1、Unit 22 The Sixth Period 教学案Teaching goals教学目标1. Target language目标语言 a. 重点词汇和短语 typhoon， grand， scale， changeable， thunderstorm， rainfall， irrigation， arm， rough， quake， offshore， catastrophe， separation， means， construct， shabby， clay， brick， slip， slide， mountainous， howl， flee， potential， roll， r
2、esult in， earn ones livingb. 重点句子 Nature is turning on us！A number of nations have already been in armed conflict over water， and reduced rainfall in the west of the US has resulted in huge forest fires.2. Ability goals能力目标 Enable students to complete texts with sentence gaps.Enable students to use
3、the vocabulary of natural disasters.3. Learning ability goals 学能目标 Help students to learn about reading strategies for completing texts with sentence gaps. Teaching important points教学重点Completing texts with sentence gapsPracticing using the vocabulary of natural disastersTeaching difficult points 教学
4、难点Reading strategies: Completing texts with sentence gaps.Teaching methods教学方法 Reading， explaining， practicingTeaching aids教具准备The multi-computerTeaching procedures & ways教学过程与方式 Step I Leading inBy doing a quick quiz about disaster stimulate students interest in the topic: Natural Disasters.T: T: G
5、ood morning /afternoon， class！Ss: Good morning/ afternoon， Mr. /MsT: Who would like to list some disasters？Ss: Droughts， earthquakes， floods， forest fires， hurricanes， landslide， tsunamis， typhoons， volcanic eruptions， T: Good. (Show the following on the PowerPoint.) Please look at the following and
6、 do the quiz and see how much you know about disasters. It doesnt matter whether your answers are wrong or correct. Try to learn something from the quiz. 1. Which one is NOT a natural disaster？FloodTornadoHurricaneBreaking your legEarthquakeWildfire2. What is the name of floods that happen very quic
7、kly？Flashfloods (a sudden local flood of great volume and short duration)Quick floodsFlood n fastWater world3. True or false: Its OK to touch and drink flood waters.TrueFalse4. What is an earthquake？The Turtle TaleShaking， rolling or a sudden shock of the earths surfaceHigh winds and seasSame as ele
8、ctrocution5. What should you do during an earthquake？Run outsideGet in bedDrop and coverTake a vacation1.What is an aftershock？Static electricityA candy barA new shoe by NikeA smaller earthquake that follows the main earthquake7. Tornadoes have what kind of a shape？FunnelSquareHeart-shapedRed8. If a
9、 tornado is coming， what should you do？Drive awaySeek shelter underground if possible or in a room on the first floor without windowsGo swimmingFly a kite9. How many hurricane categories are there？TwoSevenFiveTen10. When is the official hurricane season？June 1 to November 30First week of schoolAll y
10、ear199611. What is good protection for windows during a hurricane？Masking tapeOld Halloween masksStorm shuttersGlue12. True or false: During a fire， you should stay low to the ground where there is less smoke.TrueFalse13. If you go out in the cold， you should dress in:Bathing suitLayersHula skirtAlu
11、minum foil14. What is a tsunami？A series of waves that follow an underground disturbanceA kind of raw tunaA type of Asian self defenseA disaster involving tainted sushi15. If you live near a volcano what special items should you have in your family disaster supply kit？Swim trunksComic booksGoggles a
12、nd throw-away breathing maskSpecial lava shields16. True or false: You can walk faster than a mudflow.TrueFalseSuggested answers:1. Breaking your leg 2. Flashfloods 3. False 4. Shaking， rolling or a sudden shock of the earths surface 5. Drop and cover 6. A smaller earthquake that follows the main ea
13、rthquake 7. Funnel 8. Seek shelter underground if possible or in a room on the first floor without windows 9. Five 10. June 1 to November 30 11. Storm shutters 12. True 13. Layers 14. A series of waves that follow an underground disturbance 15. Goggles and throw-away breathing mask 16. FalseT: Which
14、 of the disasters do you think are:caused by people？made worse by people？natural？Please discuss in groups first. Then scan the text to see if your answers are correct. Dont worry about the gaps. Try to scan the information you need.After students finish scanning the information they need， show the s
