高中英语人教版 (2019)必修 第一册Unit 4 Natural disasters教案

教学步骤

教学活动

设计意图

时间

Step-1 Pre-reading

Describe a natural disaster.

1 Work in pairs. Discuss what can happen to a city during a big earthquake.

2 Look at the title and photo below and guess what the text is about. Then read and check if you are right.

这两个活动的目的有两个：

1. 激活学生的背景知识，降低理解难度；
2. 体会题目的拟人用意，为什么要用didn’t sleep。

5分钟

Step-2 While reading

Read the text carefully and then write down the main idea of each paragraph.

Pay attention to the topic sentence of each paragraph to get the main idea quickly.

Guess the meaning of the sentence in the context.

这部分两个问题有两个目的：

1. 提示学生英语文章的思维特点：首句常常是主题句，重要的内容都常常在前面；
2. 快速阅读看看首句能否概括本段内容；
3. 在文中猜测词义。

15分钟

Step-3 While-reading

 -to understand the meaning of  a new word.

Read the sentences describing what happened after a huge earthquake. Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the new words and phrases from the text.

让词汇从语境中来，回到语境中去。

5分钟

Step-4 While-reading- understanding the passage

Step2 Answer the questions:

1 What were some of the strange things happening before the earthquake? Do you think they were warning signs?Why or why not?

2 What does the writer mean by "Slowly, the city began to breathe again"?

3 What kind of help do you think people who have suffered an earthquake need?

通过回答问题，深入理解文章。

5分钟

Step-5 After-reading-discussion

Work in groups. Discuss the questions.

1 What do you think helped in the revival of Tangshan city?

2 What other cities or towns have gone through similar changes? What lessons can we learn

from these events?

这几个问题设计意图：

1认识到国家强大在灾难面前的反应的不同，来体会强国的重要性；

2 提高总结能力。

5分钟

Step-6 critical thinking

Look at the title: The night that the earth didn't sleep, how do you understand the title?

设计意图：

深入理解文章的写作意图。

5分钟

Step-7

Homework

Try to finish the reading exercise.

作业中补充通话题阅读练习，巩固今天两个内容：

1，  在语境中理解学习单词；

2，  了解话题词汇。