高中英语Module3　TheViolenceofNaturePeriod2教案外研版必修3.doc

Period 2Reading and Vocabulary 讲治中学 郑玉兰整体设计教材分析本节课复习上一节所学的词汇和表达, 并学习新的词汇预习课文。通过上下文猜测词义是一种很好的学习词汇的方法。学生通过阅读理解文章, 了解更多的自然灾害, 了解其现象、成因和影响并思考解决的方法。教师可以通过增加阅读的内容来让学生了解更多的知识。三维目标1. 知识与技能1)Train students reading ability.2)Learn some useful words and expressions.3)Learn something about natural disasters.2. 过程与方法Make students know more about some natural disasters.3. 情感与价值1)Make students have a better understanding of natural disasters.2)Inspire their determination to learn.3)Encourage students to be armed with science and technology and make great contributions to the motherland.教学重点1. Help students to understand the passage better.2. Learn and master some important words and phrases in this period.教学难点1. How to help students improve their reading ability and understand the passage better.2. How to master the important language points in this passage.教学方法1. Fast reading to get the general idea of the text.2. Intensive reading to understand the passage better.3. Discussion to help students understand what theyve learned better.4. Explanation to help students master some language points.教学过程 Step 1 GreetingsAsk students to present what they have collected after class. Step 2 Fast ReadingIn our geography lessons we have learned about the warm current and cold current. We know that the features of a stream have a great effect on the weather of this place. Today we will know about a streamthe Gulf Stream, which is a warm ocean current which starts in the Gulf of Mexico and flows northeast across the Atlantic.墨西哥暖流Please read the short passage fast and try to finish the following exercises.(Show the following questions on the screen. )1. What is a current?A. A kind of electricity. B. A movement of water. C. A kind of wind.2. What kind of things flow?A. Water. B. Time. C. Money.3. If two places are on the same latitude, they are on the same line_ .A. east/west B. north/southSuggested answers:1. B2. A3. A Step 3 ScanningActivity 2The text is about some natural disasters such as tornados and hurricanes. Read the passage on Page 23 carefully and underline the new words in the text. At the same time answer the following questions:(Show the following on the screen. )1. How strong are tornado winds?2. What can happen to furniture when a house is destroyed by a tornado?3. How many tornados are there in the US every year?4. How many people died in the worst tornado of all time?5. What happens at sea during a hurricane?6. When was the worst hurricane of all time?7. Was the actor Charles Coghlan killed in it?8. What happened to him after the hurricane?Suggested answers:1. More than 400 km/h.2. It stays where it was.3. About 800.4. More than 700.5. It was huge waves.6. 8th September, 1900.7. No, he wasnt.8. His coffin was dropped in the sea by a hurricane and carried to Canada by the Gulf Stream.Activity 3Find the words and expressions in the passage and match them with the definitions.Read the passage again to find the words and expressions.(Check the new words they have found and write them on the blackboard. )burydisasterfeathersfuroccurtropical(Show the following on the screen. )Match the above words with their definitions.1. you can see this on an animal_ 2. describing the hottest parts of the earth, north and south of the equator _3. a terrible event_ 4. you can see these on a bird_ 5. to place in the ground or tomb_ 6. to happen_ Suggested answers:1. fur2. tropical3. disaster4. feathers5. bury6. occur Step 4 Multiple Choices(for higher students)After reading the passage, choose the correct one.(Show the following on the screen. )1. Which of the following descriptions about tornado is not correct?A. It is a kind of rotating column of air.B. It is usually caused from a thunderstorm.C. It can reach a speed up to more than 400 kilometres per hour.D. It can cause much damage to people, including deaths and injuries.2. How much damage did the worst tornado cause to the US?A. The tornado had winds of more than 400 kilometres per hour.B. The fur of the back of many cats and the feathers of many chickens had been taken off.C. It caused about 80 deaths and 1500 injuries.D. More than 700 people lost their lives and 2700 had been injured.3. What are the similarities between the tornado and the hurricane?A. They both occur together with strong wind.B. America is the country affected often by both of them.C. They both can cause a lot of damage to people and the buildings.D. All above.4. Where was Charles Coghlan born in deed?A. In Ireland.B. In Canada.C. In New York.D. In Galveston.5. What are the causes of these natural disasters?A. The different atmospheric pressure between two areas.B. The changeable weather in these areas.C. The destruction of the nature by human beings.D. Not mentioned in the passage.Suggested answers:15 BDDAD Step 5 Summary and HomeworkIn this period we have learned some words and should try to keep them in mind after class. Through the reading of the text we have known something about hurricanes and tornados.Homework:Discussion: How can we reduce the damage caused by these nature violence?板书设计Unit 3The Violence of NaturePeriod 2Reading and Vocabularyburydisasterfeathersfuroccurtropical1. you can see this on an animal2. describing the hottest parts of the earth, north and south of the equator3. a terrible event4. you can see these on a bird5