Backgroundinformation

Students:50senior1students

Lessonduration:45mins

Teachingcontent:NSECBook1Unit4Anighttheearthdidn’tsleep

Teachingobjectives

Teachingaims:

aboutknowledge:

1)tobeabletograsptheimportantwords、phrasesand

sentencepatternsabouttheearthquake;

tobeabletolearnaboutTangShanEarthquake;

aboutskills

tobeabletoscanandskimtheinformationquicklyandcorrectly;

tobeabletotalkaboutthetopicinEnglish;

aboutculture

Tolearnaboutthesignsoftheearthquake,thedamageoftheearthquake,therescueanditsrecovery

aboutaffection

tobeabletoputoneselfinthemidstoftheatmosphere,getinvolvedintheteachingandfaceitwithapositiveattitude;

Tobeabletocooperatewithothersingroupactivitiesactivelyandhelpeachothertocompletethelearningtasks;

aboutstrategy

tobeableuseguessandlogicalreasoningtocomprehendthepassage;

Tobeabletouseskimmingandscanningtocomprehendthepassage;

Teachingimportantpoints

studentswillbeabletograspsomewordsandphrasesaboutearthquake,suchas“burst”,”rescue”,”inruins”;

TobeabletolearnaboutTangShanEarthquake.

Teachingdifficultpoints

Studentswillbeabletoknowhowtorescueoneselfandothers.

Teachingmethods

Task_basedlanguageteaching,communicativeapproach,heuristicmethod,inductivemethod.

Teachingaids:pictures

Teachingprocedures

Step1organization(1min)

T:Ok,let’sbeginourclass!Goodmorning,everyone!

Ss；Goodmorning,teacher!

T:Sitdown,please!

Step2lead-in(3mins)

T:ok,Ipreparedyoutwopicturestoday,doyouwanttoseethem?

Ss:Yes

T:ok,nowlet’slookatthepicture.Asyoucansee,they’reabouttheearthquakeinWenChuanin2022,andthisone,it’stheearthquakehappenedinYuShu.Andwhen?

Yes,on4.14th2022.Peoplethencouldn’tsleepwellasweusuallydo.Thereisalsoaspecialperson.Shedidn’tsleeponablacknightin1976.Canyouguesswhoisshe?

Ss:Theearthquake

T：Yes,that’sit!NowwearegoingtoreadthestrongestearthquakeinChina’shistory,whichhappenedin1976.Unit4ANightTheEarthDidn’tSleep

Step3presentation(20mins)

fastreading

T:First,turntopage26,Iwantyoutoreadthisquicklyandtrytofindthemainideaofthistext,andalsotheorderofwriting.Paymoreattentiontothe

titleandalsothepicturesinthetext.Readthefirstparagraphorthefirstsentenceofeachparagraph.Thenyoucansummarizethemainidea.Areyouclear?

Ss:Yes.

T:Ok,2minutestoreaditquicklyandgetthemainideaortheorderofthetaxt.

Ss:(silentreading)

T:Ok,timeisup.Canyoufindtheanswer?What’sthemainideaofthetext?

S1:Abigdisaster_theearthquakeanditseffect.

T:Welldone.Anyoneelse?Yes.

S2:Thewholeprocessofabigdisaster_earthquakehappenedinTangShan.

T:Goodjob.It’sabigdisaster_earthquake.Andwhataboutthewritingorder?

Ss:(silent)

T:ok,I’llgiveyousomechoices,youcanchoosetherightone.A-fromtheendbacktothebaginning;B-timeorder(before、during、andaftertheearthquake.)whichone?

Ss:B

T:yes,That’sright.Nowthatthereare3stages.Thinkwhathappenedduringeachperiod?Arethereanydamagesorinjures?

carefulreading

T:Ok,let’slookthroughthewholetaxttoknowmoreinformationabouteachperiod.Readthetextagain.Thistime,I’llgiveyou5minutestofinish.Youshouldreaditcarefullyandunderlinethewordsandphrasesusedtodescribethescenesofeachperiod.Ok,start!

Ss:(silentreading)

T：Timeisup.Youhaveunderlinedsomewordsandphrases,theycanhelpyouunderstandthepassagebetter.Let’sanalyzethearticletogether.

T:first,beforetheearthquake,therearetwoperiods_threedaysbeforetheearthquake.yes,andwhathappenedduringthistime?Whowantstotry?Yes,youplease.

S1:Wellwallshaddeepcracks,animalsweretoonervoustoeatandraneverywhere.

T:Welldone,thewellwallshaddeepcracks,animalsweretoonervoustoeatandranforplacestohide;then,anothertimeisatabout3amonJuly28.Therearealsotwostrangethings.Canyoufind?

