Learning about Language教学设计(第一课时)

Unit4 Earthquake- reading教案

Teaching goals:

Target language

目标语言

Learn and master the new words and expressions in this period.

Ability goals 能力目标

Train the students’ reading and speaking ability. Train the students’ ability to use the Internet to search for some useful

information. Train the students’ ability to cooperate with others.

Teaching important points:

Train the students’ reading ability—skimming and scanning.

Teaching difficult points:

Describe the disasters.

Teaching aids:

Some pictures, blackboard Teaching procedures:

Step1. Lead-in T: At the very beginning, I want to know how much you know about an quake.

Q1: What would you take with you if a quake happened?

Q2: The best way to save yourself is to know there will be a quake before it happens. What kind of signs can tell you that there is a quake?

Q3: What kind of damage can an earthquake cause?

S: buildings are destroyed; people are killed; families are broken…

T: Let’s have a look at some pictures of such terrible site. (Pictures of Tangshan earthquake)

Step2. Pre-Reading

T: 30 years ago, on the day July, the 28th, a terrible disaster suddenly happened, and the beautiful Tangshan was removed from the map. This is Tangshan quake. Does anybody know something about Tangshan quake? And what will happen before an earthquake?

T: Now Let’s read a news report about the famous quake.

Step3. While-reading I. Skimming

Get the students comprehend the passage quickly , and meanwhile help the students to form a good habit of reading.

(1)

Skim the passage fast and answer What does the passage mainly talk about? (2)

Find out the topic sentence of each paragraph.

Para.1

_______________________________________________ Para.2

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Para.3

________________________________________________ Para.4

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2. Scanning

Read the passage again and try to get more detailed information.

(1)

Now let’s read the passage again and find more information. Divide the whole passage into 3 parts and sum up the main idea of each part of the passage (use one word to describe).

(2)

Number the following things happening during the Tangshan earthquake.

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Brick buildings were destroyed.

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The walls of the village wells had cracks in them.

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Shelters were put up for those with no homes.

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Roads got huge cracks.

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The army helped the survivors. (3)

Decide whether the following statements are true or false.

a.

People in Tangshan were warned of the earthquake and didn’t go to bed that night. b.

People in Beijing also felt the earthquake. c.

More than 400000 people were killed in the quake. d.

Many rescue workers and doctors were trapped under the ruins during the aftershocks e.

People tried to get fresh water from under the ground in Tangshan.

Step4 Discussion

What shall we do if an earthquake happens?

Step 5 Homework

1. Find more news reports about earthquake.

2. Write a piece of news about Tangshan. You can use the information in the passage.