学合作，共同完成任务。
Ⅳ. Teaching aids
多媒体课件/图片
V. Teaching procedures
Stage 1（2mins）：Getting students ready for learning
Step Teacher activity Student activity Designing purpose
(Class activity) Greet the studen ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ts and get themready for learning. Play a public servicevideo of the Wenchuanearthquake .T: Good morning, everyone!T: We talked about earthquakes in this week. Although earthquakes were terrible and many people lost their lives, people pulled together to build more beautiful home. Let’s enjoy a warm video to cheer us up. Focus their attention on the teacher. Ss: Good morning, Miss…
Remark：这一环节的目的是要创造学习英语的氛围并使学生静下心来，开始新的学习。可以采用多种方式，如唱歌、游戏、值日报告、自由讨论等。
Stage 2（6mins）：Revision
Step Teacher activity Student activity Designing purpose
(Pair work) Lead the students ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) to make conversations to talk about the Yushu earthquake with the functions on P95.T:Let’s begin our l ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )esson. Today we’ll go on talking about the earthquakes. Which earthquake is most serious, the Wenchuan earthquake, the Tangshan earthquake or the Yushu earthquake T:And which is the latest T: What should you ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) do to protect yourselves in an earthquake Please make conversations to talk about it using the useful expressions in the forms of grammar and functions on Page95. Make conversati ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ons to talk about the Yushu earthquake with the functions on P95.S1: The Tangshan earthquake.S2: The Yushu earthquake.Ss:…
Remark：
Stage 3（16mins）: Task 1: reading
Step Teacher activity Student activity Designing purpose
1(Class activity) Play a piece o ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )f news ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )report of the Wenchuan earthquake and the Yushu earthquake. Talk about the factors of news reports.T: I found the TV new ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )s of Wenchuan earthquake and the Yushu earthquake on the Internet and downloaded for you. Now let’s watch the videos of them. Pay attention to the factors of news reports.T: What elements does a news report contain at least T: Yes, you are right. So when you write a news report, don’t forget tell others when, where and what happened. Watch the videos of ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )news reports of the Wenchuan earthquake and theYushu earthquake. Learn about the factors of news reports.Ss:…S1: The time, the place and the event.
2(Class activity & Individual activity) Lead the stude ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )nts to read the passage and guess the meanings of the new words. Then read it again and finish the table.T: The passa ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ge in 1 is a news report from Wenchuan in Sichuan Province. Read it quickly and guess the meanings of the new words.T: Do you kn ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ow how many people lost their homes in the Wenchuan earthquake T: So maybe you can g ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )uess what this word “million” means in Chinese. It’s a large number. T:But now everything ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )has changed with the help of the whole nation. The people in Wenchuan are rebuilding theirs homes. We know “build” means 建设，so what does the word “rebuild” mean T: Very good. Who helps them What is the whole nation T: With the help ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) of the whole nation, the people in Wenchuan are returning to normal life over again. That means they are living as before again. Can you guess the meaning of “normal” T:Look at this picture. ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )T: A new Wenchuan has ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) appeared. “Appear is the opposite of “disappear”. Can you guess its meaning T:Good job! Now read ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) the news again and complete the table on Page 96.T: Check your answers with your partners. Read the passage an ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )d guess the meanings of the new words. Then read it again and finish the table.Ss:…S1:…S2: It means “百万” in ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )Chinese. About 5 million people lost their homes. S3: 重建。S4: The people ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )all around the country. The whole nation refers to our country. So “whole” means “整个的” and the word “nation” means “国家，民族”.S5: It means “正常的” in Chinese.S6: 出现。Ss:…Ss:…
