高二英語Unit10.Frightening nature
eg 1. bring in enough water to release drought
2. bring in heavy wind which can be used to make electricity.
step 6 homework
1.oral homework:
suppose you are a newspaper reporter and are interviewing the capitain. make up the dialogue.
think it over: what questions will the journalist ask?
2. written homework
write the end of the passage on your exercise book.
period 5listening(wb) integrating skills & writing (wb)
teaching aims:
1.the ss can understand the listening text.
2.the ss can get the general idea of each paragraph.
3.through reading, the ss develop some microskills in reading, such as skimming and scanning. what’s more, they can write a composition of similar topic.
4.the ss can develop in somewhat the ability of autonomy learning, processing information and thinking in english.
5.the ss have the sense to protect our environment. they share the experience of learning english and have the sense of success in learning english and cooperation.
teaching important points:
1.learn the useful words and expressions in this period.
2.learn to write about a natural disaster.
teaching difficult points:
1.know how to use the words and expressions in this period.
2.know the structure of writing about a natural disaster.
teaching aids: a tape- recorder a computer & a projector
teaching procedures
stage 1 listening
1.read the information about the exercises.
2.listen to the tape and do exercises 1,2 & 3.
3.listen again and finish all the questions in this part.
(if necessary, play the tape again.)
stage 2 reading
1.lead-in
ask the ss to describe a kind of weather and what people do in such weather.
today we’ll read some book descriptions about natural disasters and stories that happened in terrible weather.
2.pre-tasks
read through the book descriptions and match them with the following book titles.
1. volcano & earthquake
2. under the volcano: a novel
3. disaster! the great san francisco earthquake and fire of 1906
4. volcano & earthquake
5. the coming storm: extreme weather and our terrifying future
6. hidden big island of hawaii: including the volcanoes national park
7. sudden sea: the great hurricane of 1938
(this activity aims to improve the ss’ reading ability of skimming and the ss can get the general idea of each paragraph.)
3.while-tasks
ask the ss to read the descriptions carefully again. divide the whole class into two parts. each part deals with one of the following two activities: