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Teaching Content: Module3, Book3 Reading and VocabularyTeaching Aims:1. Knowledge aims:a. Make the students master the new words.b. Make the students master the main idea and detailed information of the passage.c. Make the students know some knowledge about how to survive the natural disasters.Ability aims: a. Enable the students to finish the tasks of this passage. b. Enable the students to keep calm in natural disasters by learning some skills of surviving the natural disasters. c. Enable the students to find out the main idea by skimming and the detailed information by scanning. Moral aims:Make the students love nature and cherish life.Teaching important points:Make the students master the important new words.Make the students master the main idea of the passage and detailed information of the passage.Teaching difficult points:How to improve the students abilities of reading-scanning and skimming.How to improve the students skills of surviving the natural disasters.Teaching methods:Task-based teaching approach Learning StrategyAutonomous learningCooperative learningTeaching Aids: Blackboard, multi-media, colorful cards and learning planTeaching Procedures:Step Greetings and lead-inGreet the students as usual.Instruction：(lead-in is a short video about tornado. The purpose of this step is to accumulate the students interest, make them feel relaxed and let them guess what well learn.)1. Lead in the new lesson by asking the students whats the weather like.2. Show them a short video about tornado.3. Ask the students to talk about tornado.4. Ask the students to guess what well learn in this class.Good morning, guys.Today, the weather is fine, isnt it?Yes, the weather in our city is very good, but it is not so good in other places.Now, lets look at the weather in the US. (Show a short video)Whats the weather like in the US in the video? SsYes, there is a tornado / hurricane in the video. Tornado is a kind of disaster.Can you speak out some natural disasters ?Now, welcome to my micro-lesson. (play the micro-lesson video)Step Pre-readingInstruction：(This is a micro-lesson. This micro-lesson is mainly about words about natural disasters. The purpose of this step is to enlarge their vocabulary and make some preparations for reading.)1. Learn some new words related to the natural disasters by a brainstorm. (Have a discussion with their partners. Choose one to represent their groups to speak out the natural disaster. ) 2. Have a word game to check whether the students can recite these words.3. Ask them to read the passage on page 23.Can you guess what well learn this class?Yes, well learn the Violence of Nature.Now, take out your learning plan, at the same time, open your book and turn to page23.In this passage, there are three topics. Now, Ill give you 2mins to read the first para of each topic. 2mins later, Ill invite some students to put the answers on the Bb ( Is it clearly ? )(2mins later ) stop here, (dont show the PPT until the students give an answers)I have the answers of the questions, they are in my envelop.But Ill invite some students to put the answers on the Bb. ( clear? )The answers of Group 1,2,3 are the same; 4,5,6 are the same; 7,8 are the same.The groups who give the right answers will be the winners. ( ok ? )(1min later,) lets check the answers together.Q1:yes or no? ( good)Q2:right or wrong? ( very good)Q3:yes or no? ( well done)Step III While-readingInstruction1：(In Task1, the purpose is to ask the students to read the first paragraph of each topic fast to get the general idea.)Task1. Read the first paragraph of each part and then answer the questions. 1. Ask the students to read the first paragraph of each topic and then answer the questions.2. Let them have a competition about finding the answer, and then put their answers on the blackboard with the help of stickers.3. Give them an assessment for their performance.1. What is a Tornado?A tornado is a rotating column of air from a thunderstorm to the ground.2. What is a hurricane?Hurricanes are strong tropical storms and they usually occur in the southern Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico.3. What is the Extraordinary Event about?This is a story about the 1900 Galveston hurricane.Instruction2：(In Task2 and Task3, the purpose is to ask the students to read the text carefully to get the detailed information and understand the passage better.)Task2Do you want to know more information about tornado and hurricane? Please read the passage again carefully and then do task2. Ill give you 5mins to read the passage and 2mins to finish the 5 exercises.(7mins later) times up! Now, Ill invite 3students to show your answers., you do No1 and No2,please give us your answers.( very good, give a score), you do No3 and No4,please give us your answers.( very good, give a score), you do No5,please give us your answers.( very good, give a score)All of you did a good job.(which groups are you in?) (give an assessment)Task2. Choose the best answers or fill in the blanks.1. Give the students 7minutes to read the passage and 2. Invite some students to answers the questions from different groups optionally.3. Give them an assessment for their performance.1. How can tornadoes destroy houses? ( C )A. They can destroy houses and the furniture in the house.B. They cant destroy houses and the furniture in the house.C. They can destroy houses, but they leave the furniture in the house where it was.D. They can destroy houses, but they cant destroy the furniture in the house.2. Where do tornadoes mainly occur? ( A )A. In the US B. In the UK C. In Europe D. In Asia3. How many people was killed in the Galveston hurricane? ( D)A. 80 B. 270 C. 37000 D. 60004. When and where did the worst hurricane happen? ( A )A. It occurred on the 8th September 1900 in Texas.B. It occurred on the 8th September 1925 in Missouri.C. It occurred on the 8th September 1989 in Illinois.D. It occurred on the 8th September 1900 in Indiana.5. Filling in the blanks according to An Extraordinary Event.By the late 1890s, Charles Coghlan had moved to Galveston, where he died in 1899, a year before the hurricane struck. The cemetery where Coghlan was buried was destroyed by the hurricane and Coghlans coffin ended up in the sea. Task3. Decide if the sentences are true or false.1. Ask them to read the passage again and then decide the sentences are true or false.2. Check their answers with the whole class and correct the wrong ones.3. Give them an assessment. ( F ) 1. All tornadoes have winds of more than 400 kilometres per hour.