人教版高中英语必修一U4 Earthquakes阅读课教学设计（英文详案）.docx

1、人教版高中英语必修一U4 Earthquakes阅读课教学设计（英文详案含板书）教学内容和章节Book1 Unit4 EarthquakesReading: A night the earth didnt sleep课程类型Reading课时安排40 minsTeaching objectives：Knowledge objectivesBy the end of this class, students will be able to1) know the meaning of some words and sentences: rescue, dig out, damage, lay in

2、 ruins, destroy, shelter, all hope was no lost, etc.2) know the signs before the earthquake.3) figure out the reasons why the earthquake caused so many deaths.4) use some adjectives to describe peoples feeling.Ability objectivesBy the end of this class, students will be able to1) use reading skills

3、of scanning and skimming to find the basic information and the topic sentences of each paragraph.2) analyze the function of numerals.3) know and appreciate two kinds of figure of speech: simile and personification.Emotional objectivesBy the end of this class, students can be able to1) feel peoples s

4、uffering during the earthquake.Teaching points and difficulties：Teaching points: 1) find out the topic sentences of each paragraph.2) analyze the reasons why did the earthquake cause so many deaths. Teaching difficulties:1) analyze the function of numerals2)know and appreciate two kinds of figure of

5、 speech: simile and personification.Teaching ProceduresPre-readingActivity 1 Brain storming(3mins)Ss figure out some natural disasters according to their common sense and the pictures.T:Good morning, class! Do you know any natural disasters? Can you figure out some words about natural disasters?S:Ea

6、rthquake.T:Earthquake, yes. Its a very serious disaster, right? And in this summer vocation, there was an earthquake, a big earthquake, where was it? you know?S:.T:Do you know any other natural disasters?S:Typhoon.T:Yes,台风. You are familiar with typhoon, right? And where and when did it always take

7、place?S: In Zhejiang province/in southeast China.T: And when? In which season?S: Summer or autumn.T: Let me show you some pictures about natural disasters. What are they?S:Snow storm/flood/tornado/typhoon/earthquake.T:There are many natural disasters on the earth, right? And today we are going to le

8、arn one of these natural disasters. Now please look at your book,turn to page 26.T:First please look at this picture. Can you tell me what are they doing?S:They are doing some work.T:They are doing some rescue work, right? Do you know rescue?And they are digging out something or some people, do you

9、think so?Do you know dig out?T:So can you guess what disaster happened?S:Earthquake.Notes: To read in to the topic earthquake and to attract students attention and interest.While readingFast readingActivity 1 scanning&skimming(6mins)Ss read the passage quickly to find the basic information about the

10、 earthquake and the topic sentences of each paragraph.T:This passage talks about one of the greatest earthquakes in Chinese history. Now please read the passage quickly, find some basic information about the earthquake, in the meanwhile, try to find the topic sentence of each paragraph. When you are

11、 reading, try to circle or underline some keys.(Ss reading)T: Have you finished? OK times up. XX, can you tell me when did it happen?S1: At 3:42 am on July 28, 1976.T: Yes good job. And where did it happen? XX, please.S2: In the countryside of northeast Hebei, Tangshan city.T: Well done. Now lets se

12、e the topic sentences of each paragraph. Where can we find topic sentence usually? The first paragraph. S3: Strange things were happening.T: Do you agree with her/him?Ss:Yes.T: And the second paragraph? Whats your opinion?S4: It seemed as if the world was at an end.T: Do you agree with her/him? Does

13、 anyone have different opinion?S5: In 15 terrible seconds, a large city lay in ruins.T: Oh you think this sentence is the topic sentence. Which one do you agree with? T:OK, actually both of these two sentences can be the topic sentence. Do you think so? They both talk about the general idea of this

14、paragraph. And how the third paragraph? Whats your opinion?S6:Everywhere they looked nearly everything was destroyed.T:The second sentence. Why not the first sentence?S6: Its just a question.T:Yes thats true. And the last paragraph. Can you say it together?Ss:All hope was not lost.T:Yes thats right.

