unit 10 Frightening nature

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.
volcano & earthquake
under the volcano: a novel
disaster! the great san francisco earthquake and fire of 1906
volcano & earthquake
the coming storm: extreme weather and our terrifying future
hidden big island of hawaii: including the volcanoes national park
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:
1. which books on the list interest you? give reasons why you might want to read them.
2. choose one book from the list which you don’t want to read and explain why you think it won’t interest you.
(this activity is to help the ss develop the ability of scanning and express their own opinions with their own words.)
4.post-tasks
group work.
imagine your teacher asks you  to write an essay about human experiences and how people suffer during natural disasters. which books would you choose to help you write your essay? what information do you think you could use from them?

stage 3 writing
brainstorming
what natural disasters do you know?
 

2. writing
divide the class into six groups. each group discuss a topic and writes a composition together. after they finish the writing, they should do peer-revision. then the teacher will post the compositions on the wall. each composition should contain the following parts: