Teaching plan of Sandstorms in Asia

1、Module 4 Sandstorms in AsiaI教学内容分析本模块以Sandstorms为话题，旨在让学生深入了解沙尘暴的起因和对我国乃至整个亚洲的危害，并通过以“沙尘暴”和“环境保护”为话题的各种任务或活动，让学生掌握与沙尘暴和环境有关的词汇，了解沙尘暴方面的知识。培养学生用英语谈论沙尘暴及环保的语言技能，同时提高学生的环保意识。Introduction 部分介绍了一些有关“沙尘暴”的词汇，要求通过练习让学生熟悉这些词汇的意义，并通过讨论问题的方式，让学生初步了解沙尘暴。Reading and Vocabulary 部分通过阅读Sandstorms in Asia，让学生学习相关词汇

2、，学会分析文章结构,归纳段落大意，本课关于沙尘暴的词汇比较有难度，所以我围绕着课文设计了与课文内容和词汇有关的练习。通过这些练习，熟悉有关沙尘暴的词汇，学生可以增进对沙尘暴危害性的了解，为后面的说、写做准备。 II教学重点和难点1. 教学重点(1) 掌握一些与沙尘暴和环保有关的词汇。(2) 学习表达有关沙尘暴和环保的话题。2. 教学难点(1) 谈论沙尘暴和环保。(2) 写有关环保的短文。 Teaching plan of Unit 4 Sandstorms in Asia ReadingDesigner: Zhuhongxia No.9 Middle School City of Puland

3、ianTitleUnit 4 Sandstorms in Asia Reading and VocabularyNewPeriod 2Teachinggoals1. Train the sss reading ability.2. Grasp some useful words and expressions.3. Enable the Ss to talk about the sandstormTeachingfocusMaster some phrases and useful sentences.DifficultpointsEnable the Ss to talk about San

4、dstorms.AnalysisThe Ss can finish the task.Teachingaid1. A recorder 2. A projector 3. A computerTeaching method1. Guide Ss to read and guess the meaning of the new words. 2. Individual, pair or group work to make every student work in class.Teachingprocedure Step 1Step 2Step 3Revision and lead-in1.

5、Greet the whole class as usual.2.Play a game. 1) Divide the ss into four groups and speak out the names of some disasters in the last moduleModule 3 The Violence of Nature as many as possible. The group getting the most will be the winner. (flood, hurricane, lightning, tornado, drought, tsunami , ea

6、rthquake, hurricane, thunderstorm , snowstorm, sandstorm.)2) Show the words on the screen and check the Chinese meaning , point out sandstorm and let the ss guess the meaning using the two words “sand” and “storm”. 3) Ask the ss some questions: Do you know anything about the sandstorm ? Have you eve

7、r been in a sandstorm ?4) Show the title on the screen and say :Today we will learn about Sandstorms in Aisa.Pre-reading1. Show some pictures of sandstorms on the screen :T: Here are some pictures about sandstorms from the internet. Lets share them together. twotwotttttttttttt T: What can you see in

8、 the pictures ?Can you describe one picture which impress you most in your own words ? 2. Let the ss talk about the pictures in pairs. Then check the answers with the ss . If the ss have difficulties the T ask the ss some questions about the picture to help the ss.What is happening? What is the colo

9、r of the sky? why?What can you see ? Can you see them clearly? What is the cyclist wearing and why?What do you think happens to traffic in this situation? Why?3. When checking the answers with the ss write the new words on the Bb.(Sandstorm,frightening,brown-yellow,thickdust,sanddune,desertification

10、 citizen,cyclist, cycle,mask, )4. Ask the ss :Do you want to know more about the sandstorm? Today we will come to our new text .Are you ready?Fast reading1.Read the text quickly with the tape of it and answer the following questions on the screen.1)What is a sandstorm?(Sandstorms are strong, dry win

11、ds that carry sand. )2)Where in the world are the main four sandstorm places/areas? (Central Asia, North America, Central Asia & Australia.)3)Whats the weather experts advice when a sandstorm comes?(They advise us not to go out. If we have to, wed better wear a mask. )2. Read the text again and

12、answer the questions.Ask and answer the questions in pairs. Check the answers with pairs of ss asking and answering the question. If the sss answer is not clear or right ask the other ss to make it up or correct it. 1) In what places do sandstorms often happen?(Central Asia, North America, Central A

