1、Teaching plan for unit 4Teaching aims and demands:1. Topic: Basic knowledge of earthquakes; how to protect oneself and help the others in disasters 2. Useful words and expressions:earthquake, quake, right away, well (n.) , million , event , pipe, burst, as if, at an end , nation , canal, steam, dirt
2、, ruin, in ruins , suffering, extreme, injure, destroy, brick, dam, track, useless, steel, shock, rescue, trap, electricity, disaster, dig out, bury, mine, miner, shelter, a (great ) number of , title, reporter, bar, damage, frighten, frightened, frightening, congratulation, judge, sincerely, expres
3、s, outline, headline, cyclist 3. Functions:Talking about past experiences:I will never forget the day when the earthquake took place. The time was 5:15 in the afternoon and I was driving along the road.Sequence 4. Grammar:The attributive clause (I)由 that, which, who, whose 引导的定语从句The number of peopl
4、e who were killed or injured reached more than 400,000.It was heard in Beijing which is one hundred kilometers away.Workers built shelters for survivors whose homes had been destroyed.Teaching procedures: Period 1.Step 1. Warming up Ss discuss and answer some questions:1. Which of the following may
5、cause people the greatest damage?A. earthquake B. typhoon C. flood D. drought2. Imagine your home begins to shake and you must leave it right away. You have time to take only one thing. What will you take? Why?Step 2. Pre-readingSs discuss and answer:1. Do you know what would happen before an earthq
6、uake?2. What can we do to keep ourselves safe from an earthquake?3. Do you know anything about Tangshan Earthquake in 1976?Step 3. Reading 1. Skimming and find the answers to the following questions:a. What happened?b. When and where did it happen?2. Ss read again and fill in the following form:Time
7、 What happenedBefore the earthquake Wells:Animals:Lights and sound:Water pipes:While the earthquake Houses, roads and canals:Hard hills of rock:The large city:The people:After the earthquake Hospitals, factories and buildings:The ground:Dams:Railway tracks:Animals:Wells:3. Ss read the whole passage
8、again and get the main ideas of each part:Part 1. The natural signs of a coming earthquakePart 2-3. The damage of the city after the earthquakePart 4. The help to the survivorsStep 4. ComprehendingSs finish Ex 1 and 2 on page 27.Step 5. Assignment1. Surf the internet and get more information about the earthquake.2. Retell the text.
