1、Module 3 The Violence of Nature Period 1 Vocabulary and Speaking , Function Giving a definitionTeaching Time:Teaching Aims:Knowledge and Skill：a. Get the general information about the violence of nature.b. Using the Attributive Clause to explain words.c. Improve the students ability to give definiti
2、ons of words.d. Know the common enemies of our human being natural disasters and the ways of surviving when one occurs.e. To grasp the usage of the past perfect passive and indirect speech.Emotion and Values：a. Fully realize the characteristics of different natural disasters and the danger they caus
3、ed, improve the confidence of overcoming them, and try to make contributions to the development of the whole society.b. To encourage the Ss to be active and cooperative in the class Cross-cultural awareness:Understand the natural disasters of different area and multi-form intensity of all parts of t
4、he world Character-building:a. To strengthen their confidence of learning well in order to make a better world for our next generation.b. To let them know the ways of keeping them safe when some natural disasters occur.Difficulties and Importance:a. Learn how to definite words, using the Attributive
5、 Clauseb. How to change the direct speech into the indirect ones.c. Improve the students ability of grasping the general idea of the passage. Teaching Method:a. Task-based methodology b. Communicative ApproachTeaching Procedures:Students activitiesStep 1： Warming up Look at the picture and answer th
6、e following questions. Q1. Have you ever heard of the tsunami in 2019?Q2. When and where did it happen?Q3. What kind of damage did it cause?Q4. Can you list some of other natural disasters?Q5. Tsunamis are natural occurrences. Can human beings stop them?Suggested answers:Q1. Yes.Q2. At the end of 20
7、19, a massive earthquake sent tsunami smashing into Indian Ocean coastline. Many heavily populated areas disasters from it.Q3. Sri Lanka , Indonesia , Thailand , India, Malaysia and East Africa destroyed by the monster waves, causing millions of deaths.Q4. Flood, Fire, drought, landslide, earthquake
8、, tornado, hurricane and so on.Q5. No. Tsunamis are a natural occurrence related to the processes that shape the Earths surfaceearthquakes, volcanoes, and landslides. These processes are driven by the heat escaping from the Earth and gravity, and people cannot control these underlying forces.Step 2：
9、Vocabulary LearningMatch the words in the box with their definitions. Flood hurricane lightning thunderstorm tornado1. a lot of water in an area which is usually dry2. a very strong wind or storm3. a lot of rain falling quickly, with loud noises and flashes of light4. the flash of light which happen
10、s during a thunderstorm5. a column of air that turns very quickly.Suggested answers:A flood is a lot of water in an area which is usually dry. A hurricane is a very strong wind and storm. Lightning is the flash of light which occurs during a thunderstorm. A thunderstorm is a lot of rain falling quic
11、kly, with loud noises and flashes of light. A tornado is a column of air that turns very quickly.Step 3 ：FunctionTry to find the common characteristic of the sentences above.Suggested answers:Each sentences gives a definition of a word.The Attributive Clause appears in each sentence.When we give a d
12、efinition of a word, the Attributive Clause is usually necessary and hopeful. Wed better learn to use the structure “A is B that/which”Step 4 ：PracticeGive definitions of the words following the pattern “A is B that/which”.An earthquake a volcanic eruption a plane crashSuggested answers:1. An earthq
13、uake happens when the earth shakes because of movement underground.2. A volcanic eruption is that lava and ash coming out of a volcano.3. A plane crash is that a plane stopping flying and crashing into the earth.Discussion1. Which kind of these natural disasters have ever experienced? Can you descri
14、be it?2. Have you ever read a news story about one of the events? Can you describe it?3. Do you know anything about the events? For example, what causes them?Homework:1. Surf the Internet in order to have a better understanding of natural disasters. 2. Preview the passage in Reading and Vocabulary.Teaching thought:
