Unit 4 Natural Disasters- Reading for writing教案

【教學目標與核心素養(yǎng)】

1. Get students to have a goodunderstanding of how to write a summary about a news report.

2. Enable students to use some writingskills flexibly.

3. Develop students’ writing andcooperating abilities.

課件教案

4. Strengthen students’ great interest in writingdiscourses.

【教學重難點】

1. How to enable students to have a goodunderstanding of the skills of writing a suggestion letter.

2. How to enable students to write a good recommendationletter using some writing skills properly.

【教學過程】

Step 1: Lead in

Begin the class with the lead-inquestions:

What is atsunami?

What causes it?

Will it causegreat damage to humans?

Watch the videoand express your ideas.

It is strongly recommended that theteacher should ask students to discuss the topic freely with their partners andbrainstorm some ideas concerning the topic. In this way, students can come up withmore ideas and avoid being nervous at the beginning of the class.

Step 2: Read todiscover details concerning how to write a summary about a news report

The teacher is expected to ask students toread a news report about a tsunami silently and then request students to discussthe questions below.

In this step, what should be highlightedis that the teacher ought to give students enough time to read individually andthink independently.

In this period, the teacher uses when, what, why three questions to guidestudents to focus on details of a news report.

1. When did thetsunami happen?

2. What causedthe tsunami?

3. Why would itbe difficult to deliver food and supplies?

Step 3: Read tosum up

After finishingthe tasks above, the teacher leads students to figure out the summary of thenews report.

Check the main points it includes.

On 26 December 2004, a tsunami killed more than 6,500 tourists，fishermen and many other locals in Southeast Asia. Thousands of peopleare missing and the number of deaths is expected to grow. The damage caused bythe tsunami is making it difficult for rescue workers to help the survivors.

datetime place event cause effect followingevents

Learning tip: A summary is a short statement of main points. A summary paragraph tells the main ideas and the most important information of a longer passage.

1. Follow the steps below to write a summary for the first text called“the night the earth didn’t sleep.”

Read the text and write a list of the main details.

2. Organize the ideas and draft your summary. Pay attention to thefollowing:

●A summary should be around one third the length of the original text.

●Write down the key supporting points for the topic.

●Do not include unimportant details or examples.

3. Exchange drafts. Use the checklist to give feedback on your partnersdraft.

√Does the summary give you a clear idea of what the text is about?

√Does the summary include only the most important information of the text?

√Is the summary the proper length?

√Are there any spelling or punctuation errors?

√Does the writer use the correct tenses?