必修3 Module 4 Sandstorms in Asia教案

Module 4 Sandstorms in Asia
Period 1
Teaching goals
1． Target language
(A) important vocabulary and phrases
blow, bury, frightening, last(v), sandstorm, dig, protection,
sign, earthquake, cut down, give out, dig up
(B) important sentence structure
I couldn’t agree with---------, I think-------,
You are /It is absol ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )utely right------, It’s extremely serious-------,
I have no idea-------, It couldn’t--------,
Give one’s ideas-------, In my opinion, we---------,
We should/ need to/ must----,
2. Ability goals
Enable the studen ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ts to talk about the sandstorms, the reasons for causing sandstorms and the importance of protecting environment
3. Learning ability goals
Help the student ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )s to how to talk about the sandstorms, the reasons for causing sandstorms and the importance of protecting environment.
Teaching important points
1. How to describe sandstorms and environmental protection
2. How to express one’s opinions
Teaching difficult points
Learn to look for the general idea and specific information.
Teaching aids
A tape recorder and a computer
Step 1 Revision
1. Check the homework
2. Ask s ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )tudents to read the words together and check their pronunciation
Step 2 Pre-listening
T: Good morning, ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) everyone. Today we are going on to study a new module, Module 4 Sandstorms in Asia . I will show you some pictures of sandstorms.
Talk about them in your words.
Show them some pictures.
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T: No 1
S1: In the first ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )picture I can see a woman is riding a bike hard. The sky is yellow.
T: Can you see the buildings clearly
S2：No，I Can’t see them, they are not clear.
T: Look at this picture, can you describe it
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S3: I can see m ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )any people riding bikes wearing masks. The weather is very cold, so they wear gloves and more clothes.
Step 3 Warming up
T: Open your books on Page 31. Look at the pictures in your books.
S: There is a strong w ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ind carrying sand in the sky .and a car covered with sand with running slowly
T: Right. Now ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) complete the sentences using the words in the box .Three minutes late , check the answers
Answers: sandstorms .lasts. frightening . blows .
T: From this ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) short paragraph ,we can see sandstorms is very frightening , Have you ever experienced the sandstorms How is it created Now please look at the words in the box .
Explain the meani ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ngs of the words in class together .Then divide the whole class into four groups to discuss the questions in Activity2. At last, call back the answers.
Step 4 Pronunciation and Function
Now listen to the t ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ape and ask students to underline the words stressed and conclude when and where the word will be stressed .Then ask students to practice Activity1&2. Listen again to check the answers. Ask students to complete the sentences in EX3 using expressions from EX1&2
Step 5 Talking
Suppose you are a ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) citizen. There is a sandstorm in you city. A reporter wants to interview
you about this sands ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )torm. Make a dialogue about your interview with your partner.
S1:
S2:
Step 6 Homework
1. Write a composition according to the pictures.
2. Write a short passage to describe the pollution around you.
Period 2
Teaching goals
1． Target language
(A) important vocabulary and phrases
mass, dune, des ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ertification, citizen, dust, forecast, cycle, mask, affect, strengthen, situation, survive, start to---------, wake up to -----------,
advise sb (not ) to do sth, one after another.
(B) important sentence structure
Scientists have ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) tried many ways to solve the problem and in China a mass campaign has been started to help solve it.
You just had to hope you’d survive.
This is a ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )process that happens when land becomes desert because of climate change and because people cut down trees and dig up grass
Weather experts advise people not to go out
To be cycling in a sandstorm is frightening
There was nothing to be done
2. Ability goals
Improve the stud ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ents’ ability to read for specific facts. Know the cause and result of the sandstorm, and what to do in sandstorm and foster their sense of responsibility of protecting the environment.
3. Learning ability goals
Help students to ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) learn how to describe a phenomenon and express the feeling.
Teaching important points
1, Learn some characters and result of the sandstorm.
2, Ask students to think ways to protect the environment.
Teaching difficult points
1, Discuss the answers to the questions.
2, Generalize the characteristics of sandstorm.
Teaching aids
A tape recorder and a computer
Step 1 Greeting and Revision
Check the ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )students’ homework by asking some of the students to read their short passage about pollution around them.
T: Good morning ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )/afternoon, boys and girls. Who want to share your short passage about the pollution around them
Ss: I’d like to ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ). Our earth used to be a beautiful place. Thick trees and green grass covered the hills and the earth was the best home for birds and animals What a beautiful scene it was! However, as time went on, people destroyed the forest to grow crops. What were worse, people let their cattle eat up the grass. So you can see a stretch of wasteland instead of green hills, strong wind blow away the rich soil that lies on the top of the field. We do hope all the people will take good care of our forests and plant more trees to improve the environment in which we are living. I’m sure as long as we try every possible means, we’re sure to have a beautiful environment again.
T: Excellent! Th ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ank you. Yesterday, we have talked about something about sandstorm. Today, we are going to learn more about it. Open your books on Page 32. Have you previewed it
Step 2 Pre-listening
T: Now, I will give ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) you five minutes and read the whole passage quickly, find the questions on the top of this passage
1, There is a terrible sandstorm.