3(Pair work) Lead the student ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )s to retell the news according to the table in pairs.T: What happened in Wenchuan seven years ago and what is the new Wenchuan like today Maybe you can tell your partner about it with the help of the table. Now work in pairs and try to retell the news. Retell the news according to the table in pairs.Ss:…
Remark：善于总结和发现规律，并能学以致用。
Stage 4（6mins）：Task 2：Writing
Step Teacher activity Student activity Designing purpose
(Individual work) Ask the students to wr ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ite a piece of news about the Tangshan earthquake according to the form in 2. T: Can you write ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )new reports I’m sure you can. Before writing, let’s go through the table in 2. Can you understand it T:Yes, you got it.T:You know, when earth ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )quakes happen, many soldiers will come to help. So “send the army” means “派遣军队”.T: Any other questions T:OK. Now write a piec ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )e of news about the Tangshan earthquake with the help of the information of 2. Pay attention to the elements in news.T: Now report your news. Who would like to be the first reporter Write a piece of new ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )s about the Tangshan earthquake according to the form in 2.Then report it to the class.S1:Does the word “injured” mean “hurt” S2: What’s the meaning of “send the army” S2: I see. Thank you. Ss: No.Ss:…S3:…
Remark：
Stage 5（12mins）: Task 3: Project
Step Teacher activity Student activity Designing purpose
1(Group work) Show some pic ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )tures of ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )the children in disaster areas. Lead the students to finish the project. ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )T: Look at the photos ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) of the children in disaster areas. Just as you know, we should care about the children from disaster areas. Now work in groups of four. One student is the reporter, the other three are interviewees. Ask and answer the three questions in 1.T: Also work in groups and make a report according to your survey.T: I’ll ask some of the reporters to report your survey. Any volunteers Work in groups of four ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ), one is the reporter and ask the other three the questions of 1. Then make a report to the class about his\her survey.Ss:…Ss:…S1:…
2(group work) Lead the students ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )to write a letter to the children in disaster areas.T: I know all of you a ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )re kind-hearted youth. And I heard that you gave away your pocket money to the disaster areas. I am very proud of you. I think you must have something to say to the children in the disaster areas. Let’s write a letter to the children and give your comfort, concern and best wishes to them.T: Does anybody want to read his letter to all of us Write a letter to the children in disaster areas.Ss:…S1:… 学生独立完成书面表达：给灾区的小朋友写一封信，表达安慰与关心。
Remark：在学习中积极与同学合作，共同完成任务。
Stage 6（3mins）: Summarizing and assigning HMK
Step Teacher activity Student activity Designing purpose
