Unit 4 Earthquakes
Period 5 Using Language
整体设计
从容说课
This is the fifth teaching period of this unit. The teacher can first check the homework and review what they learned in the last lesson. Some sentences which contain attributive clauses should be translated for revision.
The emphasis of this period is laid on developing the students’ writing ability. This is a best way to test if the students have mastered what they have learned. The task Reading and speaking on Page 30 includes two parts:The first part including 1-2 gives students practice in writing a short acceptance speech. Step 2 clearly outlines what students should include in their speeches. Be sure to have students consider who their audience is and how they choose their words and manner of speaking. This part is a bit challenging for students, but very practical. It requires students to put what they have learned into daily use, which is the real purpose of language learning. The teacher should instruct students in order to make it sound formal. The second part, that is, Step 3 gives students practice in discussing in groups what had to be done to rebuild a city after an earthquake. Students should have their discussion after looking at the design of the new Tangshan stamps.
As to the part Reading and writing on Pages 31-32, the teacher should first get the students to read the brief description about how to write a newspaper story and then have them compare a newspaper story to a short story.
