高中英語人教版必修一Unit 4 Earthquakes單元教案

1、高中英語（人教版）必修一第四單元教案Unit 4 Earthquake一教學內(nèi)容分析本單元話題為地震，主要描寫了1976年唐山大地震，各項語言活動也都是圍繞地震展開。本單元共分八個部分。Warming-up 部分通過兩張圖片引出話題一旦地震發(fā)生，將會造成怎樣的危害，為后面的主題作了一個熱身運動。Pre-reading 部分設置了兩個開放性問題，目的是增加學生的生活常識，提高他們的應變能力。這部分為接下來的閱讀作了很好的鋪墊，學生可通過套亂，參閱有關地震的書籍并運用一些生活常識來回答這兩個問題。Reading 部分具體描寫了1976年唐山大地震的震前、震中和震后。作者詳細描述了地震來臨前的一些不

2、正常的自然現(xiàn)象及動物的反常表現(xiàn)；地震的來勢洶洶并在頃刻間將整座城市夷為平地；震后人們勇敢面對現(xiàn)實并及時實施搶救和重建工作。Comprehending 部分包括三組練習，主要目的是為了幫助學生更好地理解Reading部分的文章。Learning about Language 部分分為兩個部分：Discovering useful words and expressions 和Discovering useful structures.第一部分要求學生在把握文章的基礎上，掌握重點詞匯的詞義及時用，這更注重培養(yǎng)學生運用上下文猜測詞義的能力。其次還對一些復雜的數(shù)字讀法進行了檢測。第二部分則結合文章學習

3、定語從句。Using Language 部分分為Reading，Writing and Speaking；Listening和Writing。Reading，Speaking 包括讀一篇邀請函，寫一份演講稿和關于一套新唐山郵票的Little talk。Listening 部分講述了一位地震幸存者的故事，并根據(jù)聽力材料進行正誤判斷和回答問題，旨在培養(yǎng)學生獲取細節(jié)的能力，并通過聽來模仿標準的語音和語調(diào)。Writing部分要求學生報紙寫一篇新聞報道，學習如何按照規(guī)范的步驟進行寫作，如選擇適當?shù)貥祟}和組織語言等。另外這一部分也培養(yǎng)學生寫作時注意標題、主旨大意和細節(jié)。Summing up部分幫助學生整理

4、、鞏固本單元所學到的知識，包括學到的關于地震的知識，有用的動詞、名詞、表達方式和新的語法項目。Learning Tip部分就聽英語方面給出了一些建議，建議學生多聽廣播或電視里的英語節(jié)目.二教學目標和要求根據(jù)英語新課程標準關于總目標的具體描述，結合高一學生實際和教材內(nèi)容，我們將教學目標分為語言知識、語言技能、學習策略、情感態(tài)度、文化意識五個方面。1.知識目標（Knowledge） 詞匯（Vocabulary）：shake, rise, crack, burst, well, smelly, pond, steam, destroy, ruin, injure, survivor, brick,

5、useless, shock, quake, rescue, electricity,disaster, organize, bury, coal, mine, shelter, fresh, percent, honor, prepare. 短語(Phrases and expressions)：right away, at an end, lie in ruins, be trapped under sth, to the north of sp, put up, give out, wake sb up, prepare sth for sth., think little of sth

6、. 語法(Grammar)：定語從句（The Attributive Clause）.能用英語描述任務的特征、行為等- 由who/ whom/ whose/ that引導；能用英語描述事物、事件的性質、內(nèi)容等- 由which/ that/ whose引導。2能力目標（Ability）能運用所學語言知識描述地震前兆、危害及震后援救；根據(jù)已知信息推測將要聽取的材料的內(nèi)容；提高閱讀技能和用英語進行思維、推理、判斷的能力； 掌握演講稿的格式及新聞報道的寫作步驟和要點。3. 情感目標Affect學習唐山人民勇敢面對自然災害，積極進行災后重建的精神；在教學活動中培養(yǎng)學生的合作精神和互助精神。三教學重點和難

7、點1重點詞匯：injure，survivor, shock, rescue, disaster, fresh, judge, prepare2語法：The Attributive Clause3難點: 運用所學知識表達自己的想法; 較長句子成分的劃分及意義的理解; 如何能就課文內(nèi)容完成一些開放性的話題討論，能把課文的內(nèi)容得以延伸與拓展;指導學生通過各種渠道如報紙、雜志、圖書館和網(wǎng)絡等資源查找有關素材，培養(yǎng)信息社會收集查找資料的能力。四課時安排本單元共分為四個部分，具體課時教師可根據(jù)自身教學實踐進行適當?shù)匕才藕驼{(diào)整。Part 1：Warming-up和listening.通過游戲、介紹和VIDE

