Unit 5 The power of nature教案
三維目標(biāo)設(shè)計
knowledge and skills
1.to know the meanings of the following new words and phrases：diagram(示意圖)，volcano(火山)，erupt(爆發(fā))，eruption(火山爆發(fā))，ash(灰末)，hurricane(颶風(fēng))，questionnaire(調(diào)查表)，alongside(在旁邊；在……旁邊)，equipment(裝備)，appoint(委派)，database(數(shù)據(jù)庫)，evaluate(評估)，wave(波浪)，fountain(泉水般地噴出或涌出；噴泉；源泉)，absolute(絕對的)，absolutely(絕對地)，suit(一套外衣)，helmet(頭盔)，boot(靴子)，potential(潛在性；潛在的)，actual(實在的)，burn to the ground(全部焚毀)，make one's way(前往).
2.to learn about some disasters that are caused by natural forces，how people feel in dangerous situations and the ways in which humans protect themselves from natural disasters.
3.to learn how the information is organized.
4.to develop the students' reading ability by skimming and scanning the passage.
5.to develop the students' speaking ability by talking about natural forces.
process and methods
1.while doing warming up the teacher can lead in the topic of this unit by showing students some pictures of natural disasters and introducing some technical vocabulary concerning volcanoes to review and deve lop students' understanding of what a volcano is.to ask students to consider other natural disasters and the ways humans deal with them.
2.during pre－reading the teacher can go around the classroom and disc uss the questions with several students.this discussion should be student－centered and arouse students' interest in working outside.the teacher should also ask the students some questions and try to let them have a general knowledge of volcanoes.
3.while doing reading and comprehending，the teacher may first ask the students to read the text quickly to get the general idea of each paragraph.after reading the passage carefully，students are encouraged to answer some questions and discuss the text structure.
4.to consolidate the contents of the reading passage，the students should be required to retell the volcanologist's experiences in their own words at the end of the class.
emotion，attitude and value
1.to stimulate students' love to nature.
2.to develop students' sense of cooperative learning.
教學(xué)重、難點
1.to enable the students to learn about the power of nature and to develop their reading ability.
2.to enable the students to talk about natural forces.
教學(xué)過程
step 1 warming up
1.warming up by looking and talking
show the following pictures to the students and let them know about the power of nature and talk about them.