必修一 Unit 4 Earthquakes
Using language
教学重点
Develop the students’ writing ability by writing a speech and preparing the outline for a short newspaper story for China Daily.
教学难点
Get the students to learn how to write a good speech and a good newspaper story.
教学方法
1. Task-based teaching and learning
2. Cooperative learning
3. Discussion
教具准备
A projector and other normal teaching tools
三维目标
Knowledge aims:
1. Get the students to know how to write a speech according to an invitation.
2. Get the students to know the differences between a newspaper story and a short story.
3. Get the students to know how to prepare the outline for a newspaper story.
Ability aims:
1. Develop the students’ writing ability.
2. Get the students to learn how to write a good speech and a good newspaper story.
Emotional aims:
1. Enable the students to master writing skills and write excellent speeches and newspaper stories.
2. Let the students honor those who died in the Tangshan earthquake and those who helped the survivors by making speech.
教学过程
设计方案
→Step 1 Revision
1. Check the homework exercises.
2. Translate the following sentences, using attributive clauses.
1)她说她的父母不许她嫁给家境贫寒的人。
2)他们谈论了许多他们所记得的大学里的人和事。
3)正在那儿唱歌的女孩是我的妹妹。
4)这就是你上次参观的博物馆吗？
5)她正在写字用的那支钢笔是我的。
Ask five students to come to the front and write their sentence on the blackboard. Then check the answers with the whole class.
Suggested answers:
1)She said her parents wouldn’t let her marry anyone whose family was poor.
2)They talked about a lot of persons and things(that)they could remember at college.
3)The girl who/that is singing over there is my younger sister.
4)Is this museum the one(that)you visited last time?
5)The pen with which she is writing is mine. /The pen( which/that)she is writing with is mine.
→Step 2 Reading and writing
1. Read the letter on Page 30. In the blank at the beginning of the letter, write the last number of the year it is now and in the blank near the end of the letter, use a word to say how many years ago the earthquake happened.
2. Imagine you are the student who was invited to give a speech. Discuss with your partner what points you should include in you speech. Make a list of the points you think you should include.
3. Read through the points given at the bottom of the Page 30 and compare them with yours.
4. Fifteen minutes given, write a short speech.
While the students are writing their speech, the teacher walks around the classroom and help students deal with any problems that they may have.
Fifteen minutes later, ask some students to make their speech, facing the whole class.
Sample speech 1:
Good morning, everyone. My name is Wang Gang. First of all I would like to thank Mr Zhang Sha and the city of Tangshan for the honor of talking to you. I would also like to thank each of you for coming here today for this special occasion. I’m sure all of us are glad to see that so many people who were hurt in the quake or lost their homes and businesses are here today. We are also glad to see so many of the workers here who helped during that terrible disaster. Everyone is so proud of all of you. Did you know that some of the survivors helped others before they helped themselves? It’s true: many thousands of survivors worked hard to save others and to make them feel more comfortable. Soldiers worked hour after hour, day after day, almost without rest to help those who needed it. We are so thankful to them as well. Now we see around us a new city, but the spirit of its people has always been strong. How lucky I feel to live in such a place and to see this beautiful new park where families can come to enjoy nature. This park also honors the survivors of the quake and those who saved them. It honors the many thousands who rebuilt our city. We are indeed the “Brave City of China”. Thank you.
Sample speech 2:?
Ladies and gentlemen,
Good morning. It’s my great honor to be give the chance to give the speech. First I’d like to thank Mr. Zhang and the city government for inviting me to speak. I’d also like to thank all of you for attending this special activity.
Everyone knows that this park will be opened to honor those who died in the terrible disaster on this day 31 years ago. We should say that all of you are very lucky to have survived. But never can we forget those who helped you do the rescue work. They dug out those who had been trapped and buried the dead. Most of the 10 000 miners who had been trapped underground were rescued. They also helped build the new city. They built shelters for survivors whose homes had been destroyed. They built new homes and offices in only seven years. The United Nations honored them for their quick work. While doing the rescue work and rebuilding the city of Tangshan, many workers and soldiers lost their lives. We should show our greatest honor to them.
