1、在此处键入 导学案导学案 B3U2 Reading 1 B3U2 Reading Natural disasters Learning aims: By the end of this section, students will be able to: 1. read two news reports about how disaster preparations has helped save lives; 2. find good qualities of people in the news in the face of a natural disaster; 3. identify
2、the structure and language characteristics of the news report; 4. understand the significance of making preparations for a natural disaster. Learning steps: Preview 1. disaster _ 2. at large_ 3. reaction _ 4. crash_ 5. signal_ _ 6. orderly_ 7. stair _ 8. roll call_ 9. safe and sound _ 10. procedure_
3、 11. odd _ 12. occur _ 13. relief _ Pre-reading 1.What do you know about the signs of a natural disaster? For example: If the sky turns a sickly shade of green, it is a fairly common indicator for exceptionally severe _. Cats, dogs, and other small creatures are known to get anxious and run away mom
4、ents before an _strikes. Can you list other examples? 2.What would you do during an earthquake? 在此处键入 导学案导学案 B3U2 Reading 2 While reading 1. What is genre of the article? a. news report b. an opinion essay c. narration 2. Please fill in the following table after reading the two news reports accordin
5、g to the structure of the news report. News report 1 News report 2 The lead Para.1:_ _ _ _ Para1: A 10-year-old girl, Sabrina Andron, helped around 100 people escape danger with her knowledge of tsunamis. More detailed information about the event Para_: _ _ _ Para_:_ _ _ Background or supporting inf
6、ormation Para_: _ _ _ Not mentioned. 3. Have students finish A1 and A2 on page 18 4. Read the first news report again and finish the table again What happened Miss Browns reaction Students reaction The floor began to shake She quickly opened the classroom door. They moved under their desks, head fir
7、st, and held on to the legs of the desks Loud crashes of glass breaking and things falling to the ground were heard Shaking stopped A roll call confirmed that all we were safe and sound. (try to think about the good qualities of the head teacher according to her reaction) 5. Read the second news rep
8、ort again and fill in the blank with some adjectives used to describe Sabrinas emotions change during the whole event. At first, she was _enjoying herself on the beach. She must have felt _when she realized that a tsunami was approaching. But soon she kept _and 在此处键入 导学案导学案 B3U2 Reading 3 asked for
9、help. When the officer realized the coming danger, she felt _. Post reading 1. What personalities did Miss Brown and Sabrina show in the disasters? Use details from the news reports to support your opinion. thoughtful(深思熟虑的；体贴的) calm watchful（注意的，警惕的） quick-thinking(反应快的) Miss brown was _when she re
10、membered to open the classroom door during the earthquake. She was calm enough when _. Sabrina was _ when she noticed the strange condition of the sea. She was quick-thinking. Supporting details: _ Can you list other personalities of them? 2. What can be done to prepare for a natural disaster? In th
11、e event of a natural disaster, the following things can be helpful: better warning systems(预警系统) awareness-centered education programmes supply kits（供应包） plans to get people out of the danger area Shelter construction _ 3. What can we learn from the news report? How can we catch the main idea of suc
12、h articles? Summary Pupils lives spared during Falmont earthquake On 17 march, Alice Brown was teaching when the floor began to _. All her students moved under their desks. When the shaking stopped, Miss Brown _ to her students to exist the classroom in a(n) _ line. At last, all the students got to
13、the playground _ because they had practiced a lot before. Girl saves 100 from tsunami On 20 December, when people were enjoying themselves on Goldshore beach, Sabrina, one of them, _something odd. Through some signs, she knew a _ was coming because she had just learnt about it in class. She first _her parents of the danger. Then they talked to an officer who immediately _the danger and cleared the 在此处键入 导学案导学案 B3U2 Reading 4 area in time.
