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Unit 4 Natural Disasters
Reading and Thinking
Activity 1
Viewing for Background Information
in Para.1
What are the strange things in the video?
Do you think they were warning signs ? For what?
Now, let's enjoy a short video about strange things. While watching, please note down the key words of strange things.
Recall as many strange things as you can.
Water rose and fell
Deep cracks appeared
Smelly gas came out of wells
pigs were too nervous to eat
Dogs refused to go inside buildings.
Mice looked for places to hide
Fish jumped out of the water
Chickens and
Activity 2
Scanning for General Information(3mins.)
Circle out the adverbs of time.
Underline the topic sentence of each paragraph.
before going to Scan your learning sheet, and find out the topic sentence of each paragraph.
中原联盟
Before
After
1. adverbs of time
Before
During
During
After
In less than one minute
later that afternoon
Soon after the quake
For several days
At 3:42 a.m
Para.5
Para.4
Para.3
Para.2
Para.1
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
2. topic sentence of each para.
Before
After
Signs
During
Damage/
Ruins
Hope/
Revive
Para.5
Para.4
Para.3
Para.2
Para.1
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
noun.+ verbs
(as short as possible)
Activity 3
Read for Detailed Information
Discuss with your partners and draw a mind-map to complete the chart.(7mins)
Team Task What happened? People's feelings
Team A
(Group 1/2 ) Before the Quake
(Para.1)
Team B
(Group 3/4 ) During the Quake
(Para.2&3)
TeamC
(Group 5/6 ) After the Quake
(Para.4&5)
On your handout, there is a mind-map structure for your reference, and you can creat your own mind-map.
Study Group
4.Word Master
5.Student Advisor
2.Organizer
1.Presenter
6.Summariser
3.Discussion leader
Role of Each Group Member
we have 6 groups here, right? And in each study group, and 6 students have their own role in a study group. role
Para.1
Team Task What happened? People's feelings
Team A
(Group 1/2 ) Before the Quake
(Para.1)
short phrases
(