Unit4 Earthquake- reading教案

Teaching goals:

1. Target language 目标语言

　　Learn and master the new words and expressions in this period.

2. Ability goals 能力目标

Train the students' reading and speaking ability.

Train the students' ability to use the Internet to search for some useful information.

Train the students' ability to cooperate with others.

Teaching important points:

Train the students' reading ability-skimming and scanning.

Teaching difficult points:

Describe the disasters.

Teaching aids:

CIA课件

Teaching procedures:

Step1. Lead-in

T: We have a visit to the museum of natural disasters, and you have learned about some brief introduction of most disasters. Today, I want to show you round the earthquake department, and I hope you will like it and learn some useful knowledge. Now let's go.

T: At the very beginning, I want to know how much you know about an quake.

Q1: What would you take with you if a quake happened?

Q2: The best way to save yourself is to know there will be a quake before it happens. What kind of signs can tell you that there is a quake?

Q3: What kind of damage can an earthquake cause?

S: buildings are destroyed; people are killed; families are broken...

T: Let's have a look at some pictures of such terrible site. (Pictures of quakes)

T: (The last picture is monument of Tangshan quake.) Do you know what this is?