period 3. reading
teaching objectives
develop the students’comprehension of reading explorative passages, especially theirability of analyzing the structure of such kind of articles.
2. offer the students chances of self-culture by working in groups and seeking information about the film outside the class.
3. infuse the students with basic knowledge about the friend and friendship
4. learn some words and useful expressions from the text.
teaching approach
1.communicative approach should be used throughout the class. stress should be laid on:
2.learner-centeredness; learning-centeredness
3.task-based learning
4.activity-based teaching (class work; individual work; group work)
teaching type: reading comprehension
teaching procedure
step 1. pre-reading
1. tell ss: do you remember hank stram’s terrible experience? he was trapped in the earthquake for
about 14 hours .it is really an unforgettable experience for him. as we all know, the earthquake is a kind of natural disasters. then can you list some other natural disasters?
2. write down their answers on the blackboard---- flood, typhoon, hurricane, volcanic eruption, thunder storms, snow storm, fire …
3. tell ss: among these disasters, i think most of us have experienced the typhoons, right? then can you describe what it was like and how you felt? ask some ss to give their ideas.
4. pose question: if you are riding a bicycle on the road, and the typhoon is coming, then what would you see / feel / do? please use first, next, then, and finally in your description.
ask two or three ss to give their description.
5.pose question: have you ever experienced such natural disasters?
if yes, ask them to describe. if no, ask them to use their imagination and discuss in groups to describe what would they see / feel / do in other situations. then choose several groups to present their ideas using first, next, then, and finally.
disaster
typhoon
flood
earthquake
fire
situation
you’re riding a bicycle on the road.
you’re in the classroom.
you’re sleeping in your bedroom.
you’re shopping in a supermarket.
what would you see / feel / do?
first, …
next, …
then, …
finally, …
first, …
next, …
then, …
finally, …
first, …
next, …
then, …
finally, …
first, …
next, …
then, …
finally, …
step 2. while-reading
1. pose a question: what is the text about? --- about how flora and jeff rescue themselves in the flood.
2. listen to the tape once, and ask them to answer questions:
what happened to them finally? ---- survive
how did they make it? ---- stay in the room with a chimney
why? --------it’s the strongest part of the house. (para 8 and para 11)
3.ask ss to read the whole passage carefully, and then fill in the table below.
next
what did they do in the first and second wave?
then
what happened when another wave came?
finally
what happened to them?
4. according to the table, ask ss to catch the main idea of the whole story. choose some ss to retell.
5. language study
paragraph 1
1) heard somebody shouting / saw jeff running
see / hear sb doing -------- i heard him singing next door last night.
see / hear sb do ------- i heard him sing next door.
compare the differences between the two.
2)the attributive clause: it’s a part of a sentence, and tells us which person or thing(or what kind of person or thing)the speaker means.
3)look around:
4)roar: (n) loud and deep sound of a lion ,thunder, or a person in pain
(v) make loud and deep sound
5) advance: (v) move forward or develop --- our troops ~d two miles.
---- the water is ~ing on/upon/towards her.
(n) in advance: beforehand --- if you want to come here for your holiday, please call me ~.
6)be upon: be close to
paragraph 2
7) seize: take hold of suddenly and violently
paragraph 3
8)sweep : clean and clear away --- e.g. sweep the dust from the carpets
sweep down: knock down by the water
sweep away (para 9)—e.g. s~ the dead leaves
9)swallow: allow to go down the throat, here means she was taken in by the water and disappeared.
10)drag: pull along with effort and difficulty
11) go down :go lower; set ---- e.g. the price of egg has gone down.
the sun is going down.
here means they were swallowed by the water
go through: pass --- e.g. a terrible noise went through the house. (para 10)
experience, suffer --- e.g. ~ hardships
paragraph 4
12)against: indicating support and close --- e.g. place the ladder ~ the wall
13)struggle: make great efforts
struggle against --- e.g. ~ against difficulties
14)get on her feet: stand up
15)fight for her life: try her best to rescue herself
16) look into: stare at--- e.g. jeff and flora looked into each other’s face.
examine, investigate --- e.g. ~ a question
17) with a look of: here look is a noun, and means appearance on one’s face
18)fright: fear ----- e.g. give sb a ~; take ~ at sth
frighten (v) :scare ---- e.g. the great noise ~ed me.
paragraph 6
19)flow: move along as a river does ------ e.g. rivers ~into the sea.
the tears ~ed from her eyes.
paragraph 7
20)strike: hit, give a blow to ---- e.g. ~ while the iron is hot.
the clock is ~ing 12.
21)cracking noise: when the house was broken with lines of division, it made such sudden sharp noise.
paragraph 8
22) fall down: crash, break down /fail --- e.g. ~ on one’s promise
paragraph 9
23) noun + after + noun : indicating the succession. tree after tree; day after day; year after year
24)must have done: he is sleepy this morning. he must have slept very late last night.
must be doing: e.g. i hears loud voices next door. they must be quarrelling.
must do: e.g. he is tom’s best friend. he must know his e-mail.
step 3. post-reading
1)ask ss to find these sentences below and then work out what the underlined words refer to?
before she could move, she heard a loud noise, which grew to a terrible roar. -------a loud noise
there she saw a wall of water that was quickly advancing towards her. ------behind her
she wanted to watch it. --------- a wall of water
flora, whose beautiful hair and dress were all cold and wet, started crying. ---------- flora’s
for some moments both were silent. --------- jeff and flora
2)do the exercises in page26
step 8. homework
workbook reading
revise the key points of this unit.