1、第 1 页 共 3 页 Book 3 Unit 2 Natural disasters Extended reading The Last Days of Pompeii (Excerpt) 一、一、教学目标教学目标 By the end of this section, students will be able to: 1. understand the adaptation of the novel about Pompeii; 2. grasp the main idea of the adaptation; 3. know the destructive power of natur
2、al disasters; 4. appreciate the language style of the author. 二、二、教学重难点教学重难点 1. To read and understand the text; 2. To appreciate the language style of the author. 三、三、教学过程教学过程 步步 骤骤 教学活动教学活动 设计意图设计意图 互动时间互动时间/ /模式模式 Lead-in Step 1 Show students some pictures about the ruins of ancient Pompeii, and
3、ask them the following questions. What do you know about Pompeii? What can you see in the picture? Can you imagine what has happened to the city or the people? 激发学生的学习兴 趣，激活学生已有的相 关知识和经验。 5 Class Work Reading Step 2 Have students read the introduction on Page 25 and get to know about the writer and
4、the background of the excerpt. 了解关于作者及作 品的相关背景知识，为 后面的阅读做铺垫。 2 Individual Work Class Work 第 2 页 共 3 页 What is the novel The Last Days of Pompeii about? Step 3 Have students read the whole excerpt silently and ask them the following question. How many parts can the adaptation be divided into? 划分结构，理清
5、脉 络，帮助学生从宏观上 把握文章结构。 2 Class Work Step 4 Have students read Paragraph 1 again and ask them the following questions. 1. What was the city of Pompeii like before the volcano erupted? 2. What was the evidence of past eruptions of Mount Vesuvius? Have students read Paragraphs 24 again and ask them the f
6、ollowing questions. 1. What did the busy citizens see when they looked upwards? 2. Why did they feel frightened? 3. What did citizens do at the beginning? 4. What changes happened to the cloud a moment later? 5. How did people behave then? Have students read the last paragraph again and ask them the
7、 following questions. 1. What did the city remains look like after it was unearthed? 2. What do the remains of the city remind us of? 进一步梳理细节信 息，提取有关文章主旨 的基本事实性信息，理 清行文脉络。 15 Individual Work Class Work 第 3 页 共 3 页 Step 5 Have students write a summary of the excerpt. Use the ideas in Part A on Page 2
8、6. 通过概要写作进行 语言的输出，进一步深 化对细节的理解与主旨 的把握。 5 Individual Work Step 6 Have students draw a flow chart showing the natural scene of the eruption. 利用思维导图，帮 助学生完成结构和内容 的分析、梳理与归纳， 使思维过程可视化。 5 Individual Work Class Work Appreciation Step 7 Have students read the excerpt again and share their favourite sentence
9、s with peers. 与同伴分享佳句， 有助于培养学生的思辨 和表达能力。 2 Individual Work Step 8 Have students discuss the question in Part B on Page 26. Find out the possible answer and give the evidence. 写作手法分析，帮 助学生深化对文章思想 及文学性的认识，有助 于学生语言能力及思维 品质的培养。 5 Individual Work Pair work Step 9 Have students discuss the questions in Part C on Page 26 and share their opinions in class. 训练学生思维的深 度与发散能力，拓展其 思维空间。 2 Group Work Homework 1. Read the text again and try to retell it. 2. Polish up the summary of the excerpt from the novel. 3. Finish the workbook. 2
