1、专心 爱心 用心 1Unit 4 Earthquakes1. Knowledge:Learn and master the new words and expressions in this period.Words:Ability:1. Train the students listening ability.2. train the students listening ability.3. Train the students ability to use the Internet to search for some useful information.4. Train the st
2、udents ability to cooperate with others.Emotion:1. Know the damage that an earthquake 2. Know the ways to reduce the losses of an earthquake.Teaching important pointsTrain the students speaking ability by describing, talking and discussion.Difficulties:Train the students listening ability.Step1 Warm
3、ing-upT: Do you know what happened in the Indian Ocean at the end of last year? It shocked or we can say frightened the whole world.S: A terrible tsunami broke out there on 26th December. More than 200 000 people were killed.T: Yes. It is said that it is the biggest in the fore decades. Atsunami is
4、an undersea earthquake. Then have you heard of any land earthquakes? Would you please list some?S: We can often hear that earthquakes occur in Japan. In 1906, an earthquake struck San Francisco, USA. About 700 people died in the earthquake and the fires. And as many as 250 000 people lost homes.T: B
5、ut do you know any famous earthquakes that happened in our county?S: The Tangshan Earthquake that happened in 1976.T: Can you tell me what mighty happen in an earthquake? You may look at the two pictures on Page 25.Step 2 ListeningT: Before we learn the passage about an earthquake, lets first know w
6、hy there are earthquakes in the world. So lets do some listening on Page 62. listen to the tape for the first time and try to get a general idea of the passage.Listen to the tape and check the answers.( It is about the cause of earthquakes and how we can reduce losses from them.)T: Listen to the tap
7、e for the second time and judge whether the statements in Part 1 are true of false.T: Lets check the answers. Listen again and try to correct the 专心 爱心 用心 2statements that are false.T: Listen again and try to complete the table in Part 2.A few minutes later, check the answers.Step 3 Homework1. Previ
8、ew the reading passage on Page 26 and do exercise I in the part “Learning about language”.2. Ask the to look for more ways of reducing losses from earthquakes. The students can go to the library or use the Internet to search for information. After searching for the information, each group should mak
9、e a poster, informing people how to reduce the losses of an earthquake.Record after teaching :_The Second PeriodKnowledge:Learn some new, phrases and some new sentence patterns.Ability:1. learn some detailed information about an earthquake.2. improve the students reading ability.3. train the student
10、s ability to grasp key information while listening.4. train the students speaking ability.Emotion:1. Train the students ability to cooperate with others.2. Know the deadliness of an earthquake and the signs before an earthquake is coming.3. Learn from the bravery of people in Tangshan to face the re
11、ality and rebuild the city.Teaching important points:1 The new words and expressions.2. Learn some detailed information about an earthquake.3. Train the students ability to cooperate with others.4. Train the students speaking ability.Teaching difficulties:专心 爱心 用心 31 Words: shake, burst, rise, destr
12、oy, shock, fresh, injure2. Phrases: right away, at an end3. Sentence patterns:(1) It seemed/ seems that(2) The number of sb./sth. Reached/reaches(3)All hope was not lost.4. Improve the students reading ability.5. Train the students ability to grasp key information while listeningTeaching procedures:
13、Step 1 Pre-readingT: Suppose you are warned of a coming earthquake. Now you have time to take only one thing. Tell your partner what you will take and the reason.T: If an earthquake is around the corner, there must be some abnormal phenomena. Carefully look at the four pictures on Page 25 and try to
14、 describe what you have seen. Step2 ListeningT: Everyone knows that an earthquake is very terrible. Today, we will learn something about the strongest earthquake in Chinas history, which happened in Tangshan, Hebei, in 1976. First listen to the tape with your textbooks closed and check whether the f
15、ollowing statements are true or false. If it is false, try to correct it.1. People in Tangshan were warned of the earthquake and didnt go to bed that night. (F)2. People in Beijing also felt the earthquake. (T)3. More than 400 000 people were killed in the quake. (F)4. Many rescue workers and doctor
16、s were trapped under the ruins during the aftershock. (T)5. People tried to get fresh water from under the ground in Tangshan. (F)Step 3 Reading1. Finish Part 1-2 in Comprehending on Page 27.2. Finish Part 3 in Comprehending on Page 27.3. Read the passage again to get important information about Tan
17、gshan Earthquake and fill in the blanks. ( 百思英语 Page 44 )Step 4 Speaking or Reading aloudIf your students are good at English, ask them to do this exercise: Suppose one of you was a newspaper reporter, and the other was a witness of the 1976 Tangshan Earthquake. Now the newspaper reporter is asking
18、the witness some questions. Work in pairs please.If your students are very poor in English, ask them to do this exercise:Play the tape for the students to listen and follow in order to let 专心 爱心 用心 4them know how to read the text.Step 5 Homework1. Read the text several times.2. Do exercise 3 on Page
19、 28.3. Do exercise 2 on Page 28 in the exercise book and hang it in tomorrow.4. Learn some words and phrases in this unit and make some sentences with them. ( Ss Book, Page 82-84)Record after teaching :_The Third PeriodKnowledge:1. words: crack, burst, ruin, injure, destroy, shock, last2. phrases: a
20、t an end, right away, dig out3. sentence patterns:All hope was not lost.Ability:1. Train the students ability to read different numbers in English.2. Learn the usage of some difficult words and expressions.3. Train the students ability to remove the difficulties while reading.Emotion:1. Train the st
21、udents ability to cooperate with others.2. Know the deadliness of an earthquake and the signs before an earthquake is coming.3. Learn from the bravery of people in Tangshan to face the reality and rebuild the city.Teaching important points:1. Train the students ability to read different numbers in E
