Module 4 Sandstorms in Asia Period Two 教案（外研版必修3）.docVIP

Period Two Step 1 Revision and lead-in The teacher can lead students into the topic of the text by talking about the weather as follows: T: What’s the weather like today? S: It’s sunny(or: rainy/windy. . . ) T: Is the weather nice or bad? S: Very nice. Or not bad. Or terrible. T: Yes, very nice. But the weather is not always nice, sometimes there is a lot of bad or even terrible weather. We can call the bad or even terrible weather “natural disaster”. Do you know “disaster”? S: Yes, we do. It means “灾害”in Chinese. T: Good, can you speak out the names of some disastrous weather in the last module? S: Yes, such as floods, hurricanes, lightning and tornados. T: Oh, it’s wonderful! And in this module—Module 4, we’ll continue to learn about another disastrous weather named sandstorms. Let’s go! Step 2 Pre-reading 1. Word meaning: Activity 2 (Match the words with the definitions). Read out the words in the box and have students repeat them after the teacher. Then ask students to match the definitions individually, after that, check the answers with the whole class. Keys: 1. cycle　2. expert　3. process　4. citizen　5. dust　6. survive　7. forecast　8. situation 2. Look at the photo in the reading text first and answer the following questions. Activity 1 1. Get Ss to come up with as many words as possible while looking at the picture. mask cycle cyclist dust citizen frightening sandstorm 2. What is happening? There is a sandstorm blowing. 3. What is the cyclist wearing and why? She is wearing hoods(头巾), masks and glasses. 4. What do you think happened to traffic in this situation? Why? The traffic moves slowly for it’s not clear to see everything on the road and people must take great care. 5. What do you think experts advise people to do in this situation? Experts advise people to stay at home in this situation. 3. Pre-reading discussion If you are to write the article named “Sandstorms in Asia”, how many parts will you include