unit4earthquake教案

1、Unit 4 EarthquakeReading Teaching goals:1. Ss will be able to know the basic knowledge about earthquake: damages caused by earthquakes and the ways to reduce losses of an earthquake.2. Ss will be able to know how to protect oneself and help others in earthquakes3. Ss will be able to be aware of terr

2、ible disasters, meanwhile get them to face it, treat it in a proper way, and never get discouraged.4. Ss will be able to describe past experiences by using expressions and sentences in this passage. Teaching important points:1. Ss will be able to know the basic knowledge about earthquake: damages ca

3、used by earthquakes and the ways to reduce losses of an earthquake.Teaching difficult points:1. Ss will be able to generalize the main idea of each parts.2. Ss could understand some of the difficult sentences.Teaching methods:1. Explanation to get the students to have a clear idea.2. Discussion to g

4、et the students to understand the text easier.Teaching Aids: A computer and a tape recorderTeaching procedures:Step 1. Lead-in1. Question: Have you experienced an earthquake? If you have, tell me your experience. If no, lets watch a video together.1. Enjoy a part of film of earthquake.What damage wi

5、ll an earthquake cause?How do you feel about the video?(suggested answers: get injured, be buried in bricks, cut off, fall down, crack and burst, lay in ruins; frightened, scared, sad)Step2. Fast readingToday, well learn a text “A Night the Earth didnt sleep” First, lets look at the title again, why

6、 the earth didnt sleep for a night? What happened? What does the passage mainly talk about?Exchange your understanding of the passage with group members and work together to find the main idea of each part.In what order is the passage written? TimeHow will you divide the passage?Main idea of each pa

7、rt:Part 1 (para.1): (Signs)Strange things were happening before the earthquake.Part 2 (para.2-3)(damage)The disaster happened and caused a lot of loss.Part 3 (para.4): All hope was not lost. (rescue)Step 3 careful reading1. Read carefully and try to get more information to fill in the blanks.Part 1:

8、Strange thingsthe water in the village wellsrose and fellthe well walls had deep cracks and a smelly gas came outthe chickens and pigswere too nervous to eatmice ran out of the fields, looking for places to hidefishjumped out of the bowls and ponds2. Individual work.Part 2:a). Get the students to fi

9、nd some details of this part.Details:a). Fill in the blanks with the datav 1/3 of the nation felt the earthquake .v A huge crack that was 8 kilometres long and 30 metres wide cut across houses.v In 15 terrible seconds a large city lay in ruins. v 2/3 of the people died or were injured during the ear

10、thquake.v The number of people who were killed or injured reached more than 400,000 .v All of the citys hospitals, 75% of its factories and buildings and 90% of its homes were gone.3. Group work Part 3:How were the people helped by the army?*The army organized teams to dig out those who were trapped

11、 and to bury the dead.*Miners were rescued from the coal mines.*Shelters were built for survivors whose homes had been destroyed.*Fresh water was taken to the city.Let the groups have a discussion with their partners about more ways to help the people in the earthquake.Step 4. Post-readingWhat shall

12、 we do or not do if an earthquake happens?Dos Donts 1. Stay in a small room, such 1. Be close to the outside wall as kitchen or bathroom2. Hide under the table or 2. Stay on the balconybed, if you havent timeto escape , you may stand 3. Jump out of the tall buildingsclose to the inside wall withsome

13、 things covering on the 4. Use the lifthead.3. If you stay in the open air ,keep off the tall building, and go to the fields without trees .Step 6 SummarySeveral days before July 28, 1976, many strange things happened in Tangshan. They were signs for the earthquake. At 3:42 am that day, the earth began to shake, which destroyed the city. Later that afternoon, another big earthquake struck Tangshan. More people were killed or injured and more buildings fell down. Soldiers were called in to help the rescue workers. Teams were organized to dig out the trapp