《The Violence of Nature》教学设计

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Module 3  The Violence of Nature
　　教学设计说明
　　话题介绍 本模块主题是“The Violence of Nature”，译作“自然的暴力”。自然对我们更多的是宽恕，但她也严格地惩罚过我们。1998年的洪灾、威胁北京的沙尘暴、2003年的“非典”等，恐怕是她给我们的警钟。大自然是无私的，她的怒火是责怪人类的不孝，因为她明白，人类不能没有她，人类也必须懂得孝敬她，与她谐和相处。
　　人类应该视自然为母亲，也应该视她为儿女。将有限的资源力量化为无限的资源力量是人类谋求自我生存发展的最佳出路，而这一出路的给予者就是大自然，爱护大自然实质就是人类爱护自己的一种方式。
　　Period 1 Reading INTRODUCTION Vocabulary and speaking 和READING AND VOCABULARY合并为第一课时“阅读课。”课文“What Is a Tornado?…
　　”前两篇属说明文体，介绍了自然界的两种暴力形式：龙卷风和飓风。第三篇是记叙文，讲述Charles Coghlan死后的奇异经历。    
　　Period 2 Grammar
　　课本24和26页合并为第二课时“语法课”，学习The past perfect passive and Indirect speech。
　　Period 3 FUNCTION
　　课本27页为“功能课”，学习如何Giving a definition。
　　Period 4 Writing
　　课本28页“Writing”为 “写作课”，学习how to write about a violent natural event。
　　Period 5 Speaking
　　28页EVERYDAY ENGLISH扩展为“口语课”，引导学生进行课本剧表演、或者putting the text into a dialogue。
　　Period 6 CULTURAL CORNER 课本29页的CULTURE CORNER 是“文化阅读课”，EARTHQUAND THE PACIFIC 介绍环太平洋地区暨中国地区的地震灾害。
　　Period 7 TASK 课本30页的TASK 是“任务课”，学习用英文编撰或谈论自然灾害。
　　Part One  Teaching Design
　　第一部分 教学设计
　　Period 1   Reading—What Is a Tornado?…
　　■Goals
　　● To learn to read passages with the past perfect passive and indirect speech about tornadoes
　　● To learn to read with strategies
　　■Procedures
　　Step 1: Warming up by reviewing 21st century disasters
　　Hi, class. Nice to see you safe and sound.
　　Today we tap Module 3 The Violence of Nature.
　　Throughout history there have been sudden, terrible events that have shaken the world. Sometimes they are man-made, ranging from the infamous sinking of the Titanic to the deadly Chernobyl meltdown of 1986, while others are natural disasters, such as the catastrophic eruption of the island of or the devastating Tokyo earthquake of 1923.
　　Before we read What Is a Tornado?… let’s have a brief review of the 21st century disasters we have experienced so far.
　　2001 Gujarat Earthquaj, India (January 26, 2001)
　　European Heat Wave of 2003, Europe
　　Bam Earthquake, Iran (December 26, 2003)
　　Hurricane Ivan, Caribbean Sea, Southeastern United States (September, 2004)
　　2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami（海啸）, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand, and elsewhere (December 26, 2004) 186,983 killed, 42,883 missing
　　2005 Sumatran earthquake, Indonesia (March 28, 2005), at least 1,000 killed
　　2005 Maharashtra floods, Mumbai, Maharashtra, Western India (July 2005)
　　Hurricane Katrina, United States (August 2005), toll varies, 2,000 killed
　　2005 Kashmir earthquake, Kashmir, Pakistan, (October 8, 2005), death toll is currently 87,350 but some estimate it to rise over 100,000
　　2006 Southern Leyte mudslide（泥流）, Philippines, (17 February 2006) 950 killed.
　　May 2006 Java earthquake, Yogyakarta, Java, Indonesia (May 27, 2006), 6,200 killed
　　July 2006 Java earthquake, Java, Indonesia (July 17, 2006), 550 killed
　　Typhoon Saomai (2006), Zhejiang, China, (August, 2006), 250 killed