Unit4Earthquakes阅读学案高中英语人教新课标必修一.doc

Book one：Unit4 Earthquakes 阅读学案教学内容Learning aims: 1.To know something about Tangshan earthquakes:strange things before the earthquake;the destruction that the earthquake caused to the city and the nationwide rescue .2.To know the signs before the earthquake and how to protect ourselves.Learning key points: To master the main idea of the text .Learning difficult points: To know the symptoms before earthquakes.教学设计【课前预习】1.Recite some important sentences .2.Do you know when and where another biggest earthquake happened in China in the 20th century?【自主 合作 探究】Fast- reading:Read the text quickly and do the following exercises.1. The title “A night the earth didnt sleep” means _.A. the earth was awake all night longB. people on the earth couldnt fall asleep that nightC. the earth shook like crazy that nightD. animals on the earth would not sleep that night2. Find the main idea for each part .Part1. (para1) The army came to help the survivors,bringing hope for a new life. Part 2 (para2-3) The earthquake destroyed the city of Tangshan and the people were very shocked at the destruction .Part 3. (para4) Before the earthquake ,strange things began to happen but no one paid attention to them .CarefulreadingPart 1 Read para 1 carefully, then answer the following questions:1.What strange things happened three days before the earthquake?Water_; Well wall_;A smelly gas_;Mice_;Fish _.2.What happened at about 3:00 am on July 28,1976?Some people saw_;The sound of planes_;The water pipes _.Part 2 Read Para 2-3 and do the following exercises.1. Why did the author list so many numbers in the text?_ 2. True or False :(if the statement is wrong,please find out the information and correct it.)(1) One third of the people died or were injured during the earthquake.( ) (2). Such a great number of people died because the quake happened while they were working.()(3). Water was needed because dams and wells were useless.()(4) .People in Beijing also felt the earthquake .() (5) More than 400000 people were killed in the quake. () 3. Read the text carefully again and choose the best answer.What does “them” in the sentence “No wind, however, could blow them away.” (in Paragraph 3) refer to? A. Red autumn leaves. B. Bricks on the ground. C. Bodies of dead animals. D. Sand in the wells.Read part3 (para4)carefully and answer the following question.How did the city begin to breathe again?The army _ Workers_ Fresh water _ 【当堂达标】 Fill in the blanks according to the text:_thing happened in Tang Shan. For a few days, water in the wells_and _. A_gas came out of the cracks. Mice, chicken, pigs and even fish became _. At 3:42 am, everything began to _.It seemed as if the world was _ _ _. One- third of the nation _ it. A huge crack _ _ the city. The city lay _ _. Two-thirds of the people _ or were_. Then later that afternoon, another big quake _ Tang Shan. People began to wonder how long the _ would last. But all hope was not _. Rescue workers came to help those _. Slowly, the city began to _ again.【总结提升】DiscussionSuppose there would be an earthquake, what should we do to keep ourselves safe?【拓展延伸】Homework1.Write a story about the Tangshan Earthquake according to the reading.2.Discover some useful expressions and structures. My questions in this class:_My answers after my researches:_The keys after discussions in my cogroup:_5