高中英语教学设计(全英语)
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高中英语教学设计
课 题：unit4 Earthquakes
A NIGHT THE
EARTH DIDN’T SLEEP(READING)
(NEW SENIOR
ENGLISH FOR CHINA STUDENT’S BOOK 1)
设计教师：张强
工作单位：兴城2高中
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Unit4 Earthquake- reading
[Teaching design]
ng goals（教学目标）:
Knowledge aims（知识目标）: To get the students to
understand
the text and complete the task
given and to use the knowledge
they have
learned to communicate with classmates freely.
Ability aims（能力目标）:
1). To develop
students’ ability of observation, analysis and
imagination in the process of learning this
passage.
2). To help students to strengthen
their memory and to improve
their ability of
thinking and comprehension.
3). To stimulate
students’ creativity.
Emotional aims（情感目标）:
1). To get the students know damages
earthquakes bring about
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and the ways to
reduce losses of earthquakes.
2). To get the
students to know how to protect oneself and help
others in earthquakes.
3). To get the
students to be aware of terrible disasters,
meanwhile get them to face it in a proper way,
and never get
discouraged.
ng important
points（教学重点）:
1). To get the students to
know basic knowledge about natural
disasters.
2). To get the students to
learn about TangShan Earthquake
3). To get the
students to learn different reading skills.
ng
difficult points（教学难点）:
To develop the
students’ reading ability.
4. Design
thinking（教学反思）：
The reading passage A NIGHT
THE EARTH DIDN’T
SLEEP is the high light of
the whole unit. It lays emphasis on
reading
and understanding.
In order to stimulate
students’ learning enthusiasm, I use
some
flashes,pictures and words to lead them in: ①first
I used
PPT to show students a cartoon figure
called “Mr. Nature” and
show some pictures of
disasters to let students recognize them,
thus
can develop students’ interest in learning by
adding a
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human
element to the natural world.②Ask students whether
they have experienced an earthquake to improve
their
understanding of the causes of
earthquakes.③ let the students
discuss the
warning signs before an earthquake and enable them
to realize these strange signs in order to get
ready to avoid
unnecessary losses. Finally let
the students look at the title A
NIGHT THE
EARTH DIDN’T SLEEP and understand the
meaning
of it.
In the part of fast-reading, I list
some new words in this
unit and paraphrase
them in English to improve the thinking
ability of the students. Then skim the passage
and answer a few
questions which are not very
difficult to them to arouse their
interest in
learning .
While reading intensively, I make
the students listen to the
tape in the process
of reading so as to achieve the unity of
listening and reading. Intensive reading is
divided into three
parts: true or false,fill
in the forms and retell the passage. True
or
false examines students’ understanding of the
article. Fill in
the forms is a supplement to
the right and wrong. Retell the
passage
requests the students to combine with what they
wrote
in the form, thus can improve students’
oral English. Meanwhile,
I play the part of
the movie of TangShan Earthquake directed by
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Feng Xiaogang to
make the students feel the havoc of the
earthquakes and deepen the understanding of
the content to
arouse students’ interest in
the text.
The part of post reading was based
on the comprehension
of the passage. Students
can not only improve their ability of
communication ,but also gain knowledge of
protecting
themselves from various kinds of
disasters by discussion and
interviews. These
activities can cultivate the students’ patriotic
feelings and draw a satisfactory full stop for
this class.
ng methods（教学方法）:
1). Task-
based teaching and learning
2). Cooperative
learning
3). Dicussion
ng
procedure（教学过程）：
Step 1 Leading-in 导入
Show some pictures to the students.
Teacher: First let’s get to know the
man, who is called Mr.
Nature. He is very
emotional. When he is happy, he stays calm and
shows us beautiful natural scenery. But when
he gets angry, he
becomes a troublemaker and
causes many natural disasters. Can you
name
the following natural disasters?
