1、人教版高中英語必修一 U4 Earthquakes閱 讀課教學設計（英文詳案含板書）教學內容和章節Book1 Unit4 EarthquakesReading: A night the earth didn t sleep課程類型Reading課時安排40 minsTeaching objectives :Knowledge objectivesBy the end of this class, students will be able to1) know the meaning of some words and sentences: rescue, dig out, damage, la

2、y in ruins, destroy, shelter, all hope was no lost, etc.2) know the signs before the earthquake.3) figure out the reasons why the earthquake caused so many deaths.4) use some adjectives to describe people s feeling.Ability objectivesBy the end of this class, students will be able to1) use reading sk

3、ills of scanning and skimming to find the basic information and the topic sentences of each paragraph.2) analyze the function of numerals.3) know and appreciate two kinds of figure of speech: simile and personification. Emotional objectivesBy the end of this class, students can be able to1) feel peo

4、ple s suffering during the earthquake.Teaching points and difficulties :Teaching points:1) find out the topic sentences of each paragraph.2) analyze the reasons why did the earthquake cause so many deaths.Teaching difficulties:1) analyze the function of numerals2)know and appreciate two kinds of fig

5、ure of speech: simile and personification.Teaching ProceduresPre-readingActivity 1 Brain storming(3mins)Ss figure out some natural disasters according to their common sense and the pictures.T:Good morning, class! Do you know any natural disasters? Can you figure out some words about natural disaster

6、s?S:Earthquake.T:Earthquake, yes. Its a very serious disaster, right? And in this summer vocation, there was an earthquake, a big earthquake, where was it? you know?S:T:Do you know any other natural disasters?S:Typhoon.T:Yes,臺風.You are familiar with typhoon, right? And where and when did it always t

7、ake place?S: In Zhejiang province/in southeast China.T: And when? In which season?S: Summer or autumn.T: Let me show you some pictures about natural disasters. What are they?S:Snow storm/flood/tornado/typhoon/earthquake.T:There are many natural disasters on the earth, right? And today we are going t

8、olearn one of these natural disasters. Now please look at your book,turn to page 26.T:First please look at this picture. Can you tell me what are they doing?S:They are doing some work.T:They are doing some rescue work, right? Do you know rescue?And they are digging out something or some people, do y

9、ou think so?Do you knowdig out?T:So can you guess what disaster happened?S:Earthquake.Notes: To read in to the topic earthquake and to attract students attention and inteWhile readingFast readingActivity 1 scanning&skimming(6mins)Ss read the passage quickly to find the basic information about the ea

10、rthquake and the topic sentences of each paragraph.T:This passage talks about one of the greatest earthquakes in Chinese history. Now please read the passage quickly, find some basic information about the earthquake,in the meanwhile, try to find the topic sentence of each paragraph.When you are read

11、ing, try to circle or underline some keys.(Ss reading)T: Have you finished? OK time s up. XX, can you tell me when did it happen51: At 3:42 am on July 28, 1976.T: Yes good job. And where did it happen? XX, please.we find52: In the countryside of northeast Hebei, Tangshan city.T: Well done. Now let s

12、 see the topic sentences of each paragraph. Where topic sentence usually? The first paragraph.53: Strange things were happening.T: Do you agree with her/him?Ss:Yes.T: And the second paragraph? What s your opinion?54: It seemed as if the world was at an end.T: Do you agree with her/him? Does anyone h

13、ave different opinion?55: In 15 terrible seconds, a large city lay in ruins.T: Oh you think this sentence is the topic sentence. Which one do you agree with? T:OK, actually both of these two sentences can be the topic sentence. Do you think so? They both talk about the general idea of this paragraph

14、. And how the third paragraph? What s your opinion?S6:Everywhere they looked nearly everything was destroyed.T:The second sentence. Why not the first sentence?56: It s just a question.T:Yes that s tAed the last paragraph. Can you say it together?Ss:All hope was not lost.T:Yes that s right.T:So we ca

