The violence of nature I.Content
Module 3
reading and vocabulary II.Teaching students available to online resources (news, esp, current affairs) concerned about the world we live in Certain knowledge basis related to the topics of environmental protection.III.Teaching aims A.Knowledge objectives: familiarize with language points and skills required(skimming and scanning)
B.Ability objectives: By the end of this cla, Ss’s reading ability can be enhanced, esp, science knowledge.
C.Emotion objective: Get Ss to become interested in listening learning and can raise their awarene of environmental protection.
IV.Important points and difficult points A.Important points: the meaning and usage of the words in this part, the way to do the listening.
B.Difficult points: the distinction of these words and listen rightly these words in the listening material.V.
Cla type: new cla.
VI.Teaching method:Task-based teaching and learning,Communicative approach, Experiential, Participatory and Cooperative learning VII.
Teaching aids: computer, print media, internet, PPT, blackboard design and chalk VIII.Teaching procedures
Step1 greeting
Step2
pre reading (6mins) lead in
Video: CCTV News
An active volcano might not be the most conventional way of cooking food, not perhaps the safest.But in the Spanish Canary Islands, that’s exactly what’s on offer, at the EI Diablo restaurant in Lanzarotte.Sounds a little dangerous? Perhaps a touch exciting? Let take a look at this unique restaurant and see if you’d like to dine on the shoulder of a monster.Step3 while reading (30mins) A.look a the short paage the Gulf Stream in the part1 on page 22 and check the meaning of the words.1.what is a current? B
A.a kind of electricity
b.a movement of water c.A kind of wind 2.What kind of thing flows? a
A.water
b.time
c.Money 3.If two places are on the same latitude, they are on the same lime.A A.East/west
b.North/south
B.Background introduction.Give students tasks before cla and invite them for presentation C.Skimming and scanning
a.skimming through the text on page 23 and locate the key words in each paragraph in order to conclude the main idea.(reading strategy words appear frequently in the paage are most often the key words.Top sentences often lie in the fist or last sentence)
Part1: the definition of tornado
Part2: the definition of hurricane
Part3: a story about the 1900 Galveston hurricane
b.Scanning for detailed information(questions and answer)(reading strategy:identify the information loaded words, such as when, where, who, how why, and scan for answer correspondingly).Then answer the question of part2 on page 22.1.How strong are tornado winds?
More than 400 km/h 2.What can happen to furniture when a house is destroyed by tornado? It stays where it is.3.How many tornadoes are there in the US every year? About 800 4.How many people died in the worst tornado of all time? More than 700 5.What happens at sea during the hurricane? It has huge waves 6.When was the worst hurricane of all time? On 8th September 1900 7.Was the actor Charles Coghlan killed in it? No, he wasn’t 8.What happened to him after the hurricane? His coffin was dropped in the sea by a hurricane and carried to Canada by the Gulf Stream
C.Language points
Phrases: have wind of(风速达到），more than, pick up, put down, take off, on average, in a population of, end up in
Sentences: para5 there are violent winds of 120 kilometers per hour or more, which cause huge waves, heavy rain and flood.(非限制性定语从句）
Para7:Charles Coghlan was a nineteenth century Irish actor who went to live in Canada.
He then moved to New York, where he became famous.
The cemetery where Coghlan was buried was destroyed by the hurricane and Coghlan’s coffin ended up in the sea.Step4 post reading
A.conclusion
This paage talks about the natural disaster tornado and hurricane.In the first part, it talks about the definition of tornado and the influence that the tornado can bring to the human beings.In the second part, it talks about the hurricane.In the last part, it tells us a story about the 1900 Galveston hurricane.
B.consolidation: true or false
1.All tornado have winds of more than 400 kilometers per hour.F
2.there are more tornadoes occurring in the US in other parts of the world.T
3.tornadoes can’t destroy furniture because they are not violent enough.F
4.in the US, there are usually about 80 people killed in tornadoes every year.F
5.every year there are six Atlantic.T
6.Both the worst tornado and hurricane occurred in Us.T
7.Charles didn’t because famous until he moved to New York.
8.Charles’s coffin was destroyed by the 1900 Galveston hurricane.
Step5 aignment Task1 find one online report about disaster and note down some words related.Task2 choose one below for extension
BBC documentary Episode l.Earth : Power of the Planet
Entertainment: a movie about disaster IX.
Blackboard design X. Teaching reflection
