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教学材料:外研版高中英语新教材必修第三册
教学内容:Unit 6 Disaster and hope 主题语境:人与自然
Unit 6 Developing ideas
Stars
after the storm
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At the end of the class, you will be able to:
tell the main idea主旨大意 and structure of the text;
list the specific information细节信息 about the different periods of the hurricane and the author’s feeling.
voice their opinions观点态度 about disasters and hope.
Learning Objectives
Warm up
Watch the video
Hurricane Katrina Day by Day.mp4
After watching the video, try to predict what will happen to people after the storm?
What will happen to people after the storm?
Lose their home
Suffer from secondary disasters (次生灾害) like flood…
Need medical help and psychological counselling(心理咨询)
……
Warm up
Discussion
People may…
Look at the map and answer the questions. (P90) Pair work (2min)
Where did Hurricane Katrina form?
Where did it hit?
How long did it last?
How many people lost their lives in the hurricane?
What was the cost of the damage Hurricane Katrina caused?
Before Reading
1 Katrina formed on the Atlantic Ocean, where there was a tropical depression (热带气旋).
2 It hit mainly the Southern states, including the south of Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama.
3 It lasted more than one week.
4 Over 1 ,800 people lost their lives in the hurricane.
5 It caused USD 108 billion in damage.
Reading
Read the passage and talk about your understanding of the title.
VS.
The title “Stars after the storm” has two meanings.
First, it stands for the midnight sky after the storm, on which the author saw the Big Dipper, the Little Dipper and the Milky Way.
Second, the stars stand for the hope after the disaster.
Reading
Fast Reading
Read the whole passage and find out in what order 顺序 the author wrote the passage. (1 min)
细节理解题
In time order
In space order
In logical order
In Flashback(倒叙)
In time order
Fast Reading
During the hurricane (para.1-2)
Right after the hurricane (para.3-4)
A few days later (para.5)
One year later (para.6)
In time order
Part1 During the