人教版必修一Unit4 Earthquakes教案设计Reading

Unit4Earthquakes

Anighttheearthdidn’tsleep

Learninggoals:

1.Studentswillbeabletoknowthestructureofthepassageandsomeexpressions

aboutearthquakes(earthquake,burst,suffering,ruins,extreme,injure,destroy,useless,shock,rescue,bury,lieinruins,thinklittleof,digout…).

2.Studentswillbeabletohaveabetterunderstandingofsomesentencesbyreadingbetweenlines.

3.Studentswillbeabletousecertaincriticalreadingskills(predicting,analyzing,inferring,evaluating,summarizing…)bydoingtheactivities.

4.Studentswillbeabletoknowsomebasicknowledgeaboutearthquakesandraisetheirawarenessofsafetybyunderstandingthewriter’spurpose.

Learningprocedures

Step1Warmingup&leadingin

T:Hello,everybody,nicetoseeyou.Let’swatchashortvideoandanswerthisquestion,“Whatcanyouseeinit?”

Tplaythevideo.Oneminutelater,ask,“Whatcanyouseeinthevideo?”Accordingtothestudents’answers,TpresentsomenewwordsontheBb.(rescuework,injure,injured,destroy,useless,lieinruins,shocked)

T:It’sanightwhentheearthdidn’tsleep.(write“Anighttheearthdidn’tsleep”ontheBb)andask,“Whathappened?”

Ss:Earthquake.

Step2Whilereading

T:It’strue.Atabout3:00amJuly28th1976,oneofthegreatestearthquakeshappenedinTangshan,Hebeiprovince,China.Let’sturntopage26,gothroughthewholepassageandfindoutthetopicsentenceofeachparagraph.

Twominuteslater,teacherchecktheanswerswiththestudents.AndaskSstodividethe

passageintothreepartsaccordingtothetopicsentences.ChecktheanswersandaskSstochoosetheproperkeywordforeachpart.

T:Whatwerethestrangesigns?Readpart1andfillintheform.Atthesametimeteacher

showaformwithsomegiveninformation.Oneortwominuteslater,checktheanswersandask,“Didthepeoplethinkmuchofthesesigns?”

Ss:No.

T:Unfortunately,theythoughtlittleofthesignsandsleptasusual.(Ssgivetheanswers)

T:Whydidtheyignorethesestrangesigns?

Ssthinkaboutitforoneminuteandgivethepossibleanswers.

Tgivethesuggestedones:Becausetheydidn’tknowmuchabouttheearthquake’swarningsandsmallthingscanforetellbigevents.

T:andtheearthquakewascoming.Whatmightbetheresult?

Ssgivedifferentpredictions.

T:Yes,seriousdamage.Howseriouswasthedamage?Pleasereadparagraph2andfindoutthesenumbersasfastasyoucan.(Whilesaying,Tshowtwogroupsofnumbers.)

Oneminutelater,Task,“Haveyoufoundthem?Whatdotheytellus?”

Ss:Theearthquakewasvery______________(powerful/…)

T:Sothatin15terriblesecondsthecity____________(layinruins).

Ssgivetheexpression.

T:Lookattheothernumbers.Whatwilltheytellus?

Ssgivedifferentanswers.Possibleanswersmaybe“Alotofpeopledied.”“….”

Tshowthesuggestedone“thelossoflifewasgreat.”Adding,“Infact,thelossoflifeisgreaterthananyotherearthquakeinthepast100years.”

Thesufferingofpeoplewas______________(extreme).

Thesesentencessupportthemainideaofthisparagraph,thatis____________.

(Itseemedasiftheearthwasatanend.)

T:Wastheearthreallyatanend?Ss:No.

T:Whydidthewriterwritelikethis?

Ssgivesomeguessing,forexample,tomakeusknowthedamagewasveryterrible.

T:Yes,thewriterusesexaggerationtostresshowseriousthedamagewas.

T:Wasthisallthedamage?Let’scometoparagraph3tofindmore.Pleasecompletethesesentencesafterreadingit.

3minuteslater.Checktheanswers.

T:Accordingtothesentencesabovewecanknowthat

Everywheretheylookednearlyeverythingwasgone.(destroyed)

T:Pleasepayattentiontothesewordsandfigures.Whatcanweknowaccordingtothisinformation?

Sa:….Sb:….

T:Wecanknowthattheywerepoorlybuilt/constructed.(writetheexpressionontheBb)T:showthewordsandsay,“Byusingfigures,thewriterwantsustoknowhow_________(severe/terrible/serious/…)thedamagewasandwhat___________(extreme)sufferingthepeoplewerehavingatthatmoment.

Figuresspeaklouderthanwords.Figuresmakepeopleknowexactlyhowseverethedamage

was.Butwhywasthedamagesoserious?Pleaseaboutthisquestion.Youcandiscusswithyourpartner.

3minuteslaterchecktheanswers.

Possiblereasonsmaybe:

ThepeopleinTangshanthoughtlittleofthestrangesigns.Theydidn’tdoanypreparation.Thereweretwostrongearthquakes.

Theearthquakehappenedatnight.

Peoplewereshortofrescueknowledge.

Thebuildings,bridges…werepoorlyconstructed.

…

T:Whenfacingsuchseriousdamage,howdidthepeoplefeel?

Ss:scared,frightened,shocked,helpless,hopeless…

T:Weretheyreallyhopeless?

Ss:No.

T:Why?

Ss:Becausepeoplecametohelp?

T:Whocametohelp?Andwhatdidtheydo?PleasereadParagraph4andfindouttheanswers.

2minuteslater,Tchecktheanswers.Andsay,“Thankstothetimelyhelp,thecitybeganto

breatheagainslowly.”“Couldtheearthreallybreathe?”thewriterusedawritingwaycalledpersonificationtogivetheman’squalitiestothethings,whichcanmakethewordsvivid.

Thenthecitycametolifeagainslowly.Whatdidpeoplefeelnow?

Ss:Hopeful.

T:Weshouldknowthatwherethereislife,thereishope.

T:Besidesthetimelyhelpaftertheearthquake,whatcanwedobeforeandduringthe

earthquaketoreducethedamage?Pleasediscusswithyourgroupmembers.No.1willbethespeaker.Thesepatternsmayhelpyou.(showthepatterns)

5minuteslater,asktwoorthreespeakerstosharetheiropinionswithothers.

Step3Postreading

T:Youdidquitewell.Hereisanotherqu