九年级上册《Unit Three Science and Technology Lesson 2 A Geography Lesson》优质课教案

九年级上册《Unit Three Science and Technology Lesson 2 A Geography Lesson》优质课教案教学设计

2) gain some background knowledge of natural disasters.

Teaching focus

1) Improvement in English reading capacity.

Possible learning difficulty

1) Skimming for general ideas.

2) Careful reading for writer’s attitude or opinions.

Teaching Aids: A multi-media equipment.

Teaching Procedures

Procedures Learning activities Teaching purposes Warm-up

Enjoy a video To make students less nervous and lead in the topic. Pre-task preparation: 1. Look at the picture and review some natural disasters. 1. To review the words about natural disasters

2. To lead in the first reading skill. 2. Review the new words by giving definitions While-task procedures：

Guess the meaning of the word “cyclones” To enable the students to command the basic skill of the word guessing. 2. Learn 2 methods of word guessing and have a practice 3. Learn how to skimming for the topic sentence, key words and general ideas. To enable the students to command the basic skill of skimming. 4. Learn how to scanning for information To enable the students to command the basic skill of scanning 5. Learn to understand writer’s attitude and point of view by careful reading To enable the students to command the basic skill of careful reading Post-task activities 1.Complete an reading exercise To put the skills learned in the class into practice. 2. Discuss what we can do after a natural disaster To encourage students to do something for charity Homework 1. Discuss what we can do after a natural disaster and write a composition about it.

2. Complete the exercises on YLE. To consolidate the knowledge learnt in this class.

Exercises

Skimming for general ideas:

Tropical Cyclones

Tropical cyclones are called typhoons in Asia, and hurricanes in North and South American. These storms go around like a wheel. They have wind speeds of 60 kph or more. They can be very destructive.

key word:

general idea:

When scientists discover a true hurricane, they give it a name. They can use either a man’s or woman’s name. Why should hurricanes have names? The names make it easier for people to keep up with information about a hurricane and its dangers.

key word:

general idea:

Scanning for numbers/names/places/certain facts

The idea of the Red Cross came to Henri Dunant, a Swiss banker, in 1859. On a hot June day of that year, Henri Dunant was travelling on business in Northern Italy. There he learned that about 40000 men were killed in a battle on June 24, 1859, and another 40000 were left to die for lack of medical care. Immediately Henri Dunant organized the local people to gather the wounded and care for them in homes and churches. These people became the first volunteers of the Red Cross.

Careful Reading for writer’s attitude/conclusion