15、n see that topic sentences can be find at the beginning of every paragrap But not always, right? Sometimes it can be in the middle of the paragraph such as th sentence. From these topic sentence, we can see the general idea of each paragrap For example, paragraph 1, it may talk about some strange th

16、ings. And paragraph 2 and 3, do you know the meaning of these words, at an end, lay in ruins, be destroyed?Ss:成為廢墟、被毀滅。T:So maybe there were some serious results or damages about the earthquake, do think so? And the last paragraph is about the hope, right?Notes: this activity is to train the fast re

17、ading skill of skimming and scanningCareful readingPara.1Activity2 read for details (5mins)Ss read para.1 carefully, tell what strange things happened from 4 aspects and what was people s attitude.T:Now please read paragraph 1 carefully and tell me what strange things happened, you can see from thes

18、e four aspects. Don t forget to underline.(Ss reading)T:Have you found them? Can you tell me what happened to the water.S1:The water in the village wells rose and fell.T:Can you show us the move rose and fellrose and fell?S1:.T:And how about the animals? Could you please.S2:Mice ran out of the field

19、s to look for places to hide.Fish jumped out of their bowls.T:Yes. They were so nervous right? They may feel that something will happen.And what about the sky? What happened in the sky?S3:Some people saw bright lights in the sky at around 3 am.T:Yes. People saw bright lights and heard sounds of plan

20、es. And the last one. How about the well walls and the pipes?S4:Farmers notice that the well walls had deep cracks in them. Smelly gas came out of the cracks. In the city, the water pipes in some buildings cracked and burst.T:Good job. So the wells and pipes cracked and burst. We can see all of thes

21、e things are the signs in which period of earthquake? Before,while, or after?Ss:Before.T:So towards these signs, what was peoples attitude? What was peoples reaction?Can you find a sentence? You can say it together.Ss:But the one million people of the city, who thought little of these events, were a

22、sleep as usual that night.T:Can you use your own words to describe peoples attitude? In English.You can think about what s the meaning of thought little of.S: People paid no attention to all these signs.T: Yes, people paid no attention to these signs. They ignored these signs. So what would happen t

23、o these people as the earthquake began? Lets continue to read.Notes: This activity is design to lead students to careful reading and to make them know the signs.Para.2-3Activity 3 find and analyze (8mins)Ss read para.23 carefully, find out the great damages caused by the earthquake, anc analyze the

24、functions of numerals.T:Lets come to the paragraph 2 and 3. You still remember the topic sentence of this two paragraphs right? Yes, they talked about some damages? So read it carefully and find out what damagesdid the earthquake cause. Findout some examples from the text that talk about the damages

25、. (Ss reading).T:OK, have you finished? XX, have you found some examples?S1:A huge crack that was 8km long and 30m wide cut across houses, roads and canals.T:Yes, can you imagine the distance of eight kilometers?Its just like the distance from here to the south Wenzhou station.And its wider than our

26、 classroom. Do you think so?Do you find any other examples?How about people?How about people? Do you find something?Ss:A huge crack that was 8km long and 30m wide cut across houses, roads and canals.In fifteen terrible seconds a large city lay in ruins.The number of people .reached more than 400,000

27、.All of the citys hospitals, 75% of its factories and buildings and90% of its homes were gone.Half a million pigs and millions of chickens were dead.T:So from these sentences you can see the great damages caused by the earthquake,right?Look at these sentences,canyou find some special words? The auth

28、or use what kind of word to describe the damage?S: Numbers.T:Numbers, right? We called them numerals. So here comes the question, why did the author use so many numerals? He wants to describe the damages in which kind of way?You can think about the functions or characteristics of the numerals.S: To

29、show the earthquakes results directly.T: Good job!And any other opinion? What about you?S: To describe the damage accurately/ in details./ To make the results impressive.T: Well done!Notes: In this activity, Students find out the damages caused by the earthquake and know the function of numerals.Act

