新人教版高中英语必修1Unit 4 Natural Disasters- Reading for writing教案

Unit 4 Natural Disasters- Reading for writing教案

【教学目标与核心素养】

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.

4. Strengthen students’ great interest in writingdiscourses.

【教学重难点】

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.

【教学过程】

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

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:

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

4. Get your drat back and revise it. Put up your summary in the classroomor read it to the class

Step 4: Practice

1. Use what you have learnt to write a news report

台湾高雄于2016年2月6日发展8时57分发生了6.7级地爬，损失修重，请根据下表提供的信息，为某英语报社写一篇100词左右的新闻报道，报道的标题已给出。

受灾情况：大量房屋道路被毁;多人受伤，许多人下落不明；供水、供电中断。军队帮助寻找幸存者、挖掘被困人员、掩埋死者。

赈灾措施：从各地运送来淡水和食物；号召群众支援灾区；社会各界和广大民众自愿为灾区捐款。

2. Discuss withyour partners and figure out the features of a news report:

新间报道是记叙文的一种，其特点是以事实为依据，对人的经历或事实给予明确的、实事求是的报道。

基本结构：

英语新闻报道通常包括四部分:

①标题——标题应当简洁明了。

②导语——导语是消息开头的第一段或第一句话，简明扼要地揭示出消息的核心内容。

③主体——主体是消息的主要部分，要用充足的事实表现主题，对导语的内容作进一步的展开和阐述。