unit4-earthquake-教案

1、Teaching plan:Unit 4 Earthquake (Reading: A Night the Earth didnt sleep)Content:一、 Analysis of the teaching material二、 Teaching aims and demands三、 Teaching difficult and important points四、 Teaching arrangements五、 Teaching aids六、 Teaching procedures一.Analysis of the teaching materials：This passage is

2、 about Tangshan earthquake happened on July 28, 1976. The passage can be divided into three parts. The first part is about some strange things happened before the earthquake. The second part is about the damages caused by the earthquake. The third part is about all help was given to Tangshan after t

3、he earthquake. From the passage, students will know clearly about the predictions before an earthquake. At the same time, teachers can guide them to think how to keep themselves safe from an earthquake, so that they can set up their right attitudes towards life.二.Teaching goals:Target language Learn

4、 and master the new words and expressions in this period. Ability goals Students should improve their listening, reading, speaking and writing abilities. Students should improve their abilities to cooperate with others. Emotion goals Students learn how to how to keep themselves safe from an earthqua

5、ke.Students should set up their right attitudes towards life.三.Teaching important and difficult points: 1. Train the students reading abilityskimming and scanning.2. Master the main ideas of the whole passage.四.Teaching arrangements：Lead-in：3 minutesFast-Reading：4 minutesListening& Detailed-read

6、ing：27 minutesPost-reading/ Summary (discussion in groups)：11 minutes五.Teaching aids:Multi-media computer, a tape recorder, PPT六.Teaching procedures: Step1. Lead-inAsk Ss the question: Do you know when and where the biggest earthquake happened in China in the 20th century?Step2. Fast-ReadingGet stud

7、ents to skim the whole passage quickly and answer:Q: How many parts can this passage be divided into?S: We can divide the passage into 3 parts. Paragraph _:before the earthquake; Paragraph_，during the earthquake；Paragraph_，after the earthquake.Step3. Detailed-readingListen to the tape and fill in th

8、e blanks.Paragraph 1: Before the earthquake1.The water in the wells _and_.2.Well walls had _ _in them.3. A _ _came out of the cracks.4. The chickens and pigs were too _ to eat.5. Fish _out of the bowls and ponds.6. Mice _out of the fields.7. At _am on July 28, 1976, people saw _ _ in the sky.Paragra

9、ph2-3：During the quakeScan Paragraph 2 and 3 and finish the True or False.1. At _ am, the _ earthquake of the 20th century began .2. _ covered the ground like red autumn leaves.3. Two _ and most of the bridges fell.4. The railway tracks were now _pieces of _.5. Water, food and _ were hard to get.6.

10、_ of the nation felt the earthquake.7. In _ terrible seconds a large city lay in ruins. 8. _ of the Tangshan people died or were injured during the earthquake.9. The number of people who were killed or injured reached more than _.10. All of the citys hospitals, _ of its factories and buildings and _

11、 of its homes were gone. Paragraph.4 After the quakefill in the blanks.Soldiers were sent to dig out those trapped and _ the dead; People built_ for the homeless and _ was taken to the city.Step 4: Post-reading (Discussion)_ happened in Tang Shan. For a few days, water in the wells _. From the _ of

12、wells _come out. Mice, chicken, pigs and even fish became _. At 3:00 am, everything began to _. It seemed that the world was _. _ of the nation _ it. _ cut across the city. The city lay _. Two-thirds of the people _ or _. Then later that afternoon, another big quake _ Tang Shan. People began to wond

13、er _. But all hope _. _ came to help those _. Slowly, the city began to _.Step 5. Language points1.Imagine your home begins to shake and you must leave it right away.imagine: form a mental pictureimagine + n. /pron.imagine sb. to be 2. shake: cause to move to and fro3. right away: at once; in no tim

14、e; immediatelyright now: at this very momentMake up your mind _.4. rise vi. rose, risen 上升; 升起; 上涨; 升高; 增加 raise vt. raised, raised 举起, 抬起，喂养5. burst可以作动词，意为：使爆炸;使破裂 ；突然发生，突然出现。常构成短语burst into sth. 或burst out doing sth.，表示“突然开始（做某事）”，如：burst into tears = burst out crying（表示“突然哭起来”）。也可以作名词，意为： 爆炸。6.

15、But the one million people of the city, who thought little of these events, were asleep as usual that night. 考点 定语从句中引导词who的用法。7. It seemed as if the world1) as if 似乎，好像 = as though She spoke to me as if she knew me. 她和我说话的神情，好像她早就认识我 似的。2) as if 在表语从句中相当于that: It seemed as if the meeting would neve

16、r end. 看起来会议没完没了8. In fifteen terrible seconds a large city lay in _.lie (lay, lain): to be, remain or be kept in a certain statein ruins: severely damaged or destroyed9. People began to wonder how long the disaster would last.考点 last在此句中意为“持续，延续”。可单独使用，也可后接for +一段时间（for可以省略）。10. The army organized teams to dig out those who were trapped and to bury the de