【高中英语必修一U4】4.4 Reading for writing 教学设计（1）-人教版.docx

Unit 4 Natural DisastersPeriod 4 Reading For Writing教学设计This reading text is a special news report, whose language belongs to instant news report.It can be inferred from the word “yesterday” in the first sentence that the news was released on the second day of the tsunami, reflecting the timeliness of news reports. The last paragraph mentions that the death toll may increase, and the difficulty of rescue work, highlighting the seriousness of the disaster, and also indicates that there will be follow-up air restriction. The language of the text is accurate, concise and concise. It only tells the specific facts without emotional color. It explains the loss and casualties of the first worker affected by the disaster through numbers. The language of news report needs to be highly concise and expressive. The use of a series of words related to disasters in the text also highlights this feature, such as: crashed into, were swift away, the number shock at, were affected, had been killed, were found dead, were missing, etc.The title of the article is eye-catching and directly explains the event, which can let readers know the main content of the news report immediately. The text explains the time, location, scope, cause, disaster situation and rescue operation of the tsunami. Different from short news reports, special reports have richer texts, such as adding the words of local residents and officials to enhance the sense of reality. In addition, the design and layout of the text are common forms of English newspapers, and the newspaper name, news title, reporters name and release date all appear on the page.1. Get students to have a good understanding of how to write a summary about a news report 2. Enable students to use some writing skills flexibly.3. Develop students’ writing and cooperating abilities.4. Strengthen students’ great interest in writing discourses.1. How to enable students to have a good understanding of the skills of writing a suggestion letter2.How to enable students to write a good recommendation letter using some writing skills properly.Step 1: Lead in Begin the class with the lead-in questions: What is a tsunami? What causes it? Will it cause great damage to humans? Watch the video and express your ideas. It is strongly recommended that the teacher should ask students to discuss the topic freely with their partners and brainstorm some ideas concerning the topic. In this way, students can come up with more ideas and avoid being nervous at the beginning of the class.Step 2: Read to discover details concerning how to write a summary about a news report The teacher is expected to ask students to read a news report about a tsunami silently and then request students to discuss the questions below. In this step, what should be highlighted is that the teacher ought to give students enough time to read individually and think independently. In this period, the teacher uses when, what , why three questions to guide students to focus on details of a news report.1. When did the tsunami happen?2. What caused the tsunami?3. Why would it be difficult to deliver food and supplies?Step 3: Read to sum up1. After finishing the tasks above, the teacher leads students to figure out the summary of the news report.Check the main points it includes.On 26 December 2004, a tsunami killed more than 6,500 tourists，fishermen and many other locals in Southeast Asia. Thousands of people are missing and the number of deaths is expected to grow. The damage caused by the tsunami is making it difficult for rescue workers to help the survivors.口date 口time 口place 口event 口cause口 effect 口following eventsLearning tip: A summary is a short statement of main points. A summary paragraph tells the main ideas and the most important information of a longer passage.2. Follow the steps below to write a summary for the first text called “the night the earth didn’t sleep.1. Read the text and write a list of the main details.●Strange things happened in the countryside before the earthquake.●An earthquake hit____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________China on 28 July 1976.3. Organize the ideas and draft your summary. Pay attention to the following:●A summary should be around one third the length of the original text.●Write down the key supporting points for the topic.●Do not include unimportant details or examples.4. Exchange drafts. Use the checklist to give feedback on your partners draft.√`Does the summary give you a clear idea of what the text is about?√`Does the summary include only the most important information of the text?√`Is the summary the proper length?√`Are there any spelling or punctuation errors?√`Does the writer use the corr。