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　　unit 4 earthquakes
　　the first period
　　knowledge:
　　learn and master the new words and expressions in this period.
　　words:
　　ability:
　　1.train the students’ listening ability.
　　2.train the students’ listening ability.
　　3.train the students’ ability to use the internet to search for some useful information.
　　4.train the students’ ability to cooperate with others.
　　emotion:
　　1.know the damage that an earthquake
　　2.know the ways to reduce the losses of an earthquake.
　　teaching important points
　　train the students’ speaking ability by describing, talking and discussion.
　　difficulties:
　　train the students’ listening ability.
　　step1 warming-up
　　t: do you know what happened in the indian ocean at the end of last year? it shocked or we can say frightened the whole world.
　　s: a terrible tsunami broke out there on 26th december. more than 200 000 people were killed.
　　t: yes. it is said that it is the biggest in the fore decades. a tsunami is an undersea earthquake. then have you heard of any land earthquakes? would you please list some?
　　s: we can often hear that earthquakes occur in japan. in 1906, an earthquake struck san francisco, usa. about 700 people died in the earthquake and the fires. and as many as 250 000 people lost homes.
　　t: but do you know any famous earthquakes that happened in our county?
　　s: the tangshan earthquake that happened in 1976.
　　t: can you tell me what mighty happen in an earthquake? you may look at the two pictures on page 25.
　　step 2 listening
　　t: before we learn the passage about an earthquake, let’s first know why there are earthquakes in the world. so let’s do some listening on page 62. listen to the tape for the first time and try to get a general idea of the passage.
　　listen to the tape and check the answers.( it is about the cause of earthquakes and how we can reduce losses from them.)
　　t: listen to the tape for the second time and judge whether the statements in part 1 are true of false.
　　t: let’s check the answers. listen again and try to correct the statements that are false.
　　t: listen again and try to complete the table in part 2.
　　a few minutes later, check the answers.
　　step 3 homework
　　1.preview the reading passage on page 26 and do exercise i in the part ＂learning about language＂.
　　2.ask the to look for more ways of reducing losses from earthquakes. the students can go to the library or use the internet to search for information. after searching for the information, each group should make a poster, informing people how to reduce the losses of an earthquake.
　　record after teaching :
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　　the second period
　　knowledge:
　　learn some new, phrases and some new sentence patterns.
　　ability:
　　1.learn some detailed information about an earthquake.
　　2.improve the students’ reading ability.
　　3.train the students’ ability to grasp key information while listening.
　　4.train the students’ speaking ability.
　　emotion:
　　1.train the students’ ability to cooperate with others.
　　2.know the deadliness of an earthquake and the signs before an earthquake is coming.
　　3.learn from the bravery of people in tangshan to face the reality and rebuild the city.
　　teaching important points:
　　1 the new words and expressions.
　　2. learn some detailed information about an earthquake.
　　3. train the students’ ability to cooperate with others.
　　4. train the students’ speaking ability.
　　teaching difficulties:
　　1 words: shake, burst, rise, destroy, shock, fresh, injure
　　2. phrases: right away, at an end
　　3. sentence patterns:
　　(1) it seemed/ seems that…
　　(2) the number of sb./sth. reached/reaches…
　　(3)all hope was not lost.
　　4. improve the students’ reading ability.
　　5. train the students’ ability to grasp key information while listening
　　teaching procedures:
　　step 1 pre-reading
　　t: suppose you are warned of a coming earthquake. now you have time to take only one thing. tell your partner what you will take and the reason.
　　t: if an earthquake is around the corner, there must be some abnormal phenomena. carefully look at the four pictures on page 25 and try to describe what you have seen.
　　step2 listening
　　t: everyone knows that an earthquake is very terrible. today, we will learn something about the strongest earthquake in china’s history, which happened in tangshan, hebei, in 1976. first listen to the tape with your textbooks closed and check whether the following statements are true or false. if it is false, try to correct it.
　　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.more than 400 000 people were killed in the quake. (f)
　　4.many rescue workers and doctors were trapped under the ruins during the aftershock. (t)
　　5.people tried to get fresh water from under the ground in tangshan. (f)
　　step 3 reading
　　1.finish part 1-2 in comprehending on page 27.
　　2.finish part 3 in comprehending on page 27.
　　3.read the passage again to get important information about tangshan earthquake and fill in the blanks. ( 百思英语 page 44 )
　　step 4 speaking or reading aloud
　　if your students are good at english, ask them to do this exercise:
　　suppose one of you was a newspaper reporter, and the other was a witness of the 1976 tangshan earthquake. now the newspaper reporter is asking the witness some questions. work in pairs please.
　　if your students are very poor in english, ask them to do this exercise:
　　play the tape for the students to listen and follow in order to let them know how to read the text.
　　step 5 homework
　　1.read the text several times.
　　2.do exercise 3 on page 28.
　　3.do exercise 2 on page 28 in the exercise book and hang it in tomorrow.
　　4.learn some words and phrases in this unit and make some sentences with them. ( ss’ book, page 82-84)
　　record after teaching :
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　　the third period
　　knowledge:
　　1.words: crack, burst, ruin, injure, destroy, shock, last
　　2.phrases: at an end, right away, dig out
　　3.sentence patterns:
　　all hope was not lost.
　　ability:
　　1.train the students’ ability to read different numbers in english.
　　2.learn the usage of some difficult words and expressions.
　　3.train the students’ ability to remove the difficulties while reading.
　　emotion:
　　1.train the students’ ability to cooperate with others.
　　2.know the deadliness of an earthquake and the signs before an earthquake is coming.
　　3.learn from the bravery of people in tangshan to face the reality and rebuild the city.
　　teaching important points:
　　1.train the students’ ability to read different numbers in english.
　　2.train the students’ ability to cooperate with others.
　　teaching difficulties:
　　1.the explanation of some difficult words and expressions.
　　2.train the students’ ability to remove the difficulties while reading.
　　teaching procedures:
　　step 1 revision
　　1.t: in the last period , we learned something about the terrible tangshan earthquake in 1976, which is the deadliest earthquake in china’s history. now i am going to ask you some questions based on the reading passage.
　　(1)what did people in tangshan see in the sky before the earthquake?
　　(2)what did people notice in the wells?
　　(3)did people pay any attention to these abnormal phenomena?
　　(4)when did the earthquake begin?
　　(5)were there any aftershocks?
　　(6)did the survivors deny the city and go to live in other places?
　　2. check the homework (ex2 on p28). ask them to recite it after class.
　　step 2 learning about numbers
　　turn to page 28 and look at part 3. match each word to the number that has the same meaning. allow the students several minutes to finish the task. check the answers.
　　step 3 important points
　　ask the students to turn to page 82. ask some students to make some sentences with the words or phrases. deal with some difficulties. you can add more phrases.
　　step 4 homework
　　in order to master the usage of these words and expressions, please do some related exercises.
　　1.finish off the two parts in using words and expressions on page 63.
　　2.translate the sentences on page 63 into english. write the english sentences in one of your exercise book and hand it in tomorrow.
　　record after teaching :
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　　the fourth period
　　knowledge:
　　1.learn the attributive clause.
　　2.learn the difference between relative pronouns for the attributive clauses.
　　ability:
　　1.learn to choose the correct relative pronouns for the attributive clauses.
　　2.train the students’ ability to report what others have said.
　　emotion;
　　train the students’ ability to cooperate with each other.
　　teaching important points:
　　1.learn the attributive clause.
　　2.train the students’ ability to report what others have said.
　　teaching difficulties:
　　learn to choose the correct relative pronouns for the attributive clauses.
　　teaching procedures:
　　step 1 revision
　　check the homework exercises.
　　step 2 grammar
　　( the teacher writes the sentence ＂ workers built shelters for survivors whose homes had been destroyed.＂ on the blackboard before class begins.)
　　t: please look at the sentence on the blackboard, paying special attention to the underlined part. what kind of clause is it?
　　ss: the attributive clause.
　　t: yes. the attributive clause tells us which person or thing (or what kind of person or thing ) the speaker means.
　　e.g. the woman who lives next door is a teacher.
　　a sentence with an attributive clause contains two shorter sentences. in the sentence above, the two short sentences are: ＂ the woman is a teacher.＂ and ＂ the woman lives next door.＂ the attributive clause is the answer to the question: which woman is a teacher?
　　would you try to pide the sample sentence on the blackboard into two short sentences?
　　t: that’s right. now try to find all the sentences with attributive clauses in the reading passage and pide each sentence into two short sentences.
　　t: next i will say something about the common relative pronouns.
　　＂who＂ is used for people. ＂which＂ is used for things. ＂that＂ is used for things or people. ＂whose＂ is used instead of his/her/their/somebody’s. ＂whom＂ is quite formal, and in most cases it is all right to use who instead. but when whom has a preposition before it, it cannot be replaced by who.
　　step 3 practice
　　1. now look at part 2 in discovering useful structures on page 28. try to complete each sentence using that, which, who, or whose.
　　let the students do this exercise and check the answers.
　　2.do more exercises in ex 3 on page51 in《导学》
　　step 4 homework
　　after class, read the passage on page 64. it’s about advice on how to protect your home from an earthquake. complete the sentences below, using who, whom, which, that or whose.
　　record after teaching;
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　　the fifth period
　　knowledge:
　　1.know how to write a speech.
　　2.know how to write a newspaper story.
　　ability:
　　1.train the students’ speaking ability.
　　2.train the students’ ability to search for doing something.
　　3.train the students’ ability to do things step by step.
　　emotion:
　　1.honor the great people of tangshan.
　　2.learn to cooperate to each other.
　　teaching important points:
　　1.train the students’ speaking ability.
　　2.train the students’ ability to search for doing something.
　　teaching difficulties:
　　1.know how to write a speech.
　　2.know how to write a newspaper story.
　　3.learn to cooperate to each other.
　　teaching procedures:
　　step 1 revision
　　t: in the last period, we learned the attributive clause and how to choose a proper relative pronoun. now let’s check your homework exercises. please open your textbooks and turn to page 64. look at part 1 in using structures. i will ask some of you to read the sentences out.
　　(the teacher corrects mistakes if there are any.)
　　step 2 reading and writing
　　t: read the letter on page 29.in the blank at the beginning of the letter, write the last number of the year it is now. then in the blank near the end of the letter, use a number to say how many years ago the quake happened.
　　(after several minutes, the teacher checks the answers with the class.)
　　t: suppose you are the student who was invited to give the speech. what should you include in your speech?
　　(students give their different answers.)
　　t: yes, while writing, don’t forget to contain the information. now i will give you 15 minutes to write the speech. you can follow the points in part 3 on this page.
　　(while the students are writing, the teacher gets around the classroom and helps the students to deal with any difficulties that they have.)
　　(after 15 minutes)
　　t: are there any volunteers to read his or her speech?
　　( if there is nobody, the teacher asks one to read, and give some assessments.)
　　step 3 speaking
　　t: imagine that after your speech, zhangsha asks you to give a short talk about the new stamps about tangshan to honor the city. first, ask and answer the following questions in pairs.
　　(1)what do these stamps show?
　　(2)do you think these stamps are very important and why?
　　(3)will you collect these stamps? why and why not?
　　(after the students ask and answer these questions in pairs.)
　　t: now try to fill in the lines in the little talk. you can use some of the answers to the questions.
　　t: next i will ask one of you to read the little talk.
　　step 4 writing
　　t: by now you have learned writing a speech and a little talk. now you are going to write an article for a newspaper about a special event that happed in your hometown. first, let’s learn some skills of writing newspaper stories. before you write, you should write an outline. this is very useful. today, we will learn how to write an outline. please turn to page 31. read the instructions in bold and pay attention to some questions i prepared to you.
　　q1: why is an outline important?
　　q2: what should an outline include?
　　q3: why is a headline important?
　　q4: what are the steps to finish a newspaper story?
　　q5: what is the feature of a newspaper story?
　　suggested answers:
　　1.because an outline will prepare you to write a better story.
　　2.a good outline should have a headline, a list of main ideas and a list of important details.
　　3.a headline can tell the readers what the topic is, so it can attract the readers’ attention since the reader may not have bought the newspaper before they read the headline.
　　4.first, organize the main ideas. next, put some details into each paragraph.
　　5.a newspaper story gives the most important news first and the least important news last.
　　t: now let’s read the example of a newspaper story. try to find the headline, main idea and details of each paragraph. you may work in groups of three.
　　(after several minutes, the teacher asks the students the following questions :)
　　q1: what is the headline of the newspaper story?
　　q2: what is the main idea?
　　q3: what is the detailed information?
　　t: now turn to page 32 and check your main ideals and detailed information.
　　step 5 homework
　　t: so now you know how to write a passage step by step. prepare the outline for a short newspaper story for china daily. use the example to help you to organize your outline. you can first have a discussion with your partner and decide which event you will write about. try to write down the title, main ideas and detailed information. then put them into a short passage.
　　record after teaching:
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　　the sixth period
　　knowledge:
　　learn a passage about the san francisco earthquake
　　ability:
　　1. learn to compare two similar passages.
　　2. train the students’ listening ability.
　　emotion:
　　1. learn to cooperate with others.
　　2. learn from the bravery of the people of san francisco to face the reality.
　　teaching important points:
　　1.train the students’ listening ability.
　　2. learn a passage about the san francisco earthquake
　　teaching difficulties:
　　learn to compare two similar passages.
　　teaching procedures:
　　step 1 revision
　　t: in the second period of this unit, you learnt some detailed information about the tangshan eearthquake. can you use several sentences to summarize the passage?
　　s: let me have a try. the terrible earthquake struck the city of tangshan while people were sleeping. more than 400 000 people were killed or injured in the quake. after the quake, people found nearly everything was destroyed. but people in tangshan didn’t lose heart. they rebuilt the city with the help of soldiers.
　　t: quite good.
　　step 2 reading and comparing
　　t: in the first period, we also talked about the earthquakes that happened in san francisco. today, we will learn a passage titled ＂the story of an eyewitness＂, which is about the san francisco earthquake in 1906. it was written by jake london, who was a famous american writer.
　　t: first read the passage carefully. while reading, please think about the following questions:
　　(1)how did the author feel about the earthquake?
