Unit5Thepowerofnature

Teachingaims:

Topic

Volcanoes;Craterlakes;Cyclones

Usefulwordsandexpressions:

Words:volcano,erupt,eruption,ash,hurricane,adventure,bore,

excite,evaluate,unfortunate,unfortunately,fountain,

absolute,absolutely,fantastic,crater,potential,

impress,impressive,precious,novelist,cancel,effort,

relieve,tremble,sweat,anxiety,anxious,panic,courage,

typhoon,heaven,diverse,diversity,unique,bathe,swallow,

guarantee

Expressions:comparewith,burntotheground,makeaneffort,

makeone’sway,glancethrough,varyfromto

3.Functionalitems:

Expressingfearandanxiety

IwassoexcitedaboutwhatIhaddoneandwhereIwas,Iforgotmy

fear.

Iwasveryworriedthat.

Iwasveryrelievedwhen

IwassoanxiousthatIcouldn’tmoveforalongtime.

Ihadtoforcemyselfnottopanic.

ThenIgotupthecourageto.

Grammar

The–ingformusedasadverbialinasentence

Lookingcarefullyattheground,Imademywaytotheedgeofthecrater.

HavingexperiencedquiteafewearthquakesinHawaiialready,Ididn’t

takemuchnotice.

Teachingprocedures

Period1Reading

Step1.Warmingup

Task1.Ssingroupslistanysomepowerfulnaturalforcestheycanthink

of.Thendiscusswayshumanbeingsprotectthemselvesfrom

powerfulnaturalforces.

AsktheSs:whatkindsofdisasterscannaturebringtoourhumanbeings?

(earthquake,flood,hurricane,volcano..)

2.Ssinpairs,sharetheirknowledgeaboutvolcanoes.

3.Ssingroupslistanysomepowerfulnaturalforcestheycanthink

of.Thendiscusswayshumanbeingsprotectthemselvesfrompowerful

naturalforces.

Step2.Pre-reading

Task2.Ssanswerthefollowingquestionsandfinishtheformonpage33.

Canyouimagineclimbingintoalivevolcanoinordertotakethetemperatureoftheboilingrockinside?

Canyouimaginedoingdangerousworkaspartofyourjob?

Doyouthinkyouwouldenjoystudyingvolcanoesasajob?

Becausehecanhelpotherscientiststopredictwherelavafromthevolcanowillflownextandhowfastitwillflow.

MountKilaueaisoneofthemostactivevolcanoesinHawaii.

Thelavathatflowsslowlydownthemountaincausesfarmoredamage

becauseitburieseverythinginitspathunderthemoltenrock.

4.TherewasaneruptioninthesideofMountainKilaueaandredhotlava

wasfountaininghundredsofmetersintotheair,sothewriter’s

bedroombecameasbrightasdayevenatnight.

5.Thescientistshavetogetclosetothevolcanoafteritbeganerupting

tocollectsomelavaforlaterstudy.

6.Becausetheyworespecialclothes,whichmadethemlooklikespacemen.

Thewhiteprotectivesuitscoveredtheirwholebody,andtheyalsohad

helmet,bigbootsandspecialgloves.

7.Hisisstillamazedatthebeautyofvolcanoesandtheirpotentialto

causegreatdamage.

Task4.Secondreading:Ssreadandtrytogetthemainideaofthe

passage.

Sampleanswer:thewriterexpressedhisloveforhisjobasavocanologist

andtoldusoneofhisunusualexperienceinMountKilauea,Hawaii.

Task5.Thirdreading:Ssreadagainandgetthemainideaofeach

paragraphandtellhowmanypartsitcanbedividedinto.

Para.1:thewriterexpresseshisloveforhisjobandwhyhelovesit.

Para.2:thewriterdescribeshisjobanditsimportance.

Para.3:thewriterdescribeshisfirstsightofavolcanoeruption.

Para.4:thewriterdescribeshisfirstcloserlookatavolcano

eruption.

Para.5:thewriterstatesagainhisloveforhisworkandvolcanoes.

Thewholepassagecanbedividedintothreeparts.

Part1:(para.1-2)descriptionofhisjobasavolcanologist.

Part2:(para.3-4)descriptionofhisfirstsightofaneruption.

Part3:(para5)hisloveforhisjobandvolcanoes.

Step4.After-reading

Task6:Sstrytoretellthewriter’sexperience.

Period2.Languagelearning

Step1.Revision

Sstalkaboutwhattheyhavelearnedaboutthevolcanoes.

1.compareto/with

peopleliketocomparehimwithhistwinbrother.

Comparedwithmostofthewomenatthattime,shewaslucky.

Compareto

Thepoetcomparedhislovertoared,redrose.

–ologly“..”

Zoologyoceanologyclimatology

Musicologymethodologydialectology

3.outoftheway

Wouldyoumoveyourbicycleoutofmyway?

Thecitizensmovedoutofthewaytoletthesoldierspass.

4.beabouttodosth.

AsJimwasabouttosaysomething,thebellrang.

5.makeone’swayto/towards

Hemadehiswaytowardsthefillingstation.

