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课件网) Unit 4 NATURAL DISASTERS Reading and Thinking contents 04 Key Points and Difficult Points 03 Teaching Objectives 01 Teaching Principles 05 Teaching Procedure 02 The Analysis of Material & Students Teaching principle: Schema Theory(图式理论): Schema Theory is a viewpoint with strong explanation for reading research in the context of the new curriculum standards. It emphasizes expressing teaching content through changes in schema, thereby providing strong support for subsequent teaching work. to be familiar with the article or have the relevant background knowledge to use the linguistic knowledge to understand the article. to master the rhetorical structure and stylistic features of the article and learn about the author’s porpose of writing as well as experience the emotion and attitude Content Analysis Theme Context: Man and Nature What How Why The text describes the devastating earthquake which took place in Tangshan in the 1970s. The text is an example of literary journalism. Under the order of time, the text presents to the readers the most striking scenes before, during and after the earthquake. The purpose of the text is to describe a natural disaster, to tell readers what the earthquake looks like. More importantly, the text gets across the message that while disasters can be merciless, love will always prevail. The analysis of students Target students: freshmen in high school, who are in the accumulation and acquisition stage in terms of vocabulary and grammar knowledge. strengths After the first three units of study, students are familiar with the new senior high school textbook and have a certain understanding of it. They have also accumulated a certain amount of vocabulary and grammar knowledge. weaknesses They know little about how to express natural disasters in English and the lingustic features of literary journalism. Students have some knowledge of the topic of natural disasters. Most have never experienced one and therefore lack knowledge of the proper way to deal with natural disasters when they strike. They also don’t know much about the Tangshan earthquake. Through this unit, students can learn to protect themselves, cultivate their empathy and increase their awareness of valuing life. Teaching Objectives At the end of this section, students will be able to: Identify and learn the words and phrases related to an earthquake, and get a good understanding of the text; Master the strategy of using context to understand new words, summarize the main idea of each paragraph; Express their feelings about the Tangshan earthquake and experience the spirit of support from all sides in a disaster through reading. Key Points and Difficult Points Teaching key points: Master the language characteristics of literary journalism and understand the emotions and intentions expressed by the author in the work. Teaching difficult points: Retell the article and describe an event of na ... ...