1（Class activity) Encourage the Ss to summarize the key points T: Class will be over ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )soon. We should summarize what we have learned in this lesson. Let’s begin! Summarize what they have learned today. S1: We learned some new words and useful phrases.whole, appear, send, armymillion, nation, rebuild, normal, injuredwith the help of, return to normal life, over againS2:We learned how to write news reports. 培养学生归纳总结的能力，再次复习巩固本节课的重点知识。
2 (Class activity) Assign the HMK.T: Fo ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )r today’s HMK, I’d like you to remember the new words and phrases. Please preview Section A-1a, 1b, 1c &2 of Topic3. Finish the HMK after class. 适当的家庭作业有助于巩固课堂所学的知识。
Remark：
VI. Blackboard design
第五课时 (Section D—Grammar and Functions, 1, 2, Project )1. Some new words.whole, appear, send, armymillion, nation, rebuild, normal, injured2. Some useful phrases.with the help of, return to normal life, over again3. The factors of a piece of news.Time, Place , EventUnit 4 Our World
Topic 2 How can we protect ourselves from the earthquake
教学内容分析及课时分配建议：
本单元以Our World 为主题 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )。第二话题主要围绕玉树地震，地震中如何保护自己等话题展开。同时学习表达安慰，关心等的功能句。本话题的主要语法是：多音节和部分双音节形容词比较级和最高级的变化规律。主要句型有：The mobile phone is more useful than the telephone., The computer is the most useful of the three., The safest place is under a strong table or desk., Was it serious , I’m very sorry to hear that., Don’t worry.等。 语音版块复习字母i， o和字母组合oo，ou，ow，or，ai在单词中的发音规则；区分/θ/和/ /的发音，学习降调，继续训练连读和不完全爆破。Project的活动“Caring About the Children From Disaster Areas”为学生灵活运用该话题相关语言知识和创造了条件，训练学生用英语做事情的能力。
本话题建议用五课时完成。
第一课时：Section A—1a,1b,1c,1d
第二课时：Section A—2a, 2b, Section B—3a, 3b Section A—3
第三课时：Section B—1a, 1b, 1c, 2, 4
第四课时：Section C—1a, 1b,1c, 2a, 2b,2c
第五课时：Section D—Grammar and Functions, 1, 2, Project
第三课时 (Section B—1a, 1b, 1c, 2, 4）
教学设计思路：
本节课的课型为听说课，主 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )要活动为Section B -1a。Warming-up环节里欣赏和朗读一首小诗，训练学生的语音语调，同时使学生静下心来关注课堂。Revision环节以抢答和造句的方式复习形容词的比较级和最高级的用法。在Pre-listening环节中，检查家庭作业完成情况，讨论： Do you know more about Yushu earthquake 和How do you protect yourself in an earthquake
并在讨论的过程中以表情，动 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )作，简笔画等多种方式学习新词汇。接下来根据已有知识经验判断1b并预测1c答案。While-listening的环节听1a录音，核对1b答案。再听1a，完成1c。Post-listening环节里，首先听录音，模仿，分角色朗读对话。提醒学生注意连读和不完全爆破。接下来阅读2的对话，预测答案之后听2录音，完成填空并核对答案，两人一组分角色朗读对话。学生在听和读的过程中学习表达关心和安慰的功能句。最后，按照老师给出的图表四人一组进行采访活动，一人扮演记者，采访其他组员对于自然灾害的看法。小组合作将采访结果写成小短文，组间交流修改之后，在全班汇报。
Ⅰ. Teaching aims
Knowledge aims：
（1）学习并掌握新词汇：
level， sad， calm
（2）学习表达关心,安慰的功能句。
I’m sorry to hear that.
Is it serious
Don’t worry. He’ll be OK.
2. Skill aims:
（1）能听懂有关谈论地震的话题。
（2）能谈论灾难的情况，并能用所学知识表达自己的关怀。
（3）能用形容词的比较级和最高级写一篇有关自然灾害及其程度的文章。
3. Emotional aims:
（1）通过本课的学习，了解玉树地震。学会地震中的一些自我保护的常识。
（2）学会关心他人。
4. Culture awareness:
Ⅱ. The key points and difficult points
1. Key points:
（1）了解有关地震的知识。
（2）学习表达关心,安慰的功能句。
2. Difficult points：
能用形容词的比较级和最高级写一篇有关自然灾害及其程度的文章。
Ⅲ. Learning strategies
1. 能够从同学的小作文中取长补短，提高书面表达能力。
2. 鼓励学生与同学积极合作，参与课堂活动。
3.善于利用网络等资源拓宽知识面，提高语言实践能力。
Ⅳ. Teaching aids
多媒体课件/图片
V. Teaching procedures
Stage 1（3mins）：Getting students ready for learning
Step Teacher activity Student activity Designing purpose
1(Class activity) Greet the students and get themready for learning. T: Good morning, everyone!T: Let’s enjoy a ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) beautiful poem. Read it with emotions and pay attention to the intonation.What Does Little Birdie Say What does little birdie say, In her nest at peep of day Let me fly, says little birdie, Mother, let me fly away, Birdie, rest a little longer, Till the little wings are stronger. So she rests a little longer, Then she flies away. What does little baby say, In her bed at peep of day Baby says, like little birdie, Let me rise and fly away. Baby, sleep a little longer, Till the little limbs are stronger. If she sleeps a little longer, Baby too shall fly away. 中文译文：小鸟说些什么呢 在这黎明初晓的小巢中 小鸟说，让我飞，妈妈，让我飞走吧。宝贝，稍留久一会儿，等到那对小翅膀再长硬些儿。因此它又多留了一会儿，然而它还是飞走了。婴儿说些什么，在破晓时分的床上 婴儿像小鸟那样说，让我起来飞走吧。乖乖，稍微多睡一会儿，等你的四肢再长硬点儿。如果她再多睡一会儿，婴儿必然也会像鸟儿一样地飞走。 Focus their attention on the teacher. Ss: Good morning, Miss…Ss:…
Remark：这一环节的目的是要创造学习英语的氛围并使学生静下心来，开始新的学习。可以采用多种方式，如唱歌、游戏、值日报告、自由讨论等。
Stage 2（6mins）：Revision
Step Teacher activity Student activity Designing purpose
