高中英语Unit 4 Earthquakes教案

这是一份高中英语Unit 4 Earthquakes教案，共6页。

Teaching gals:
Knwledge aims:
1. Ss will be able t master the fllwing useful new wrds and expressins.
well; smelly; pnd; burst; canal; steam; dirt; injure; brick; dam; useless; steel; shck; rescue; quake; electricity; army; shelter; fresh; rganize; bury; at an end; dig ut; cal mine; in ruins
2. Ss will be able t knw the basic knwledge abut Earthquake
Ability aims:
Develp Ss’ reading ability.
Emtinal aims:
1. Ss will be able t knw damages earthquake bring abut and the ways t reduce lsses f an earthquake.
2. Ss will be able t knw hw t prtect neself and help thers in earthquakes
3. Ss will be able t be aware f terrible disasters, meanwhile get them t face it, treat it in a prper way, and never get discuraged.
Teaching imprtant pints:
1. Master the usages f the useful wrds and expressins abve.
2. Imprve the students’ reading ability.
Teaching difficult pints:
1. The usages f sme wrds and expressins.
2. Hw t train the students’ reading ability in learning the text.
Teaching methds:
1. Explanatin t get the students t have a clear idea.
2. Discussin t get the students t understand the text easier.
Teaching Aids:
A cmputer and a tape recrder
Teaching prcedures:
I. Warming up
Warming up by lking
Gd mrning class. Have yu ever experienced any natural disasters? Lk at the pictures, can yu name all the disasters?

vlcan fire sandstrm

typhn hailstne thunderstrm

fld hurricane earthquake
Have yu ever experienced an earthquake? Can yu describe hw terrible an earthquake is?

(The earth is shaking; all the buildings will fall dwn; many peple will die; many children will becme rphans.)
Warming up by discussing
Nw, lk at the pictures f Tangshan and San Francisc in warming up and describe what yu see in the pictures. (beautiful cities; brad rads; tall building; large ppulatin.)
What will happen if there has been a big earthquake in these tw cities?
As we all knw, earthquakes are disasters t everyne. But can we avid r at least reduce the lss caused by earthquakes? Can we fretell earthquakes? Nw let’s cme t Pre-reading and decide what may happen befre an earthquake cmes.
Step 1. Lead-in
1. Enjy a part f film f earthquake.
(1) what ther disasters des it have?(fld/ drught/earthquake/fire/typhn/disease and s n)shw sme pictures
(2) which disaster may cause the wrst damage? ( earthquake)
2. Have ever heard a stry f an earthquake?(shw vide f Tangshan and San Francisc earthquake)
3. Have yu experienced an earthquake? If yu have, tell me yur experience. If n, just imagine what will happen befre an earthquake?
4. The earthquake is cming, if yu’re trapped in the earthquake , hw will yu feel? What will yu d? Will yu leave right away? If yu have time t take nly ne thing , what will yu take, why?
5. What kind f damage can an earthquake cause?
( buildings are destryed; peple are killed; families are brken…)
Step 2. Fast reading
Tday, we’ll learn a text “A Night the Earth didn’t sleep” First, let’s lk at the title again, why the earth didn’t sleep fr a night? What happened? What des the passage mainly talk abut?
Exchange yur understanding f the passage with grup members and wrk tgether t find the main idea f each part.
Main idea f each part:
Part 1 (para.1):
Strange things were happening befre the earthquake.
Part 2 (para.2-3):
The disaster happened and caused a lt f lss.
Part 3 (para.4): All hpe was nt lst.
Step 3. careful reading
Read carefully and try t get mre infrmatin t fill in the blanks.
Part 1:
Individual wrk.
Part 2:
a). Get the students t find sme details f this part.
Details:
1. At 3:42 am, the greatest earthquake f the 20th century began.
2. Steam burst frm hles in the grund.
3. Hard hills f the rck became rivers f dirt.
4. Bricks cvered the grund like red autumn leaves.
5. Tw dams and mst f the bridges fell.
6. The railway tracks were nw useless pieces f steel.
7. Sand nw filled the wells instead f water.
8. Water, fd, and electricity were hard t get.
b). Fill in the blanks with the data
1/3 f the natin felt the earthquake .
A huge crack that was 8 kilmetres lng and
30 metres wide cut acrss huses.
In 15 terrible secnds a large city lay in ruins.
2/3 f the peple died r were injured during the earthquake.
The number f peple wh were killed r injured reached mre than 400,000 .
All f the city’s hspitals, 75% f its factries and buildings and 90% f its hmes were gne.
Grup wrk
Part 3:
Hw were the peple helped by the army?
*The army rganized teams t dig ut thse wh were trapped and t bury the dead.
*Miners were rescued frm the cal mines.
*Shelters were built fr survivrs whse hmes had been destryed.
*Fresh water was taken t the city.
Let the grups have a discussin with their partners abut mre ways t help the peple in the earthquake.
Step 4. Pst-reading
True r False
1. There were ne millin peple in Tangshan at that time. T
2. The earthquake began 10 kilmetres directly belw the city. F
3. Nt nly the peple but als the animals were shcked greatly. T
4. There was nly ne quake at that time. F
5. Befre the earthquake there wasn’t anything strange happening. F
6. Wrkers rescued mst f the 10,000 cal miners t the suth f the city. F
7.Almst everything in Tangshan was destryed. T
Step 5. Discussins.
What shall we d r nt d if an earthquake happens?
Ds Dn’ts
1. Stay in a small rm, such 1. Be clse t the utside wall
as kitchen r bathrm
2. Hide under the table r 2. Stay n the balcny
bed, if yu haven’t time
t escape , yu may stand 3. Jump ut f the tall buildings
clse t the inside wall with
sme things cvering n the 4. Use the lift
head.
3. If yu stay in the pen air ,keep ff the tall building,
and g t the fields withut trees .
Step 6. Summary
Several days befre July 28, 1976, many strange things happened in Tangshan. They were signs fr the earthquake. At 3:42 am that day, the earth began t shake, which destryed the city. Later that afternn, anther big earthquake struck Tangshan. Mre peple were killed r injured and mre buildings fell dwn. Sldiers were called in t help the rescue wrkers. Teams were rganized t dig ut the trapped and bury the dead
Step 7. hmewrk
1.Surf the internet t find mre infrmatin abut earthquakes.
2.Finish the “learning abut language” part n page 27.
Step 8. reflectin
Strange things
the water in the village wells
rse and fell
the well walls
had deep cracks and a smelly
gas came ut
the chickens and pigs
were t nervus t eat
mice
ran ut f the fields, lking fr places t hide
fish
jumped ut f the bwls and pnds