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Lesson Plan

Unit 4 Earthquakes Reading I. Background Information

1. Students: 58 senior high school students of Grade 1.

2. Teaching material: Unit 4 Earthquakes

3. Teaching method: Task-based language teaching approach

4. Time: 11:25-12:05 am

5. Lesson type: Reading

6. Teaching facility: Blackboard, slides, chalk. II. Analysis of teaching materials

The topic of this unit is “earthquakes”, which is very familiar to students. The reading passage is about Tangshan Earthquake. It plays a very important role because it not only contains the important words and phrases in this unit but also lays a foundation for the following two parts “learning about language” and “using language”.

III. Teaching Objectives By the end of the class, the students should be able to (1). know some basic knowledge about earthquakes and master some important words and phrases. (2). improve their reading abilities of skimming, scanning and getting detailed information from the text. (3). face earthquakes bravely and learn more knowledge to reduce losses. (4). be willing to give others a helping hand whenever they see people in trouble. IV. Focal and Difficult Points Getting, analyzing and understanding the detailed information from the text. V. Teaching Procedure

What to do Stage 1 Getting ready for learning How to do Greeting A1. Let the students go through a Why to do To attract students’ attention to the class

Stage2 Pre-reading news report A2. Show students some pictures of destruction, and let them think about natural disasters A1. Let Students read this passage quickly in two minutes, divide the passage into three parts and match the main idea with each part. To lead in the topic of the class To arouse Students’ interest of learning this passage. Dividing the passage into different parts is a kind of reading ability, which is crucial to students, for it can help students get the general idea and the structure of the passage quickly. A2. Read paragraph 1, and find out Students will realize how important knowledge Stage 3 While-reading the signs before the earthquake. is. A3. Read paragraphs 2-3, fill in the

To improve the reading ability of catching key blanks with numbers A4. Read paragraph 4, and answer the question-What did the soldiers and rescue workers do for the city? A5. Let the students think about the question why the earthquake had caused so many injuries. A1. Let the students have a discussion in a group The ultimate goal of learning a language is to have the ability to use it. After learning the terrible earthquake, students must be touched and be willing to help those in need, so they will have much to talk about with their group members.

To comprehend the passage well. words To improve the reading ability of careful reading Stage 4 Post-reading A2. Conclusion A3. Retelling-cloze (optional)