8A Unit6 Natural disasters.doc

8A Unit6 Natural disastersComic strip & Welcome to the unitTeaching aims:To introduce the topic of disasters.To identify vocabulary related to disasters.To identify weather conditions and label pictures with correct words.Focus and difficulties: To recognize the weather conditions and natural disasters.Teaching methods: Communication and descriptionTeaching aids: recorder Multi-media computer Teaching procedures:Step1 Lead in : T: Whats the weather like today?Ss: It Revise some other words about weather e.g. rain, snow, wind.Step2 Presentation1.Show some pictures of snowstorm that happened in China during last Spring Festival .Get them to answer the questions about it.1Do you like snow in winter?2Do you think too much snow is good or bad for people?2. Encourage students to tell their ideas. Show more pictures of bad weather. Ask: What caused the trouble or problems? Help students to answer : nature. They are natural disasters. They cause the bad weather .They make people get into the trouble.Step3 Practice1.T: Do you know what other natural disasters ? What words do we use to talk about bad weather ?Elicit from students other bad weather conditions. ( rainstorm, snow storm, typhoon. e.g.)2. Read the words in Part B and ask more able students to describe each weather condition only with simple phrases and words.3. Help Ss to complete the task on their own and check the correct answers with the class as a whole.4. Show more pictures of natural disasters, help students to know their names and describe them. Help students to use the Past Continuous Tense to talk about the pictures.5T: Can you distinguish natural disasters from disasters caused by other reasons? Get them to look at part A on P93 and try to finish this part check the correct answers with the class as a whole, then read together.Teach some new words.Step4 ActivityDivide the students into groups of four to discuss. Bring some photos to each group and ask students to write a headline about natural disasters or accidents. Step5 Presentation1.T: Look at the pictures , people suffered from these natural disasters . What can we do to help them. Students will discuss it warmly. Then teacher leads students to the comic strip.2. T:Hobo has some trouble. What happened to him? Lets have a look. Students look at the pictures. Teacher asks some open questions about each picture.1).Whats the weather like?( Its raining)2). What happened to Hobo?( He got wet.)3).What was Hobo doing when it started to rain? ( He was sleeping)4).Did he hear the rain? ( Half an hour later.)5).What do you think happened to Hobos house?(The floor was all wet.)6). Why doesnt he want to go home alone?(Because he wants Eddie to mop all the water up)7).Will Eddie help him?(No. I dont think Eddie likes his idea.)2. Play the tape and students read after it.Explain some language points.Step 5.gamesAsk students to role-play the conversation.Step 6.Homework:Revises the contents we have learned. Preview Reading8A Unit6 Natural disasters 教案第一课时 Welcome to the unitTeaching aims:To introduce the topic of disaters. To identify vocabulary related to disasters. To identify weather conditions and label pictures with correct words.Focus and difficulties: To recognize the weather conditions and natural disaster.Teaching methods: Communication and descriptionTeacing aids: recorder Multi-media computer Teaching procedures:Step1 Lead in : T: Whats the weather like today?Ss: It Revise some other words about weather.e.g. rain, snow, wind.Step2 Presentation1.Show some pictures of snowstorm that happened inChina during last Spring Festival .Get them to answer the questions about it.1.Do you like snow in winter?2.Do you think too much snow is good or bad for people?2.Encourage students to tell their ideas.Show more pictures of bad weather.Ask: What caused the trouble or problems?Help students to answer : nature. They are natural disasters.They cause the bad weather .They make people get into the trouble.Step3 Practice1.T: Do you know what other natural disasters ? What words do we use to talk about bad weather ?Elicit from students other bad weather conditions. ( rainstorm, snow storm,typhoon.e.g.)2. Read the words in Part B and ask more able students to describe each weather condition only with simple phrases and words.3. Help Ss to complete the task on their own and check the correct answers with the class as a whole.4.Show more pictures of natural disasters,help students to know their names and describle them. Help students to use the Past Continuous Tense to talk about the pictures.5T: Can you distinguish natural disasters from disasters caused by other reasons?Get them to look at part A on P93 and try to finish this part check the correct answers with the class as a whole,then read together.Teach some new words.Step4 ActivityDivide the students into groups of four to discuss. Bring some photos to each group and ask students to write a headline about natural disasters or accidents. Step5 Presentation1.T: Look at the pictures ,people suffered from these natural disasters . What can we do to help them.Students will discuss it warmly. Then teacher leads students to the comic strip.2.T:Hobo has some trouble. What happened to him? Lets have a look. Students look at the pictures. Teacher asks some open questions about each picture.1).Whats the weather like?( Its raining)2). What happened to Hobo?( He got wet.)3).What was Hobo doing when it started to rain? ( He was sleeping)4).Did he hear the rain? ( Half an hour later.)5).What do you think happened o Hobos house?(The floor was all wet.)6). Why doesnt he want to go home alone?(Because he wants Eddie to mop all the water up)7).Will Eddie help him?(No. I dont think Eddie likes his idea.)2. Play the tape and students read after it.Explain some language points.Step 5.gamesAsk students to role-play the conversation.Step 6.Homework:Revises the contents we have learned. Preview Reading8A Unit 6 Natural disasters主备人： 执教人： 执教班级： 执教时间： 年 月 日Content: Comic strip & Welcome to the unitPeriod：101Teaching aims and demands:1.To learn the new words and phrases. 2. To meet the past continuous tense.3. To talk about different weather. , learn how to name and describe natural disasters.4. To teach the students to obey the traffic rules and protect environment. Key points:To learn the new words about different weather and natural disasters.To describe natural disasters.Difficult points:Describe the natural disasters and the past continuous tense.Teaching aids: a tape recorder and some picturesTeaching methods: Discussion and communication. Teaching procedures:Step 1Revision & lead-in.Show some pictures to talk about common weather.Step 2 Presentation of the comic strip1.To present the comic strip by listening to the record.2.To do an exercise according to the comic strip.3.To practice the past continuous tense.Step 3 Presentation of bad weatherTo present four kinds of bad weather on page 93 by showing some pictures. Teach the new words and get the students to complete the exercise in part B.Step 4 Presentation of natural disasters.To show some pictures to present natural disasters in two ways.To consolidate how to name the natural disasters by playing games.Step 5 Presentation & exercisesTo present the differences between natural disasters and accidents. Then get the students to do the exercises in Part A. (To tell whether they are accidents or natural disasters.)Step 6 Presentation & description1.To present how to describe a natural disaster by setting an example.2.To show four pictures about four natural disasters.3.To have a discussion in groups.4.To describe one of the four natural disasters after the discussion.Step 7 SummaryTo make a summary about what we learn today.Step 8 Homework Remember the new words and phrases that we learnt today.Preview exerci