Book 1 Unit 4 Earthquakes
Teaching plan for listening and speaking
I. Teaching objectives:
1. To review new words and expressions about earthquakes and other disasters
2. To improve students’ speaking skills:
* Learning to say some natural disasters
*Trying to tell words and expressions about signs and damage of an earthquake
*Using these expressions to make up conversations about earthquakes
3. To improve students’ listening skills:
*Getting the main idea of the listening material
*Writing down detailed information while listening
*Memorizing some useful expressions people use to describe the earthquake in the listening text
II. Important points and difficult points:
Getting the gist of the listening material
Taking down the detailed information while listening again
Using some expressions and sentence patterns to make up a conversation
III. Teaching method: Task-based teaching
Learning methods: independent work; group work; inquiry learning
IV. Teaching aids: multimedia classroom; chalk; blackboard
V. Teaching procedures:
Step 1: Revision
1. Let’s play a game!
If you know the picture, stand up and say a word loudly! For each word you can get one point. Which group will win?
The group who win the game will get beautiful postcards of new Tangshan.
2. Read these words together
3. Review four useful sentences. Translate them and read them together
Step 2: Listening
Listen for the first time and answer these questions
(1)What did they talk about?
(2)When and where did it happen?
(3) Does it begin in the evening?
** Join these answers into one sentence using Attributive clause
2. Listen for the second time and fill in the blanks
A reporter is asking a man to describe his experience in the San Francisco earthquake of 1906.
R=reporter M=man
R: What was the first thing you remember?
M: Oh, my goodness. It was about _________ in the morning. I remember, I _____ up when I was thrown out of the bed. When I tried to walk, the floor shook so that I fell. I felt terrified and ______ downstairs.
R: What did you see _________ ?
M: Oh, I saw things I never want to see again. It seemed ______ the end of the world came. People were crying, shouting and running everywhere. Bricks were falling down from some buildings while big ones were ______ … Lots of people were getting ______ under bricks. There were great _____ around us. It was terrible!
R: Did you realize what was happening?
M: No. I asked a man standing _________ me what happened. Before
he could answer, some bricks fell on him and he was ______.
R: That sounds _________. Did you know where to find a safer place?
M: Oh, no. Luckily I met a man who knew the way to a boat.
R: So … you got away easily?
M: No, we didn’t. It was _________ because the streets had deep cracks. As we were carefully picking our way, some frightened _____ rushed up Market Street and dropped into one of them. I’ll never forget the ______ they made. Some of them had broken their legs and others were climbing upon each other to get out. Horrible!
R: How did you feel once you’d left the city?
M: Umm. I felt safer because we were being __________. The soldiers saved us. They brought us water and _______. Thanks to them many of us are still _____ !
Listen and read. Finish T or F questions. Tell your reason.
(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) They got away easily.
(5)Some cows were killed in the fires.
4. Read the interview with your partner.
5. Check your memory!
Suppose I am the reporter. You are survivors. Let’s have an interview.
I will ask you some questions (from the listening material). You’d better answer it without looking at your learning plan. One sentence is Ok. The more sentences, the better.
Q1: What was the first thing you remember?
Key words to help: It was about … I woke up… when I tried to walk… I felt … and rushed …
Q2: What did you see outside?
Key words: I saw …I never want to see again. It seemed as if…
People were crying… Lots of people were … There were great …
Step3 Speaking
Now, it’s your time to show! Try to make up a conversation with your group members.
Task A: Try to show the signs before an earthquake
(the animals, the water, the light in the sky…)
Task B: Have a press conference (记者招待会)
(Ask and answer some questions about the damage and injury of an earthquake)
Task C: Have an interview
(Rescue workers and a reporter are having an interview at the scene )
Choose one task to prepare with your group members.
Show your conversation.
The teacher makes comments on their presentation.
Step 4 summary
We know the earthquake is so terrible. When we face the disaster, we just feel weak and frightened. But unity is strength. As long as we unite, we will be able to win the final victory.
Step 5 Homework
Listen to the material again and underline some useful structures.
2. Watch the micro-video(微视频)
Learn more about natural disasters.
Blackboard design:
Correct students’ mistakes
(Spelling and pronunciation)
Group work
Group 1 Group 2 Group 3
课件24张PPT。“Welcome !” You and me
From one world
we are family
Come on, friend
Together hand in hand
Come on, love
Together hand in handEnjoy a song! Unit 4
Earthquakes
Learning goals: 学习目标Review new words and expressions 2. Improve your speaking skills:
* Learn to say some natural disasters
*Try to tell signs/damage of the earthquake
3. Improve your listening skills:
Listen to the material and get the useful information
Revision:
Let’s play a game!
Stand up and say it loudly!
For each word you can get one point.
