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课件网) Unit 4 Natural Disasters Reading for Writing write a summary Learning Objectives By the end of the class, students will be able to： acquire(获得) the information and the main idea of the news report. figure out(弄清楚) the organization and language feature(语言特色) of news reports. write a summary by using the language in the reading text and be able to evaluate(评价) it with a partner. Lead-in Watch and answer 1. Which natural disaster is mentioned 2. Where is it Wildfire. In California. Pre-Reading Look at the picture and title, infer the type of the text and predict what the text is mainly about. 1.Where is this reading taken from A. storybook B.newspaper C. websites D.fashion magazine 2. What is the main idea of this reading A. A disaster hit the earth in 2004. B. Rescue the victims in a tsunami. C. A tsunami killed a lot of people in Asia. D. Many people died in tsunami. Read the news report released(发布） the day after a tsunami and answer the question. When did the tsunami happen While Reading What’s the structure of this news report Headline (tells what happened) Byline 署名行(shows the reporter and date) Lead 导语(date, place, event and cause) Body (more details) End (effect) Reading for details Scan for details and fill in the blanks. event place time cause effect News report Tsunami Hits Asia : Over 6500 Dead When Where What Why How It killed more than_____ people. Fishermen, tourist, hotel, homes, and cars were_____by huge waves. Thousands of people are still_____, and the numbers of deaths is expected to_____ However, dangerous_____ and damaged _____will make it _____ to deliver food and supplies. On 26 December, 2004 Aisa _____ crashed into coastline across _____. It was caused by_____ A tsunami Asia swept away missing grow conditions roads difficult strong earthquake 6,500 Reading for details Summary On _____, a _____ crashed along the coastlines across _____.More than _____ people were _____. Many people are still _____. The damage caused by the tsunami will make it difficult to_____ food and supplies. 26 December, 2004 tsunami Asia 6,500 killed missing deliver date event place effect Post Reading Let’s invite the reporter to broadcast the news. Pre-writing Tips for writing a summary. A summary is a short statement (说明) of main points. A summary paragraph only tells the main idea and the most important information of a longer passage. What is a summary Pre-writing Tips for writing a summary. Skim(浏览) the text. Scan(扫描) the key words. How to write a summary Date Place Event Effect Step 1 Pre-writing Tips for writing a summary. Write 4-5 sentences. Only write the most important points. How to write a summary Step 2 Summary S1: date_place_event S2: Effect (1) S3: Effect (2) S4: Effect (3) Pre-writing Tips for writing a summary. Use correct tenses. How to write a summary Step3 summary On 26 December 2004, a tsunami crashed along the coastlines across Asia. Mor ... ...
