牛津初中英语Unt6 Natural disasters教案.docVIP

牛津初中英语Unit6 Natural disasters教案 Use ‘because’, ‘as’ and ‘since’ to introduce the reason for something e.g.,The children cried because they were frightened.Use ‘to’-infinitives to report someone’s orders ,requests and advice, e.g. Mr. Hu told us to go home.Use vocabulary to describe weather conditions and natural disasters, e.g.,The weather today is sunny but it’ll be cloudy tomorrow.Language skillsListeningRecognize key expressions involved in an emergency callDevelop intensive listening skills by completing an accident report formUnderstand directions and instructions in a new contextSpeakingDescribe an accident or disaster Respond to questions by providing more informationInteract with others requesting informationReadingInfer meaning from keywords，context and headlineIdentify specific meaning by reformulating sentences in a diarySequence information to follow the fist of a storyWritingGenerate ideas about natural disastersOrganize ideas for writing an article for the school newsletterDevelop an awareness of audience and registerOverview of the unitThis unit introduces the topic of weather conditions and natural disasters，and how peoplesurvive them.Students are able to rely on their own experiences and general knowledge of the world toget a more directunderstanding of the various disasters described.Unit openingBackground informationThe comic strip introduces the idea of the damage heavy rain may cause. It also introduces the idea of helping people affected by natural disasters. It points forward to the various situations explored later in the unit.Warm-up activitiesAllow students enough time to make sense of the comic strip: heavy rain—Hobo is wet and cold.—His house is wet. Try to elicit from students what might have happened to Hobo’s house.Listen to the tape then answer the questionsa.?What’s the weather like?(It’s raining.)b.?What happened to Hobo?(He got wet.)c.?What do you think happened to Hobo’s house (The fl