1、Teaching content: Warming up, Pre-reading, ReadingTeaching objectives: By the end of class, students will be able to:1. Learn some information about volcanoes.2. Describe what do volcanologists do? Teaching procedures:Step 1 Warming up and lead-in1. Human beings are powerful; they have invented many
2、 things, and they have been changing nature and the world.Have you ever considered how weak humans are compared with a volcano, hurricane or earthquake? Can you list some natural disasters?2. Show some pictures of volcanoes, let the Ss know something about the categories of volcanoes and the eruptio
3、n of volcanoes.(设计说明：让学生列举所了解的各种各样的自然灾害，激发他们对本单元内容的学习兴趣，为学习本单元做好准备。 ）Step 2 Pre-reading Ask the Ss the following questions:(1) Who studies volcanoes?(2) Who will climb into a live v olcano to take the temperature of the boiling rock inside?(设计说明：从问题入手，让学生初步了解火山学家的工作性质和工作内容，引起他们对阅读课文内容的兴趣，为进一步学习做准备。询
4、问学生对成为一名火山学家有无兴趣，并列举理由理解火山学家的工作就是能够帮助人们免遭火山袭击，工作中既有危险艰辛，又有乐趣。 ）Step 3 Fast reading1. Ask the following questions: What does a volcanologist do? Is the work important? Whats the main idea of the article?2. Read again and try to find out main ideas of each part.Part 1(Para 1-2) The writers experience
5、of watching the volcanic eruptionPart 2(Para 3-4) The writers job and its importance Part 3(Para 5 The reasons for the writers enthusiasm about his job.(设计说明：通过问题和连线练习，锻炼学生快速阅读能力，采用整体理解策略，在阅读过程中抓住主题句和关键词，了解课文内容和文章结构，把握文章、段落的重点信息，总结课文和各部分大意。 ）Step 4 Careful readingPart one (Para. 1- 2) 1. Why is a vo
6、lcanologists job important?2. Where is Mount Kilauea?3. The writer doesnt mind the occasional danger of his job because _.Fill in the blanks. Job: _来源:学*科*网 Z*X*X*K- _-_importance: _ _feelings (adj.): _ - _ - _Part two (Para. 3- 4) 8. Why did the scientists have to get close to the volcano after it
7、began erupting?9. Why was it difficult for the writer to walk towards the edge of the crater?Fill in blanks about the writers experience of the volcano.My first experience:I was _ asleep when my bed began _ and I heard a _ sound, like a _ passing nearby. Then I found my bedroom was as _ as day, and
8、red lava _ hundreds of meters into the air. The next day, three of us wanted to get close to the _. We put on _suits, _, big _ and special _, which made us look like _. We slowly _ to the edge of the crater to collect some _ for _.Part three (Para. 5) 10. What is the writer still amazed at even afte
9、r studying volcanoes for more than 20 years?Analyze the writ ers feelings (Part 3): Find out the words (para1 and para 5) that indicate the writers feeling about being a volcanologist. (设计说明：通过各种各样的练习形式，让学生在初步了解课文内容的基础上，把握文章、段落的具体信息，获取火山工作者的工作内容的细节。 ）Homework1. Preview the language points in the Rea
10、ding part.2. Learn some words and phrases by heart.来源:Z takes singing and dancing lessons after schoolGao Qiang passed the university entrance exam, will train to be a teacher【设计说明：让学生将课本上的四幅图对应的人物与其取得的成就进行搭配。让学生了 解残疾的种类及残疾人在不同领域取得的非凡成就，为下面的Reading 部分做好知识与思想上的准备】Step 3 Pre-readingIntroduce an entry
11、on a website called “Family Village”, which gives ordinary young people with a disability the chance to tell their personal stories. Ask the students to glance at the title and picture, and then guess wh at kind of thing people would write about and why disabled people find the website beneficial.【设
12、计说明：通过介绍“Family Village”, 让学生了解设立该网站不仅对残疾人大有帮助，而且对健全人也同样有所裨益，以激发学生的阅读兴趣。 】Step 4 Reading1. Skimming: Ask the students to read the text quickly and try to match the summary with each paragraph.Paragraph 1 A. How Martys disability developedParagraph 2 B. How Martys life has become easierParagraph 3 C. The advantages of Martys diseaseParagraph 4 D. Marty met a lot of difficulties at schoolParagraph 5 E. An introduction to Marty and his muscle disease【设计说明：让学生通过略读概括各段大意，并掌握 scanning 的阅读技巧，提高他们的阅读速度和快速寻找信息的能 力。 】
