云南德宏州芒市第一中学高中英语 unit4 earthquakes教案1 新人教版必修1

云南德宏州芒市第一中学高中英语 unit4 earthquakes教案1 新人教版必修1 This is the first teaching period of this unit. At the beginning of the class, the teacher can lead in the topic of the unit by showing students some pictures of natural disasters and talking about them.As to Warming Up, the teacher had better ask students to describe the two photos on Page 25. In a sense, the photos show two cities famous for their earthquakes during a period of calm. Students must imagine what an earthquake could do to the buildings, roads and bridges they see in the photos. When students try to express their ideas, they will probably have difficulty. This activity provides them with the chance to learn how to do this. It is also a good opportunity for the teacher to teach them the new words and phrases for the unit, such as cracks, cut across houses, roads and canals, fall down, lie in ruins and destroy.The 1st Period Warming-up, Pre-reading and ReadingA. Teaching contents and analysesContent: Warming up, pre-reading and readingAnalysis:Warming up: Get the students know damages earthquakes bring about and the ways to reduce losses of earthquakes.Reading: Get the students to know how to protect oneself and help others in earthquakes.Get the students to be aware of terrible disasters, meanwhile get them to face it, treat it in a proper way, and never get discouraged.B. Teaching goals and analysesGoals：1. Learn some new words and phrases related to earthquakes.2. Master the reading skillsscanning, skimming, careful reading, etc.Analyses：Skimming: The first question requires students to look through the text as soon as possible and catch the main idea at the same time.Scanning & careful reading: Further reading can improve students ability of catching important information, enlarging vocabulary and enriching their knowledge.C. Teaching important points and difficult points1. Teaching Important Points: How to help students to comprehend the text according to the exercises.2. Teaching Difficult Points: How to master reading skills, such as skimming, scanning and careful reading.D. Predicting problems and analyses1. The teacher should make a good preparation for the pre-class to help our students understand the text better for they may not be familiar with some words, phrases and sentences.2. The teacher should introduce some reading skills properly so that it enables students to work out many questions of this passage correctly.3. The teacher must pay more attention to students feedback in the class and timely adjust.E. Teaching Methods1. Review, explanation and consolidation.2. Make every student work in class.F. Teaching AidsThe multimedia; The blackboard; The coursewareG. Teaching proceduresLead-in and Warming up Reading Post-reading SummaryTest for goalsHomeworkStep1. Lead-in and Warming upShow the students some pictures about natural disasters and ask them:1. Have you ever experienced any natural disaster? Look at the pictures. Can you name all the disasters?(volcano, fire, typhoon, flood, sandstorm, hailstone, thunderstorm, hurricane, earthquake)2. Have you ever experienced an earthquake? Can you describe how terrible an earthquake is?地震的破坏(The earth is shaking; all the buildings will fall down; the roads will be destroyed; many people will be killed or injured; a lot of children will become orphans. . . )Designing purpose：This exercise aims to stimulate students interest and enthusiasm. It also paves the way for the coming comprehension.Step2.ReadingTask 1Tell the students:Today, we are going to read a news report about the strongest earthquake in Chinas history, which happened in Tangshan, Hebei, in 1976.1. Fast readingAsk the students to read the passage quickly and pay attention to the first sentence of each paragraph.1)Answer the questions.Question 1:In what order was the passage written?Question 2:What is the general idea of the passage?(The text is written in time order. The general idea is the mixture of the first sentences of each paragraph, that is, the text tells us something that happened before the earthquake, during the earthquake and after the earthquake. )2)Fill in the table.Type of writingTopic sentence of Paragraph 1Topic sentence of Paragraph 2Topic sentence of Paragraph 3Topic sentence of Paragraph 4General idea of the passageSuggested answers:Type of writingThis is a news report.Topic sentence of Paragraph 1Strange things were happening in the countryside in northeast Hebei.Topic sentence of Paragraph 2Everything began to shake and it seemed that the world was at an end.Topic sentence of Paragraph 3Everywhere they looked nearly everything was destroyed.Topic sentence of Paragraph 4All hope was not lost.General idea of the passageThe passage tells us something that happened before the earthquake, during the earthquake and after the earthquake.Designing purpose：It helps students catch the main idea.Task 2 Scanning: Read the text again and decide whether the following statements are True or False.Ask the students to decide whether the following statements are true or false. If it is false, try to correct it.(1)People in Tangshan were warned of the earthquake and didnt go to bed that night.(2)People in Beijing also felt the earthquake.(3)More than 400 000 people were killed in the quake.(4)Many rescue workers and doctors were trapped under the ruins during the aftershock.(5)People tried to get fresh water from under the ground in Tangshan.Answers: 1-5 FTFTFDesigning purpose：Seize the main information in a few minutes.Step3. SummaryAsk the students to read the passage carefully to locate particular information.1)Do the exercises in the part Comprehending on Page 27.2)Fill in the following form.TimeWhat happenedResultBefore the earthquake:three days before the earthquakeat about 3 am on July 28Wells:Animals:Lights and sound:Water pipes:People of the city thought_ and_While the earthquake:At 3:42 amLater that afternoonHouses, roads and canals:Hard hills of rock:The large city:The people:Some rescue workers and doctors:More buildings:Water, food and electricity:_ was destroyed._ hospitals, 75% of_ and 90% of_ were gone. More than_ were killed or injured.After the earthquakeAll hope:The army:Workers:Fresh water:The city_.Designing purpose：Train students to be the best in searching for details.Step4. Test for goals.(1)What is the mood of this passage?A. Sad. B. Serious. C. Serious and a bit sad. D. Calm.(2)What can be inferred from the passage?A. If mice run out of the fields looking for places to hide, there must be an earthquake.B. If some natural signs had not been ignored, all the people in Tangshan city might have had a chance to survive.C. There wouldnt have been such a great earthquake, if people had paid enough attention to some natural signs.D. If some natural signs had not been ignored, more people might have had a chance to survive.(3)Which of the following statements can not be part of the main reasons for the heavy loss of life in Tangshan earthquake?A. The earthquake happened in the deep night and people were sleeping in bed at the very movement.B. There werent enough rescue workers.C. The buildings were poorly constructed and most of them were destroyed in the earthquake.D. People were not careful enough to notice some natu