1(Class activity) Show some exercis ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )es to consolidate comparative and superlative degrees of adjectives.T: Good job! Befor ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )e the new lesson, let’s review what we learned yesterday. Now I’ll show some adjectives quickly on. You should race to stand up and be the first to say out their comparative and superlative degrees of them. And you must spell them. Are you ready tall—beautiful—terrible—fat—important—ugly—friendly—useful—dangerous—thin—nice—T: You did a good ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) job. Now you can choose one group of them and make sentences with them. T: Who will be the first the say out your sentences T: A Good beginning. Thank you! And the next one Consolidate comparative and superlative degrees of adjectives.Ss:…Ss:…S1:I am tall. Lisa ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )is taller than me. Amy is the tallest in our class.Ss:…
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Stage 3（7mins）：Pre-listening
Step Teacher activity Student activity Designing purpose
1(Class activity) Lead to 1a.T: Have your found more information about the Yushu earthquake T: Good. When did it happen T: What level is it level means “级别 ” in Chinese.T:Yes, you are r ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ight. Do you know how many people lost their lives in this earthquake T:When we he ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ar of this kind of news. We always feel very sad. Earthquakes are very terrible natural disasters. But, you know, humans can’t avoid them. So it’s very important for us to know how to protect ourselves from the earthquakes. Do you think so T: Who can tell us s ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )omething about how to protect ourselves from the earthquakes. You can speak in Chinese if necessary.T: Good methods. Thank you for sharing. And I think the most important thing is to stay calm. I mean we can’t be flustered and hurried. We must stay peaceful. Talk about the Yushu earthquake and learn the new words.Ss: Yes.S1: It happened in 2010.S2: It’s level 7.1 earthquake.S3: Yes. More than two thousand people died.Ss: Yes.S4: I think we should… 在讨论中运用表情学习词汇sad；运用手势学习词汇calm；运用简笔画学习词汇level（楼梯形状的简笔画）。
2(Individual activity) Lead the students to predict the answers to 1b and 1c.T: Now read the sentences in 1b, mark T or F before listening. T: Do you think whether running out of the door is safer or not T: Why do you think so Then what should we do T: 1c is a short ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) passage about the Yushu earthquake. Read it and predict the answers. Predict the answers to 1b and 1c.Ss:…S1: I think it is more dangerous.S1: …Ss:…
Remark：引导和鼓励学生尽量多用英语交流。
Stage 4（6mins）：While-listening
Step Teacher activity Student activity Designing purpose
1(Individual work) Play the tape recording of 1a.T: Let’s lis ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ten to 1b and check your answers according to the conversation. Check the answers to 1b.Ss:…
2(Individual work) Play the tape recording of 1a.T: Listen again ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ). This time you should complete 1c and check the plete 1c and check the answers.Ss:… 完成1c。
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Stage 5（20mins）：Post- listening
Step Teacher activity Student activity Designing purpose
1(Group work) Guide the Ss to practice 1a in pairs.T: Read the con ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )versation after the tape. Pay attention to the stress and intonation.T: Then work in groups and read in roles. Act out 1a in roles.Ss:…Ss:…
2(Pair work) Play the tape recording of 2. T: Part 2 is a sh ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ort conversation between Kangkang and Michael after the Yushu earthquake. Read it and try to fill in the blanks before listening.T: Let’s listen to the conversation and complete it. T: Read the conversa ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )tion with your emotion. Pay attention to the stress and intonation, especially the sentences about comfort and concern. T: Who would like to act out the conversation Read 2 and predi ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ct the answers and then listen and fill in the blanks. Then read in roles.Ss:…Ss:…Ss:…Ss:… 学习表达安慰和关心的功能句，注意语音语调。
