Unit 8 Comic strip &Welcome to the unit

教学目标

1. to introduce the topic “Natural disasters”. 2. To identify vocabulary related to the topic.

教学内容

1. learn some new words: natural, accident, wash, village, lightening, storm, rainstorm, thunder, etc. 2. Learn some phrases: mop up , lose the final, wash away, catch fire, start fire. 3. Sentences:

I was sleeping when it started to rain. Didn’t you hear the rain?

Who’s going to mop up the water if I go home without you? Was anyone hurt?

重点难点

1. to grasp the new words of natural disasters.

2. To distinguish the natural disasters from accidents.

教学准备

some pictures , a tape-recorder &multimedia

教学过程

Step1 ：Lead-in

Before this lesson, the teacher can collect some pictures about some natural disasters.

In class, the teacher show these pictures to the students, and ask them, “ What can you see in the picture?”, “What happened to these things/people?” Step 2: Presentation

1. Revise the change between adjectives and adverbs.

2. Ask students: What is the weather like today? What ‘re the disasters? What are natural disasters? Step 3: Practice

1. Look at the pictures of the dialogue. Guess what’s wrong with Hobo? 2. Play the recording, listen and answer the following questions:

⑴ What’s wrong with Hobo?

⑵ Why does Hobo ask Eddie to go home with him? 3. Ask several pairs to practise the dialogue. 4. Notes:

(1) Didn’t you ...? (2) ... if ...

(3) 一段时间+ later After + 一段时间 Step 4: Learning

1. Guessing games： The teacher describes some kinds of disasters and get students to guess what they are . 2. Practice reading the new words and phrases. 3. Get students to complete Part A. 4. Notes:

(1) Accident 可数名词； an accident 不可数名词： by accident

(2) Thousands of (不确定数) two thousand (确定数) Step 5: Free talk

1. Get students to listen to the record of the conversation and practice reading it. 2. Get students to talk about some natural disasters in their life freely. Step Homework

1. Memorize the words of natural disasters. 2. Talk about more disasters.

板书设计 Comic strip & Welcome to the unit Words: natural, accident, wash, village, lightening, storm, rainstorm, thunder, etc. Phrases: mop up , lose the final, wash away, catch fire, start fire. 4. Sentences: I was sleeping when it started to rain. Didn’t you hear the rain? Who’s going to mop up the water if I go home without you? Was anyone hurt?