Beingexhausted,shemadeherwaytobed.

Theweathervariedfromverycoldtoquitemild.

Thetemperaturevariesfromhourtohourinsomemountainousareas.

7.itissaidthat.

Itissaidthathisnamecarriesgreatweightinthecity.

8.haveagiftfor

Motherhasagiftformakingpeoplefeelathome.

Hehasagiftformusic,thoughhismathsisnotverygood.

Step3.Learningaboutlanguage

Ssdopart1onpage36.

Ssfinishpart2.

Step4.Practice

1.

Thelongnovels

bore

me.

2.

Iamboredtodeath.

3.

Thelongnovelsare

boring.

4.

Thegirl

impressed

herfriendswithhersenseofhumour.

5.

Hiscollectionofpaintingis

impressive.

6.

Theinvention

excites

thedoctors.

7.

It’san

exciting

discovery.

8.

Theexcitedchildrenforgottotakethepresentstotheparty.

9.

Thenewscausedgreatexcitement.

AsktheSstotelltheusageofv-ingform.

SsdoEx3and4onpage36.

Step1.Listening

Task1:Thestudentswilllistentothevolcanologiststalkabouttheir

mostfrighteningexperience.Firstgetthestudentstodescribethe

threepicturestohelpthemrecallthewordsorexpressionsthey’ve

learnedabouttheoccupation–volcanologist.Thenlistenandwrite

theirnamesunderthepictures.

Task2:Sslistentothetapeagainandtrytoanswerthequestionson

page38.

Task3:Sslistentothetapeoncemore.Writethenameoftheperson

besidethethingstheysaid.

Step2.Speaking

Task4:AccordingtothesentencesinListening,Ssinpairsdiscuss:

whatotherwaysdoyouknowofexpressingfearoranxiety.Andthenthink

ofapowerfulnaturalforcethatyouhaveexperiencedandtellyourpartneraboutyourexperienceandhowyoufelt.

First,gettheSstothinkofwaystoexpressfearandanxiety.

Second,asktheSstothinkofpowerfulnaturalforcesthatthey

haveexperienced.Iftheydidn’texperienceanysuchthings,theycanimagineaccordingtothetextandwhattheyheardjustnow.

Thentheyarerequiredtotelltheirsimilarexperienceandhowtheyfeltusingexpressionsfromtheirlistening.

Period4.ExtensiveReading

Step1.Pre-reading

AskSs:howmuchdoyouknowaboutthenorthofChina?.

Step2.Reading(page39)

Task1:Ssreadthetitleandpredictwhatthepassagewilltell.

Task2:Ssreadcarefullyandanswerthefollowingquestions:

1.InwhatprovinceisChangbaishan?

2.Whatisanaturereserve?WhyisChanbaishanafamousnaturereserve?

Whatisthemostpopulartouristattractioninthereserve?

WhatdoesTianchimean?HowwasTianchiformed?

WhatistheconnectionbetweentheManchupeopleandTianchi?Step3.Writing

Task3:Afterreadingthetext,thestudentswilllearnthewayof

describingaplaceofinterest.Getthestudentstoreadthenotesfirst,andthenletthemdiscussinwhichaspectstheywillintroducehotsprings.Andthenletthemwriteaparagraphabouthotsprings.

Poolsheatedbyhotwateroutoftheground

Waterheatedbyboilingrocksintheground

Agroupofspringsinanareaof1,000squaremetres

Somepoolsveryhot(over60degree)butothersverypleasantforbathing

Bathingsupposedtobegoodforhealth

Period5.Listening,speakingandwriting

Step1.Talking(page69)

Task1:Sslookatthepictureanddiscussthefollowingquestionswith

apartner.

1.Haveyoueverexperiencedatyphoon,asnowstormorahailstorm?Tell

yourpartnerwhatitwaslike.

2.Lookatthepicturebelow.Whatdoyouthinkhashappenedtothehouse?

3.Readtheinformationbesidethepicture.Howdoyouthinkyouwould

feelduringthecycloneandafteritwasover?

Inthispart,thestudentswilllistentoChristinetalkingaboutacyclonesheexperienced.

Task2:SslistentothetapetwiceandtrytofinishEx1and2.

Ssreadthesevensentencesquicklyandwrite1-7besidetheeventstoshowtheorderinwhichtheyhappenedwhilelistening.

SslistentothetapeagainandfinishEx2onpage70.

Step3.Speaking(page70)

Task3:Ssreadtheinstructionsofspeakingtaskcarefullyandchooseonescenetoactitoutingroupsoffour.Whiletheymaketheirplay,trytousetheexpressionslistedundereachscene.

Tipsforplanningyourplay:

Decidewhowillplayeachcharacter.

Plantheactionoftheplay.

Planwhatthecharacterswillsay.Trytoshowhowthecharactersarefeelingbywhattheysayanddo.

Practiceyourplay.

Step4.Writing

Task4:Imagineyouwerecaughtinaterriblenaturaldisaster,butyouarenowsafe.Writeadiaryentrydescribinghowyoufeltduringandafterthedisaster.

Writingsteps:

1.C