人教版高中英語必修1教案Unit 4 Earthquakes
t: we can see there are four stamps showing new tangshan. can you describe each of them with a few words?s1: housing conditions for the first stamp. s2: street scenery of new tangshan for the second stamp.s3: industry for the third one.s4: ocean transport for the last one.an outlineshow the questions on the screen.1. why is an outline important?2. what should an outline include?3. why is a headline important?4. what are the steps to finish a newspaper story?5. what is the feature of a newspaper story?answers:1. because an outline will prepare you to write a better story.2. a good outline should have a headline, a list of main idea and a list of important details.3. a headline can tell the reader what the topic is, so it can attract the readers’ attention since the reader may not have bought the newspaper before they read the headline.4. first, organize the main ideas. next, put some details into each paragraph.5. a newspaper story gives the most important news first and the least important news last.teacher show more examples of some newspapers on the screen and ask the students to read them and try to find the outlines in the stories.a short storythis integrated language activity enables students to use their imaginations and to write in a literary way. you may want to encourage students to use a literary device, such as simile, personification or metaphor.t: now, please turn to page 62, look at the talking part. read it carefully, and then tell me what the feature of this talking is.give them two minutes to think about this question.s1: this talking needs us to imagine.s2: we should write it in a literary way.t: good! you’ve got the point of the talking. in this task, the most important thing you should do is to make full use of your imaginations and try to use a literary way. for example, you may use simile, personification or metaphor. now, work in groups to write down your own short stories. attention! the stories are about the cause of earthquakes. after you’ve finished, i’ll ask some of you to read out your work..group onein the center of the earth lives an evil ghost. he usually sleeps for many years. during these years, people on the earth live a happy life. but when he wakes up, he shall howl. and then people feel an earthquake.