优品课件之Frighteningnature(TheFourthPeriod)

1、优品课件 Frighte ning n ature (The Fourth Period ) The Fourth Period Teachi ng Aims: 1. Lear n and master the new words and expressi ons of this period. 2. Read a passage about typho on. 3. Write a passage about how the story will end. Teaching Important Points: 1. Learn the useful words and expressions

2、: steady, unbelievable,on board, knock about, all of a sudde n, live through, as though, all at on ce. 2. Lear n to write about terrible weather. Teachi ng Difficult Poi nts: 1. Master the expressions and sentences such as dirty weather. She has done for 2. Improve the students integrating skills re

3、ading skill and writing skill. Teaching Methods: 1. Fast-read ing and readi ng to get the stude nts to grasp the detailed information. 2. Writing practice to get the students to learn how to describe something terrible. 3. Pair work or group work to get the students to be active in class. Teaching A

4、ids: 1. a computer 2. a projector 3. a tape recorder Teaching Procedures: Step I Greetings and Revision Greet the whole class as usual. (Teacher and stude nts lear n the new words of this period together.) T: In last period, you were asked to do Ex. 5 on Page 77. Have you fin ished it? (Ss: YesJOK.

5、Put your exercise-books on your desks. Lets check the chart first. (Teacher shows the scree n and has the stude nts check their answers.) Fill in the chart below: Date: The 24th of August in 79 AD, betwee n two and three in the afternoon. What happe ned: The writers uncle died because of the eruptio

6、n of the volcano Vesuvius. First: His uncle saw a cloud rising from mountain and decided to go and see it from closer at hand. Next: His un cle received a letter from his friends wife asking him for help. He hurried to the place at the foot of Vesuvius to rescue her. Then: Having rescued Rect ina, h

7、is un cle decided to rescue his friend Pompy on the other side of the bay. During his trip, he wrote a report about all he observed, Whe n he saw his friend, he tried to give him courage and let him calm dow n. In the mean time, he tried to makethe scared people calm dow n. Fin ally: His uncle died.

8、 Two days later, his body was found. His face suggested that he was not afraid at all. T: Nowwho will retell the story? Please retell it briefly. SA: III try. On the 24th of August in 79 AD, betwee n two and three in the after noon, my mother saw a cloud of unusual size and shape. She called myuncle

9、 and me to see it. We knew it was rising from a mountain, but we did ntknow exactly where it came from.So my un cle decided to go to a nearer place and see it. He was about to start when he received a letter from his friends wife, asking him to rescue her because she lived near the volcano Vesuvius

10、and there was no way out except by boat. After rescu ing her, my un cle wan ted to see the volca no aga in because he wan ted to know more about it. On his way, he wrote all he observed. It was dan gerous, but my un cle was not afraid. He decided to rescue his friend Pompy. Whenhe saw his friend,he

11、tried to calm him and he even took a bath, had dinner and slept. He tried to make the scared people calm dow n too. Fin ally, they realized that it was too dan gerous to stay there and decided to go outside. But it was too late. Myuncle immediately fell down, dead. Twodays later, his body was found.

12、 His expressi on suggested that he was not afraid at all even at the last time. Step II Reading T: (Teacher shows the screen.) Nowwell learn a newpassage about typhoon. Open your books at Page 79. Read the passage fast and an swer the questions on the screen. Write your answers on a piece of paper a

13、nd Ill collect the first five pieces. Answer the follow ing questi ons: 1. Where did the ship meet bad weather? 2. What should they do in such terrible weather? (Students read the text. Then teacher collects the first five pieces of answers, has a look at them and gives them back to the students. )

14、T: Whcwill give us the answers? SA: rII answer the first question. Whenthe ship Nanshan was on her way from south to Fuzhou, with Chi nese workers returni ng to their home village, it met bad weather. SB: The second question: In such terrible weather, they could only move the ship over the high sea

15、and into the very eye of the wind. T: (Teacher shows the screen.) Very good. Nowread the text again and have a discussion with your partner about the questions on the screen. A few minutes later, well check the answers. Find the answers to the following questions: 1. How was the weather in the morni

