1、八年级英语学科教案备课时间投放时间总课时教学内容 Unit 8 reading2授课人教学目标1. To revise what they learned about the earthquake and help the students to understand the passage better2. To read the passage again and help them to highlight the important language points and sentence patterns3.To learn to write or read a passage fo
2、llowing the sequence of how things happened教学重点 To identify the words and phrases to describe the earthquake教学难点 To describe the earthquake correctly突破重难点主要策略Group work, pair work课前准备 PowerPoint, pictures, etc.Step1 Lead-in Ask students some questions to review Reading. What can you see in this pict
3、ure?What happened? (An earthquake.)What happened to this building? (It fell down.)What kind of sound can you hear? (Bomb! A big noise like thunder.)How do you know that there is going to be an earthquake? How will you feel at the very beginning? If this building is shaking now, what will you do? Wil
4、l you be afraid / be frightened? (You will be in fear.) Are you going to shout (scream)? Are you going to run / jump? (People will run in all directions / run wildly.) You should calm down and think what the best way to escape is, so that you can stay alive (be safe).Suppose you are in danger, that
5、means there are lots of bricks around you, you cannot move your body, youre trapped. What are you going to do? (Use the mobile phone? / shout (scream) / wait for help)If you have a packet of chocolate, youre hungry, are you going to eat it? Why or why not? (Stay for a very long time.)Lets come back
6、to the picture. Where did this earthquake happen? When did it happen? (21st September, 1999.)STEP 2 Making lists of words and phrasesGet the students to make lists of words and phrases used in the text that describe: Noise and movement/destruction, fear and hope.noise: big noise, thunder, screamed,
7、real noise, bombs, shoutedmovement/destruction: slight shaking, earth started to shake, ran (wildly), pieces of glass and bricks fell down, walls began to come downfear: screamed, frightened, dark, could not at all, a moment of fearhope: calm down, still alive, bright daylightGet the students to fin
8、ish the exercise in Part B1 & B2 to check their understanding of these words. STEP 3 Doing ask and answer orallyDo ask and answer orally help the students to focus on the most important information in each paragraph. Go through each paragraph and then help the students to highlight some important se
9、ntences structures. Para 1: Where was Timmy?What happened in the shopping center?I was doing some shopping when it started. At first, I felt a slight shaking through my body. People in the shopping center looked at each other in fear. Para 2: What happened to the building?How did people react?What d
10、id Timmy do? Para 3: Where was Timmy when the shaking stopped?How did Timmy feel?Para 4: What did Timmy do while he was waiting for help?He shouted for help.Para 5: How was he rescued?I was trying to find the way out when I suddenly heard some noise above me. STEP 4 Reading the passage aloud togethe
11、rGet the students to read the passage aloud together. Then give them some key words and invite them to retell the text. STEP 5 Do some translation work起先，他感觉到一丝轻微的震动传遍全身。At first, he felt a slight shaking through his body. 当它开始的时候，人们试图从各个方向往外跑。When it started, people tried to run out in all directio
12、ns. 我冷静下来，自言自语道， “我受困了，但我还活着！” I calmed down and said to myself, I am trapped, but I am still alive.地震开始的时候，她正在购物。When the earthquake started, she was doing some shopping. 人们在疯狂奔逃时，一块块的玻璃和砖块直往下掉。People were running wildly while pieces of glass and bricks were falling down.当我正努力找出路时，我突然听到我的上方有声音。I was trying to find my way out, when I suddenly heard some noise above me. STEP 6 Homework1. Try to recite the passage by following the sequence of the earthquake. 2. Finish off the exercises教学反思：
