八年级下册What were you doing when the rainstorm came Section A （3a-3c)教案

Unit 5 Section A-2
Class Type Reading
Objectives To talk about what they were doing when the rainstorm came． To learn to escape correctly when the rainstorm came.
Key structure With no light outside, it felt like midnight. 2. Ben’s dad… while his mom was making sure the flashlights and radio were working. 3. Ben was helping his mom make dinner when the rain began to beat heavily against the window.
Difficulties To read the article and look up the information, and then to discuss it.
Vocabulary Beat, sleep, asleep, raise.
Fall asleep, die down, feel like, at first, make sure, wake up, in a mess, clean up, help each other, in times of difficulty
Period 2
Procedure
Lead-in Free talk. What will happen when the storms come.
Step 1 What should we prepare before the rainstorm came What will happen after the storm.
Step 2 Fast reading. Match the main idea with each paragraph.
Step 3 Activity 3a. Read the passage and answer the following questions.
Step 4 Activity plete the sentences using information from the passage.
Step 5 Read the article again and finish the mind-map.
Step 6 Activity 3c. Discuss the questions with a partner.
Step 7 Summarize the language points.
Step 8 Activity 4a. Look at the table and write sentences with both while and when.
Step 9 Activity 4b. Fill in the blanks with was, were, when or while.
Step 10 Summary.