16、ng? 2. Why did the captain say that it looked as if a typhoon was coming on? 3. Where were they whe n the full force of the hurrica ne struck the ship? 4. What does the sentence “Another one like this, and thats the last of her. ” mean?5. Whydid the captain strike a match? What did he see? Suggested

17、 an swers : 1. In the morning, the weather was fine, for there was no wind. 2. Because he observed the barometer fell steadily and he knew that a terrible storm would come soon. 3. When the hurricane struck the ship with full force, they were all on the bridge. It was a higher position on the ship.

18、4. It meansthat if another white tower of foam(a very big wave)struck the ship, it would sink. 5. Because the capta in wan ted to see the barometre, but there was no light. He saw the barometre stood very low, and the figure on it was the lowest one he had ever seen in his life. He knew that the wor

19、st was to come yet. Step III Discussion Sc: Some sentences in the text are hard to un dersta nd for me. Can you help me, Teacher ? T: r II be glad to do that. Which senten ce? Sc: The sentence“ The heat was close. ” T: Whcwill explain that to him? SD: Mydictionarysays that the word “close ” here mea

20、ns “ lacking fresh or freely moving air ” . T: Are there any sentences that you dont understand? (Teacher collects the sentences and then discusses them with the stude nts.) At last, teacher writes expla nati ons to some parts of the senten ces on the blackboard.) Bb: Expla nati ons to some parts of

21、 the sen ten ces: 1. Theres some dirty weather knowing about. dirty: (of the weather)rough and un pleasa nt. 2. Whats up? Whats up?二Whats up with you?= Whats the matter with you? 3. Shes done for. done for: finished or worn out or very tired or about to die etc. 4. It was the lowest reading he had e

22、ver seen. reading: a figure shown by a measuri ng in strume nt. T: (Teacher shows the scree nJLook at the scree n. There are some useful words and expressi ons in the text. Read the senten ces on the scree n, pay ing atte nti on to them and learn them by heart. Useful words and expressions: 1. stead

23、y: The table isnt steady. He is making steady progress in his work. 2. un believable: Her good luck is un believable. 3. on board: The ship had 500 passengers on board. 4. knock about: A storm was knocking about. 5. all of a sudde n:(二 sudde nly) All of a sudden the ship struck a rock. 6. live throu

24、gh: He has lived through two wars. 7. as though(=as if): I remember the whole thing as if it happened yesterday. 8. all at once: All at once we heard a shot and the man fell to the gro und. You dont do two things all at once. Step IV Listening and Reading Aloud T: NowIll play the tape. Whenl play it

25、, pay attention to your pronunciation and intonation,especially in the dialogue. Then read the text aloud. Are you clear about that? Ss: Yes. (Teacher plays the tape for students to listen. When students read the text, teacher goes among the stude nts and corrects their mistakes in pronunciation and

26、 intonation. ) Step V Writing T: As we know, at the end of the read ing passage above, Capta in Macwhirr has to sail his ship through a second storm. He expects it to be much worse than what they have just gone through. Have a discussi on in groups and discuss what will happe n n ext. (Students disc

27、uss the end of the story. Teacher goes amongthe stude nts and joins in their discussi on. Some minu tes later, teacher says the following. ) T: Youve done very well. After class, write a passage about how the story will end. You can use your imagination and describe how the captain and his men succe

28、ed in passing through the hurricane. Sample writing: Before the captain could finish his words, a mountain of wave rushed to the ship. How big it was! It was just like a wall of water. Its hard to see its top! The captain and the engineer were so frighte ned that they both closed their eyes. It came

29、 so viole ntly with a crash. After that, they were all wet. The capta in could not find his cap and the engin eer could nt find his glasses. The Nan sha n was full of water and bega n to sink. “Pumps! All at pumps! ” The captain cried out. All the passengers joined in them. They used all that could be used to get rid of the water. Some minutes later, there suddenly came the engineers voice, “The barometre! ” The captain hurried to the