8、O等手段對地震知識進行適當了解的基礎上，引入對San Francisco地震的學習，從而進入聽力部分。Part 2：Pre-reading, Reading, Comprehending and Learning about Language.讀前的兩個問題：第一個問題問學生在危機情況下會帶什么，有利于很好的激起學生的興趣和調(diào)動課堂氣氛，由此則可過渡到第二個問題對地震前兆的了解，從而自然地引入到對唐山大地震的學習。在對唐山大地震震前、震中和震后的學習中，可結合今年唐山大地震30周年的報道，使學生進一步了解唐山大地震和現(xiàn)今的唐山，形成對比和強烈的震撼，從而更好地了解學習唐山人民勇敢面對自然災害，

9、積極進行災后重建的精神。其次，通過對文章的學習，了解新聞的特點，為后面的寫作做準備。重點詞匯和語法的學習可結合文章進行，并配以適當?shù)木毩?。Part 3：Writing由提前讓學生完成的關于唐山的新聞寫作來引入對寫作的學習。通過對學生習作的評析，來引出新聞寫作中應注意的事項，并通過適當?shù)木毩晛磉M行鞏固，再讓學生對自身的習作進行修改。Part 4：Using Language(Reading, Writing and Speaking),主要學習SPEECH演講稿的寫作。通過對演講稿的了解、注意事項和名人演講的感受，讓學生學會如何恰當?shù)貙懷葜v稿。五教學步驟Warming-up & Listenin

10、gTeaching goals:Get a general idea of earthquakes and some other natural disasters;Train students listening ability and try to improve their pronunciation;Know the damage that an earthquake and other disasters could bring about and ways to reduce the losses of an earthquake.Teaching important points

11、:Train the students listening ability and improve pronunciation.Teaching aids:A tape recorder; the blackboard; CIA課件Teaching procedures:Step1. Lead-in-video of different natural disastersT: Our hometown is a place full of a kind of disasters. What is it?Typhoon, earthquake, hurricane tsunami, flood,

12、 tornado, drought are all called natural disasters.Q. what damage will they bring about?- everything in ruins/ death/ lossesStep2. Introduction of Earthquakes (Let students get the general idea of earthquake)Q: what do you know about earthquake? What causes quakes and where do they often happen? How

13、 to predict an earthquake?Q: How to avoid being hurt? -through gamesQ: Have you heard of any land earthquakes?-Two pictures in warming-up:TangshanEarthquake andSan FranciscoEarthquake.Q: What do you know about these two earthquakes?Step3: ListeningPre-listening-brief introduction of San Francisco Ea

14、rthquakeQ: When did the quake happen?- 1906Q: what damage did bring about?- About 700 people died in the earthquake and the fires. And as many as 250,000 people lost homesWhile-Listening-according to the exercises in the text book3. Post-listening-How can we reduce the damage of earthquake? What can

15、 we do?Step4: Homework- preview the reading A Night the Earth didnt Sleep and learn new words of this unitReadingTeaching goals:Target language 目標語言Learn and master the new words and expressions in this period.Ability goals 能力目標Train the students reading and speaking ability.Train the students abili

16、ty to use the Internet to search for some useful information.Train the students ability to cooperate with others.Teaching important points:Train the students reading ability-skimming and scanning.Teaching difficult points:Describe the disasters.Teaching aids:CIA課件Teaching procedures:Step1. Lead-inT:

17、 We have a visit to the museum of natural disasters, and you have learned about some brief introduction of most disasters. Today, I want to show you round the earthquake department, and I hope you will like it and learn some useful knowledge. Now lets go.T: At the very beginning, I want to know how

18、much you know about an quake.Q1: What would you take with you if a quake happened?Q2: The best way to save yourself is to know there will be a quake before it happens. What kind of signs can tell you that there is a quake?Q3: What kind of damage can an earthquake cause?S: buildings are destroyed; pe

19、ople are killed; families are brokenT: Lets have a look at some pictures of such terrible site. (Pictures of quakes)T: (The last picture ismonumentofTangshanquake.) Do you know what this is?Step2. Pre-ReadingT: 30 years ago, on the day July, the 28th, a terrible disaster suddenly happened, and the b