3(Group work) Ask the students to ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )make a survey about natural disasters with the help of the form. Then write a short passage and report in class.T:As we all know, pe ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ople always suffer form natural disasters like earthquakes, rainstorms and so on. What’s your views of natural disasters Make a survey in your groups. One is the reporter, the other three are interviewees. The pictures in 3 and the table may help you.T: Work in gro ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ups and write a short passage about your group’s survey result. T: Share you ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )r passage with the group next to you. You may learn form others. And of course, you can correct for them. T:Which group would like to show your passage and report it to the class Make a survey about ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) natural disasters in groups. Then write a short passage and report in class.Ss:…Ss:…Ss:…G1:… 老师可以设计一个表格，适当降低4的难度。
Remark：1.鼓励学生与同学积极合作，参与课堂活动。 2. 能够从同学的小作文中取长补短，提高书面表达能力。
Stage 6（3mins）：Summarizing and assigning HMK
Step Teacher activity Student activity Designing purpose
1（Class activity) Encourage the Ss to summarize the key points T: Class will be ov ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )er soon. We should summarize what we have learned in this lesson. Let’s begin! Summarize what they have learned today. S1: We learned some new words.sad, level, calmS2:We learned how to express out comfort and concern.—I’m sorry to hear that.—Is it serious —Don’t worry. He’ll be OK. 培养学生归纳总结的能力，再次复习巩固本节课的重点知识。
2 (Class activity) Assign the HMK. ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )T: For today’s HMK, I’d like you to remember the new words useful functions about comfort and concern. Please find more information about how to protect yourselves from an earthquake on the Internet. Preview Section C—1a, 1b,1c, 2a, 2b,2c Finish the HMK after class. 适当的家庭作业有助于巩固课堂所学的知识。
Remark：善于利用网络等资源拓宽知识面，提高语言实践能力。
VI. Blackboard design
第三课时 (Section B—1a, 1b, 1c, 2, 4)1. New words.sad, level, calm2. Use functions.—I’m sorry to hear that.—Is it serious —Don’t worry. He’ll be OK.
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S3Unit 4 Our World
Topic 2 How can we protect ourselves from the earthquake
教学内容分析及课时分配建议：
本单元以Our World 为主题。第二话 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )题主要围绕玉树地震，地震中如何保护自己等话题展开。同时学习表达安慰，关心等的功能句。本话题的主要语法是：多音节和部分双音节形容词比较级和最高级的变化规律。主要句型有：The mobile phone is more useful than the telephone., The computer is the most useful of the three., The safest place is under a strong table or desk., Was it serious , I’m very sorry to hear that., Don’t worry.等。 语音版块复习字母i， o和字母组合oo，ou，ow，or，ai在单词中的发音规则；区分/θ/和/ /的发音，学习降调，继续训练连读和不完全爆破。Project的活动“Caring About the Children From Disaster Areas”为学生灵活运用该话题相关语言知识和创造了条件，训练学生用英语做事情的能力。
本话题建议用五课时完成。
第一课时：Section A—1a,1b,1c,1d
第二课时：Section A—2a, 2b, Section B—3a, 3b Section A—3
第三课时：Section B—1a, 1b, 1c, 2, 4
第四课时：Section C—1a, 1b,1c, 2a, 2b,2c
第五课时：Section D—Grammar and Functions, 1, 2, Project
第四课时 (Section C—1a, 1b,1c, 2a, 2b,2c）
教学设计思路：
本节课的课型为阅读课，主 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )要活动为Section C -1a。Warming-up环节让学生以头脑风暴的方式每人一句轮流造句，复习形容词的比较级和最高级。Revision环节里则学生利用表格所提供的信息编对话讨论并复习本话题学过的关于地震的词汇和句型。Pre-reading检查家庭作业的同时，讨论： What should / shouldn’t you do to protect yourselves in an earthquake 并在讨论的过程中采用不同的方式呈现和学习新词汇。while-reading环节里，首先速读课文，了解每段大意，并回答1c-3: What does the word “aftershocks” mean 和1c-4: What is the important thing to remember in the earthquake 的简单问题。接下来，精读课文，完成1b关键词的填写，理解文章的细节。再读1a，回答1c-1、2小题并解决疑难句子。在post-reading的环节里，学生需要根据所给提纲并利用1b图片和关键词，复述课文，向同桌讲述地震中自我保护的知识。接下来由地震的自我保护导入火灾自我保护的讨论。首先将2a的图片和短语连线，同桌之间用should和shouldn’t讨论图片。接下来学生利用多种句型表达关于“应该”和“不应该”，如Remember to, You’d better等。学生利用2b中的句型和讨论总结的句型表达2a中的观点，并写下来与同桌交流，为2c的书面表达做准备。最后，写一篇关于如何在火灾中自我保护的文章，在全班汇报。
