Class Type: Comprehensive class, 1 period

Teaching Contents: This lesson contains some new words and descriptions of volcano eruption. It will enlarge students' vocabulary of natural phenomenon and help them learn to express the past actions.

Teaching Objectives:

(1) Knowledge objective

Students can master the words of volcano eruptions, such as"erupt, ash, lava, pumice, mud".

(2) Ability objective

Students can develop ability in describing natural disasters and past actions.

(3) Emotional objective

Students can speak confidently in front of the class.

Teaching Key Points:

Name words of volcano eruptions; description of the eruption ; usage of "erupt".

Teaching Difficult Points:

Memorization of the news words; how to get the students volunteer actively in interactive sections.

Teaching Aids:

Multi-media, pictures of different nature disasters, cards of key words about volcano eruptions.

Teaching Procedures:

Step 1 Lead-in (5 minutes)

Show students pictures of different natural disasters and some historical facts of them.

Then show the students pictures of Pompeii and tell a short story about Pompeii.

(Justification: This step will warm up the class, and students will become quite curious and be attracted by Pompeii' s mysteries. )

Step 2 Presentation (20 minutes)

a. New Words

Divide the students into 4 groups and give each group cards with natural disasters on it. The teacher shall write all the vocabulary related to nature disasters on the blackboard and ask students to match descriptions with the disasters. (5 minutes)

(Justification: This group activity helps attract students' attention and interest. They can grasp the meaning of new words faster. )

b. Speech

Keep the 4 groups and each group will be given 5 minutes to prepare for a 2 minutes description of volcano erupt/on, then they shall select one group member to present it in front of the class.

(Justification: This group activity helps students memorize all the words and develp the ability of doing presentation in front of the class.)

Step 3 Consolidation (15 minutes)

Call 4-6 students evaluate the presentations made by each group with questions like:

What do you think of the group A's presentation

Is there any more vocabulary we have learned today can be used in that presentation

What improvements do you think they need

(Justification: This step will help students memorize the vocabularies. What's more, it will help train students'critical thinking. )

Step 4 Summary and Homework (5 minutes)

The teacher will show the flash cards of words & sentences to lead students to read and review them again.

The homework is to write at least 10 sentences to describe a nature disaster.

(Justification: The homework of writing will help students to use the words to describe nature disasters, and strengthen their interest and confidence of learning English. )

Blackboard Design:

Pompeii: The facts

Word:

erupt ash lava pumice mud

Speech:

The description of volcano eruption

Teaching Reflection.