1、The Second Period从容说课This period is the high light of the whole unit.It lays emphasis on reading and understanding.First the teacher should check if the students have mastered the new words and expressions by asking them to speak out the sentences that they made using these words and expressions.Thi
2、s part can help the students to learn words and expressions by heart in a certain language situation.Then in Pre-reading part，students are asked to discuss two questions：What will you take if you are informed of a coming earthquake？ What may happen before an earthquake？In order to answer the second
3、question，students can carefully look at the four pictures in the part.The part prepares students for the Reading passage.In the Reading part，students will first listen to the tape with their textbooks closed.In order to make this step efficient，the teacher will provide them some statements based on
4、the passage.While listening，students should judge whether these statements are true or false.If it is false，students should correct it.Then students will be given several minutes to read the passage silently.In order to help the students understand the passage better，the teacher can provide some com
5、prehending exercises，including matching sentences，ordering events.At last students should divide the whole passage into three parts and write down the main idea of each paragraph.The purpose of this step is to train students ability of reading comprehension，which is a very important skill.At last，st
6、udents will do a speaking task in pairs.One acts as a newspaper reporter from China Daily and the other acts as a witness of the Tangshan Earthquake.The reporter is asking the witness some questions about the terrible quake.This part not only helps the students to revise what they have learned in th
7、is part but also provides them with an opportunity to speak in English.三维目标1.Knowledge：（1）Words ：shake，rise，crack，burst，well，smelly ，pond ，pipe，canal ，steam，destroy ，ruin， dirt，injure，survivor ，brick ，dam，useless，steel，shock ，quake ，rescue，electricity，disaster，army，organize，bury， coal， mine，shelter，
8、fresh（2）Phrases：right away，as usual，at an end，lie in ruins，later that afternoon，be trapped under sth.，dig out，to the north of sp.，instead of， a great number of，put up，give out， wake sb.up，in the open air， think little of sth.（3）Sentence patterns ：It seemed/seems that.The number of sb./sth.reached/re
9、aches.All hope was not lost.（部分否定）2.Ability：（1）Learn some detailed information about an earthquake.（2）Improve the students reading ability.（3）Train the students ability to grasp key information while listening.（4）Train the students speaking ability.3.Emotion：（1）Train the students ability to cooperat
10、e 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.教学重点（1）The new words and expressions.（2）Learn some detailed information about an earthquake.（3）Train the student
11、s ability to cooperate with others.（4）Train the students speaking ability.教学难点1.Words：shake，burst，rise，destroy，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.（部分否定）4.Improve the students re
12、ading ability.5.Train the students ability to grasp key information while listening.教具准备（1）a tape recorder（2）a projector（3）the blackboard教学过程Step 1 GreetingsGreet the whole class as usual.Step 2 RevisionT：Yesterday we learnt some new words and expressions.Now please speak out the sentences that you
13、have made using the words and expressions.S1：shake：Shaking ones head means saying “No” in China.S2：rise：The sun rose at six oclock in the morning.S3：right away：After class，they went to play basketball right away.S4：crack：The vase cracked when it dropped.S5：burst： He burst the door open，using all his
14、 strength.S6：ruin ：She poured water all over my painting and ruined it.S7：injure ：She was badly injured in the accident.S8：survivor：There was no survivor in the big fire last night.S9：destroy：The heavy rain destroyed all our hope of a picnic.S10：shock ：I was shocked when I heard his accident.S11：res
15、cue ：We rescued the boy who fell into the river.S12：disaster：The flood was really a terrible natural disaster.S13：organize ：Jane organized the party.She asked people to come and bought the food and drinks.S14：bury ：Many men were buried underground when there was an accident at the mine.S15：shelter：H
16、e had to stand in the shelter at the bus stop when it suddenly rained.S16：at an end：She felt the world was at an end when her son died.S17：useless：It is useless arguing with him.He will never change his mind.S18：dig out ：The thief dug out the box full of money and ran away.S19：fresh：These vegetables
17、 are fresh，I picked them this morning.Step 3 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.（After several minutes.）S1：I will take enough food.One cant live without food.S2：I will take enough wat
18、er.I think water is more important than food.S3：If it is winter，I will take enough clothes，otherwise，I will die from coldness.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 describe what you have seen.S4：In the
19、first picture， people see bright light in the sky.S5：In the second picture，the dog is always barking.S6：In the third picture，fish are trying to jump out of the pond.Even the rats are trying to run away from their holes.They are running nervously.S7：In the last picture，the water in the well rises and
20、 falls，rises and falls for many times.People can notice cracks in the well and smelly gas come out of the wells.Step 4 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
21、.T：First listen to the tape with your textbooks closed and check whether the following 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.（ ）（2）People in Beijing also felt the earthquake.（ ）（3）More than 400
22、000 people were killed in the quake.（ ）（4）Many rescue workers and doctors were trapped under the ruins during the aftershock.（ ）（5）People tried to get fresh water from under the ground in Tangshan.（ ）（After listening to the tape，check the answers with the students.）S1：No.1 is false.People thought li
23、ttle of the unusual phenomena before the quake，and went to bed as usual that night.S2：No.2 is true.S3：No.3 is false.More than 400000 people were killed or injured in the quake.S4：No.4 is true.S5：No.5 is false.Fresh water was taken to the city of Tangshan by train， truck and plane.T：You did an excell
24、ent job.Step 5 ReadingT：Next，open your books and turn to Page 26.I will give you several minutes to read the passage.After reading，please finish Part 1 in Comprehending on Page 27.（Ss read the passage silently and then do exercise 1 in Comprehending on Page 27.）（Teacher check the answers with the wh
25、ole class.）S1：The chickens didnt eat because they were nervous.S2：Before the earthquake the people didnt worry because they didnt know the quake caused the strange events.S3：Such a great number of people died because the quake happened while they were sleeping.S4：Water was needed because dams and we
26、lls were useless.S5：The people did not lose hope because the army came to help them.T：Very good.During the quake many things happened.Number the following things according to the order that they happened.A.Brick buildings were destroyed.B.The walls of the village wells had cracks in them.C.Shelters
27、were put up for those with no homes.D.Roads got huge cracks.E.The army helped the survivors.（Ss read the passage again in a loud voice and then order the events.）（Teacher checks the answers with the whole class. ）S6：No.1 B； No.2 D； No.3 A； No.4 E； No.5 C.T.Excellent.How many paragraphs are there in
28、this passage？Ss： Four.T：Try to divide the passage into three parts.Then try to write down the main idea of each part.You can finish this task in pairs.（After several minutes.）S7：Part 1 （Paragraph 1） Phenomena before the earthquake.Part 2 （Paragraphs 2-3） What happened during the quake and the damage
29、.Part 3 （Paragraph 4） The rescue work after the earthquake.Step 6 Speaking （pair work）T：Now we are going to an interview in pairs.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 the witness some questions.Wo
30、rk in pairs please.（Ss make dialogues.）T：Now I would like to ask pairs of you to come to the front to demonstrate your dialogues to the whole class.S1：Hello，nice to meet you.I am a newspaper reporter from China Daily.S2：Nice to meet you too.S1：I hear that you are lucky enough to have escaped from the terrible earthquake that happened in Tang-shan.S2：Yes.I was so lucky as to be one of the survivors.Even at this time，my heart is still trembling with fear.S1：Then could you answer some questions about the earthquake？S2：OK.I will try to control my feelings.
