earthquakes

1、1EarthquakesTHEFIRSTPERIODREADING仙游華僑中學(xué)仙游華僑中學(xué)戴美西戴美西StepI.RevisionCheckthehomewkwiththewholeclass.StepII.WarmingupAskthestudentstoreadtheinstructionsmakesuretheyknowwhattodothenhaveadiscussionaboutthetwopictures.T:Todaybe

2、fewebeginourreadingI’dliketoaskyouaquestion“Whatisthebiggestsoundyouhaveheardinyourlife”S1:ThesoundofwindthatblewinawinternightwhenIwasveryyoung.Itsoundedlikeaghostwhowashowling.Iwasveryfrightenedatthattime.S2:Thebiggest

3、noisewastheonethatIheardwhenmyneighbwasquarrellingwithhiswife.PerhapstheybroketheirTVset.T:That’stooterrible.S3:Thenoisewhenplanestakeoff.S4:Thesoundoftrains.T:Good!Iagreethatallofthemarebigsound.Butdidyouonceheardthesou

4、ndthattheheavenfallstheearthcracksinChineseitis天崩地裂Ss:Nowehavenochancetohearthat.T:IfthereisasoundlikethiswhatisitS5:Whensomeonehearssomethingunexpectedterrible.Fexamplewhenoneofhislovedfamiliesdieshewillfeelthissound.T:

5、Terrific!Youareusingaliterarywaytoexpressthesound.S6:Whenanearthquakehappens.T:Great!Ihavewaitedfthisanswerfalongtime.Todaywe’lllearnsomethingaboutearthquakes.Ithinkmostofushaveheardofearthquakes.Canyouimaginehowterrible

6、itisS7:Theearthisshaking.Allthebuildingswillfalldown.S8:Manypeoplewilldie.perhapsmanychildrenwilllosetheirparents.T:Yeahearthquakesaredisasterstoeverybody.NowlookatthetwopicturesofTangshanSanFrancisco.Canyoudescribewhaty

7、ouseeinthepicturesS1:Tangshanisabeautifulcity.Ithasbeautifulgardensbroadroadssometallbuildings.3sentenceofeachparagraph.Thiscanhelpthemfinishexercise3inComprehension.Itisaboutthemainideaofeachparagraph.Thenaskthemtoreadt

8、hetextagaincarefullytoobtainsomedetails.Befereadingfthesecondtimeshowsomequestionsonthescreenletthestudentsreadthequestionsfirst.Thesequestionscanguidethemtohaveagoodunderstingaboutthetext.TheycanalsomakepreparationsfExs

9、12whichareaboutdetails.SkimmingT:AtfirstI’dliketoreadthetextquicklytogetthegeneralideaofthearticle.Whilereadingyoushouldpayattentiontothesentenceofeachparagraph.T:HaveyougotthegeneralideaofthetextSs:Yes.T:WhatisitS1:Ther

10、eisnoquickanswertothisquestion.AreyousuggestingusthatthegeneralideaisthemixtureofthefirstsentencesofeachparagraphT:Sure.S1:OK.That’seasy.Themainideaofthepassageissomesignsoftheearthquakewhatwouldhappenduringthequake.T:Go

11、odsitdownplease.Infactwhileweareansweringthequestionswehaveinvolvedthesequencethefunctionalitemfthisunit.(Teacherwritesthewdontheblackboard)DoyouunderstthemeaningofthewdSs:No.T:Sequencemeansthederoftheevents.Itcantellusw

12、hicheventhappensfirstwhichhappenslater.DoyouknowthesequencethatisusedinourtextS3:Yes.Atfirstthetexttellsussomethingthathappenedbefethequakethenittellsusthethingsthathappenedduringthequakeatlastittellsusthethingsthathappe

13、nedaftertheearthquake.T:Quiteright!Nowpleaselookatthescreenthesearethefirstsentencesofeachparagraph.Readthemthinkiftheyarethemainideaofthetext.Ifnecessaryyoumaymakesomechangestomakemeexact.Teachershowsthescreengivesalitt