20、eautifulTangshan was removed from the map. This isTangshan quake. Does any body know something aboutTangshan quake?T: Lets read a news report about the famous quake.Step3. While-readingI. Skimming & scaringGet the students comprehend the passage quickly and accurately, and meanwhile help the student

21、s to form a good habit of reading.T: First please skim the passage fast to obtain/ get a general understanding of the whole passage. And underline the answers to the following questions.When did the quake happen? (Why did the writer use different expression of the same thing?)How many people were ki

22、lled and injured during the quake?How many buildings were destroyed?Were there any people coming to rescue them?II. While reading, divide the whole passage into 3 parts and find out the main idea of each part.Para.1 before the quakePara.2-3 during the quakePara.4 after the quakeII. Careful-readingRe

23、ad the passage again and try to get more detailed information.T: Now lets read the passage again and find more information. Join the correct parts of the sentences. (Turn to page 27, ex1)T: Now you have read the passage carefully, please put the sentences in order. Number each of these things during

24、 theTangshanquake.(Turn to page 27, ex2)T: here are some more work for you. You can work in groups.What strange things happened before the quake?What sentences can express the quake is GREAT?What numbers can express the quake is GREAT?Whatmetaphor does the writer use to say the quake is GREAT?What h

25、appened when rescue work was going on?How did the army help to rescue survivors?Complete the passage with some of the words in bold in the report.(Turn to page 28, ex2)T: Lets watch some pictures, and comparing the oldTangshan, theTangshanafter quake, and the newTangshanwe see today.Step 4 Post-read

26、ing (discussing)T: After read the news report, and see so many pictures, what impresses you most? Why?Or what do you learn from such a disaster?(Self-rescue, environment protection, rebuilt, love and help)I: self-rescue (a video game)T: When in a quake, if you know some self-rescue skills, you may p

27、robably save yourself. If you want to know some of the skills, click here. (Link to the index)Lets do little game to see how much you know about self-rescue.II. What did they suffer and feel?T: Can you understand what they suffer and what they feel after such a disaster?T: If you were one of the res

28、cuers 30 years ago, what could you say and what can you do to comfort them? Or how could you help them?III. RebuildingT: we see that the newTangshanhas been set up. What is needed to rebuildTangshan.IV: environment protectionT: nowadays there are more disasters than before. One of the reasons is tha

29、t we pay more attention to our economy development than the earth we live.Look at these pictures. What can we students do to save the earth?T: Though the disasters destroy buildings, peoples lives, but it can not destroy the love among us.Step 5 HomeworkFind more news reports about earthquake.Write

30、a piece of news aboutTangshan. You can use the information in the passage.News WritingTeaching aims:Get students to learn how to write news;Train students the ability to cooperate with each other and to search for information;Learn more aboutTangshanearthquake and honor the people ofTangshan.Teachin

31、g difficulties:How to make students learn writing in a more practical and effective way;How to help students understand the tips for writing.Teaching procedure:Step 1: Lead-in-The 30th anniversary ofTangshan earthquake (news)T: We have learnt theTangshanearthquake. When did it happen? How many peopl

32、e died during the earthquake?Step 2: Presentation of students news writing(homework of last class)-point out the mistakes in news writing according to three aspectsT: You have finished the news writing ofTangshanearthquake, and now its time for you to show your project. Others have to point out the

33、mistakes in his or her writing according to three aspects.-Three aspects: headline; content and languageT: What do you think of his or her writing? Is it a proper news writing? What have you done before your writing?Step 3: Tips for writingPreparation - an outlinePreparation: Choose a topic; decide

34、what you want to say about the topic; Organize your ideas and write clearly.Outline: A headline; a list of main ideas; A list of important detailsHeadline Appreciation of headlinesNew business regulations;New tax on housing sales A Night the Earth didnt Sleep;Cyclists Ready to Go on the Road for Bli

35、nd Kids;ChinaMarks 30th Anniversary ofTangshanEarthquake;DoesBeijingsnack change its flavor?Memories of quake die hard forTangshansurvivors;Chao Chien-ming released. characteristics of headlinesQ: whats the characteristic of headlines? practice - write headlines for the following news according to t

36、he picture and information givenFlood relief efforts-The death toll on the Chinese mainland from Typhoon Kaemi has risen to 32, with at least 65 still missing. Local governments are sparing no efforts to carry out relief work.PLA celebrates 79th birthday-The Chinese Peoples Liberation Army is 79 yea

