The first period Warming up and pre-reading

1. Warming up

In order to talk about what volcanoes are and how they are formed, students need to learn

Some new words: lava erupt/eruption crater active/dormant/extinct volcanoes

1) Show some pictures of disasters

Ask student to name disasters as much as they know.

Sample answer: cyclone typhoon Hurricane tornado snowstorm landslide

　　　Volcano tsunami earthquake flood hailstorm sandstorm

2) ask them What they feel when they see the power of nature showing in the pictures:

Have you ever experienced one ?

Share you experience and feelings ? (were you frightened and how frightened were you?)

Some expressions tips: scared to death frightened worried

unforgettable unbelievable

3) Have you ever seen a volcano ?

Ask Ss to complete exercise 1 in groups. Then check their answers orally as a whole class.

Ask students to help you make a list of words connected with volcanoes

Discuss with students where in the world active and extinct volcanoes occur.

2. pre-reading

　　1) Can you tell me who will climb into a live volcano in order to take the temperature

of the boiling rock inside ?

　　　　volcanologists--do they take up a crazy job?

　　enjoy working as a volcanologist.

　　Students could do this activity as a survey by asking others in their class these questions

Or they could do it individually.