Unit4EarthquakesPeriodOneTeachingaims:1.Trainthestudents’listeningability.2.Trainthestudents’listeningability.3.Trainthestudents’abilitytousetheInternettosearchforsomeusefulinformation.4.Trainthestudents’abilitytocooperatewithothers.Importantpoints:Trainthestudents’speakingabilitybydescribing,talkinganddiscussion.Difficultpoints:Trainthestudents’listeningability.Teachingprocedures:Step1.Warmingup1.LeadinbytalkingabouttheearthquakewhichhappenedintheIndianOceanattheendoflastyear.AskSstodescribeitintheirwords.2.AskSstosayaboutsomethingmoreaboutearthquakes,suchastheTangshanEarthquakethathappenedinourcountry.3.LookatthetwopicturesonPage25.Step2.Listening1.Listentothetapetoknowwhythereareearthquakesintheworld.2.Listentothetapeandchecktheanswers.(Itisaboutthecauseofearthquakesandhowwecanreducelossesfromthem.)3.Afewminuteslater,checktheanswers.Step3.Homework1.PreviewthereadingpassageonPage26anddoexerciseIinthepart“Learningaboutlanguage”.2.AskSstolookformorewaysofreducinglossesfromearthquakes.ThestudentscangotothelibraryorusetheInternettosearchforinformation.Aftersearchingfortheinformation,eachgroupshouldmakeaposter,informingpeoplehowtoreducethelossesofanearthquake.Recordafterteaching.PeriodTwoTeachingaims:1.Learnsomedetailedinformationaboutanearthquake.2.Improvethestudents’readingability.3.Trainthestudents’abilitytograspkeyinformationwhilelistening.4.Trainthestudents’speakingability.Importantpoints:1.Thenewwordsandexpressions.2.Learnsomedetailedinformationaboutanearthquake.3.Trainthestudents’abilitytocooperatewithothers.4.Trainthestudents’speakingability.Difficultpoints:1.Words:shake,burst,rise,destroy,shock,fresh,injure2.Phrases:rightaway,atanend3.Sentencepatterns:(1)Itseemed/seemsthat…(2)Thenumberofsb./sth.Reached/reaches…(3)Allhopewasnotlost.4.Improvethestudents’readingability.5.Trainthestudents’abilitytograspkeyinformationwhilelisteningTeachingprocedures:Step1.Prereading1.AskSstopretendtheyarewarnedofacomingearthquake.Theyhavetimetotakeonlyonething.Telltheirpartnerswhattheywilltakeandthereason.2.Ifanearthquakeisaroundthecorner,theremustbesomeabnormalphenomena.CarefullylookatthefourpicturesonPage25andtrytodescribewhathavebeenseen.Step2.ListeningAnearthquakeisveryterrible.Inthisunit,wewilllearnsomethingaboutthestrongestearthquakeinChina’shistory,whichhappenedinTangshan,Hebei,in1976.Firstlistentothetapewithyourtextbooksclosedandcheckwhetherthefollowingstatementsaretrueorfalse.Ifitisfalse,trytocorrectit.1.PeopleinTangshanwerewarnedoftheearthquakeanddidn’tgotobedthatnight.(F)2.PeopleinBeijingalsofelttheearthquake.(T)3.Morethan400000peoplewerekilledinthequake.(F)4.Manyrescueworkersanddoctorsweretrappedundertheruinsduringtheaftershock.(T)5.PeopletriedtogetfreshwaterfromunderthegroundinTangshan.(F)Step3.Reading1.FinishPart12inComprehendingonPage27.2.FinishPart3inComprehendingonPage27.3.ReadthepassageagaintogetimportantinformationaboutTangshanEarthquakeandfillintheblanks.Step4.Homework1.Readthetextseveraltimes.2.Doexercise3onPage28.3.Doexercise2onPage28intheexercisebookandhangitintomorrow.4.Learnsomewordsandphrasesinthisunitandmakesomesentenceswiththem.(Ss’Book,Page8284)PeriodThreeTeachingaims:1.Trainthestudents’abilitytoreaddifferentnumbersinEnglish.2.Learntheusageofsomedifficultwordsandexpressions.3.Trainthestudents’abilitytoremovethedifficultieswhilereading.Importantpoints:1.Trainthestudents’abilitytoreaddifferentnumbersinEnglish.2.Trainthestudents’abilitytocooperatewithothers.Difficultpoints:1.Theexplanationofsomedifficultwordsandexpressions.2.Trainthestudents’abilitytoremovethedifficultieswhilereading.Teachingprocedures:Step1.Revision1.AskSssomequestionsbasedontheReadingpassage.(1)WhatdidpeopleinTangshanseeintheskybeforetheearthquake?(2)Whatdidpeoplenoticeinthewells?(3)Didpeoplepayanyattentiontotheseabnormalphenomena?(4)Whendidtheearthquakebegin?(5)Werethereanyaftershocks?(6)Didthesurvivorsdenythecityandgotoliveinotherplaces?2.Checkthehomework(Ex2onP28).Askthemtoreciteitafterclass.Step2.LearningaboutNumbersTurntoPage28andlookatPart3.Matcheachwordtothenumberthathasthesamemeaning.Allowthestudentsseveralminutestofinishthetask.Checktheanswers.Step3.ImportantpointsAskthestudentstoturntoPage82.Asksomestudentstomakesomesentenceswiththewordsorphrases.Dealwithsomedifficulties.Youcanaddmorephrases.Step4.HomeworkInordertomastertheusageofthesewordsandexpressions,pleasedosomerelatedexercises.1.FinishoffthetwopartsinUsingWordsandExpressionsonPage63.2.TranslatethesentencesonPage63intoEnglish.WritetheEnglishsentencesinoneofyourexercisebookandhanditintomorrow.PeriodFourTeachingaims:1.LearntochoosethecorrectRelativePronounsfortheAttributiveClauses.2.Trainthestudents’abilitytoreportwhatothershavesaid.Importantpoints:1.LearntheAttributiveClause.2.Trainthestudents’abilitytoreportwhatothershavesaid.Difficultpoints:LearntochoosethecorrectRelativePronounsfortheAttributiveClauses.Teachingprocedures:Step1.RevisionCheckthehomeworkexercises.Step2.GrammarWritesthesentence“Workersbuiltsheltersforsurvivorswhosehomeshadbeendestroyed.”Ontheblackbo