TeachingplanforUnit4EarthquakeVocabulary[Analysisontheteachingmaterial]Thetopicsofthisunitisearthquake,oneofthegreatnaturaldisastersintheworld.Earthquakemaybewellknownbystudentsandtheymaydescribetheearthquakesvividlyinthislesson,throughthistopic,getsstudentstolearnsomethingaboutearthquakesandusesomenewwordstodescribeanearthquakeinEnglish.[Analysisonthestudents]BecauseofthefrequenthappeningofWenchuanandYushuearthquakesinChinainrecentyears,studentsmaybefamiliarwithearthquakes,oneofthegreatnaturaldisastersinthemayknowsomethingaboutTangshanearthquakeas,theymaylackenoughvocabularytodescribeanearthquakeinEnglish.[TeachingAims]Masterthespellings,meaningsandusageofsomeimportantwordsorphrasesrelatedtoanearthquake:strike/hit,burst,useless,trap,destroy,ruin,injure,shock,rescue,digout,bury,agreatnumberof.GettheChinesemeaningsofthefollowingwords:earthquake,pipe,track,miner,mine,nation,crack,brick,dam,shelter.Usetheimportantwordscorrectlyindifferentcontexts(Step3:PartItoPartIII).Improvestudents’spokenEnglishbyretellingtheWenchuanearthquake.[TeachingProcedure]StepsTeacher’sActivitiesStudents’ActivitiesAimsStep1.Leadin-AvideoandnewsreportaboutWenchuanearthquake.avideotoreviewsomepicturesofthisearthquake.Watchthevideotogethertobefamiliarwiththetopicofthislesson.Arousestudents’interesttotothetopicandgetreadyfortheclass.insomewordsrelatedtothethreequestions.studentactsasthereportertoreadtheBBCnews.2.Otherstudentslistentothereportandfocusontherelatedwords.Toletstudentsgetfamiliarwiththetopicquicklyand.Andtoknowsomewordsthatwewilllearn..Teacherpresentsthenewwords.Sslearnthenewwordsandtakesomenotes.Tolearnthenewwordsandsomerelatedusageoftheimportantwords.Step3.Practice.I.Wordsgame-MagicBoxLetstudentsselectthenumberofthemagicboxtogetsomequestionstoanswer.discussion.studentofthegroupanswersthequestions.Torememberthespellingsofthenewwordsandpracticeusingthenewwordscorrectlyindifferenttasks.II.SentenceTranslationEnablethestudentstofinishthesentencetranslationbyfillingintheblanks.Finishthetranslationandanswerthem.Practiceusingthenewwordscorrectlyinsentencetranslation.III.Fillintheblankstofinishashortpassage.Getthestudentstofillintheblanksaccordingtotheletterchecktheanswer.Fillintheblanksaccordingtothetips.Getthreestudentstoanswerthequestions.Practiceusingthenewwordscorrectlyinashortpassage.Step4Consolidation:Retelling.SummarizenewwordsandletstudentsretelltheWenchuanearthqu