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Teaching plan
Unit 4 Reading for Writing
Teaching Content:
Read the news report about the tsunami
Analyze the summary of the news report
Write a summary of the Night the Earth Didn't Sleep
Teaching Objectives:
Generalize the main idea of a news report
Be familiar with the structure of a summary
Learn to write a short but inclusive summary of a long passage
Teaching Procedure:
Lead-in:
Q1: What’s the disaster shown in the picture
Q2: How much do you know about it
Keys: It is a tsunami. A tsunami is an extremely large ocean wave which is often caused by earthquake, landslide, or volcanic eruption. It does great damage to the human beings.
Purpose: To activate students’ knowledge of the natural disaster tsunami, paving the way for the news report.
Step 1: Fast-reading. Skim the news report and analyze the structure
Guide the students to explore the elements of a news report
Column: The Daily News
Headline: Tsunami hits Asia: Over 6,500 dead
Byline:
Author: Robert Woodhouse
Date: Monday, 27 December 2004
Text:
Para.1: Leading part
Para.2: Body part
Para.3: Ending part
Purpose: have student grasp the basic structure of a news report
Step 2: Reading for details.
Find out the main idea of each paragraph with the supported information in the handouts.
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 2
The casualty of the three countries: Sri Lanka (2,498) India (1,900) Thailand(1,900)
An experience told by a Thai woman from the tsunami-hit area
Paragraph 3
The number of deaths would increase
Delivery of supplies was difficult due to dangerous conditions and damaged roads. →Q.3
Questions:
1. When did the tsunami happen
2. What caused the tsunami
3. Why would it be difficult to deliver food and supplies
Purpose: have students understand the content of the news report.
Step 3: Read the summary
A summary is a short statement of a long passage, which only includes the main ideas and important information of the passage. Now please read the summary and circle the main points.
Keys: date, place, event, effect
Think: Could you add the time and cause information to the summary
Purpose: have students understand the essential points of a summary
Step 4. Write a summary of the Night the Earth Didn’t Sleep
I.Write down the main details of each paragraph
II. Generalize the main ideas based on the details
III. Write a summary for the text on page 50
What makes a good summary
A summary should be concise and clear
Length: one third of the original text.
Key supporting points for the topic.
(5W+1H, important details)
Use your own words.
IV. Present the students’ work and make comments
V. Appreciate the sample writing.
An earthquake hit Tangshan, China on 28 July 1976. Before the earthquake, strange things happened in the countryside. More than 400,000 people were killed or injured in the earthquake. Nearly everything in the city was destroyed. After the quake, 150,000 soldiers and more than 10,000 doctors and nurses and many workers were sent to do rescue work. With support from the government and efforts of the city's people, a new Tangshan was built upon the ruins.

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