30、ivity 4 Discussion(4mins)Students discuss the reasons why did the earthquake cause so many deaths and injures.T: So from these numerals,we know that more than 400,000 people died or were injured, right? Why did this earthquake cause so many deaths and injures?Can you find some reasons? You can talk

31、with your partner. List some reasonsif necessary. Then I will invite some of you to share with us.(Ss discuss)T: Times up. Lets invite this group.Ss:The earthquake began at 3:42 am while people were asleep.The earthquake was one of the greatest earthquakes of the 20th century.There was another big q

32、uake following.People paid no attention to the signs before the earthquake.abils feeNotes: This is a underlying problem for deep understanding, it can train Ss analyzing the text. In the meanwhile, Ss communication and cooperation ability canbe trained.Activity 5 Answer the question(5mins)Students f

33、ind the expressions and figure of speech used to describe peopleT:So in such a hard condition,what was peoples feeling about the earthquake?Can you find some adjectives or expressions to describe peoples feelings or emotions?Can you give out some adjectives or find some sentences from text?(Ss read

34、and think)T: Any volunteer? XX, any opinion?S1: People were shocked/hopeless/helpless.S2:The suffering of the people was extreme.S3:People began to wonder how long the disaster would last.T: So people felt? They may feel in lost do you think so?And how about this sentence: Bricks covered the ground

35、like red autumn leaves.Nowind, however, could blow them away. Can you imagine the red autumn leaves? What s our feelings about that?S: Sad./ scared.T: Yes, why? Maybe the red colour make you feel sad/scared right?Actually, here is a figure of speech. Do you know figure of speech?修辭手法。In this sentenc

36、e, do you know what is it?S:比喻。T: Yes, and its one kind of 比喻:simile,明喻.And how do you feel about couldnt blow them away?S: The bricks are heavy so people may feel heavy in mood.T: Yes. So this sentence tells us the feelings about people indirectly but more vivid, right?People were shocked.The suffe

37、ring of the people was extreme.How could the survivors believe it was naturaj?People began to wonder how long the disaster would last.Bricks covered the ground like red autumn leaves.No wind, however, could blow them away. .Notes: This activity is designed to help Ss feel people emotions during the

38、earthquake, and to make them know as well as appreciate the figure of speech: simile.Para.4Activity 6 Fill the blanks(4mins)Ss read para.4 and f川 the blanks.T: We know, because of the earthquake, people were hopeless right? But do you think they have lost all hope?Ss: No.T: Why? How do you know that

39、?Ss: All hope was not lost.T: Yeah, what s the meaning of this sentence?Ss:不是所有希望都失去了。T:Yes. In English, we can also say: not all hope was lost. So there was still hope, right?And, why was there still hope? Look at these two pictures. Can you tell me, why was there still hope?S: The army came to hel

40、p the survivors.T: Yes, people came to help the survivors.So what actually did they do? Now please read the paragraph 4 carefully and fill the blanks.(Ss reading)T:OK, lets check the answers together. The army? Say together, whole class.The army organized teams to dig out those who were trapped and

41、to bury the dead.Most miners were rescued from the coal mines there.Workers built shelters for survivors who lost their homes.Fresh water was taken to the city.T:These were the rescue work. So whats the result of these rescue work? Can you find a sentence?Ss:Slowly, the city began to breathe again.T

42、:Yes, the city began to breathe again, so can you tell me the meaning of breathe? What does it refer to?Actually it refers torecover, do you think so? Come to life.活過來.So why did the author use breathe but not recover? Here is another figure of speech, what is it?Ss:擬人。T: Yes,擬人，personification. It makes the sentence more vivid, right?Notes: This activity is designed to let students know the rescue work after the earthquake, and know the personification here.Post- readActivity 1 Review the passage(1.5mins)T:OK, since we have read the passage, now lets have