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(共24张PPT)
Unit 4 Natural Disaster
-A Tsunami Hit Asia
Reading for writing
-A tsunami hit Asia
News resources
Newspaper
trustworthy
detailed
objective
timely
brief
emotional
Self-media
Learning Objectives
After this class
1. I can quickly skim for key information of a natural disaster news
2. I can briefly write a summary of a natural disaster news
3. I can vividly portrait a scene of a natural disaster
I. Skim for information
Learn the structure of a news report
Body
Byline
Headline
main idea
source&date
details
Picture
extra
information
I. Skim for information
Get key information
from the headline and Byline
Tsunami
Asia
6,500 dead
Monday
27 Dec. 2004
Tip 1: Skim for the key information by “____, ____, ____ and ____”
What
Where
How
When
Tip 1: Skim for the key information by “what, where, when and how”
Underline the important details in the News body
What caused it When
did it happen
Where did it crash How
serious are its impacts
Tip 2: numbers are often used to show the disaster’s impacts
I. Skim for information
Underline the important details in the News body
What: When
did it happen
Where did it crash How
serious are its impacts
A powerful earthquake
I. Skim for information
Underline the important details in the News body
What: A powerful earthquake When:
Where did it crash How
serious are its impacts
Yesterday
26 December
I. Skim for information
Underline the important details in the News body
What: A powerful earthquake When:
Yesterday
26 December
Where: How
serious are its impacts
coastlines across Asia
I. Skim for information
Underline the important details in the News body
What: A powerful earthquake When:
Yesterday
26 December
Where: coastlines across Asia How:
1,870
2,498
1,900
Thousands of
people were
dead or missing.
I. Skim for information
I.Skim for information
What A powerful earthquake When Yesterday 26 December Where coastlines across Asia How
Thousands of people were dead or missing.
Tip 3: Use logical connectors to combine
important information into a summary
II. Write a summary
A powerful earthquake
a tsunami
The tsunami
coastlines across Asia
26 December
The tsunami
thousands of people to die or miss.
caused
crashed/hit
on
caused
+
+
+
I. Skim for information
Tip 3: Use logical connectors to combine
important information into a summary
II. Write a summary
1. A powerful earthquake caused a tsunami.
2. The tsunami hit coastlines across Asia on December 26.
3. The tsunami caused thousands of people to die or miss.
A powerful earthquake caused a tsunami, ______ hit coastlines across Asia on December 26.
The tsunami hit coastlines across Asia on December 26,
______ thousands of people to die or miss.
Combine sentence 1 and 2 with “attributive clause（定语从句）”
tip: replace the second similar word with “which”
which
Combine sentence 2 and 3 with “non-finite verb（非谓语动词）”
tip: delete the second similar word and change its verb into v-ing
causing
1+2: A powerful earthquake caused a tsunami, which hit coastlines across Asia on December 26.
2+3: The tsunami hit coastlines across Asia on December 26,
causing thousands of people to die or miss.
Summary
A powerful earthquake caused a tsunami, which hit coastlines across Asia on December 26, causing thousands of people to die or miss.
I. Skim for information
II. Write a summary
III.Portrait a scene
“I was having breakfast with my three children when water started filling my home. We were scared and had to leave everything and run to safety.”
1. affectionate and imagery
2. to bring readers to feel the disaster closer
characters
environment
feeling
action
Find out the elements
character
environment
feeling
actions
a man
a bicycle
sad
cried: “I don’t have anyone left. Why have I been left ”
A sad man, sitting by a bicycle, cried: “I don’t have anyone left. Why have I been left ”
I. Skim for information
II. Write a summary
III.Portrait a scene
Many people lost their families, homes and hope.
A _____1_____ man, sitting by his ____2_____ bicycle,
_____3_____ cried: “I don’t have anyone left. Why have I been left ”
1. A. middle-aged B. tall
(He lost his family.)
2. A. only-left B. newly-bought
(He lost his home except the bicycle.)
3. A. desperately(绝望地) B. sadly
(He lost hope.)
Tip4: use proper adj. and adv. to make the scene more vivid
middle-aged
only-left
desperately
I. Skim for information
II. Write a summary
III.Portrait a scene
Crirical thinking
We skim for key information by
“ _______, _______, ________, _______.”
A powerful earthquake caused a tsunami, which hit coastlines across Asia on December 26, causing thousands of people to die or miss.
1
2
We write a summary by
comibing key information with ______ connectors.
3
We portrait a scene vividly by using ______ and ______.
what
where
how
when
logical
adj.
adv.
I. Skim for information
II. Write a summary
III.Portrait a scene
IV. Apply
What
Where
How
When
Self-Media
Newspaper
Report
news summary
scene description
picture
I. Skim for information
II. Write a summary
III.Portrait a scene
IV. Apply
Step 1 Read and underline key information
Step 2 Three write a news summary
The other three write about the picture
Step 3 Check with standards and polish
Step 4 Combine summary and description
Summary Include information of “when, where, what and how” YES□
NO□
Use logical connectors to link information pieces YES□
NO□
Scene Include characters, environment, feelings and actions YES□
NO□
Use adj. and adv. to make the scene more vivid YES□
NO□
student 1, 2, 3
student 4, 5, 6
summary
scene
I. Skim for information
II. Write a summary
III.Portrait a scene
IV. Apply
Summary Include information of “when, where, what and how” YES□
NO□
Use logical connectors to link information pieces YES□
NO□
Scene Include characters, environment, feelings and actions YES□
NO□
Use adj. and adv. to make the scene more vivid YES□
NO□
I. Skim for information
II. Write a summary
III.Portrait a scene
IV. Apply
I. Skim for information
II. Write a summary
III.Portrait a scene
IV. Apply
facts
warmth
We keep an eye on our home!
Homework
Required:
Select a recent news item, write a self-media news report and publish it.
Optional:
Search for more information about writing a self-media news report with the help of AI.
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