Unit5 The power of nature

　　　　Teaching plan for Reading

　　　　　　An exciting job

杨德松

Teaching aims and demands:

1. Improve reading ability, such as finding information in limited time, scanning and guessing the meanings of the new words.

2. Understand the general idea of the text and express ideas about the passage details.

3. Know well about volcano and volcanologist's work

4. Respect our nature and protect ourselves from powerful nature forces.

Teaching important point:

　　 Understand the general idea of the text and express ideas about the passage details

Teaching difficult points:

Know well about volcano and volcanologist's work.

Emotion，attitude and value :

　　　To stimulate students' love to nature

Tasks :

Task1: Fast reading

Skim the text and answer the following questions.

1. What is "an exciting job" in this passage?

_______________________________________

2. What is the main idea of the passage?

A. An eruption occurred in Hawaii and I was so excited.

B. A volcanologist's job is exciting and it saved many people.

D. A sight of an eruption is horrible and people couldn't predict it

Task2:Careful reading

Read the text carefully and choose the best answers.

1. Which of the following is not the factor that makes the writer's job the greatest in the world? (Paragraph1 )

A. it's dangerous but exciting.

B. the writer can travel to unusual places and meet people from all over the world.

C. the writer can earn a lot of money.

D. the writer is helping protecting people from the volcano.

2．When was the writer appointed as a volcanologist? ______ (Paragraph2 )