teaching plan of earthquakes

Teaching Plan英本0805班 关静Contents: Unit 4EarthquakesTeaching aims:1. After learning this, the students will know some vocabularies to describe something about earthquakes.2. The students will be able to talk something about the topic on earthquakes and rescue work.3. The students will be able to use some of the reading skills while reading or else. Such as skimming, scanning and so on.4. The students will be able to communicate with others about earthquakes. And theyll get some knowledge about earthquakes.5. The students will learn something how to prepare for earthquakes and encourage them to deal with it when it actually happens confidently and bravely. And theyll be able to help others.Teaching difficulties: Help the students to describe destructions and events.Teaching procedures:Step 1. Greetings (1)Step 2. Pre-reading (14)Ask the students what happened in 2008 impressed them most. Or ask them something about the earthquake happened in Japan recently. Then lead into the topic of earthquakes. (4)Prediction: what will occur before an earthquake？ During it? After it? Work in pairs and then ask some of the students to present their ideas. (8)Show more pictures and present some new words. (2)Step 3. While-reading (21)Skimming: read the text quickly to get the main idea of it (2)What does it talk about?(What? An earthquake.When? On July 28, 1976. Where?Tangshan.)Scanning: read the passage carefully and join the correct parts of the sentences. Page27. (7)1. The chickens didnt eat because C. they were nervous2. The people didnt worry because E. they didnt know what the strange events meant3. Such a great number of people died because B. the quake happened while they were sleeping4. Water was needed because D. dams and wells were useless5. The people did not lose hope because A. the army came to help themRead the passage again and make a timeline. Page27. (7)TimeEvents1. For three daysWater in the village wells rose and fell.2. At about 3:00 am on July 28, 1976 Saw bright lights in the sky.3. At 3:42 am Everything began to shake.4. In fifteen terrible seconds A large city lay in ruins.5. During the earthquake Two-thirds of people died or injured.Write down the main idea of each paragraph. (5)A. The strange things happened before and during the earthquake.B. The great influence of the earthquake.C. The damage of the earthquake.D. The rescue work after the earthquake.Step 4. Post-reading (9)Why does the writer use the title“A night the earth didnt sleep”? (3)A. There was an earthquake that making the earth not sleep.B. All people there were awake at that night because the great shake of the earthquake.C. The whole world was shocked.Choose a paragraph and act out an interview between a reporter and a survivor from the Tangshan earthquake. (6)Example:Paragraph 1Reporter: Did you notice anything strange before the earthquake?Survivor: There were some strange thingsLayout of the Bb5.12, 2008 Wenchuan EarthquakeEarthquakes1. burst: break open 2. as if: look like3. in ruins: destroy, damage: not exist4. rescue: help to save others lives5. disaster: a very bad accident, cause a lot of damage6. dig out: to remove sb/sth from someplace by digging7. bury: to place a dead body in the groundWhy?“A night the earth didnt sleep”?A. The earthquakeB. People there were awake.C. The whole world was shocked.