13、frica, Australia )2)What is Renjianbos experience ?( A terrible sandstorm )3)Which part of China is part of the sandstorm center?( Northwest China )4)Have sandstorms in China increased or decreased recently? Why?( Sandstorms have increased recently in China. It is because of desertification.)5)Why d

14、oes traffic move slowly during the sandstorm?(The thick dust makes it difficult to see. )6)What is the government doing to prevent the sandstorm coming nearer?(The government is planting trees. )3. Fill in the blanks and try to grasp the main idea of the text.Theteacherand the sss activityLead-inAsk

15、&AnswerListen &AnswerAsk &AnswerIn pairsTime3510Step 4Step 5Step 6Step 7Step 8Sandstorms in AsiaPara.1Sandstorms have been a major disaster for Asian countries.Para.2meaningStrong, dry winds that carry 1 .influenceYou cant see the sun because they are often so 2 .The wind is sometimes st

16、rong enough to move sand 3 .Para.3Sandstorms have increased in recent years as a result of 4 .Para.4Sandstorms in BeijingThe city is covered in a thick, brown-yellow 5 .The storms make 6 move very slowly.Para.5 7 of sandstormsSandstorms can be forecast but the 8 of the storms sometimes 9 people.Para

17、.6Prevention10 More than 30 billion trees have been planted and more trees will be planted for the next 5 years.Key:1. sand 2. thick 3. dunes 4. desertification 5. dust 6. traffic 7. forecast 8. strength 9. surprises 10. measures Careful reading 1. T: We have gotten the main idea of the passage. Rea

18、d the passage again carefully and try to get some details. First, check if you have mastered the words in Activity 3.Show the questions on the screen.1). sand dunes mean_ .(a)plants growing in sand(b)sand hills2). affect means_ .(a)to kill (b)to cause a change3). You wear a mask over your_ .(a)face

19、(b)body4). strength is the noun of_ .(a)strong (b)strangeSuggested answers:1). b2). b3). a4). a2.True or false questions: T: Decide if the following statements are true(T)or false(F).If it is true tell me where you have found it. If it is false please correct it.(1)Scientists have tried many ways to

20、 deal with sandstorms. (T)(2)Land becomes desert only because people cut down trees and dig up grass. (F)(3)The Chinese Central West Station can not forecast a sandstorm before it comes. (F)(4)Our government has planed more than 30 billion trees and plants to continue planting for the next 5 years.

21、(T)Explanation of languge points1. Return to the text and grasp some important points.Sandstorms are strong ,dry winds that (携带)_sand .They are often(如此厚以至于)_ you cannot see the sun and the wind is sometimes strong enough to （移动）_ sand dunes. The four main places in the world（在那里）_ there are sandsto

22、rms are Central Asia, North America ,Central Africa and Australia . Ren Jianbo , from Inner Mongolia (描述) _ a terrible sandstorm he （经历）_ as a child in the desert.”（遭遇到了）_ a sandstorm was a terrible experience, ” he said.” There was nothing (能够做)_ _. It was the most (可怕的)_ and the most dangerous (形势

23、)_ Ive ever been in. You just had to hope youd (幸存下来)_ .I thought I was going to (消失)_ under the sand”.(Carry, so thick that, move, where, described, experienced, To have been caught in , to be done, frightening, situation, survive, disappear.)2.Language points1) so that 如此-以至于-The rain was so heavy

24、 that we could hardly move on.2) experience n. 经历，经验。 v. 经历. 3) be caught in 被困于,遇到He was late for work yesterday afternoon because he was caught in the traffic jam.Charles Chaplin was once caught in a snowstorm for several days.4) There was nothing to be done 什么都做不了。Speaking1. In our text Renjianbo

25、 experienced a terrible sandstorm as a child. Today I will show you the video of it. Lets see it together.2.Now one acts as a reporter and one acts as Renjianbo. The reporter wants to interview Renjianbo about the experience in the sandstorm. Make a dialogue about the interview in pairs.3. Ask sever

26、al pairs to the front to act out the dialogue.DiscussionShow some pictures of sandstorms in Beijing: Golden Beijing in sandstormsT:The sandstorm in Beijing is serious now. The experts predict that if sandstorms continue like this Beijing will disappear under the sand ten years later. Also sandstorms can cause other damage to us. If you are the Mayor of Beijing how can you do or call on people to do something about