一、教学目标： By the end of the lesson, students should be able to: 1. name some common natural disasters fluently; 2. talk about some common natural disasters and their results or effects. 二、教学内容： 八上Unit8 Comic strip and welcome to the unit内容与练习 三、教学重难点： Talk about natural disasters and the bad effects in simple English. Step 1 Lead-in Free talk about the weather What’s the weather like today? /How’s the weather today? Is there any bad weather in our city? Does it bring you some troubles? Step 2 Presentation Welcome to the unit Step 1 Presentation 1. Show some pictures and learn some new words Natural disasters: Rainstorm/storm /flood/snowstorm/lightning/earthquake Accidents: The car crashed into a tree. accident, caused by people natural disaster, caused by nature 2.Tips for headlines: （1）Simple present tense （2）Capital letter for the first word （3）No a/an/the/be （4）No full stop(.) 3. Finish Part A on P93 Comic strip Step 1 Lead-in Hobo has some trouble because of bad weather. Step 2 Presentation 1.Listening Time: What’s the weather like? 2.Read and answer: What was Hobo doing when it started to rain?/ What did Hobo see when he woke up?/ Why does Hobo come to Eddie’s house ? 3.Fill in the blanks This m________, Hobo came to Eddie’s house for h________, because his house was all w________. He was s________ at that time and didn’t h________ the rain. When he woke up, there was water e_________. Hobo wanted Eddie to go home w_______ him and help him to m________ all the water up. Eddie isn’t very h________. Will he help Hobo? Act it out Step 3 Presentation Sandy and Millie are chatting online about natural disasters and accidents. Read part B and find these information. A natural disaster or an accident? Place/time/reason/result Read the conversation Language points: hear about:听说=hear of hear from...收到某人来信 catch fire:着火 be hurt 受伤 （五）、巩固拓展 Pair work: make up a new conversation Discussion: What will you do if there is a fire in your room? |
