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Lesson 2Staying safe in an earthquake教学设计
〖教材〗冀教版八年级下册
〖课题〗Unit8Lesson 2Staying safe in an earthquake
〖课型〗阅读课
一、学情分析
八年级学生经过上学期的学习,已有扎实的英语基础,但水平参差不齐。部分学生基础知识掌握有漏洞,还有部分学生读写能力较弱;部分学生学习习惯较差,缺乏主动性。需根据学生差异,采取分层教学策略,兼顾整体与个体需求。这样可以更好地适应新学期八年级下册的学习。
二、教材分析
This unit is the 8th unit of Hebei Educational Press's new English textbook for the second semester of Grade 8, with the theme of "Natural Disasters". As a topic closely connected to real-life natural events and public safety education, this unit integrates language knowledge learning, skill training, and value guidance. It aims to help students master vocabulary and sentence patterns related to natural disasters, improve their ability to describe disaster events and express personal feelings, and cultivate their awareness of disaster prevention, self-protection, and mutual assistance in the face of emergencies.
The unit follows the textbook's core design concept of "topic-oriented, activity-based, and competence-focused". It arranges teaching content around different types of natural disasters, disaster occurrence processes, emergency response measures, and post-disaster reconstruction. The topics of each lesson are connected layer by layer, from introducing basic disaster types to describing personal disaster experiences, then to discussing prevention methods and sharing coping experience, forming a complete logical chain from perception to cognition and then to practical application. This arrangement conforms to the cognitive law of eighth-grade students, who have mastered a certain basic vocabulary and can carry out preliminary topic-based communication.
三、教学目标
By the end of this lesson, students will be able to:
Students will be able to master key vocabulary: earthquake, safety, crash, brave, calm, warning, system, overall, protect, drop, cover, hold
Students will be able to understand and use sentence structures for giving safety instructions: "If..., you should...", "Remember to...", "Don't..."
Students will be able to understand the main content of the text about earthquake safety rules.
Improve students' reading skills: skimming for main ideas and scanning for specific information.
Develop students' oral English ability to describe earthquake safety procedures in English.
四、教学重点难点
教学重点
Key Vocabulary:
Master the core vocabulary and sentence patterns related to earthquake safety.
Understand the correct safety rules for before, during and after an earthquake.
教学难点
Use English correctly to explain and communicate earthquake safety procedures.
五、教学方法
Task based reading
六、教学媒体运用/教具准备
Multimedia equipment (PPT, audio clips)
Worksheets for listening and speaking activities
七、教学过程
●Step1
Warming up
(2min)
Start the class with a short video clip of a real earthquake (with no violent scenes) played on the projector. After the video, ask students the following guiding questions to activate their prior knowledge:
What natural disaster is shown in the video?
Have you ever experienced an earthquake before? How did you feel?
What do you think we should do when an earthquake comes?
Write down the key phrases students share on the blackboard. Then introduce today's topic: "Today we will learn how to stay safe in an earthquake, and we will master all the right rules in English."
●Step2
Pre-reading
(3mins)
Vocabulary
Explanation
Example Sentence
earthquake
a sudden shaking of the earth's surface
A big earthquake can destroy many buildings.
safety
the state of being protected from danger
We must always remember traffic safety.
calm
not feeling nervous or excited
Stay calm when you face an emergency.
protect
to keep someone or something safe from harm
We should protect ourselves from danger.
●Step 3
Reading
(15mins)
First Reading:
Ask students to read the text quickly (within 3 minutes) and answer the following two general questions:
What three periods does the text talk about for earthquake safety?
What is the main idea of this text?
Second Reading:
Time
Safety Rules
Before an earthquake
During an earthquake (indoors)
During an earthquake (outdoors)
After an earthquake
Ask the following discussion questions to guide students to think deeper:
1. Why is it important to stay calm during an earthquake?
2. Why shouldn't we use the lift during an earthquake?
3. What danger may come after the main earthquake stops?
●Step 4
Post reading
(5mins)
Step 5
Discussion(3mins)
Step 6
Practice(3mins)
Step 6
Summary
(5min)
Summary & Homework
1Lead the whole class to review what we learned today: key vocabulary, the three "rules to remember": Drop, Cover and Hold, and safety steps for different times and places
Read the text aloud three times and copy the key vocabulary 3 times each.
Make a simple English earthquake safety poster for your family, including at least 5 important safety rules.
八、板书设计
Staying Safe in an Earthquake
Key Vocabulary
earthquake, safety, calm
brave, protect, system
Safety Rules Table
Before: Prepare emergency food, water...
During (indoors): Drop, Cover, Hold...
During (outdoors): Move to open area...
After: Check for fires, stay away...
Sentence Structures
If you are indoors, you should stay under a strong table.
Remember to stay away from windows and heavy furniture.
Don't try to run out of the building quickly.
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