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The First Period Reading
黎平一中：韦紫娟Knowledge aims:
Get the students to know basic knowledge about natural disasters
Ability aims:
1. Train the students’reading and speaking ability.
2.Train the students’ability to use the Internet to search for some useful information.
3. Train the students’ ability to cooperate with others.
Emotional aims:
Law of the People's Republic of China on Protecting Against and Mitigating Earthquake Disasters 《中华人民共和国防震减灾法》
Teaching important points:
1.Train the students’ reading ability—skimming and scanning.
2.Get the students to learn about TangShan earthquake
Teaching difficult points:
Describe the disasters.
Teaching procedures:
Step1. Warming up & Lead-in
Lead-in：
Show some pictures to the students about the earthquake.
These are Wen chuan earthquake
《中华人民共和国防震减灾法》《中华人民共和国防震减灾法》由中华人民共和国第十一届全国人民代表大会常务委员会第六次会议于2008年12月27日修订通过，现将修订后的《中华人民共和国防震减灾法》公布，自2009年5月1日起施行。第七条各级人民政府应当组织开展防震减灾知识的宣传教育，增强公民的防震减灾意识，提高全社会的防震减灾能力。第八条任何单位和个人都有依法参加防震减灾活动的义务。第十七条国家加强地震监测预报工作，建立多学科地震监测系统，逐步提高地震监测预报水平。
Do you know another big earthquake happened in china
T: At the very beginning, I want to know how much you know about an quake.
Q1.What would you take with you if a quake happened
Q2: The best way to save yourself is to know there will be a quake before it happens. What kind of signs can tell you that there is a quake
Q3: What kind of damage can an earthquake cause
S: buildi ngs are destroyed; people are killed; families are broken…
Step2. Pre-Reading
T: 30 years ago, on the day July, the 28th, a terrible disaster suddenly happened, and the beautiful Tangshan was removed from the map. This is Tangshan quake. Does any body know something about Tangshan quake
T: Let’s read a news report about the famous quake.
Step3. While-reading I
I. skimming & scaring
Get the students comprehend the passage quickly and accurately, and meanwhile help the students to form a good habit of reading.
T: First please skim the passage fast to obtain/ get a general understanding of the whole passage. And underline the answers to the following questions.
1. When did the quake happen (Why did the writer use different expression of the same thing)
2. How many people were killed and injured during the quake
3. How many buildings were destroyed
4.What strange things happened before the quake
5.What sentences can express the quake is GREAT
6 What numbers can express the quake is GREAT 4. What metaphor does the writer use to say the quake is GREAT
7.What happened when rescue work was going on
8.How did the army help to rescue survivors
II. While reading,
divide the whole passage into 3parts and find out the main idea of each part.
Para.1 before the quake
Para2-3 during the quake
Para.4 after the quake
Ⅲ.careful-reading Read the passage again and try to get more detailed information.
T: Now let’s read the passage again and find more information. Join the correct parts of the sentences. (Turn to page 27, ex1)
T: Now you have read the passage carefully, please put the sentences in order. Number each of these things during the Tangshan quake.(Turn to page 27, ex2) T: here are some more work for you. You can work in groups.
T: Let’s watch some pictures, and comparing the old Tangshan, the Tangshan after quake, and the new Tangshan we see today.
Step 4 Post-reading (discussing) T: After read the news report, and see so many pictures, what impresses you most Or what do you learn from such a disaster
(Self-rescue, environment protection, rebuilt, love and help) I: self-rescue (a video game) T: When in a quake, if you know some self-rescue skills, you may probably save yourself. If you want to know some of the skills.
T: we see that the new Tangshan has been set up. What is needed to rebuild Tangshan. IV: environment protection T: nowadays there are more disasters than before. One of the reasons is that we pay more attention to our economy development than the earth we live.
《中华人民共和国防震减灾法》由中华人民共和国第十一届全国人民代表大会常务委员会第六次会议于2008年12月27日修订通过，现将修订后的《中华人民共和国防震减灾法》公布，自2009年5月1日起施行。第七条各级人民政府应当组织开展防震减灾知识的宣传教育，增强公民的防震减灾意识，提高全社会的防震减灾能力。第八条任何单位和个人都有依法参加防震减灾活动的义务。第十七条国家加强地震监测预报工作，建立多学科地震监测系统，逐步提高地震监测预报水平。
Step 5 Homework
1. Find more news reports about earthquake.
