Module 3 The Violence of Nature-Reading
Period 1
■Goals
● To learn to read passages with the past perfect passive and indirect speech about tornadoes
● To learn to read with strategies
■Procedures
Step 1: Warming up by reviewing 21st century disasters
Hi, class. Nice to see you safe and sound.
Throughout history there have been sudden, terrible events that have shaken the world. Sometimes they are man-made, ranging from the infamous sinking of the Titanic to the deadly
Before we read What Is a Tornado?… let’s have a brief review of the 21st century disasters we have experienced so far.
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2001 Gujarat Earthquake, European Heat Wave of 2003, Hurricane Ivan, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami（海啸）, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand, and elsewhere (December 26, 2004) 186,983 killed, 42,883 missing 2005 Sumatran earthquake, 2005 Maharashtra floods, Mumbai, Maharashtra, Hurricane Katrina, United States (August 2005), toll varies, 2,000 killed 2005 Kashmir earthquake, 2006 Southern Leyte mudslide（泥流）, Philippines, (17 February 2006) 950 killed. May 2006 Java earthquake, Yogyakarta, July 2006 Java earthquake, Typhoon Saomai (2006), |
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