15、T:So we can see that topic sentences can be find at the beginning of every paragraph. But not always, right? Sometimes it can be in the middle of the paragraph such as this sentence. From these topic sentence, we can see the general idea of each paragraph. For example, paragraph 1, it may talk about

16、 some strange things. And paragraph 2 and 3, do you know the meaning of these words, at an end, lay in ruins, be destroyed?Ss: 成为废墟、被毁灭。T:So maybe there were some serious results or damages about the earthquake, do you think so? And the last paragraph is about the hope, right?Notes: this activity is

17、 to train the fast reading skill of skimming and scanningCareful readingPara.1 Activity2 read for details (5mins)Ss read para.1 carefully, tell what strange things happened from 4 aspects and what was peoples attitude.T:Now please read paragraph 1 carefully and tell me what strange things happened,

18、you can see from these four aspects. Dont forget to underline.(Ss reading)T:Have you found them? Can you tell me what happened to the water.S1:The water in the village wells rose and fell.T:Can you show us the move rose and fellrose and fell?S1:.T:And how about the animals? Could you please.S2:Mice

19、ran out of the fields to look for places to hide.Fish jumped out of their bowls.T:Yes. They were so nervous right? They may feel that something will happen.And what about the sky? What happened in the sky?S3:Some people saw bright lights in the sky at around 3 am.T:Yes. People saw bright lights and

20、heard sounds of planes. And the last one. How about the well walls and the pipes?S4:Farmers notice that the well walls had deep cracks in them. Smelly gas came out of the cracks. In the city, the water pipes in some buildings cracked and burst.T:Good job. So the wells and pipes cracked and burst. We

21、 can see all of these things are the signs in which period of earthquake? Before,while, or after?Ss:Before.T:So towards these signs, what was peoples attitude? What was peoples reaction?Can you find a sentence? You can say it together.Ss:But the one million people of the city, who thought little of

22、these events, were asleep as usual that night. T:Can you use your own words to describe peoples attitude? In English.You can think about whats the meaning of thought little of.S: People paid no attention to all these signs.T: Yes, people paid no attention to these signs. They ignored these signs. So

23、 what would happen to these people as the earthquake began? Lets continue to read. Notes: This activity is design to lead students to careful reading and to make them know the signs. Para.2-3Activity 3 find and analyze (8mins)Ss read para.2-3 carefully, find out the great damages caused by the earth

24、quake, and analyze the functions of numerals.T:Lets come to the paragraph 2 and 3. You still remember the topic sentence of this two paragraphs right? Yes, they talked about some damages? So read it carefully and find out what damages did the earthquake cause. Find out some examples from the text th

25、at talk about the damages.(Ss reading).T:OK, have you finished? XX, have you found some examples?S1:A huge crack that was 8km long and 30m wide cut across houses, roads and canals.T:Yes, can you imagine the distance of eight kilometers?Its just like the distance from here to the south Wenzhou statio

26、n.And its wider than our classroom. Do you think so?Do you find any other examples?How about people?How about people? Do you find something?Ss:A huge crack that was 8km long and 30m wide cut across houses, roads and canals.In fifteen terrible seconds a large city lay in ruins.The number of people .r

27、eached more than 400,000.All of the citys hospitals, 75% of its factories and buildings and 90% of its homes were gone.Half a million pigs and millions of chickens were dead.T:So from these sentences you can see the great damages caused by the earthquake,right? Look at these sentences,can you find s

28、ome special words? The author use what kind of word to describe the damage?S: Numbers.T:Numbers, right? We called them numerals. So here comes the question, why did the author use so many numerals? He wants to describe the damages in which kind of way?You can think about the functions or characteris

29、tics of the numerals.S: To show the earthquakes results directly.T: Good job!And any other opinion? What about you?S: To describe the damage accurately/ in details./ To make the results impressive.T: Well done!Notes: In this activity, Students find out the damages caused by the earthquake and know t

30、he function of numerals.Activity 4 Discussion(4mins)Students discuss the reasons why did the earthquake cause so many deaths and injures.T: So from these numerals,we know that more than 400,000 people died or were injured, right? Why did this earthquake cause so many deaths and injures?Can you find

31、some reasons? You can talk with your partner. List some reasons if necessary. Then I will invite some of you to share with us.(Ss discuss)T: Times up. Lets invite this group.Ss:The earthquake began at 3:42 am while people were asleep. The earthquake was one of the greatest earthquakes of the 20th ce

32、ntury.There was another big quake following.People paid no attention to the signs before the earthquake.Notes: This is a underlying problem for deep understanding, it can train Ss ability of analyzing the text. In the meanwhile, Ss communication and cooperation ability can be trained.Activity 5 Answ

