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Book 3 Unit 2 Natural disasters
Reading
Teaching Aims
By the end of this section, students will be able to:
1. read two news reports about how disaster preparation has helped save lives;
2. find good qualities of people in the news in face of a natural disaster;
3. understand the significance of making preparations for a natural disaster.
Teaching Key Point
1. To read and understand the news reports.
2. To discuss good qualities of people in the news in face of a natural disaster.
Teaching Difficult Point
To raise awareness of the significance of preparations for a natural disaster.
Teaching Methods
Seven-step method
Discussion method
Co-operating study
Teaching Procedures
Step 1:Lead-in
How many Natural disasters do you know?
Watch a video.
Step 2:Learning Aims
By the end of this section, students will be able to:
1. read two news reports about how disaster preparation has helped save lives;
2. find good qualities of people in the news in face of a natural disaster;
3. understand the significance of making preparations for a natural disaster.
Step 3:Self-study
What genres are the two passages belonging to?
Step 4:Guidance & Exploration
Exploration 1:Pre-reading
1.What would you do during an earthquake?
2.If you want to get info about current natural disaster, which way will you choose?
Let’s review the body of news report
Exploration 2:while-reading
Exploration 3:Post-reading
In pairs, discuss the following questions.
1. What personalities did Miss Brown and Sabrina show in the disasters?
2.What can you learn from these two news reports?
Step 5:Summary
Step 6:Practice
I.Choose the right answer.
1 Which word can be used to replace the phrase “hold on to” in Para. 2?
A. Grasp. B. Carry. C. Design. D. Remove.
2 What can we infer from the second and third paragraphs?
A. Alice Brown was too nervous to say one word.
B. Alice Brown was calm and organized.
C. Alice Brown was irresponsible.
D. Alice Brown was cold-hearted.
3 Miss Brown's words showed th