Unit 4 Earthquakes reading

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Period 1 : Reading- A NIGHT THE EARTH DIDN’T SLEEP
教学目标：By the end of the class, students will be able to:
1. distinguish some abnormal phenomenon before an earthquake.
2. describe the great damage of Tangshan Earthquake.
3. list some ways to protect themselves in an earthquake.
4. realize the importance of proper way to deal with an earthquake.
教学步骤:
Step I Leading in
Show pictures of Tangshan now and after the earthquake in 1976.
Step II Reading
1. Fast reading ---Divide the passage into 3 parts and get the general idea of each part.
Part1 (para1 )Before the earthquake strange things began to happen but no one took any notice of them.
Part2 (para2-3) The earthquake destroyed the city of Tangshan and shocked the people very much.
Part3 (para4) The army came to help the survivors, bringing hope for a new life.
2. Detail Reading – Fill in the blanks
3. Reading comprehension
4. Retelling
Step III Dicussion
What shall we do if an earthquake happens
1. Don’t be nervous and keep calm.
2. Don’t try to run out of the classroom.
3. Protect your head by putting your bag on your head.
4. Leave the classroom after the earthquake.
Step IV Summary
Step V Homework
Period 2: Language study
教学目标：By the end of the class, students will be able to:
1. distinguish the words “rise and raise” and properly choose the correct on to fill in a blank.
2. use the phrases related with “end” properly and use the “it seems as if ” structure properly.
3. choose the correct single or plural form of verbs after a number.
4. describe an earthquake with the new phrases and sentence structure
教学步骤:
Step I Presentation
1. rise/ raise
2. it seemed/seems as if…
3. end
4. lie in ruins
5. 分数/百分数作主语
Step II practice
Step III Group work
Work in a group of four. Use the new phrases to describe an earthquake.
One—writer
One -reporter
Two -idea givers
Step IV Summary
Step V homework
1. Polish your writing
2…
Period 3: Grammar
教学目标：By the end of the class, students will be able to:
1. distinguish an attributive clause from a sentences
2. choose correct relative words for Attributive Clauses.
3. translate some sentences with simple attributive clauses in it.
教学步骤:
Step I Presentation
1. Students observe some sentences in the text and find out what they have in common—Attributive Clause
2. Students work in groups, and summarize the features of these clauses
3. Put students ideas together.
Step II practice
1. fill in the blanks with relative words
2. divide complex sentences into two simple sentences or put two into one.
3. difference between “that and which”
4. Multiple choices and fill in blanks
Step III Summary
Step IV homework
翻译
1.他指给我看他丢钱包的地方。
2.我不认识那个和你说话的女孩。
3.她是一个叫玛丽的女孩。
4.那些正在打网球的男孩是我的朋友。
5.你记不记得我们到这儿的那一天
Period4: Reading & Speaking
教学目标：By the end of the class, students will be able to:
1. Use expressions like
“I would like to express my thanks to…who…/Here, I wish to express my thanks for the great efforts…/I’d also like to thank…/No words are strong enough to express our…/It was terrible when…/I remember…/Not long after that…/It seemed as if…/I felt…/Luckily,…” to make a speech.
2. Politely to make a speech with attributive Clauses
教学步骤:
Step I Revision of the attributive clause
Step II Reading
Here is a letter of invitation. Read it carefully and imagine that you are the student who has been invited to give a speech. Page30
Step III Pair work
Now in pairs prepare a short speech, in which you should:
1 thank those who worked hard to rescue survivors and list some of the things the workers did to help them;
2 thank those who worked hard to build a new city;
3 thank the visitors for listening to your speech.
Useful expressions
I would like to express my thanks to…who…/ Here, I wish to express my thanks for the great efforts…
I’d also like to thank…/No words are strong enough to express our…
It was terrible when…/I remember…
Not long after that…/It seemed as if…
I felt…/Luckily, …
Step IV Speaking time
Step IV Summary
Step V homework
Write down your speech
Period 5: Listening
教学目标：By the end of the class, students will be able to:
1. tell another two stories in an earthquake.
2. find out the information heard from the listening text.
教学步骤:
Step I listening for general information
1. When did the earthquake begin
2. What did the speaker do after he woke up
3. What were people doing
What happened to the buildings
4. How did he get away from the city
Step II listening for details (T/F)
1. The man was sleeping downstairs when the earthquake happened.
2. Many huge buildings were shaking –bricks were falling.
3. A lot of people were buried under the ruins.
4. Some cows were killed in the fire.
5. He felt safer because he got away easily.
Step III Reading P65 (reading task)
Ex.1
Step IV Summary
Step V homework
Period 6: Reading & Writing
教学目标：By the end of the class, students will be able to:
1. list the main parts of writing an outline.
2. write an article for a newspaper about a special event that happened in your hometown.
3. realize the importance of writing an outline.
教学步骤:
Step I reading
Read the example of a newspaper story. Find the headline, main ideas and details of each paragraph. Page 31. Ex.1
Step II practice writing an outline
Write an outline for “a night the earth didn’t sleep” in pairs
Step III Create an outline
You are going to write an article for a newspaper about a special event that happened in your hometown. Before you start, you should write an outline. It will help you organize your ideas. A newspaper outline usually includes: a headline, a list of main ideas and a list of important details.
Work in a group of four.
Two for thinking of an event
One help list a headline, a list of main ideas and a list of important details.
One for writing down the outline
Step IV Summary
Step V homework
Finish your article.
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