Period2ReadingandvocabularyTeachingcontents:WhatisaTornado?Teachingimportantpoints:Readtogetcertaininformationaboutwhatisatornado?Whatisahurricane?AndanextraordinaryeventTeachingdifficultpoints:HowtohelpstudentsimprovetheirreadingabilityTeachingmethods:Listening,readingandpracticingTeachingprocedures:Step1RevisionAskthreeorfourstudentstoreadthewordlistandotherstudentstocorrecttheirwrongpronunciations.Step1Presentation.StudentA:reporterfromoneofthenewspapers.StudentB:interviewee.Nowyouareworkingonaspecialreportaboutdisasters,youneedtointerviewsomepeopleQuestionslikethese:1Haveyoueverexperienced(aflood,atornadoathunderstorm,ahurricane)?2Doyouknowanyonewhohasexperiencedoneoftheevents?3Haveyoueverreadanewsstoryaboutoneoftheevents?Canyoudescribeit?4Doyouknowanythingabouttheevents?Forexample,whatcausesthem?Step2ReadtheGulfStreamandcheckthemeaningofthewords.1.Whatisacurrent?A.AkindofelectricityB.AmovementofwaterC.Akindofwind2.Whatkindofthingsflow?A.WaterB.TimeC.Money3.Iftwoplacesareonthesamelatitude,theyareonthesameline______.A.east/westB.north/southStep3Fast-readingReadthepassage,thenfinishtheexerciseatActivity2,page22.1.Morethan400Km/h.2.Itstayswhereitwas.3.About800.4.Morethan700.5.Ithashugewaves.6.8thSeptember,19007.No,hewasn’t8.HiscoffinwasdroppedintheseabyahurricaneandcarriedtoCanadabytheGulfStream.Step4Detailed-reading(TrueorFalse)1Alltornadoeshavewindsofmorethan400kilometresperhour.2TherearemoretornadoesoccurringintheUSthaninotherpartsoftheworld.3Tornadoescan’tdestroyfurniturebecausetheyarenotviolentenough.4IntheUS,thereareusuallyabout80peoplekilledintornadoeseveryyear.5Theworsttornadoinhistorykilledatleast700people6EveryyeartherearesixAtlantichurricanes.7BoththeworsttornadoandtheworsthurricaneoccurredintheUS.8Theworsthurricaneofalltimekilledaboutone-sixthofthepopulationintheUS.9CharlesCoghlandidn'tbecomefamousuntilhemovedtoNewYork.10Coghlan’scoffinwasdestroyedbythe1900Galvestonhurricane.11ItwasonlybecauseofthehurricanethatCoghlan’sbodycouldtravelbacktoCanada.Step5Fillintheform.TornadoHurricaneDefinitionPlacePhenomenaBadresultsTheworstexampleStep6Homework:CollectmoreinformationonInternetaboutoneofthedisasters.Examples:hurricanetornadothunderstormvolcaniceruptionearthquaketsunamiflood