15、uggested answers on the PowerPoint.Suggested answers:caused by people forest firesmade worse by people hurricanesnatural droughts， earthquakes， floods， forest fires， hurricanes， landslide， tsunamis， typhoons， volcanic eruptions Step II Reading StrategiesRead to learnBefore dealing with reading， ask
16、students to read the reading strategies individually and teachers explains the strategies to students. T: In this class we are going to learn Lesson 3. Before reading the text， lets learn the reading strategies: Completing texts with sentence gaps. Please read the strategies aloud.After learning the
17、 reading strategies， ask students to skim the text and do Ex3 on Page 10. Step III Reading Deal with Ex3.Ask students to work individually， reading the text and using the strategies to complete the gaps in the text. Remind students there are two extra sentences that they do not need. Six minutes lat
18、er check the answers with the whole class.Deal with Ex4.Ask students to read the text carefully and answer the questions in Ex 4 on Page 11. Students may compare their answers to the other group members. Then check the answers with the whole class.SummaryT: From the text we learn that nature is turn
19、ing on us. The last few years have seen environmental disasters on a grand scale， and experts are predicting far worse to come. In the text Jin Li explains why nature is beginning to turn on us. Step IV ExplanationDuring this procedure Teacher will play the tape for students. Students will underline
20、 the difficult sentences. After listening to the tape， Teacher will explain the text and deal with language problems. T: Now we will deal with some difficult language focuses. Now I will play the tape for you. Please make marks where you have difficulties.After listening to the tape， explain the dif
21、ficult sentences to students. Before explaining the difficult points， students are asked to refer to the notes to the text on Pages 114-115. T: After we learn the text， Id like you to explain the title “Nature is turning on us”.S1: “turn on” means “become hostile towards”. From the text we learn tha
22、t because of human activities， there have been climate changes and many natural disasters have brought great damages. Human beings have been punished for what they have done to the environment/ nature.T: Who will give us some examples with the phrase “turn on”？S2: His normally placid (good-tempered)
23、 dog turned on him and bit him in the leg.S3: Why are you all turning on me (ie criticizing or blaming me)？ S4: I tried to help her stand up but she turned on me， shouting Get off， you bitch！.T: Good！ Do you have any difficulties with the text？S1:Could you please explain the sentence to us：A large n
24、umber of nations have already been in armed conflict over water， and reduced rainfall in the west of the US has resulted in huge forest fire.T: As we know， many parts of the world are becoming drier. In order to get water， some nations even fight each other using arms. Because there isnt enough rain
25、fall， there are many forest fires in the west of the US. In the sentences， there are several phrases “armed conflict”， “a number of” and “result in”. Please look at some examples on the PowerPoint.(Show the following on the PowerPoint.)1. In the last decade， 2 million children have died as a direct
26、result of armed conflict. At least 6 million children have been permanently disabled or seriously injured and more than 1 million children have been orphaned or separated from their families due to armed conflict.2. Quite a number of (Many) world famous paintings are on show in this exhibition.A num
27、ber of (A lot of) cables are needed in this project.3. A diet with no exercise is bad for the health， because it will result in a loss of both fat and muscle tissue.Stress and tiredness often result in a lack of concentration.T: Do you have any other questions？Ss: No.T: If you dont have any other qu
28、estions， please sum up the phrases and useful expressions in the text. Then we will deal with the vocabulary exercises. Step V PracticeDeal with Ex5 on Page 57.Ask students to match the definitions (a-i) with the phrasal verbs in italics in the sentences (1-9). Students do the exercises individually. Three minutes later， check the answers with the whole class.Deal with Ex 4 on Page 57.Step VI Homework1. Learn more about natural disasters and how to protect the environment.2. Finish Ex1 in Word Power on Page 62.3. Finish Focus on Reading exercises.