Suggested answers: Flood, drought, fire, volcano,
typhoon,
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tornado, rock-mud flow, snows-slide,
earthquake
Teacher: As we all know, an
earthquake is a kind of common
disasters. It
can cause great damage to people. Have you ever
experienced an earthquake?
(Students’
answers)
Teacher: Can you describe
your feelings at that time?
(Students’
answers)
Teacher: Why does an
earthquake happen?
Suggested answers:
Scientists believe that the surface of the
earth is covered by a number of moving plates
such as the Pacific
plate, the Indian plate,
the Eurasian plate, and so on. Sometimes two
plates move towards and push against each
other. Sometimes they
stop for years but at
other times they jump and an earthquake is felt.
An earthquake is the result of the movement of
these plates.
Teacher: We know China is a
country where many earthquakes
happen. Why
does China have a lot of earthquakes?
Suggested answers: Because the Pacific plate is
pushing China
from the east and the Indian
plate is pushing China from the
southwest. The
power of this movement created the Himalayas and
Mount Qomolangma. It now causes earthquakes in
China. Take the
Wenchuan earthquake for
example, the Indian plate moved
northwards and
put pressure on the Eurasian plate. It led to the
rise
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of the
Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Then the risen Qinghai-
Tibet Plateau
moved eastwards and put pressure
on Sichuan Basin. At last, the
Wenchuan
earthquake happened. Wenchuan is located on solid
rock
of the active earthquake belt, which
makes the quake spread very far.
It was felt
in many provinces in China, including Shanxi
Province.
Teacher: Usually we can see dark
clods in the sky before rain. Dark
clouds are
a sign of rain. Similarly, something unusual often
happens
before an earthquake. What do you
think will happen before an
earthquake?
Suggested answers: There are bright lights in the
sky. Chickens
are flying and dogs are barking,
and pigs and cows are too nervous
to eat. Fish
jump out of the pond, and mice ran widely out of
the
fields. The well has deep cracks in it and
the water in it rises and
falls.
Teacher: If we can read these signs from nature,
it’s very useful
for us to make good
preparations for the coming disaster. Ok. 34
years ago, a strong earthquake hit Tangshan
city and destroyed
everything. Now let’s learn
about the terrible earthquake. Turn to
page
26. Look at the reading passage—A Night the Earth
Didn’t
Sleep. What information does the writer
try to give us through the
title? What does
the title mean?
Suggested answers: “The earth
didn’t sleep” means the earth was
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active or the
earth shook. “A Night the Earth Didn’t Sleep” is a
poetic way of saying that an earthquake
happened at night. The title
attracts people’s
attention.
Step 2 Fast reading
Read the
text quickly and try to finish the following
exercises.
A. New words or phrases
burst: break open because of pressure from inside
at an end: finished
nation: all
the people in the country
steam: gas that
hot water gives out
in ruins: destroyed
extreme: very great in degree
useless: of no use
shocked: surprised
very much
rescue: save somebody or
something from danger
shelter: a place
that protects you from the weather or danger
B. Questions
1. When did the Tangshan
earthquake happen?
Suggested answers:
The earthquake happened at 3:42 am on
July 28,
1976.
2. How many people were killed
or injured in the earthquake?
Suggested answers: More than 400, 000 people were
killed or
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injured in the earthquake.
3.
Was all hope lost? How did the army help the
people there
after the earthquake?
Suggested answers: No, all hope was not lost. The
army sent
150,000 soldiers to Tangshan to help
the rescue workers. The army
organized teams
to dig out those who were trapped and to bury the
dead.
C. Structure of the text
1. Match the paragraphs in the right
column with their headings
in the left column.
There is one extra heading which you do not need.
2. Divide the text into 3 parts and
find out the time of each part.
Step 3
Careful reading
Listen to the tape and
do the following tasks.