Ss:Thebrightlightsintheskyandalsothesoundoftheplanscouldbeheardoutsidethecity.

T:Yes,correct,andafterthesestrangethings,theactionofpeoplewasquitedifferent.Theythoughtlittleoftheeventsandwereasleep.OK,sowecanknowthetopicsentenceinthefirstparagraphis(pause)

Ss:StrangethingswerehappeninginthecountrysideofnortheastHeBei.

T:Yes,that’sit,(writingontheblackboard),ok,thenwe’llmovetothesecondperiod-duringtheearthquake.Therearealsotwotimepointshere,canyouguessit?Yes!

S2:At3:42amandlaterthatafternoon.

T:That’sok,andwouldyoupleasesummarizetheeventshappenedthen?

S2:Houses、roads、andcanalswerecutacrossbythehugecrack;steamburstfromholes;hardhillsofrockbecamerivesofdirt.

T:Anythingelse?No?Andwhataboutthecity?Itisinruins,andtwothirdsofpeoplediedorinjured.Canyougivemethenumberofthekilledorinjuredpeople?

Ss:Morethan400.000.

T:Yes,Abigtragedy.Fromallofthis,wecanimagetheterriblescenes.Thatmustbeanightmare.Ok,thetopicsentenceofparagraph2is“Everyingbegantoshakeanditseemedthattheworldwasatanend.”

S3:(Putuphand)Excuseme,teacher,therearealsootherdamagesinthisperiod.

T:Yes,ofcourse,likeyourdoubt,sonextlet’slookatthethirdparagraph.Thisalsoincludesthedamagesat3:42amalthoughthey’renotinthesameparagraph.Whathappenedso?Anyvolunteers?No?Ok,I’lltry.Hospitals,75%offactories,buildings,and90%ofhomesweregone.Brickscoveredtheground.Nowind,damsandbridgesfell.Andtherailwaytracksandtensofthousandsofcowswereuseless,manyanimalsdead.Whataboutpeople?They’reshocked.Then,laterthatafternoon,anotherterriblescenealsoappeared.Whatwasit?

S4:AnotherbigquakeshookTangshan.

T:Yes,andwhathappened?Yes,youplease.

S1:Rescueworkersanddoctorsweretrapped.andwater,food,electricitywerehardtoget.

T:Notbad.Andalsomorebuildingsfell,isitright?Sonoweverywheretheylookednearlyeverythingwasdestroyed.That’sthetopicsentenceofthethirdparagraph.(writingontheblackboard)

T:Untilnow,wesawthebeginningofthisearthquake,wealsowitnessedthebigtothecity.Soafterthat,what’stheresult?Cantheygethelp?Let’slookatthelastparagraph-aftertheearthquake.Lookatthefirstsentencehere,”allhopewasnotlost”,whydiditsayso?Whatkindofhope?Whowantstotry?

S2:Thearmyarrived,minerswererescuedfromthecoalmines,andworkersbuiltsheltersforsurvivors.

T:Prettygood,Andmoreimportantwastheyhadfreshwater.Thecitybegantobreatheagain!Sothetopicsentenceiswhat?

Ss:Allhopewasnotlost!

T:Yes,verygood!(Writingontheblackboard).Ok,nowlet’slookatthreepictures,yourtaskistomatchthepictureswiththeprocessintheearthquake,ok?

Step4ConsolidateandPractice(20mins)

T:Ok,nowlet’sreadsomestatementsanddecidewhethertheyaretrueorfalse,iffalse,why.

PeopleinTangShanwerewarnedoftheearthquakeanddidn’tgotobedthatnight.

Ss:It’sfalse,peoplethoughtlittleandwereasleep.

T:Ok,right,andnextone.

peopleinBeiJingalsofelttheearthquake.

Ss:It’strue.

T:right.andthelastone.

peopletriedtogetfreshwaterfromundergroundintangShan

Ss:It’sfalse,itwastakentothecitybytrain、planeandtruck.

T:Yes,verynicework.Nowthinkaboutthis,whatshallwedoifanearthquakehappens?5minutestothinkitover,discussinpairs,thentellmetheanswer.

T:Ok,timeisup.Whowantstotry?Yes,youplease!

S5:……

T：Excellent,youplease!

S6:……

T:terrific!Sofirstdropontothegroundandprotectyourheadbyputtingyourhandonit.Orhideinthecornerofthehouse.Doremember,keepawayfromthepower、lines、thesignsandthebuildings.

Step5Homework(1min)

T:Today,wehavereadaboutthestrongestearthquakeinChina’shistory;wealsolearnaboutthesignsandthedamagesoftheearthquake;therescueandrecoveryintheearthquake.Sotoday’shomeworkistoreadthetextagainandag