8AUnit8Reading.doc

Period 2Teaching content:Reading 1Teaching objects1.To understand the whole passage and the situation of the earthquake in Taiwan in 1999.2.To improve the abilities of guessing the key words3.To educate students how to protect themselves in accidents or earthquakes.Teaching important and difficult points.1.Words:shake loud shake fear direction while shaking silent if nervous heart beat mind since still alive dark shout safe asleep after 2.Phrases: a loud noise like thunder start to shake in fear run in directions come down notat all bear fast say to oneself pull myself slowly through find ones way out hear shouts from excited people move away the bricks3.The understanding of some long sentences I was sleeping when the earthquake started. People were running in all directions while pieces of glass and bricks were falling down. I felt nervous and my heart was beating fast. As I was trying to find my way out, I suddenly heard some noise above me.4.The students use their own words to express their own ideas.Teaching Methods1.Multimeidia: Computer Assisted Instruction2.Worksheet-guided Method3.Communicative ApproachTeaching ProceduresActivity One Lead-inStep One:Review the different kinds of disasters what they have learnt?T: Now I am going to show you a video .Can you tell me what kind of disaster is it?Step Two:Watch the video again to check the situation of preview. What can you see ? (I can see some houses _shaking_) (I can see some people screming in fear) (I can see some people running in all directions.) (I can see some people trapped under the bricks and stones.)Step three:Listen to the tape and try to understand what happened in Taiwan in 1999.Activity Two Reading and understandingStep One:Listen and finish B3 on page 96 and then correct the mistakes.Step Two:Scanning for details Para1&2: a.)What did Tommy doing when the earthquake started? b.)What did Timmy feel / do?Feel: Do: Para3&4: a.) Where was Timmy when the shaking ended?b.) How did Timmy feel? c) What did Timmy do after shouting for help?Para5: How was he saved? Activity three Post readingStep One: Read the whole passage and try to expree the situation of that earthquake.Step Two: Finish the part B1-2 on page 95.Step three:Divide into four groups and retell the story.Step four: Finish the part B4 on page 96.Activity Four DiscussionAfter the earthquake, Timmy has some useful ways of protecting himself in the earthquake. If you are Timmy, what good ways of protecting yourself do you know?1. 2. 3. 4._ Activity Five Feed back.Exercises【课堂检测】一、根据句意和首字母填空。1.I _(shake) his shoulders , but he still did not wake up.2.After he learnt the terribly bad news, he still did what he should do _（calm）.3.The thief ran into this building, so the police went in the same d_ to catch him. 4.She is s_ for help from the window of the burning hotel.5.Be _(silence),children .Mr Zhang has something important to say to you.二、根据汉语意思完成句子。1.你的房子昨天夜里怎么着火的？How did your house_ _ last night?2.在那道墙坍塌后，他的心脏便很快停止了跳动。After the wall _ _, his_ soon stopped_.3.当人们向四处逃散时，他仍然站在那里。While people were running _ _ _, he was _standing there.4.他紧张得不能大声说话。He was so _that he could not speak _ a _ voice.5