Unit 4  Earthquakes

teaching important points:
1. train the students’ ability to read different numbers in english.
2. train the students’ ability to cooperate with others.
teaching difficulties:
1. the explanation of some difficult words and expressions.
2. train the students’ ability to remove the difficulties while reading.
teaching procedures:
step 1 revision
1.t: in the last period , we learned something about the terrible tangshan earthquake in 1976, which is the deadliest earthquake in china’s history. now i am going to ask you some questions based on the  reading passage.
(1)what did people in tangshan see in the sky before the earthquake?
(2)what did people notice in the wells?
(3)did people pay any attention to these abnormal phenomena?
(4)when did the earthquake begin?
(5)were there any aftershocks?
(6)did the survivors deny the city and go to live in other places?
2. check the homework (ex2 on p28). ask them to recite it after class.
step 2 learning about numbers
turn to page 28 and look at part 3. match each word to the number that has the same meaning. allow the students several minutes to finish the task. check the answers.
step 3 important points
ask the students to turn to page 82. ask some students to make some sentences with the words or phrases. deal with some difficulties. you can add more phrases.
step 4 homework
in order to master the usage of these words and expressions, please do some related exercises.
1. finish off the two parts in using words and expressions on page 63.
2. translate the sentences on page 63 into english. write the english sentences in one of your exercise book and hand it in tomorrow.
record after teaching :
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                                 the fourth period
knowledge:
1. learn the attributive clause.
2. learn the difference between relative pronouns for the attributive clauses.
ability:
1. learn to choose the correct relative pronouns for the attributive clauses.
2. train the students’ ability to report what others have said.