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Unit 4 EarthquakesTeaching goals:1.Target languageGrasp some useful expressions and special sentences about numbers.2. Ability goalsEnable students to be able to use numbers in English freely.Enable students to write some sentences about numbers. 3. Learning ability goalsBy proper language input, students learn to use numbers in English freely and can write some sentences about numbers, especially some expressions about time.4. Emotional goalsLanguage materials come from our daily life. The students should learn to observe more and use more.Teaching important and difficult points:Different expressions about numbers.Learn to write a composition about numbers, especially time.Teaching methodsSpeaking, discussion, listening, watching and writing. Teaching aidsMulti-media computer.Teaching procedures & waysStep Ⅰ Lead-in and speakingTalk about numbers with the students. Raise some questions about them.What percentage of the class are girls? Which day of the week is Thursday?What year is this year? Which bus do you usually take to go to school?How far is it from your home to your school? And introduce different times.The purpose of designing: The students can correctly express numbers in English in many different ways and understand how to pronounce.in the early 1600s/ in the early 17th century in the late 1700’s/in the 18th centuryone and a half hours/ an hour and a half at six eleven/at eleven past sixfive to twelve/eleven fifty-five BC 253 Page 57 in the 1930sat (the age of) eight No. 84 High School No. 27 Bus in his thirtiesRoom 403 two thirds Oct. 1, 1949 three times a/every day Around/about five miles per hour 400-meter raceAn eight-year-old girl seven degrees below freezing/zero StepⅡ DiscussionAsk the students to discuss two posters with each other. One is Help-wanted, the other is Notice. They were randomly taken by me on the street.The purpose of designing: Whether the students can correctly express numbers around us in English. Let them know the importance and practicability of numbers.StepШ Watching the videoGet the class to watch the video, especially different numbers. Several students introduce different objects with numbers, which are very important and necessary in our life.We can’t live numbers.The purpose of designing:Students themselves use different numbers, different expressions and different sounds about numbers. By using numbers, they should be aware of the importance of numbers in their daily life, especially how to use numbers correctly.Step Ⅳ ListeningListen to the passage and finish the two tasks. It comes from the airport.Task 1: Passengers of Flight _17___ bound for Caracas, with stops in Atlanta and Miami. The departure gate has been changed to ___30___B. We should be boarding about a ___quarter____ to the hour.Task 2: What time will the plane depart?A. 9:50 amB. 12:15 pmC. 4:05 pmD. 8:45 pmThe purpose of designing: By means of listening, ask the students to pay more attention to the numbers which are widely used in our daily life. Numbers are everywhere and numbers are around us.Step Ⅴ WritingStudents are asked to write one or two sentences to express time in the composition, especially how to write some standard sentences about time.The purpose of designing: Help the students improve writing ability and writing skills.The length of the article should be limited to 400 words or so. It’s very important that you should send it to me before June 28.The display will be open on July 8 and last for two days from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm.I am wondering if we can go to the book store on the last Sunday of June.The exhibition will be held from… to… in….Step Ⅵ HomeworkWrite a composition of numbers. Use the standard sentences to express time.。
Unit 4 Earthquakes模仿写作学案学习目标：观察，提炼范文中的文体特征，有用表达（短语，句型）并经过笔头口头训练后能准确运用在写作任务中。
课前背一背：.熟读课文A night the earth didn’t sleep 并背诵课文第二段挑一挑：请判断以下句子是否准确并指出哪句会更好。
1.Judge which sentence is correctA: On April 14th, 2010, a big earthquake happened in Yushu, Qinghai!B. Yushu happened an earthquake on April 14th, 2010.C. There was an earthquake struck Yushu On April 14th, 2010.2.Choose the better oneA.The people who died or were injured reached more than 14,000.B. More than 14,000 people were died or injured.3.Choose the better oneA. After the quake, many rescue workers and doctors were sent to help those who were injured.B. After the quake, many rescue workers and doctors came to help those injured people.4. Choose the better oneA. After the quake, people raised much money to help the survivors.B. After the quake, people all gave money to help the survivors.课中第一关Listen and fill in the blanksAt 3:42 am, July, 28th, 1976, the greatest earthquake of the 20th century 1_____ Tangshan. It seemed as if the world was 2________. In fifteen terrible seconds a large city 3________. As a result, two-thirds of the city people died or 4__________ and many children 5_______ without parents during the earthquake. Nearly everything was 6_______. What’s worse, later that afternoon another big earthquake 7_______ the city again. Some of the 8___________ and doctors were trapped under the ruins. Luckily, the army sent 150,000 soldiers to Tangshan to help.They helped to dig out those who 9___________ and built 10__________ for survivors. So the city began to breathe again slowly.第二关Fill in the blanks新闻文体特征第三关Fill in the mind map, using nouns, verbs or phrases第四关Judge and choose（check）1.Judge which sentence is correctPicture 1A: On April 14th, 2010, a big earthquake happened in Yushu, Qinghai!B. Yushu happened an earthquake on April 14th, 2010.C. There was an earthquake struck Yushu On April 14th, 2010.Picture 2A.The people who died or were injured reached more than 14,000.B. More than 14,000 people were died or injured.2.Choose the better onePicture 3A. After the quake, many rescue workers and doctors were sent to help those who were injured.B. After the quake, many rescue workers and doctors came to help those injured people.Picture 4A. After the quake, people raised much money to help the survivors.B. After the quake, people all gave money to help the survivors.V Make an interviewSuppose you’re a reporter of our school and your partner was a survivor of Wenchuan earthquake, make an interview about the earthquake and you can use the following words expressions to help you.Useful words and phrases1. 变成一片废墟lie in ruins2. 成千上万thousands of3. 无家可归be homeless4. 官兵officers and soldiers5. 参与take part in/join in6. 约，左右about…/… or so7. 捐款raise/donate money 8. 十亿billionAn interviewR(reporter): Hello! I heard that you’re a survivor. May I ask you some questions?S(survivor): Sure.R: __________________________________ (地震是什么时候发生的?)S: __________________________________R: __________________________________（在地震中，有多少人受伤和死亡?）S: __________________________________R: __________________________________（震后有多少官兵参与救援工作?）S: __________________________________R: __________________________________（全国人民共捐了多少钱?）S: __________________________________R: Thank you very much!第五关写作任务【写作情景】2008年5月12日，我国发生了中国历史上最严重的地震。
假设你是校报的一名记者，请根据下列写作内容用英语写一篇关于汶川地震的情况介绍，并在校英文广播站投稿。
【写作内容】：【写作要求】1.包括以上表格内容2. 字数不限2）写作_______________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________第六关Peer-assessmentSwap your writing with your partner and assess and mark the sentences using different shapes.1. 结构不完整 _______2. 时态语态错误3. 4. 好词好句课后2.背一背（请背诵写作范文）It was on May 12th, 2008 that a terrible earthquake hit/struck Wenchuan city in Sichuan province. In a few terrible minutes, nearly the whole city lay in ruins. Sadly, about 374,000 people were badly injured. What’s worse, the number of people who were killed reached 88,000 or so and thousands of people became homeless. Soon after the quake, more than 100,000 officers and soldiers were sent to do the rescue work, saving many lives. To our delight, as much as 39.9 billion Yuan was donated to help.3. 改一改（请根据写作范文进一步润色自己的作品）。