Ⅰ. Teaching aims
Knowledge aims：
（1）学习并掌握新词汇：
middle, shake, check
downstairs, indoors, d ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )oorway, furniture, power, shock, aftershock, gas
（2）通过阅读学习在地震中自我保护的知识。
2. Skill aims:
（1）能在图片或关键词的帮助下读懂介绍自然灾害的文章，以及相应的保护措施。
（2）能流利地和他人谈论在自然灾害中如何保护自己。
（3）能正确模仿本课课文，有条理地写出在自然灾害中如何保护自己的措施。
3. Emotional aims:
（1）在灾害中有自我保护的意识和能力并能沉着应对。
（2）在自己的能力范围之内，帮助别人。
4. Culture awareness:
Ⅱ. The key points and difficult points
1. Key points:
（1）学习在地震中如何保护自己的知识。
（2）与他人谈论在自然灾害中如何保护自己。
（3）能模仿本课所学文章，写一篇有关其它灾害的文章。
2. Difficult points：
能模仿本课所学文章，写一篇有关其它灾害的文章。
Ⅲ. Learning strategies
1. 能利用图片的提示，记忆和复述课文。
2. 引导学生善于总结归纳语言。
Ⅳ. Teaching aids
多媒体课件/图片
V. Teaching procedures
Stage 1（5mins）：Getting students ready for learning
Step Teacher activity Student activity Designing purpose
(Class activity) Greet the students and get themready for learn ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ing. Lead the students to review comparative and superlative degrees of adjectives.T: Good morning, everyone!T: Let’s brainstorm ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )as many sentences as possible using comparative and superlative degrees of adjectives. You must stand up quickly and say out sentences aloud one by one. Let’s begin! Focus their attention on the teacher. Make sentences to review comparati ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ve and superlative degrees of adjectives according to the pictures.Ss: Good morning, Miss…S1: My schoolbag is bigger than hers.S2:…
Remark：这一环节的目的是要创造学习英语的氛围并使学生静下心来，开始新的学习。可以采用多种方式，如唱歌、游戏、值日报告、自由讨论等。
Stage 2（5mins）: Revision
Step Teacher activity Student activity Designing purpose
(Pair work) Show the tabl ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )es and ask the students to choose some of the earthquakes to talk about. Work in pairs and ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )make conversations to talk about the earthquakes with the help of the tables.Ss:… 根据表格所给信息，两人一组讨论中国近一些年来发生的地震，复习本话题学过的词汇，句型等内容。
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Stage 3（5mins）：Pre-reading
Step Teacher activity Student activity Designing purpose
1(Class activity) Check the homewor ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )k. Lead to the topic of self-protection in an earthquake and teach the new words.T: An earthquake is a ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) kind of very terrible natural disaster. Mostly we can not avoid them, but we can try to protect ourselves. Have you found more information about how to protect yourselves from an earthquake T: You can sha ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )re your information with your partners first. And check what we should do to protect ourselves in the earthquake based on your own knowledge. Later, we’ll talk more about it. T: Good. You ha ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ve a warm discussion. Well, what should / shouldn’t you do to protect yourselves in an earthquake Who would like to share your opinions T:I agree with you ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ). The safest place is under a strong table or a desk. Look at these two pictures. ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )doorway middleT:Do you think wh ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ere is safer indoors, in the doorway or in the middle of the room when an earthquake happens T: I think so. Sittin ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )g on the floor in the doorway is safer than standing in the middle of the room. Look at the picture, it is furniture. ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )T:Do you think whether it is safe to stay near the tall furniture T:If you try to go out, can you take a lift to go downstairs T: Yes. In fact, you shouldn’t try to go out of the building. It’s more dangerous. Anyway, I think keeping calm is the most important. Talk about how to protect themselves and learn the new words.Ss: Yes, we have.Ss:…S1: We should stay under a strong table. S1: I think we should sit on the floor in the doorway.S2: I don’t think so. It may fall down and hurt us.S3: No.
