Teaching plan of Sandstorms in Asia

I．教学内容分析 本模块以Sandstorms为话题，旨在让学生深入了解沙尘暴的起因和对我国乃至整个亚洲的危害，并通过以“沙尘暴”和“环境保护”为话题的各种任务或活动，让学生掌握与沙尘暴和环境有关的词汇，了解沙尘暴方面的知识。培养学生用英语谈论沙尘暴及环保的语言技能，同时提高学生的环保意识。

Introduction 部分介绍了一些有关“沙尘暴”的词汇，要求通过练习让学生熟悉这些词汇的意义，并通过讨论问题的方式，让学生初步了解沙尘暴。

Reading and Vocabulary 部分通过阅读Sandstorms in Asia，让学生学习相关词汇，学会分析文章结构,归纳段落大意，本课关于沙尘暴的词汇比较有难度，所以我围绕着课文设计了与课文内容和词汇有关的练习。通过这些练习，熟悉有关沙尘暴的词汇，学生可以增进对沙尘暴危害性的了解，为后面的说、写做准备。

II．教学重点和难点 1. 教学重点

(1) 掌握一些与沙尘暴和环保有关的词汇。 (2) 学习表达有关沙尘暴和环保的话题。 2. 教学难点

(1) 谈论沙尘暴和环保。 (2) 写有关环保的短文。

Teaching plan of Unit 4 Sandstorms in Asia Reading Designer: Zhuhongxia No.9 Middle School City of Pulandian Title Teaching goals Teaching focus Difficult points Analysis Teaching aid Teaching method Teaching procedure Step 1 Unit 4 Sandstorms in Asia Reading and Vocabulary 1. Train the ss’s reading ability. 2. Grasp some useful words and expressions. 3. Enable the Ss to talk about the sandstorm Master some phrases and useful sentences. Enable the Ss to talk about Sandstorms. The Ss can finish the task. 1. A recorder 2. A projector 3. A computer 1. Guide Ss to read and guess the meaning of the new words. 2. Individual, pair or group work to make every student work in class. New Period 2 Revision and lead-in 1. Greet the whole class as usual. 2.Play a game. 1) Divide the ss into four groups and speak out the names of some disasters in the last module—Module 3 The Violence of Nature as many as possible. The group getting the most will be the winner. (flood, hurricane, lightning, tornado, drought, tsunami , earthquake, hurricane, thunderstorm , snowstorm, sandstorm.) 2) Show the words on the screen and check the Chinese meaning , point out 1 The teacher and the ss’s activity Time 3’ Step 2 Step 3 sandstorm and let the ss guess the meaning using the two words “sand” and “storm”. 3) Ask the ss some questions: Do you know anything about the sandstorm ? Have you ever been in a sandstorm ? 4) Show the title on the screen and say : Today we will learn about Sandstorms in Aisa. Pre-reading 1. Show some pictures of sandstorms on the screen : T: Here are some pictures about sandstorms from the internet. Let’s share them together. T: What can you see in the pictures ? Can you describe one picture which impress you most in your own words ? 2. Let the ss talk about the pictures in pairs. Then check the answers with the ss . If the ss have difficulties the T ask the ss some questions about the picture to help the ss. What is happening? What is the color of the sky? why? What can you see ? Can you see them clearly? What is the cyclist wearing and why? What do you think happens to traffic in this situation? Why? 3. When checking the answers with the ss write the new words on the Bb. (Sandstorm,frightening,brown-yellow,thickdust,sanddune,desertification citizen,cyclist, cycle,mask, ) 4. Ask the ss : Do you want to know more about the sandstorm? Today we will come to our new text .Are you ready? Fast reading 1.Read the text quickly with the tape of it and answer the following questions on the screen. 2 Lead-in Ask& Answer Listen & 5’ 10’ 1)What is a sandstorm? (Sandstorms are strong, dry winds that carry sand. ) 2)Where in the world are the main four sandstorm places/areas? (Central Asia, North America, Central Asia & Australia.) 3)What’s the weather experts’ advice when a sandstorm comes? (They advise us not to go out. If we have to, we’d better wear a mask. ) 2. Read the text again and answer the questions. Ask and answer the questions in pairs. Check the answers with pairs of ss asking and answering the question. If the ss’s answer is not clear or right ask the other ss to make it up or correct it. 1) In what places do sandstorms often happen? (Central Asia, North America, Central Africa, Australia ) 2)What is Renjianbo’s experience ? ( A terrible sandstorm ) 3)Which part of China is part of the sandstorm center? ( Northwest China ) 4)Have sandstorms in China increased or decreased recently? Why? ( Sandstorms have increased recently in China. It is because of desertification.) 5)Why does traffic move slowly during the sandstorm? (The thick dust makes it difficult to see. ) 6)What is the government doing to prevent the sandstorm coming nearer? (The government is planting trees. ) 3. Fill in the blanks and try to grasp the main idea of the text. Step 4 Answer Ask & Answer In pairs Para.1 Sandstorms have been a major disaster for Asian countries. meaning Strong, dry winds that carry 1 . You can’t see the sun because they are often so Read & Para.2 influence 2 . Fill in the The wind is sometimes strong enough to move blanks sand 3 . Para.3 Sandstorms have increased in recent years as a result of - 4 . Sandstorms The city is covered in a thick, brown-yellow in Beijing 5 . Para.4 The storms make 6 move very slowly. 7 of Sandstorms can be forecast but the 8 of Para.5 sandstorms the storms sometimes 9 people. Prevention More than 30 billion trees have been planted Para.6 10 and more trees will be planted for the next 5 years. Key: 1. sand 2. thick 3. dunes 4. desertification 5. dust 6. traffic 7. forecast 8. strength 9. surprises 10. measures Careful reading 1. T: We have gotten the main idea of the passage. Read the passage again carefully Choose and try to get some details. First, check if you have mastered the words in Activity the best Sandstorms in Asia 3 10’ Step 5

