藁城一中 王青釵

Aims:

1.let the students understand the whole passage fully.

2.Learn some knowledge about how to rescue themselves if natural disasters happened.

Aids: multi－media

Step1: Pre-reading (lead―in)

Greet the class. Talk about unforgettable experiences.

List some natural disasters

Natural disasters: fire; flood; draught; earthquake; typhoon; tornado….

Then show the students a video. Then ask :

1.Which disaster is it ?

2.What can you see in the video?

water; waves; many people are swept down by the waves, struggling in the water;.

They are tying to rescue themselves.

3.If you were in a flood, what should you do？

The students can give different answers.

4.Do you want to know more information about how to rescue yourself in a flood?

Today we will learn a new lesson ”The rescue”

Open your books, and turn to P24.

Step2: While-reading

Fast- reading

1.Rread fast and do the exercises “true or false”

1. When the flood came, Flora was in the house. F

2. After the second wave came, Jeff held onto a tree which grew against the wall. T

3. Flora’ s beautiful hair and dress were all wet and cold, but she still felt very happy. F

4. In the end, they didn’t find the chimney. F

2.Read again and divide the passage into three parts.

Part 1(prar1 to prar2) in the garden

Part 2(prar3 to prar6) on the way to the house

Part 3(prar7 to prar11) inside the house

Careful reading

Read the passage carefully and find out what they did in each part.

Part one look around; run; wave; hear; see; shout; seize

Part two drag; sweep; pull up; hold onto; struggle; fight for;

Look into; run; get to the steps; open the door

Part three climb; run up; stop ; listen to; start crying; look out of; shout; rescue;

Step3. Post-reading

Task 1:Suppose you are Flora or Jeff. A reporter will interview you about

how you rescued yourself from the flood.

First: saw; running; waving; looked around; saw a wall of water….

Next: swept…down; struggled…for

Then: tried to get to the house; climbed the stairs…

End: chimney; rescued…

Task2 : Discussion:

What should you do if a fire happened in the classroom?

Show some useful words and expressions to help the students.

After discussing,. show them some pictures to summarize what should

be done if a fire broke out.

Step4. Homework

Write an article about one of your unforgettable experiences.