Step 1. Warming up
Ss discuss and answer some questions:
1.Which of the following may cause people the greatest damage?
A. earthquakeB. typhoonC. floodD. drought
2.Imagine your home begins to shake and you must leave it right away. You have time to take only one thing. What will you take? Why?
Step 2. Pre-reading
Ss discuss and answer:
- Do you know what would happen before an earthquake?
- What can we do to keep ourselves safe from an earthquake?
- Do you know anything about Tangshan Earthquake in 1976?
Step 3. Reading
- Skimming and find the answers to the following questions:
- What happened?
- When and where did it happen?
- Ss read again and fill in the following form:
Time
What happened
Before the earthquake
Wells:
Animals:
Lights and sound:
Water pipes:
While the earthquake
Houses, roads and canals:
Hard hills of rock:
The large city:
The people:
After the earthquake
Hospitals, factories and buildings:
The ground:
Dams:
Railway tracks:
Animals:
Wells:
- Ss read the whole passage again and get the main ideas of each part:
Part 1. The natural signs of a coming earthquake
Part 2. The damage of the city after the earthquake
Part 3. The help to the survivors
Step 4. Comprehending
Ss finish Ex 1 and 2 on page 27.
Step 5. Assignment
- Surf the internet and get more information about the earthquake.
- Retell the text.