Module3TheViolenceofNatureModule3TheViolenceofNature教学内容：学习表达自然灾害的名词，试着用已经掌握的自然知识用英语对灾害的有关情况进行描述。学习过去完成时的被动形式，进一步区别主动和被动两种语态。系统学习间接引语语法。培养给词语下定义的语言技能。教学目标：1语言知识、技能目标：掌握与自然灾害有关的词汇、短语；能读懂课文并理解语段之间的逻辑关系，从中获取信息并回答有关问题；能深刻理解过去完成时的被动形式的含义及间接引语的用法；能听懂教材配套材料并根据要求完成练习。2素质教育目标：了解中外历史上两次危害极大的地震，认真思考如果地震来临应该做些什么。Period1IntroductionTeachingcontents：1Importantvocabularyandphrases:flood,hurricane,lightning,thunderstorm,tornado,column,current,latitude,burry,disaster,feather,fur,occur,tropical,luckily,thankfully,hopefully,sadly,fortunately,violence,equator2Importantsentencestructure:Sthis--------that/which------Teachingimportantpoints：Pronunciationofnewwords;Talkaboutthenaturaldisastersintheworld.Teachingdifficultpoints：Todescribeanaturaldisasteryouhaveexperienced.Teachingmethods：Listening,readingandpracticingTeachingprocedures：Step1Warmingup1Remindthestudentsofthetsunamiin2004withapictureandtalkaboutit.T:Asweknow,attheendof2004,amassiveearthquakesenttsunamismashingintoIndianOceancoastline.Manyheavilypopulatedareasdisastersfromit.2Askthestudentstotalkaboutit,suchasSriLanka,Indonesia,Thailand,India,MalaysiaandEastAfricadestroyedbythemonsterwaves,causingmillionsofdeaths.Wehumanbeingsawtheviolenceofnaturaldisasterfromit.3AskthestudentstotalkaboutthepicturesintheIntroduction,page21.Step2Lead-in(part1,page21)Getstudentstomatchthewordsintheboxwiththedefinitionsbelow.Thenaskindividualstoshowtheiranswers.Afloodisalotofwaterinanareawhichisusuallydry.Ahurricaneisaverystrongwindandstorm.Lightningistheflashoflightwhichoccursduringathunderstorm.Athunderstormisalotofrainfallingquickly,withloudnoisesandflashesoflight.Atornadoisacolumnofairthatturnsveryquickly.T:Nowlet’spayattentiontothesesentences.Pleasefindoutthecommoncharacteristicinallofthem.S:Thesentencesallgiveadefinitionofsomething.T:Verygood.Eachsentencegivesadefinitionofaword.Anyotherquestions?S:TheAttributiveClauseappearsineachsentence.T:Welldone!Thatisright.Whenwegiveadefinitionofaword,theAttributiveClauseisusuallynecessaryandhopeful.We’dbetterlearntousethestructure“AisBthat/which”Nowlet’scometoPart3onPage22.Letthestudentsmatchthewordsintheboxwiththesentencesbelowandthencheckthesentences.ThesuggestedanswerstoPart3,Page22:Toburymeanstoplaceinthegroundortomb.Adisasterisaterribleevent.Feathersaresomethingthatyoucanseeonabird.Tooccurmeanstohappen.Tropicalisawordtodescribethehottestpartsoftheequator.Step3Discussion1Putthestudentsintogroupsoffourtodiscussthequestions.2Thenopenupthediscussiontothewholeclass.Ifyouwish,makenotesontheboard,especiallyofrelevantvocabularywhichmaybenew.Step4Wordsstudy(WorkbookPage80)AskthestudentstoturntoPage80andbeginthetaskinvocabulary.InActivity5.Chooseonestudenttoreadouttheanswersandcheckthemwiththewholeclass.Thenthestudentsreadthesentencestogether.Answers:volcano,eruption,ash,lava,tidalwave,flood.Step5HomeworkSurftheInternetforwaystoavoidmuchdamagefromdisasters.Makethreesentencestodefinethewordsearthquake,volcaniceruption,andplanecrash,usingtheAttributiveClause.Thesuggestedanswers:Anearthquakeisasuddenviolentmovementoftheearth’ssurfacethatcancausegreatdamagetopeople.Volcaniceruptionisasuddenoccurrenceofsteamandmaterialthatcomeoutthevolcano.Aplanecrashisaviolentfallorbreakingthataplanecomeacrosswhenflying.Step8TeachingreflectionsMostofthestudentscanreadthewordlistcorrectlyandfluently.Encouragethequickstudentstohelpthosewhohavedifficultiesinpronouncing.
