Unit10FrighteningNaturePeriod7IntegratingskillsTeachingaims:1.TheSscangetthegeneralideaofeachparagraph.2.Throughreading,theSsdevelopsomekillsinreading,suchasskimmingandscanning.3.TheSshavethesensetoprotectourenvironment.Teachingimportantpoints:1.Learntheusefulwordsandexpressionsinthisperiod.2.Throughreading,theSsdevelopsomekillsinreading,suchasskimmingandscanning.Teachingdifficultpoints:.Knowhowtousethewordsandexpressionsinthisperiod.Teachingaids:atape-recorderacomputer&aprojectorTeachingproceduresStep1..Lead-inAsktheSstodescribeakindofweatherandwhatpeopledoinsuchweather.Todaywe’llreadsomebookdescriptionsaboutnaturaldisastersandstoriesthathappenedinterribleweather.Step2.Fastreading.Readthroughthebookdescriptionsandmatchthemwiththefollowingbooktitles.1.Volcano&Earthquake2.UndertheVolcano:ANovel3.Disaster!TheGreatSanFranciscoEarthquakeandFireof19064.Volcano&Earthquake用心爱心专心5.TheComingStorm:ExtremeWeatherandOurTerrifyingFuture6.HiddenBigIslandofHawaii:IncludingtheVolcanoesNationalPark7.SuddenSea:TheGreatHurricaneof1938(ThisactivityaimstoimprovetheSs’readingabilityofskimmingandtheSscangetthegeneralideaofeachparagraph.)Step3.Carefulreading.AsktheSstoreadthedescriptionscarefullyagain.Dividethewholeclassintotwoparts.Eachpartdealswithoneofthefollowingtwoactivities:1.Whichbooksonthelistinterestyou?Givereasonswhyyoumightwanttoreadthem.2.Chooseonebookfromthelistwhichyoudon’twanttoreadandexplainwhyyouthinkitwon’tinterestyou.(ThisactivityistohelptheSsdeveloptheabilityofscanningandexpresstheirownopinionswiththeirownwords.)Step4.AskSstostudythelanguagepointsbythemselves.Homework:Previewthegrammarofthisperiod.用心爱心专心