　　(2)how did the author feel about the people of san francisco?
　　(ss read the passage, then the teacher asks someone to give their answers and checks the answers)
　　(answers will vary.)
　　t: quite good. you can keep your own answers as long as you think they are reasonable and you can find proofs from the passage.
　　read the first paragraph in this passage .then go back and read again the first paragraph of the passage on page 26. compare the ways both writers give you details about the earthquakes. try to finish the 4 exercises on page 66. you may discuss in group of three.
　　(ss read the two passage and finish the exercises.)
　　(then the teacher checks the answers.)
　　t: next i will play the tape of this passage for you to listen. please pay special attention to the intonation.
　　(after listening.)
　　t: now i will give you several minutes to read the third paragraph with feelings.
　　step 3 listening
　　t: just now we learned a passage written by an eyewitness about the terrible san francisco earthquake in 1906. now we will listen to a story told by a man who was a survivor of the earthquake. listen to the tape the first time, and try to tell whether the statements in part 1 are true or false.
　　(teacher plays the tape for the students to listen and finish the task.)
　　(after listening, the teacher checks the answers with the class.)
　　t: now let’s listen to the tape again and try to answer the questions in part 2.
　　(after listening, the teacher checks the answers)
　　t: while listening to the tape, you should not only pay attention to the contents, but also the pronunciation and intonation. the sentences in part 3 show us the sequence. i will play the tape again, you should mark liaison and incomplete explosion in these sentences. then practice reading them aloud.
　　step 4 homework
　　t: in this class we read and listened to two stories ,both of which are about the 1906 san francisco earthquake. the stories are true and were written for the museum of the city of san francisco. the museum has many such personal accounts and photos at http://www.sfmuseum.org/1906/06.html. if you are interested in them, you can surf in the site i’ve given to you.
　　record after teaching:
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　　the seventh period
　　knowledge:
　　1.learn how to make an earthquake plan.
　　2.learn what to contain in a personal earthquake bag.
　　ability:
　　1.train the students’ listening ability.
　　2.train the students’ speaking ability.
　　3.learn to find reasons for their choices.
　　4.learn to sum up what they have learned in the unit.
　　emotion:
　　learn to cooperate with others.
　　teaching important points:
　　1. train the students’ listening ability.
　　2. train the students’ speaking ability.
　　teaching difficulties:
　　learn to find reasons for their choices.
　　teaching procedures:
　　step 1 greetings
　　greet the whole class as usual.
　　step 2 listening
　　t: these days earthquakes are always our central topic. we have learned many things about it. up till now, earthquakes are difficult to predict. we can hardly avoid an earthquake. but actually we can do things to reduce the losses of an earthquake. let’s look at the form on page 66 and have a discussion about the earthquake plan with your partner.
　　( ss give their answers)
　　t: what should you do if you are outside?
　　(ss give their answers)
　　t: what should you do if you are in the living room?
　　(different answers)
　　t: what should you do if you are in the house room?
　　(different answers)
　　t: next we are going to listen to the tape and write down the three ＂things＂ that are mentioned.
　　(after listening, teacher checks the answers with the students.)
　　t: then let’s listen again. this time you should write down more details about each of the ＂things＂.
　　(after listening, teacher checks the answers with the class. play the tape again if necessary.)
　　step 3 speaking
　　t: you know every family should have an earthquake bag, in which there are enough things that you can use in case of an earthquake. here we have a list of possible items for the personal earthquake bag. choose only eight things, which you think are the most essential, from the list. they must last you five days. discuss with your partner.
　　(after several minutes.)
　　t: now join another pair and discuss your choices. put all the things you agree on into a final list. discuss the other items explaining your reasons and trying to agree which ones are the most suitable.
　　(after several minutes.)
　　t: each group should choose one representative. now be prepared to present your list to the class and give your reasons for each choice.
　　step 4 learning tip
　　t: in order to learn a language well, you should do a lot of practice, including listening, speaking, reading and writing. only when we understand what is said to us can we have a conversation with somebody. so listening to english is very important. after class, you should listen to the english news on cctv international. you will not only get a lot of information about what is happening around the world, but also improve your listening and learn more english words and expressions. at the same, you will improve your pronunciation and intonation.
　　step 5 summing up
　　t: now let’s sum up what you have learnt in this unit. work with your partner. first write down what you have learned about earthquakes. then write down the verbs, nouns, expressions and new grammar items that you have learned from this unit.
　　step 6 homework
　　1.review unit 4. .
　　2.preview unit 5.
　　record after teaching:
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