1、A Teaching Plan for Unit 4 EarthquakesTeaching aims and demands:1. Topic: Basic knowledge of earthquakes; how to protect oneself and help the others in disasters 2.Target language: To enable students to master some English expressions ,phrases and important sentence structures3. Ability goals:(1). L
2、earning ability goals:a. Students should learn to grasp the main idea by understanding some of the key words and phrases. b. To get students to understand the quality of a great person.(2).Motional goals:a. Motivate the students interest in learning English.b. Understand how to be a great person.Tea
3、ching important point:Let students summarize the whole passage and identify new words and expressions which appear in the text.Teaching difficult point:How to improve students reading comprehension.Teaching aids:Tape-recorder, computer and some slides.Teaching Methods: task-based, students-centered,
4、 equipment-aided.Learning Methods: co-operation, exploration study.Teaching materials: Reading (1)in unit 4Teaching procedures: Step 1. Warming up Ss discuss and answer some questions:1. Which of the following may cause people the greatest damage?A. earthquake B. typhoon C. flood D. drought2.Imagine
5、 your home begins to shake and you must leave it right away. You have time to take only one thing. What will you take? Why?Step 2. Pre-readingSs discuss and answer:1. Do you know what would happen before an earthquake?2. What can we do to keep ourselves safe from an earthquake?3. Do you know anythin
6、g about Tangshan Earthquake in 1976?Step 3. Reading 1. Skimming and find the answers to the following questions:a. What happened?b. When and where did it happen?2. Ss read again and fill in the following form:Time What happenedBefore the earthquakeWells:Animals:Lights and sound:Water pipes:While the
7、 earthquakeHouses, roads and canals:Hard hills of rock:The large city:The people:After the earthquakeHospitals, factories and buildings:The ground:Dams:Railway tracks:Animals:Wells:3. Ss read the whole passage again and get the main ideas of each part:Part 1. The natural signs of a coming earthquake
8、Part 2. The damage of the city after the earthquakePart 3. The help to the survivorsStep 4. Discussion1. Ss in pairs, choose eight things from the list on page 67 to put into their personal earthquake bag.2. now join with another pair and discuss your choices. Make another list of items and put them
9、 into the following list:my personal earthquake bag will contain:1)._ 2). _ 3). _ 4). _5)._ 6)._ _ 7). _ 8). _Step 5. Assignment. writing task My earthquake plan1st thing I must do:2nd thing I must do:3rd thing I must do:Any other advice you think useful:If you are outside, you:If you are in the living room, you:If you are in the house alone, you:
