(共14张PPT)
Unit5.
What were you doing when the rainstorm came
Section B Reading
Do you remember what you were doing
Why
1. By learning the article, students can learn about the important events in history and try to understand Robert's and Kate's emotion.
2.It teaches students to remember the past and be grateful for peace and work
hard for the future.
What
It is under the thematic context of “Man and Society”;
and the topic is about people's unforgettable memories of some important historical events.
Text analysis
Do you remember what you were doing
Text analysis
How
1.It includes
opinions, introduction of the events and the description of
activities and feelings.
2.This article, using Robert and Kate as two examples, demonstrates through their reminiscences that people always remember what they were doing and how they felt at the time of a big event.
Teaching Objectives
By the end of the class, Ss can
1. Language skills:
(1). Grasp some words and expressions like “completely”, “ shocked”, “ in silence” and “have meaning to...”
(2). Get main idea and specific information by reading.
(3). Use the structure “was/were doing...when...”to describe the past events.
(4). Use “ so...that...” to write about their feelings of certain events.
2. Thinking skills:
(1). Identify the structure of the text.
(2). Infer the reason why Robert and Kate have such kinds of feelings.
3. Study skills:
Grasp some reading skills.
4.Culture awareness:
Learn to cherish world peace and work hard for the future.
Feb.4, 2022
big events
Winter Olympics in Beijing was held.
Feb.6, 2022
Chinese women’s soccer team got the first place.
Chinese people will
never forget them.
What were you doing when...
Why do you remember it
Look at the pictures and title in the passage. What do you think the passage is about
+
the first sentence
Reading skills
Reading the Title and First Sentences
The title can be helpful for you to understand a text. It is also a good idea to read the first sentence of each paragraph before you read the whole text.
The man was ______ in front of so many people.
High buildings were ______ .
Do you remember
what you
were doing
If you were the writer, according to the title and the first sentence, you will write:
who
who
People often remember what they were doing when they heard the news of important events in history.
important events
remember what they were doing
People
remembered
remembered
Skimming: Read the passage quickly and answer the questions.
1
2
What are the two events in the passage
When did they happen
3
Who remembered these events
Martin Luther King's death & Robert's activities.
911 Events & Kate's activities.
Part 1
Part 2
How many parts can be divided into
33
The first event
1.What was the event
2.When did it happen
3.Where did it happen
5. How did his family feel
4. What was Robert Allen doing
Dr. Martin Luther King
.
.
…
was killed.
On April 4,1968.
He was eating dinner
Completely shocked
In America
Part 1
My parents did not talk after that, and we finished the rest of our dinner in silence.
sad
Why did they feel sad when they heard the news about Martin Luther King‘s death
A. 哭泣 B. 沉默 C.冷静 D. 冷漠
Martin Luther King
a great American and a peacemaker
an American public speaker to work for all poor people, white and black.
received the Nobel Peace Prize(1964)
helped black people to fight for
freedom and justice (正义)
(Jan.15.2019--Apr.4.1968)
33
The second event
1.What was the event
2.When did it happen
3.Where did it happen
5. How did she feel
4. What was Kate Smith doing
The World Trade Center
.
.
was taken down.
On September 11,2001.
She was working in the office
at first, didn't believe
In America
Part 2
looked out of ... and realized ...
was so scared ...that could hardly think
unbelievable
scared
How to write?
feelings
This was an important event in American history.
* Robert’s parents were so ... that they finished...
* I was so scared that I could hardly
think clearly after that.”
Futher-thinking
Even the date – September 11, 2001 – has meaning to most Americans.
importance
mean something to
Write about an event that you remember well.
Writing
Ukrainian war 乌克兰战争
The launch of Tianwen-1
winning a prize
Writing like this: An important event that I remember well was that ________. It happened _______ (time). When it happened, I was _______ (activity) and my friend was ________ (activity). I felt so ______ that I _______ (feeling). This event has meaning to me because ________.
Feb.24, 2022
May 15, 2021
Remember the past.
Be grateful to peace
and
work hard for the future.