1. True or
false
① People in Tangshan were
warned of the earthquake and
didn’t go to bed
that night. (F)
② People in Beijing
also felt the earthquake. (T)
③ One-
third of the nation died or were injured during
the
earthquake. (F)
④ Two dams
fell and a few bridges also fell or were not safe
for traveling. (F)
⑤ Later that
afternoon, another big earthquake which was
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much stronger
than the first one shook Tangshan. (F)
⑥ Soon after the quakes, many soldiers were sent
to Tangshan
to help the rescue workers. (T)
⑦ Slowly, the city of Tangshan began to
recover from the
earthquake. (T)
2. Fill in blanks of the form according to the
text.
Time Events Result
Before the Tangshan earthquake
3 days
before the earthquake well water: rose and fell
well walls: had deep cracks
a smelly gas: came out of the cracks
Animals’ unusual behaviors
chickens
and pigs: too nervous to eat
mice: ran
out of the fields
fish: jumped out of
their bowls and ponds
People of the
city thought little of these events and were
asleep
as usual that night.
at
about 3 am on July 28, 1976 saw: bright lights in
the sky
heard: the sound of planes
water pipes: cracked and burst
During the Tangshan earthquake
at
3:42 am on July 28, 1976 Felt:
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Everything began to shake
It was
felt in Beijing more than 200km away.
One-third of the nation felt it.
Saw:
a huge crack which was 8 km long and
30m wide
Steam burst from holes in
the ground.
hard hills of rock:
became rivers of dirt
the large
city: lay in ruins in 15 seconds
bricks: covered the ground
two dams
and most of the bridges: fell
railway tracks: useless Great damages
Everything was destroyed.
All the
hospitals, 75% of its factories and buildings and
90% of
its homes were gone.
More
than 400,000 people were killed or injured.
later that afternoon another earthquake happened
some rescue workers and doctors
were trapped under the ruins
more
buildings: fell
water, food and
electricity: were hard to get
After
the Tangshan earthquake all hope: was not lost
the army: sent 15,000 soldiers to help
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workers:
built shelters for survivors
fresh
water: was also taken to the city Slowly, the
city began
to breathe again.
3.
Retell the text according to the form.
Step 4
Post-reading
Discussion
1. Is it difficult or easy to predict earthquakes?
Can we stop
earthquakes?
2. What
shall we do or not do if an earthquake happens?
Give students some statements and ask
them decide which is
safe and which is
dangerous.
Stay in a small room, such
as kitchen or bathroom.
Stay on the
balcony.
Jump out of the tall
buildings.
If you haven’t enough time
to escape, you may stand close to
the inside
wall with something covering on the head.
Use the life.
If you stay in the open
air, keep off the tall building, and go to
the
fields without trees.
Stand close to the
windows.
Hide under a piece of heavy
furniture.
3. What will you do if you
hear the news that big earthquakes
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happen in other
places?
B. Interview
Work in pairs. Suppose you are a newspaper
reporter, and
the other is a survivor from the
Tangshan earthquake. Now the
newspaper
reporter is interviewing the survivor. Please act
the
interview out.
Step 5 Assignment
1. Write a summary of the text.
2. If you want to know more about earthquakes, you
can search
the Internet.
ider after
teaching（教学反思）：
This class is good as a whole.
I use a variety of pictures and
short films
about the earthquakes to let the students have an
intuitive knowledge of the earthquakes. While
looking at the
photos and videos, students had
a heated debate related to the
earthquakes and
this can greatly mobilize the students’ learning
enthusiasm.
Students learned a lot of
common sense about the
earthquakes as well as
some ability to escape during an
earthquake in
the atmosphere of pleasant learning. When I dealt
with teaching materials, the concept of new
curriculum reform is
included—— I deleted the
second question in Pre-reading and
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added a question
about: how to protect ourselves when faced
with an earthquake. Before dealing with the
passage, I let the
students to think how to
write this article themselves if the topic
was
given to them and this greatly cultivate the
students’
divergent thinking.