33、er the question(5mins)Students find the expressions and figure of speech used to describe peoples feelings. T:So in such a hard condition,what was peoples feeling about the earthquake?Can you find some adjectives or expressions to describe peoples feelings or emotions?Can you give out some adjective

34、s or find some sentences from text?(Ss read and think)T: Any volunteer? XX, any opinion?S1: People were shocked/hopeless/helpless.S2:The suffering of the people was extreme.S3:People began to wonder how long the disaster would last.T: So people felt? They may feel in lost do you think so? And how ab

35、out this sentence: Bricks covered the ground like red autumn leaves.No wind, however, could blow them away. Can you imagine the red autumn leaves? Whats our feelings about that?S: Sad./ scared. T: Yes, why? Maybe the red colour make you feel sad/scared right? Actually, here is a figure of speech. Do

36、 you know figure of speech? 修辞手法。In this sentence, do you know what is it?S:比喻。T: Yes, and its one kind of 比喻: simile, 明喻.And how do you feel about couldnt blow them away?S: The bricks are heavy so people may feel heavy in mood.T: Yes. So this sentence tells us the feelings about people indirectly b

37、ut more vivid, right?People were shocked.The suffering of the people was extreme.How could the survivors believe it was natural?People began to wonder how long the disaster would last.Bricks covered the ground like red autumn leaves.No wind, however, could blow them away.Notes: This activity is desi

38、gned to help Ss feel peoples emotions during the earthquake, and to make them know as well as appreciate the figure of speech: simile.Para.4Activity 6 Fill the blanks(4mins)Ss read para.4 and fill the blanks.T: We know, because of the earthquake, people were hopeless right? But do you think they hav

39、e lost all hope? Ss: No.T: Why? How do you know that?Ss: All hope was not lost.T: Yeah, whats the meaning of this sentence?Ss: 不是所有希望都失去了。T:Yes. In English, we can also say: not all hope was lost. So there was still hope, right?And, why was there still hope? Look at these two pictures. Can you tell

40、me, why was there still hope? S: The army came to help the survivors.T: Yes, people came to help the survivors. So what actually did they do? Now please read the paragraph 4 carefully and fill the blanks. (Ss reading)T:OK, lets check the answers together. The army? Say together, whole class.The army

41、 organized teams to dig out those who were trapped and to bury the dead.Most miners were rescued from the coal mines there.Workers built shelters for survivors who lost their homes.Fresh water was taken to the city.T:These were the rescue work. So whats the result of these rescue work? Can you find

42、a sentence? Ss:Slowly, the city began to breathe again.T:Yes, the city began to breathe again, so can you tell me the meaning of breathe? What does it refer to?Actually it refers torecover, do you think so? Come to life.活过来. So why did the author use breathe but not recover? Here is another figure o

43、f speech, what is it?Ss: 拟人。T: Yes, 拟人，personification. It makes the sentence more vivid, right?Notes: This activity is designed to let students know the rescue work after the earthquake, and know the personification here.Post- readActivity 1 Review the passage(1.5mins)T:OK, since we have read the p

44、assage, now lets have a review.The first paragraph, it talks about what?S:The strange things before the earthquake.T:And what was peoples attitude?S:They thought little of that, they ignored the signs.T:And paragraph 2 and 3 talks about? We have mentioned it.S:Damages during the earthquake. And peop

45、le were extremely suffered. T:And the paragraph 4 talks about?S:The rescue work, the hope of these people.T: Yes, so thats the structure of the passage.Notes: A brief review will help students be more clear about the structure of the whole passage and what they have learned.Activity 2 Discussion and

46、 sharing(4.5mins)T:OK, since we have finished reading, now please look at the title. What does this title mean? And can you suggest another title for this passage? Discuss with you partner in 2 minutes and then I will invite someone to share with us.(Ss discuss)T:Whats your groups opinion? How do yo

47、u think about the titiel?Ss:Personification is applied in the title. The title means.T:Good job. Can you suggest another title for this passage? You can imitate the original title or create a new one.Ss: A great shock in Tangshan/. T:Great! I like your title. Here is my title, A night the city burst

48、 into tears, how do you think about it?T: Thank you, all of you have done an excellent job! And here is your homework.Class is over. Bye.Notes: Appreciating and creating the title can test Ss learning of figure of speech and enhance their creativity.板书设计：A night the earth didnt sleep things people Para.1 signs ignore beforePara.2-3 damages suffered during earthquakePara.4 rescue hope after work