22、nglish.2. Train the students ability to cooperate with others.Teaching difficulties:1. The explanation of some difficult words and expressions.2. Train the students ability to remove the difficulties while 专心 爱心 用心 5reading. Teaching procedures:Step 1 Revision1.T: In the last period , we learned som
23、ething about the terrible Tangshan Earthquake in 1976, which is the deadliest earthquake in Chinas history. Now I am going to ask you some questions based on the Reading passage.(1)What did people in Tangshan see in the sky before the earthquake?(2)What did people notice in the wells?(3)Did people p
24、ay any attention to these abnormal phenomena?(4)When did the earthquake begin?(5)Were there any aftershocks?(6)Did the survivors deny the city and go to live in other places?2. Check the homework (Ex2 on P28). Ask them to recite it after class.Step 2 Learning about NumbersTurn to Page 28 and look at
25、 Part 3. Match each word to the number that has the same meaning. Allow the students several minutes to finish the task. Check the answers.Step 3 Important pointsAsk the students to turn to Page 82. Ask some students to make some sentences with the words or phrases. Deal with some difficulties. You
26、can add more phrases.Step 4 homeworkIn order to master the usage of these words and expressions, please do some related exercises. 1. Finish off the two parts in Using Words and Expressions on Page 63.2. Translate the sentences on Page 63 into English. Write the English sentences in one of your exer
27、cise book and hand it in tomorrow. Record after teaching :_The Fourth PeriodKnowledge:1. Learn the Attributive Clause.2. Learn the difference between Relative Pronouns for the Attributive 专心 爱心 用心 6Clauses.Ability:1. Learn to choose the correct Relative Pronouns for the Attributive Clauses.2. Train
28、the students ability to report what others have said.Emotion;Train the students ability to cooperate with each other.Teaching important points:1. Learn the Attributive Clause.2. Train the students ability to report what others have said.Teaching difficulties:Learn to choose the correct Relative Pron
29、ouns for the Attributive Clauses.Teaching procedures:Step 1 revisionCheck the homework exercises.Step 2 Grammar( The teacher writes the sentence “ Workers built shelters for survivors whose homes had been destroyed.”On the blackboard before class begins.)T: Please look at the sentence on the blackbo
30、ard, paying special attention to the underlined part. What kind of clause is it?Ss: The Attributive Clause.T: Yes. The Attributive Clause tells us which person or thing (or what kind of person or thing ) the speaker means.e.g. The woman who lives next door is a teacher.A sentence with an attributive
31、 clause contains two shorter sentences. In the sentence above, the two short sentences are: “ The woman is a teacher.”And “ The woman lives next door.” The Attributive Clause is the answer to the question: Which woman is a teacher?Would you try to divide the sample sentence on the blackboard into tw
32、o short sentences?T: Thats right. Now try to find all the sentences with Attributive Clauses in the reading passage and divide each sentence into two short sentences.T: Next I will say something about the common relative pronouns.“Who” is used for people. “Which” is used for things. “That” is used f
33、or things or people. “Whose” is used instead of his/her/their/somebodys. “Whom” is quite formal, and in most cases it is all right to use who instead. But when whom has a preposition before it, it cannot be replaced by who. Step 3 Practice1. Now look at Part 2 in Discovering Useful Structures on Pag
34、e 28. try to complete each sentence using that, which, who, or whose.专心 爱心 用心 7Let the students do this exercise and check the answers.2.Do more exercises in Ex 3 on Page51 in导学Step 4 HomeworkAfter class, read the passage on Page 64. Its about advice on how to protect your home from an earthquake.Co
35、mplete the sentences below, using who, whom, which, that or whose. Record after teaching;_.The Fifth PeriodKnowledge:1. Know how to write a speech.2. Know how to write a newspaper story.Ability:1. Train the students speaking ability.2. Train the students ability to search for doing something.3. Trai
36、n the students ability to do things step by step.Emotion:1. Honor the great people of Tangshan.2. Learn to cooperate to each other. Teaching Important Points:1. Train the students speaking ability.2. Train the students ability to search for doing something.Teaching Difficulties:1. Know how to write
37、a speech.2. Know how to write a newspaper story.3. Learn to cooperate to each other.Teaching Procedures:Step1 RevisionT: In the last period, we learned the Attributive Clause and how to choose a proper relative pronoun. Now lets check your homework exercises. Please open your textbooks and turn to P
38、age 64. Look at Part 1 in Using Structures. I will ask some of you to read the sentences out.专心 爱心 用心 8(The teacher corrects mistakes if there are any.)Step2 Reading and WritingT: Read the letter on Page 29.In the blank at the beginning of the letter, write the last number of the year it is now. The
39、n in the blank near the end of the letter, use a number to say how many years ago the quake happened.(After several minutes, the teacher checks the answers with the class.)T: Suppose you are the student who was invited to give the speech. What should you include in your speech?(Students give their d
40、ifferent answers.)T: Yes, while writing, dont forget to contain the information. Now I will give you 15 minutes to write the speech. You can follow the points in part 3 on this page.(While the students are writing, the teacher gets around the classroom and helps the students to deal with any difficu
41、lties that they have.)(After 15 minutes)T: Are there any volunteers to read his or her speech?( If there is nobody, the teacher asks one to read, and give some assessments.) Step 3 SpeakingT: Imagine that after your speech, Zhangsha asks you to give a short talk about the new stamps about Tangshan to honor the city. First, ask and answer the following questions in pairs.(1)What do these stamps show?(2)Do you think these stamps are very important and why?(3
