Teaching plan for unit 4
Teaching aims and demands:
1. Topic:
Basic knowledge of earthquakes; how to protect onelf and help the others in disasters
2. Uful words and expressions:
earthquake, quake, right away, well (n.) , million , event , pipe, burst, as if, at an end , nation , canal, steam, dirt, ruin, in ruins , suffering, extreme, injure, destroy, brick, dam, track, uless, steel, shock, rescue, trap, electricity, disaster, dig out, bury, mine, miner, shelter, a (great ) number of , title, reporter, bar, damage, frighten, frightened, frightening, congratulation, judge, sincerely, express, outline, headline, cyclist
3. Functions:
Talking about past experiences:
I will never forget the day when the earthquake took place. The time was 5:15 in the afternoon and I was driving along the road.
Sequence
4. Grammar:
The attributive clau (I)
由that, which, who, who引导的定语从句
The number of people who were killed or injured reached more than 400,000.
普通鸬鹚 It was heard in Beijing which is one hundred kilometers away.
Workers built shelters for survivors who homes had been destroyed.
Teaching procedures:
Period 1.
Step 1. Warming up
Ss discuss and answer some questions:
1. Which of the following may cau people the greatest damage?
A. earthquake B. typhoon C. flood D. drought
2. Imagine your home begins to shake and you must leave it right away. You have time to take only one thing. What will you take? Why?
Step 2. Pre-reading
Ss discuss and answer:
1.Do you know what would happen before an earthquake?
tftp2.What can we do to keep ourlves safe from an earthquake?
3. Do you know anything about Tangshan Earthquake in 1976?
Step 3. Reading
1.Skimming and find the answers to the following questions:
a.水经What happened?
b.When and where did it happen?
2.Ss read again and fill in the following form:
Time | What happened |
Before the earthquake | Wells: Animals: Lights and sound: Water pipes: |
While the earthquake | Hous, roads and canals: Hard hills of rock: The large city: The people: |
After the earthquake | Hospitals, factories and buildings: The ground: Dams: Railway tracks: Animals: Wells: |
| |
3.Ss read the whole passage again and get the main ideas of each part:
Part 1. The natural signs of a coming earthquake
Part 2-3. The damage of the city after the earthquake
Part 4. The help to the survivors
Step 4. Comprehending
Ss finish Ex 1 and 2 on page 27.
Step 5. Assignment
理论学习心得1.Surf the internet and get more information about the earthquake.
2.Retell the text.
Period 2.
Step 1. Warming up
1.Ss share more information about the earthquake.
2.Ask some Ss to retell the text by using their own words.
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Step 2. Language points
1.lie –lay-lain (v.) : to be, remain or be kept in a certain state 处于某种状态
The village lay in ruins after the war.
The machines have lain idle since the factory clod.
2.in ruins: verely damaged or destroyed 毁坏
an earthquake left the whole town in ruins.
His career is in ruins.
3.number (n.): a quantity of people or things 数目；数量
The number of people applying has incread this year.
We were fifteen in number.
a number of: a lot of
I have a number of letters to write.
A large number of people have applied.
4. injure (v.): to hurt onelf/sb./ sth. physically 适合小朋友玩的游戏受伤
He fell off the bicycle and injured his arm.
5. reach (v.): to achieve or obtain sth. 达成；达到；获得
You’ll understand it when you reach my age.
At last we reached a decision.
6. rescue (n.): an act of rescuing or being rescued 搭救；解救
A rescue team is trying to reach the trapped mines.
Rescue (v.): to save or t free from harm, in danger, or loss 解救；救出
稻草人之乡 The rescued the man from drowning.
7. trap(v.): in a place from which one wants to escape but cannot 困住；陷于绝境
They were trapped in the burning hotel.
8. all …not… = not all…: some but not all 一些；但不是全部
Not all the girls left.
=Only some of them left early.
Not all the children are noisy.
=Some of the children are not noisy.
全部否定应用海龙的功效与作用: none of…
None of us were allowed to go there.
None of the reports is very helpful.
Step 3. learning about language
1. Ss finish Ex 1,2 and 3 on page 27 and 28.
2. Teacher checks the answer and give the Ss some help if they have some difficulty.
Step 4. assignment