2, She wears a ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )mask, scarf, and heavy clothes. Because there is a strong sandstorm.
3, Traffic moves ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) very slowly because the thick dust makes it difficult to see.
4, The expert advises people not to go out.
After five minutes, check the answers.
　　T: Now, who‘d like to talk about the first question Volunteer
S1: I’d like to try. ------
　 S2: -------
S3:-------
S4: --------
Step 3 Reading
T: Turn your books o ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )n Page 33. Look at the Activity 2and 3, read the text quickly again and complete the activities. Three minutes.
Skimming: cycle ( ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )v), expert, process, citizen, dust, survive, forecast, situation, b, b, a, a.
After 3 minutes, ask some students to check the answers.
Intensive reading:
T: Read the who ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )le passage very carefully and complete Ex. 4 and 5 0n Page 33. While reading the underline phrases and sentences that you think are important. Read it silently and try to get the general idea of this passage.
Ten minutes:
1. The winds in a s ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )andstorm can sometimes be strong enough to move sand dunes.
2. When Ren ji ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )anbo was living in Inner Mongolia he experienced a terrible sandstorm in desert.
3.Sandstorms ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )in China appear to have increased in recent years as a result of “desertification”.
4. Cutting down the t ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )rees and digging up the grass can cause the climate to change and make the land become desert.
After 10 minutes ask s ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )tudents to check the answers and show the answers on the screen.
1: forecasted 2: frightening
3: survived 4: dust
Step 4 Explanation
During the procedure, ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )the teacher will explain the text and deal with language points.
T: We have got ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ten the main ideas of the text, and general idea of each paragraph. Now let’s deal with some language points. Who have any difficulties with the text I’ll give you three minutes to look through the text, and then mark the difficulties.
Three minutes later,.
T: Who has any difficulties
S1: Would you pl ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ease explain “you just had to hope you’d survive” What’s the meaning of “survive”
T: Good question. “Su ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )rvive” means continue to live or exist.” For example, “Many strange customs have survived from earlier times.”
Ss: -------
T: -------
Step 5 Homework
1. Read the whole passage.
2. Write a summary of the text.
Period 3
Teaching goals 教学目标
1． Target language 目标语言
(A) important vocabulary and phrases
atmosphere, car ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )bon, dioxide, chemical, environment, garbage, melt, pollution, recycle, coastal, concerned, evidence, major, urgent, pollute.
(B) important sentence structure
Trees take in carbon dioxide and give out oxygen.
What happened to your rubbish
What need to be done to improve the situation
2. Ability goals 能力目标
Enable studen ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ts to understand the damage caused by the natural disaster.
Enable stude ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )nts to have a good understanding of the importance of the protecting environment.
3. Learning ability goals
Enable students to take some measures to protect our environment
Teaching important points
Listen to the ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )speech about environmental situation made by an expert and different measures taken by different countries.
Teaching difficult points
Listen for correc ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )t information and find out ways to solve the problems.
Have a further discussion on dealing with rubbish.
Teaching methods
1, discussion.
2, listening.
3, Cooperative learning.
Teaching aids 教具准备
A tape recorder and a computer
Step 1 Revision
Check the homework exercises on Page 85
Choose the best answers
1, Such people are _________
A, respect B, to respect
C, to be respecting D, to be respected
2, There is nothing to do but ________ till it stops snowing.
A, to wait B, waiting
C, wait D, waits
3, I’m sorry _______ you so much trouble. And thank you for your help.
A, to give B, to have given
C, giving D, gave
4, Tom is said _______ abroad, but now I don’t know what country he studied in.
A, to have studied B, to studying
C, to be studying D, to have been studying
5, ______ late in the morning, Bob turned off the alarm.
A, To sleep B, Sleeping
C, Sleep D, Having sleep
Keys to the exercise:
1, D 2, C 3,B 4,A, 5, A
Step 2 listening and vocabulary (Page 35)
Deal wit ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )h the vocabulary first to make preparations for listening. Then the students will hear a speech about environmental problems made by an expert. Then solve all the questions in this part.
T: First, le ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )t’s have a revision of some words. Take out your exercises book and we will have a dictation. Write down the words that you hear. Listen to me carefully. No 1. What’s the air around the earth called
S: Atmosphere
T: Ok. ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) Write down the word. The second one, when we breathe, we breathe in oxygen and breathe out _______
S: Carbon dioxide.
T:
S:
T:
S:
(Play the tape)
T: Have got the answers
S:
T: Let’s l ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )isten to the tape again. Please pay attention to the questions.
(Play the tape again)
T: Have you got the answers
S: Yes.
T:
Step 3 Listening and speaking (WB P88)
1. Activit ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )y 12. First make sure the students understand all the words. Then match the words with the definition.
2. Activi ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ty 13. Ask the students to read through the six questions.
3. Ac ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )tivity 15. Ask the students to work in pairs and make a list of things that they have thrown away in the last week. Give them some types to choose.
4. Activity 16. Discuss the following questions
Step 4 Workbook
Ask the ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )students to finish the exercises. Check the answers with students.
Step 5 Homework
Finish the exercises on the blackboard (translation)