ANighttheEarthDidntSleep

1、Teaching PlanTitle: EarthquakesLesson Type: ReadingPeriod: the 1st periodLength: 45minTeaching Objectives: By the end of this lesson, students will be able to: 1. Recognize and read the following words and expressions: burst, events, suffering, in ruins, destroy, injure, shock, rescue, trap, disaste

2、r, etc.2. Scan& skim the text to get the general idea; read the text carefully to get some useful information to solve problems.3. Know some basic knowledge about earthquakes.Important points: 1. Reading skills: scanning& skimming, reading for details2. Recognition of words and expressions:

3、burst, events, suffering, in ruins, destroy, dig out, rescue, trap, disaster, etc.Difficult Points: Understanding of some complex sentences.esp, attribute clause.Teaching Methods:TBLT, Communicative Teaching ApproachTeaching Aid: PPT, boardTeaching Procedure:Step1 Lead-in1. Greetings2. T asks Ss “Wh

4、y should we remember May 12th of 2008?” and leads in the topic “earthquakes”Step2 Pre-reading 1. Free talk 2. Guessa. T asks several Ss to answer according to the pictures.b. T writes down some new words on the board. eg. well, pipes, burst你这里是对文章的预测,那为什么不接下来,让学生读了证实一下他们猜测,如果直接高戍学生答案,体现不了阅读的价值Step3

5、While-readingNote: In this whole process, if necessary, T leads Ss to get some strategies while they are doing reading.1. Skimming & scanninga. T asks Ss to find out the answers to the following questions:Also, T explains some new words briefly. eg. injured, destroyb. T asks Ss to skim the text

6、and divide it into 3 parts, that is, before the earthquake, during the earthquake and after the earthquake.2. Detailed readingNote: Also, in these following tasks, T 你这个里面的三个任务让学生读几遍,怎么读,你的任务设计有没有体现一个阅读的层次和逻辑will briefly explain some new words or expressions that they encounter to help Ss to underst

7、and the text better.Task 1 MatchingTask 2 Make a timelineTask 3 Q&Aa. T asks from which paragraph they can find the answer to each question. (先让学生定位每个问题的答案大概在哪个段落)b. T divides Ss into 2 groups to compete to answer the questions.Task 4 SummaryT asks 4 students to answer and let the rest to judge

8、each Ss answer.Task 5 “A night the earth didnt sleep”? 1. Why does the author use such title?2. Suggest another title for the text?Step4 Post-reading1. Circle out something useful or puzzling?a. T asks Ss to pick out some words, expressions or sentence patterns they think that are useful in their wr

9、itings. T shows some useful words, expressions or sentence patterns with PPTs and explains to Ss briefly.b. T asks Ss to circle out something that 如果学生提出来困惑,干嘛不当堂抽时间引导他们解决,不一定你要告诉他们答案,你可以提示引导they do not clearly understand. (Leave it to their homework, that is to say, T encourages Ss to solve their problems in their own after class.)2. DiscussionWhat do you learn from such a disaster?Step5 Homework1. Find more