Unit 4 Earthquake
本单元的主题是“地震”。
Warming Up部分Pre-Reading部分要求学生描述、讨论与地震有关的话题。
Reading部分是一篇新闻报道，介绍了唐山大地震前的预兆、地震造成的城市建筑和人畜损失以及地震后的救援情况。
Learning about Language 部分涉及了本单元的词汇和语法。该部分主要通过阅读和句型练习帮助学生学习单词、数字的表达法以及有that, which, who, who引导的定语从句，培养学生的自主学习能力。
Using Language部分的“读写说（Reading, writing and speaking）”训练提供了一封信，要求学生阅读后写一篇大地震纪念公园落成仪式上的演讲稿，接着说一说唐山大地震纪念邮票。随后的听力（Listening）是一位美国人以第一人称叙述他在1906年旧金山大地震中的可怕经历。
写作（Writing）部分训练学生如何写新闻报道，学会拟写作提纲。宝宝肺炎的症状
1.Knowledge aims: 知识目标
1) Students can master the uful new words and expressions in this passage.
2) Students know basic knowledge about natural disasters.
3) 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.
It was heard in Beijing which is one hundred kilometers away.
Workers built shelters for survivors who homes had been destroyed.
2.Ability aims: 能力目标
1) Students’ reading ability can be developed.
2) Students learn to collect uful information from the Internet by themlves.
3. Emotional aim: 情感目标
1) Students know damages earthquakes bring about and the ways to reduce loss of earthquakes.
2) Students to know how to protect onelf and help others in earthquakes.
3) Get the students to be aware of terrible disasters, meanwhile get them to face it, treat it in a proper way, and never get discouraged.
碗碗羊肉1)Skimming and scanning
2)Asking-and-answering activity to check the Ss’ understanding of the text
勿的组词3)Cooperative learning : pair or group work to finish each task
4)Task-bad teaching and learning
5)Discussion
A recorder, a computer, a projector
Important teaching points
1. Students can know basic knowledge about natural disasters.
2. students learn about Tangshan Earthquake.
Difficult teaching points
Develop the students’ reading ability.
Step 1 Leading in and Warming up
Greetings
Talk about “Natural Disasters”
Step 2 Pre-reading
Introduce Tang Shan Earthquake to students.
Some other big earthquakes in recent years
The big earthquake in Pakistan and India in 2005.
The big earthquake in Wenchuan, Sichuan Province in 2008.
The Haiti Earthquake happened in January2010.
The Yushu Earthquake in Qinhai Province in April 2010.
The Great East Japan Earthquake occurred on 11 March 2011.
Have you ever heard about Tangshan Earthquake? When did it happen?
关于兔子的诗句Can you say anything about San Francisco? Can you imagine what the city of San Francisco was like after an earthquake?
Step 3 While-reading
生命桥
Read the passage and find out the topic ntence of each paragraph.
Paragraph | Topic ntence |
映阶碧草自春色1 | |
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Join the correct parts of the ntences
1. The chickens didn’t eat becau | A. the army came to help them. |
2. The people didn’t worry becau | B. the quake happened while they were sleeping. | 轻蔑的意思
3. Such a great number of people died becau | C. they were nervous. |
4. Water was needed becau | D. dams and wells were uless. |
5. The people did not lo hope becau | E. they didn’t know what the strange events meant. | 母校英语
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