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Stage 4（10mins）：While-reading
Step Teacher activity Student activity Designing purpose
1(Class activity) Lead the students t ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )o skim the passage and find the main idea of each paragraph. Answer the question 3-4 in 1c.T: We’ll read a ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )passage about how to protect ourselves in the earthquake. Skim it and find the main idea of each paragraph. Or you may underline the topic sentence of each paragraph.T: What’s the key sentence of the first paragraph T: What does the writer tell us in the second paragraph T: And how about the third paragraph T: Wonderful! What’s the topic sentence of the fourth paragraph T: Yes. There will ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) be some shocks after most earthquake. We call them aftershocks. Can you guess what “aftershock” means.T: What does the main idea of the last paragraph T:So what is the most important thing to do in the earthquake Skim the pass ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )age and find the main idea of each paragraph. Answer the question 3-4 in 1c.Ss:…S1: Knowing some ways ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )to protect yourself will help to keep you safe in the earthquake.S2: He tells us how ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) to protect ourselves if we are indoors when an earthquake happens.S3: It is about how to protect ourselves if we are outdoors.S4: The danger is not over when the strong shaking stops.S5: It means“余震”in Chinese.S6: Try to help others and stay calm.S7: Staying calm is the most important thing to do.
2(Individual work) Lead the students to read the passage carefully and finish 1b.T: The pictures in 1b ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) are about how to protect ourselves indoors and outdoors in the earthquake. Now let’s read the passage carefully and write down the key words under each picture.T:What should you do if you are indoors Read the passage caref ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ully and write down the key words under each picture in 1b. Then retell what they should do based on the pictures and the key words.Ss:…S1:…
3(Class activity) Deal with the key points and difficult sentences of the passage.T: When we mention ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )earthquakes, we feel terrible. It seems that all the earthquakes are serious. But when can earthquakes be very serious according to the passage T: Why T: How do yo ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )u understand “ the danger is not over when the strong shaking stops” T: Why does the writer say so T: Do you have any difficulty understanding this passage Read once again and ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) find out the key points and the difficult sentences.S1:When the earthquakes happen near a city, they can be very serious.S1: If an eart ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )hquake happens near a city, more people may be hurt or die.S2: 地震停止了，危险并没有结束。S3: Because ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )of the aftershock. Sometimes they can be more dangerous than the first earthquake.Ss:…
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Stage 5（17mins）：Post-reading
Step Teacher activity Student activity Designing purpose
1(Pair work) Lead the stu ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )dents to retell the passage according to the pictures and the key words in 1b. Retell the passage in ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )pairs according to the pictures and the key words in 1b. 为了降低难度，教师还可以给学生提供如图所示的提纲。
2(group work) Lead the students t ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )o match the phrases with the correct pictures in 2a. T: As we all know, we ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )may encounter some emergencies in our life. We can’t avoid all of them. So it is very important for us to know some ways to protect ourselves in sudden disasters such as earthquakes and fires. Do you know what you should and shouldn’t do in a fire Look at the pictures in 2b and match the phrases with them.T: Discuss in ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) groups what you should and shouldn’t do in a fire based on the pictures and the phrases. Finish 2a with the teacher’s guide.Ss:…S1: We shouldn’t take a lift.S2:We should call 119 for help.…