( T ) 2. There are more tornadoes in the US than in other parts of the world.( F ) 3. Tornadoes cant destroy furniture because they are not violent enough.( T ) 4. The worst tornado in history killed at least 700 people.( T ) 5. Both the worst tornado and the worst hurricane occurred in the US.( F ) 6.The worst hurricane of all time killed about one-sixth of the population in the US.Task 3Now, lets come to task3, decide true or false. Ill give you 5 mins to finish the exercises. If the sentence is wrong, please correct. Ok?(5 mins later, check the answers.)Task4. Fill in the blanks according to the material.Instruction：(The purpose of this task is to consolidate what they have learned in class.)1. Ask them to close their books and then fill in the blanks.2. Check their answers with the whole class.3. Give them an assessment.A tornado is a rotating column of air from a thunderstorm to the ground. Almost all of them occur in the US, in the area from Texas in the southeast to South Dakota in the north.Tornadoes can cause much 1. destruction (destroy). 2. On average, there are 800 tornadoes in the US each year. The3. worst (bad) tornado of all time occurred in 1925, 4. affecting ( affect) three US states. By the time it 5. ended (end), more than 700 people 6. had been killed (kill) and 2,700 had been injured.Hurricanes are strong tropical storms. There are violent winds of 120 kilometres per hour or more, 7. which cause huge waves, heavy rain and floods. There are on average six Atlantic hurricanes each year. 8. The worst hurricane disaster 9. occurred (occur) on the 8th September 1900 in Galveston, Texas. So we call it the 1900 Galveston Hurricane. The disaster killed 6,000 people in a population of 37,000 and destroyed 3,600 10. buildings (building). Task4 Now that we have read the passage twice, I think you have known what the article says. Please fill in the blanks according to the given words and the context. Ill give you 5mins to read and finish this task. ( Is it clear? Begin) Now, stop. , you do the first five blanks. Blanks No1,2,3,4,5., you do the last five blanks. Blanks No6,7,8,9,10.Lets check the answers together.Yes, you two did a good job.(which group are you in? ) ( give an assessment)Step IV Post-readingTask5. QuizInstruction：(Task5 is a quiz about how to survive the natural disasters. The purpose of this step is to encourage the students to learn some knowledge about natural disasters, make a preparation for fighting against the disasters and make the students love nature, cherish life.)Let the students have a quiz about the common sense of natural disasters.1. Chooses a representative and a number from each group.2. Chooses a number from the eight.3. Do the related exercises about disasters.4. Give each group an assessment.Task5As we all know, natural disasters are terrible, but if we unluckily meet disasters, how do we survive them. Now, lets have a quiz about how to survive the disasters.First, each group choose a representative to do the quiz.Then, the representative chooses a number and do the exercise.Each group has an equal chance, each group has one quiz. But if your group cant do it. The other groups have the right to get the chance to answer it .(ok?)1. Which number should we dial when we are faced with a fire? ( C )A. 110 B. 120 C. 119 D. 9112. Which of the following is not TURE in a building fire if you were in a high-rise building? ( A ) A. Get in an elevator.B. Cover your mouth and nose with a wet towel to avoid getting into the smoke.C. Call the fire department immediately when the fire just gets started. D. Hang something out of the window to attract peoples if you cannot get away.3. Which part should be the most important to be protected in an earthquake. ( D )A. Your arm B. Your head and arms C. Your neck and arms D. Your head and neck4. If you are trapped（困住）in ruins in an earthquake, which of the following is wrong? ( B )A. Try to keep calm and energetic.B. Try your best to call help all the time.C. Try to hide under desks, chairs or solid things. D. Try to find water and food, creating conditions for survival.5. Which of the following is wrong in an earthquake if you were in a high-rise building and couldnt leave immediately? ( C )A. Stay under a strong piece of furniture, hold on to it and movewith it.B. Cover your head and neck with your arms.C. Try to stay in the middle of your room.D. Move against a wall. 6. If there would be a thunderstorm in your hometown what shouldnt you do? ( D )A. Store enough food and clean water.B. Put flashlights, candles and radios within easy reach. C. Stay indoors and listen to the latest weather report.D. Go out to enjoy the typhoon.7.What shouldnt you do when you meet landslide unluckily? ( D )A. Evacuate(撤离) to a safer place immediately. B. Hide under a solid block if you have no time left. C. Cover your head with your clothesD. Run back to your house quickly.8.What shouldnt you do before and when you evacuate in a disaster? ( C )A. Take only the most important things with you.B. Turn off your gas, electri