3. Show the questions on the screen. 1). sand dunes mean_____________ . (a)plants growing in sand (b)sand hills 2). affect means_____________ . (a)to kill (b)to cause a change 3). You wear a mask over your_____________ . (a)face (b)body 4). strength is the noun of_____________ . (a)strong (b)strange Suggested answers: 1). b 2). b 3). a 4). a 2.True or false questions: T: Decide if the following statements are true(T)or false(F).If it is true tell me where you have found it. If it is false please correct it. (1)Scientists have tried many ways to deal with sandstorms. (T) (2)Land becomes desert only because people cut down trees and dig up grass. (F) (3)The Chinese Central West Station can not forecast a sandstorm before it comes. (F) (4)Our government has planed more than 30 billion trees and plants to continue planting for the next 5 years. (T) Explanation of languge points 1. Return to the text and grasp some important points. Sandstorms are strong ,dry winds that (携带)____________sand .They are often(如此厚以至于)____________________ you cannot see the sun and the wind is sometimes strong enough to （移动）___________ sand dunes. The four main places in the world（在那里）__________ there are sandstorms are Central Asia, North America ,Central Africa and Australia . Ren Jianbo , from Inner Mongolia (描述) ___________ a terrible sandstorm he （经历）______________ as a child in the desert.”（遭遇到了）____________________________ a sandstorm was a terrible experience, ” he said.” There was nothing (能够做)_ ______________. It was the most (可怕的)_________________ and the most dangerous (形势)_____________ I’ve ever been in. You just had to hope you’d (幸存下来)____________ .I thought I was going to (消失)_____________ under the sand”. (Carry, so thick that, move, where, described, experienced, To have been caught in , to be done, frightening, situation, survive, disappear.) 2.Language points 1) so ……that…… 如此-----以至于------- The rain was so heavy that we could hardly move on. 2) experience n. 经历，经验。 v. 经历. 3) be caught in 被困于„,遇到„ He was late for work yesterday afternoon because he was caught in the traffic jam. 4

Answers Correct The mistake Finish The text Explain 8’ Step 6 Step 7

Charles Chaplin was once caught in a snowstorm for several days. 4) There was nothing to be done 什么都做不了。 Speaking 1. In our text Renjianbo experienced a terrible sandstorm as a child. Today I will show you the video of it. Let’s see it together. 2.Now one acts as a reporter and one acts as Renjianbo. The reporter wants to interview Renjianbo about the experience in the sandstorm. Make a dialogue about the interview in pairs. 3. Ask several pairs to the front to act out the dialogue. http://news.hsw.cn/system/2008/05/30/005985082.shtml Discussion Show some pictures of sandstorms in Beijing: Golden Beijing in sandstorms T:The sandstorm in Beijing is serious now. The experts predict that if sandstorms continue like this Beijing will disappear under the sand ten years later. Also sandstorms can cause other damage to us. If you are the Mayor of Beijing how can you do or call on people to do something about stopping sandstorms? What measures will you take to stop sandstorms? Discuss the questions in groups. Everyone should write key points and then ask the group leader to present the result of the group. Play the video Work in pairs Discuss In groups 5’ 3’ 5

Step 8 Homework: 1. Read the text again after class and master the useful expressions in this period. 2. Write a passage about what we can do to stop sandstorms. 1’ Bb design 教学反思 Words frightening brown-yellow thick dust sand dune desertification citizen cyclist cycle mask 这篇文章对学生们来说有一定的难度，但是经过处理了重点词汇后，学生们明显感到有了基础，所以接下来的说和写都能顺应下来，但是说的过程中还是有写生硬，只是用了书中所给的词汇，灵活运用的能力比较差，以后还需要加强这方面的训练。 Unit 4 Sandstorms in Asia Reading Phrases and sentences 1 so ……that…… 2 experience n. v. 3 be caught in 4 There was nothing to be done 5 situation/case/point(where) I’ve ever been in.

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