3(Pair work) Lead the stud ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ents to find more useful expressions to express “should and shouldn’t”.T: When we give sugges ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )tions, we often say “ you should…” or “you shouldn’t …”. But in fact, we can use more useful expressions to express the same ideas. Can you think of more structures T:You did a good job. ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) Please use the expressions you summarized and the ones in the table in 2b and rewrite the sentences based on 2a and exchange ideas with your partners. For example, Don’t jump off the window. Find more useful expr ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )essions to express “should and shouldn’t”. Then write down the sentences based on 2a and exchange ideas with their partners.S1: You’d better…S2: Don’t…S3: It’s a good way to…S4: Why don’t you…S5: You ought to …S6: You mustn’t …S7: Remember to……Ss:… 讨论和总结更多关于应该和不应该的表达法，如 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )Remember to, You’d better等。学生利用2b中的句型和讨论总结的句型表达2a中的观点，并写下来与同桌交流，为2c的书面表达做准备。
4(Group work) Ask the students t ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )o write a short passage about how to protect themselves in a fire according to 2a and 2b.T: I’m sure you ca ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )n protect yourselves very well in a fire. Do you want to share the ways to others Let’s write them down and then you can report them to the class.T:Who would l ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ike to read your composition and share your good ways with us Write a short passa ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ge about how to protect themselves in a fire according to 2a and 2b. Then report in the class.Ss:…S1:… 写一篇关于如何在火灾中自我保护的文章，在全班汇报。
Remark：1.能利用图片和关键词的提示，记忆和复述课文。 2. 引导学生善于总结归纳语言。
Stage 6（3mins）：Summarizing and assigning HMK
Step Teacher activity Student activity Designing purpose
1（Class activity) Encourage the Ss to summarize the key points T: Class will be over ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) soon. We should summarize what we have learned in this lesson. Let’s begin! Summarize what they have learned today. S1: We learned some new words and phrases:middle, shake, checkdownstairs, indoors, ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )doorway, furniture, power, shock, aftershock, gastake the lift, call… for help, turn off, jump off a windowS2: We learned how to protect ourselves in an earthquake.S3: We talked about how to protect ourselves in a fire. 培养学生归纳总结的能力，再次复习巩固本节课的重点知识。
2 (Class activity) Assign the HMK.T: For today’s HMK, I’d like you to remember the new words. Please tell something about how to protect yourselves in an earthquake to your parents and preview Section D—Grammar and Functions, 1, 2, Project. Don’t forget to find some information about the Tangshan earthquake on the Internet. Finish the HMK after class. 适当的家庭作业有助于巩固课堂所学的知识。
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VI. Blackboard design
第四课时 (Section C—1a, 1b,1c, 2a, 2b,2c)1. Some new wordsmiddle, shake, checkdownstairs, indoo ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )rs, doorway, furniture, power, shock, aftershock, gas2. Some phrasestake the lift, call… for help, turn off, jump off a window
earthquakes Yaan Ludian Gaoxiong
year 2013.4.20 2014.8.3 2010.3.4
level 7.0 6.5 6.7
the number of dead people 196 615 49
Tangshan earthquake Wenchuan earthquake Yushu earthquake
year 1976 2008 2010
level 7.8 8.0 7.1
The numberof deadpeople 242769 69227 2220
Introduction of the earthquake
If you are indoors, …
If you are outdoors,…
How to protect yourself in the earthquake
Be careful of the aftershocks.
Help others and stay calm.