When I first arrived in the city yesterday, I came to understand why Tangshan was called “Brave City of China”. What you have done made the whole world surprised. Look at the tall buildings and the beautiful environment. There is little trance of the terrible earthquake. How brave you are! All the people in the world should learn from you. I think you should always be proud of the city.
Thank you.
→Step 3 Looking and discussing
1. Look at the stamps of new Tandshan and talk about them.
(housing conditions, street scenery, industry, ocean transport)
2. Discuss in pairs what had to be done to rebuild a city after an earthquake.
→Step 4 Writing
1. Talk about how to write a newspaper story.
2. Compare a newspaper story to a short story.
3. Discuss the questions with your partner:
1)Why is an outline important?
2)What should an outline include?
3)Why is a headline important?
4)What are the steps to finish a newspaper story?
5)What is the feature of a newspaper story?
Suggested answers:
1)Because an outline will prepare you to write a better story. It helps you to choose a topic, decide what you what to say about the topic and organize your ideas and write clearly.
2)A good outline should have a headline, a list of main ideas and a list of important details.
3)A headline can tell the readers what the topic is, so it can attract the readers’ attention since the reader may not have bought the newspaper before they read the headline.
4)First you give a headline, then you organize the main ideas into paragraphs. Next, you put some details into each paragraph.
5)A newspaper story gives the most important news first and the least important news last.
4. Read this example of a newspaper story. Work in groups of three or four. Try to find the headline, main ideas and details of each paragraph.
After several minutes, the teacher asks some students to answer the following questions:
1)What is the headline of the newspaper story?
2)What are the main ideas of each paragraph?
3)What is the detailed information of each paragraph?
5. Turn to Page 32. Check your main ideals and detailed information.
6. Discuss with your partner and prepare the outline for a short newspaper story for China Daily. Use the example to help you organize your outline.
Give the students 10 minutes for them to prepare the outline and write their article on the outline. If time doesn’t permit, they can finish it after class.
→Step 5 Homework
1. Finish off the workbook exercises.
2. Finish the outline and write out the newspaper story.
板书设计?
Unit 4 Earthquakes
Writing?
＊An outline helps you to:
choose a topic;
decide what you want to say about the topic;
organize your ideas and write clearly.
＊A newspaper outline should have:
a headline;
a list of main ideas;
a list of important details.
＊Discuss the questions with your partner:
1. Why is an outline important?
2. What should an outline include?
3. Why is a headline important?
4. What are the steps to finish a newspaper story?
5. What is the feature of a newspaper story?
活动与探究
For most of human history, people could only imagine what caused earthquakes to happen. There are many folk stories about this.
1. Work in groups to go to the library, get online or visit old persons to collect information, then make up your short story to explain how an earthquake happens.
2. Share your story with your classmates. Decide which one is the most interesting. Give a reason.
Sample stories:?
Story 1:
There are four very big elephants which hold up the earth. The elephants stand on the back of a bigger turtle. The turtle stands on an even bigger snake. When any of these huge magical animals move, the earth begins to shake, and an earthquake happens.
Story 2:
In the center of the earth lives an evil ghost. He usually sleeps for many years. During these years, people on the earth live a happy life. But when he wakes up, he shall howl. And then people feel an earthquake.
Story 3:
Some people believe that there is a magic world in the center of our earth, where lives a kind of wiser living thing. They can make UFO. When the UFO comes out to visit our world, there is an earthquake.
Story 4:
There are too many people on the earth, and people are building too many buildings. Besides, they dig too many and too deep holes. The earth can’t stand. She shakes, and an earthquake happens.
课件29张PPT。人教版 必修一21世纪教育网（www.21cnjy.com)全国领先的中小学教育资源及组卷应用平台Unit 4 EarthquakesPeriod 4 Using language1.Is there any one here ______name is Tom?
2.They talked for about an hour of things and
persons_____ they remembered in the school
3.Who ______has common sense will do such a thing.
4.I don’t know the way _____________he worked out.
5.The person to______ you just talked is Mr. Li.whosethatthatthat / in whichwhomCorrect mistakes for the following sentences.1. Under the big tree are 34 students, many of them come from class two.
2. My mother has a good book, which cover looks terrible.
3. Who are the young girls who are having dinner in the restaurant?
4. She is one of the girls who is very interested in maths.
5.Tom is the only one of the boys who like playing football.
6. Who is the girl that you talked to her just now?
7. There is an old woman, that is holding a stick. _____whom_____whosethatare-----wholikesRead the letter carefully and imagine that you are the student who has been invited to give speech.Page 301What have you won?
What is the speaking competition about?
How did they decide the winner of the competition?
Can you say something about new Tangshan?
What will the new part be opened for?
What will they invite you to do? When?
Can you take your family and friends along that day?thank those who worked hard to build a new city; (For example: they built new homes and offices in only seven years. The UN honoured them for their quick work.)thank the visitors for listening to your speech.Prepare a short speech, in which you should:thank those who worked hard to rescue survivors and list some of the things the workers did to help them;2I 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…
It seemed as if…
I remember…
I felt…
Not long after that…
Luckily,…Part1: express your thanks to zhangsha, the government and all the people who attend the parkpart2: how terrible the earthquake was, and how these workers helped us, they get honored by government and people.Part3: express thanks again and your best wishes.What you should write in your speech?During the earthquakeHuge cracks cut across houses, roads and canals. During the earthquakefall (fell, fallen)pipecrack / burstdestroyDuring the earthquakeruinsBricks covered the ground like red autumn leaves.injureAfter the earthquakearmyorganize teamsdig outtrapbury the deadbuild shelterssurvivors Good afternoon, everyone. My name is Wang Wei. First of all I would like to thank Mr. Zhang Sha and the city of Tangshan for the honor of talking to you. I would also like to thank each of you for coming here today for this special occasion. I’m sure all of us are sad to see that……During the earthquake……
After the earthquake……Listen to the tape and answer the questions.Who is speaking?
Where was the person at the time?Page 31The 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 go away easily.Listen to the tape and then tell whether they are true or false.FTTFFjust awakeSome cows dropped into a deep crack in Market Street.He felt safer when he was being cared for by the soldiers after he got away from the city.2Listen to the tape again and answer the following questionsWhen did the earthquake begin?
What did the speaker do after he woke up?
The earthquake began around 5 o’clock in the morning.The speaker rushed outside as soon as he woke up.33. What did he see and hear outside?When he got outside he thought the world had come to an end. He heard people crying and shouting. He saw people running everywhere and bricks falling down from buildings. There were big fires too.What happened to the man next to him?
How did he get away from the city?
Which of your adjectives describe the man’s feelings most closely?The man next to him was killed by bricks falling from a nearby building.He got away from the city by boat.Very shocked, devastated.Have you ever read any English newspaper or Chinese newspaper? What are they?
Which would you prefer, English newspaper or Chinese newspaper? Why?Discussion（3m）:
What kind of
newspaper
do you usually read?
China daily21 centuryNew York TimesWashington postEnglish weekly……an interesting title that
tells the reader what your topic is
Headline
Main ideasDetailsDo you know what an outline is?outlineBrainstorming for writing (3m)
Headline :
Main ideasDetailsoutline
importantThe most important news first
the least important news lastAttract readers’ attentionBegins with big details and includes small details later.Begins with small details and includes big details later.ObjectiveSubjectiveHas no conclusionGeneral conclusionRead the example of a newspaper story on page 31. Find the headline, main ideas and details of each paragraph.1Headline: Cyclists Ready to Go on the Road for Disaster-Hit AreasMain idea: Cyclists plan to get money for disaster-hit areas
Detail 1: Their trip will be made in July in Yunnan and Tibet.
Detail 2: An important meeting will be held in Beijing in early June.
Detail 3: The cyclists hope to raise money to help children in disaster-hit areas.Paragraph 1Main idea: More information about the cyclists and their project
Detail 1: The team of cyclists come from many places in the world.
Detail 2: The team has men and women, young and old.
Detail 3: The team hopes to collect 1 million yuan for the schools in disaster-hit areas.Paragraph 2Write your outline. Before you write it, ask yourself these questions: What happened? When did it happen? Where? Who took part? Why? Then write your article based on the outline.2谢 谢！21世纪教育网（www.21cnjy.com)全国领先的中小学教育资源及组卷应用平台有大把优质资料？一线名师？一线教研员？赶快加入21世纪教育网名师合作团队吧！！月薪过万不是梦！！
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