Which group will win?
frightened/shockedbrickscrackearthquakerescuedisasterruinshelterYou can get postcards of new Tangshan!Useful wordsearthquakebricks v.
rescueruincrack n.
disastershelterburyshakefrighten
(frightening/
frightened)burstWhat about these sentences?
Can you translate them?
1.奇怪的事情不断发生，但人们没有把这当回事。2. 世界似乎到了末日。3. 水、食物都很难弄到。
4. 不是所有的希望都破灭了。Srtange things were happening, but people
thought little of them .It seemed as if the world was at an end.Water and food were hard to get. /
It was difficult to get water and food.All hope was not lost./ Not all hope was lost. Listening Task 1 Answer these questions
What did they talk about?
2. When and where did it happen?
3. Does it begin in the evening?
It happened in San Francisco in 1906.No, it began at about 5 o’ clock in
the morning.They talked about an earthquake.The earthquake which happened in San Francisco in 1906 began at about
5 o’clock in the morning.Listening Task 2 Fill in the blanks
A reporter is asking a man to describe his experience in the San Francisco earthquake of 1906.
R=reporter M=man
R: What was the first thing you remember?
M: Oh, my goodness. It was about __________ in the morning. I remember, I _____ up when I was thrown out of the bed. When I tried to walk, the floor shook so that I fell. I felt terrified and ______ downstairs.
R: What did you see _________ ?
M: Oh, I saw things I never want to see again. It seemed ______ the end of the world came. People were crying, shouting and running everywhere. Bricks were falling down from some buildings while big ones were ______ … Lots of people were getting ______ under bricks. There were great _____ around us. It was terrible! 5 o’clockwokeoutsideas if shakingburiedfiresrushedR: Did you realize what was happening?
M: No. I asked a man standing _________ me what happened. Before
he could answer, some bricks fell on him and he was ______.
R: That sounds _________. Did you know where to find a safer place?
M: Oh, no. Luckily I met a man who knew the way to a boat.
R: So … you got away easily?
M: No, we didn’t. It was _________ because the streets had deep cracks. As we were carefully picking our way, some frightened _____ rushed up Market Street and dropped into one of them. I’ll never forget the ______ they made. Some of them had broken their legs and others were climbing upon each other to get out. Horrible!
R: How did you feel once you’d left the city?
M: Umm. I felt safer because we were being __________. The soldiers saved us. They brought us water and _______. Thanks to them many of us are still _____ !Task 2 Fill in the blanks
next tokilledfrighteningdifficultnoisecared forfoodalivecowsTask 3 T or F 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. They got away easily.
5. Some cows were killed in the fires. 1.The man woke up and rushed downstairs
when the earthquake happened.4. It was difficult because the streets
had deep cracks.5. Some cows dropped into a deep crack
in Market Street.Task 4 Read the interview with
your partner
Check your memory !Suppose I am the reporter. You are
survivors. Let’s have an interview.
I will ask you some questions. One
sentence is ok. The more sentences,
the better.Q1: What was the first thing you remember?It was about … I woke up…
when I tried to walk…
I felt … and rushed …Q2: What did you see outside?I saw …I never want to see again.
It seemed as if…
People were crying…
Lots of people were …
There were great …Now, it’s your time to show!
Try to make up a
conversation with your group members.
Speaking
Task A: signs
Describe different signs before
an earthquakeTaskB: a press conference
Ask and answer some questions
about the damage and injury
of an earthquake
Task C: an interviewRescue workers and a reporter
are having an interview at the
scene Try to make up a conversation with your group members.
Task A: Try to show the signs
before an earthquake
Task B: Have a press conference
(记者招待会)
Task C: Have an interview We know the earthquake is so terrible. When we face the disaster, we just feel weak and frightened. But unity is strength.
As long as we unite, we will be able to win the final victory.Summary Homework Listen to the material again and
underline some useful structures.
2.
learn the knowledge about
natural disasters.
Thank you! Good bye!评测练习
(这节课都学到了哪些重要内容？检测一下自己吧！我的课堂，我做主！)
一、词汇运用
1. 地震_______________ 2. 灾难_______________
3. 好像，似乎 _______________ 4. 结束，终结 _______________
5. 破败不堪 _______________ 6.立刻，马上 _______________
7. 伤害（身体） _______________ 8. 挖掘 _______________
9. 爆裂，爆发 ______________ 10. 大量的 _______________
二、句子翻译
并非所有的希望都破灭了。
________________________________________________________________
这项工作很难完成。
________________________________________________________________
三、提升训练
1. After the flood, people were suffering a lot, _____ needed clean water, food and shelter to survive.
A. which B. who C. where D. what
2. It seems ______ the company is unlikely to survive in this serious financial crisis(经济危机).
A. only if B. because of C. as if D. for that