37、rs old, and the Defense Ministry has held a reception to celebrate.Quake hits Indonesian island-A moderate earthquake has struck nearIndonesias Nias island off northernSumatra. The quake, with a magnitude of 5.6 struck just before 8.30 am, and was centered under theIndian Ocean, about 55 kilometers

38、northwest of the main town on the island, Gunung Sitoli.Railways impact on Tibetans-The Railway brings the remote Qinghai-Tibet plateau closer to the rest of the world. With people able to move in and out of the region more easily and the economic benefits the railway brings, the lives of Tibetans w

39、ill never be the same again.3. Content- How to organize your content of news Tips-Be clear of the content you want to mention; List your ideas; Write the most important thing in the beginning and the less ones in the following Practice-write the beginning of news according to the information and pic

40、ture givenA woman;rifts on the wall;earthquake measuring 5.1degrees;Wenan County, northChinasHebeiProvince;11:56 a.m. Tuesday, July 4, 2006;the quakes epicenter -about 110kilometers fromBeijingand 80 kilometers fromTianjin;casualty not knownA woman points at the rifts on the wall of a village school

41、 after an earthquake measuring 5.1 degrees on the Richter scale jolted Wenan County, northChinasHebeiProvinceat 11:56 a.m. (Beijing Time) Tuesday, July 4, 2006. The quake was a shallow-focus one, with its epicenter being around 110 kilometers fromBeijingand about 80 kilometers fromTianjin. No casual

42、ty was reported at press time.Special plane landed;BeijingWednesday morning (8.2);the body of Chinese UN observerDu Zhaoyu killed last week during Israels air raid onLebanon;Dus coffin covered with Chinese and UN flags; Eight Chinese soldiers.Chinese UN ObserversCoffin Sent HomeSpecial plane landed

43、inBeijingWednesday morning, carrying home the body of Chinese UN observer Du Zhaoyu, who was killed last week duringIsraels air raid onLebanon. Dus coffin, covered with Chinese and UN flags, was carried down the plane by eight Chinese soldiers.4. LanguageTips-clear; objective; brief; accurate; writt

44、en EnglishStep 4: Appreciation of newsRadio-VOA news: Aid for tsunami victimsNews report-Tangshan Quake 30th AnniversaryStep 5: Improvement of students writing-Improve your news writing aboutTangshanearthquakeUsing Language-Reading, writing and speakingTeaching Aims:Enable the students to make a spe

45、echLet the students enjoy some famous speechesTeaching Important and Difficult Points:Review something about disasters How to make a speechTeaching Methods:Individual work group workTeaching Aids: Computer, blackboardTeaching Procedures:Step 1 Lead-in(Teacher shows a series of pictures of some disas

46、ters on the screen, let the students talk about their feelings or anything they feel about the pictures.)(The pictures are: fire, hurricane, typhoon, tsunami, earthquake )T: In this unit, we learn a lot about disasters. We know disaster is not a good thing to us. We often feel sad or sorry if a disa

47、ster happens.T: Right now, you have just seen some of the disasters. Do you feel worried about these refugees?Ss: Yes.Step 2 DiscussionT: Yes, everybody will feel sorry for them. But who is the most worried people when a disaster happens?Ss: families and friends / government and president / .T: Supp

48、ose, there is an earthquake happen somewhere inChina, and you have a friend happens to be there. You are very worried. What will you do when you hear that an earthquake happens there? (Let the students discuss with their partner)Ss: I will feel very worried. I will make sure my friend is Ok as soon

49、as possible. I will make a call to see if he is Ok.T: Again, suppose you are a president of a country, and an earthquake happens in your country. What will you do?Ss: It is my duty to comfort the refugees and the society. So first I will make a live speech to the whole country, telling my people tha

50、t I know it and I will try my best to organize the rescue work and the rebuilding work after the earthquake.T: Yes, you are very clever. In fact, a real president will do just as you said - to make a speech. Now just lets listen to a real speech made by President Bush after a big earthquake hitIndia

51、on the first day of New Year.(Play the tape record for the students)Step 3 SpeechT: Right now weve just listened to a speech made by President Bush. Do you know something about how to make a speech? Can you tell me when should we make a speech?Ss: a speech competition / election / the beginning of a new year / the opening of some activity / anniversary .T: Yes, people need to make speeches at those times. Then do you know how to make a speech? What should we contain when we make a speech?Ss: Introduction: Give a strong first impression & preview your speechBody: