人教版八年级下册 Unit 5 What were you doing when the rainstorm came？ Section B 2a-2c 教案

Unit 5 What were you doing when the rainstorm came.
Section B(2a-2e)
一、教材分析
本单元的教学核心项目是“谈论过去的事情”（Talk about past events），要求学生学会讲述过去时间里发生的动作并讲述一个完整的故事。这节课是Section B(2a-2e)的教学内容，是一堂阅读课，课文围绕发生在美国历史上两件大事展开阅读内容。阅读是一个单元语言输入较为集中的环节，阅读中的教学活动主要围绕阅读教材本身的内容展开活动。阅读后的活动旨在让学生通过对课文内容的问答及语言难点的学习等形式进一步加深对文章的理解。同时通过阅读课的学习，促进学生了学生讲故事的兴趣，并激发了学生对伟人的崇敬之情，同时树立正义的思想道德观。
二．教学目标：
1 知识目标：掌握一些新的单词，了解一些词组及句型的用法。
2 能力目标：培养学生的阅读能力以及运用本节课的阅读策略完成阅读任务。并且能用英语叙述过去正在发生的事件，
3 情感目标：通过学习本课，培养学生爱国的思想感情及树立正义的思想道德观。
教学重点
Words and phases: event, happen, passage, pupil, completely, shock, silence, recently, date, terrorist, trade , meaning , tower, realize, truth,
for example, the rest of, in silence, at first, take down, look out of
Sentences:
1. What were they doing when they heard the news
2. We were eating dinner in the kitchen when we heard the news on the radio.
3. We finished the rest of our dinner in silence.
4. Even the date-September 11,2001-has meaning to most Americans
5.She remembers working in her office near the two towers
6. I was so scared that I could hardly think clearly after that
语法（ Grammar） ：the past progressive tense
教学难点（Special difficulties）: Understand the passage and learn all the new languages in the passage
Section B (2a-2e)
三．过程与方法 ：
Autonomous learning and cooperative investigation.
四、教法渗透：
1、教学设计思路：
本节课结合教材的实际，尽量用英语教学，为学生创造英语氛围，利用网络，创造课件，增加直观性，激发学生兴趣，提高课堂密度。让学生带着阅读任务来学习语言，并扩展自己语言知识，让学生自己能学会运用过去时态讲述故事，让学生在用中学，在学中用（Learning by using, learning for using）。培养学生阅读能力。
2、教学方式和手段：
情景教学法、任务型教学法、多媒体辅助教学等。
3、学习方法指导：
本节课将通过brainstorming这一活动让学生对描述过去的事情感兴趣，然后通过谈论图片对本节课主要内容有初步感应。然后再引导学生进行文章阅读。在任务中阅读并完成阅读任务。提高学生阅读水平。让他们围绕着阅读任务在活动中相互探讨、相互合作从而获得知识、技能和情感体验，发展他们的学习能力。
五、教学过程
Step 1 Warming up
T : There was an earthquake that happened in Wenchuan,Sichuan province on May the 12th of 2008. When it happened, I was taking a shower. Can you remember what you were doing at the time of earthquake
S1 :I was having a music class in the classroom.
S2 ….
设计意图：通过2008年汶川大地震事件引入新课，让学生复习动词的过去进行时结构及重点单词When的用法。
Step 2 Presentation
2a. Look at the pictures and the title in the passage. What do you think the passage is about
设计意图：通过看图片回答问题，激发学生阅读动机，激活相关背景知识，引出话题。
阅读指导：(Reading strategies)
Read 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.
对学生进行阅读方法指导，提高阅读效率，完成阅读任务
Step 3 Reading
1 Fast reading
2b. Read the passage and answer the questions.
1. What are the two events in the passage
2. When did they happen
Students skim and scan the passage.Then two students report their answers .
设计意图：快速阅读课文，整体感知课文，通过让学生根据文章标题和每一段的第一句话了解文章大意。从而培养学生整体感知课文大意的能力
2 Careful reading
2c. Read the passage again. Are the following statements true (T) or false (F), or is the information not given (NG)
___ 1. Everyone in American remembers who killed Dr. King.
___ 2. Robert Allen was eating lunch when Dr. King was killed.
___ 3. Robert’s parents were shocked to hear the news.
___ 4. Kate Smith was watching a movie when a plane hit the World Trade Center.
___ 5. Kate didn’t think her friend was telling the truth about the event.
Students silently read the passage ,judge the sentences
设计意图：让学生带着任务仔细阅读课文，加深对文章的理解，提高阅读理解能力，并让他们正确的完成阅读任务
3 detailed reading
2d. Underline sentences from the passage with similar meanings to the ones below.
1. Not everyone will remember who killed him, but they can remember what they were doing when they heard that he got killed.
2. No one said anything for the rest of dinner.
3. September 11, 2001---- the date alone means something to most people in the US.
4. I had trouble thinking clearly after that because I was very afraid.
The students read the passage carefully and finish the task , Then check the answers in groups
设计意图：让学生再一次认真阅读课文，让学生理解课文中重点语句，提高学生英语语言能力
Step 4 Speaking(How good is your memory)
2e. How much do you remember about the events in the passage Talk with your parter
Pair work
The students raise questions according to the passage, then answer the questions
A: When did Dr. Martin Luther King die
B: He died on …
A: When was the World Trade Center taken down
B: It was on …
设计意图：学生在课堂上已经有了大量的语言输入，为学生说的练习做好了准备。这个活动旨在学生通过对课文的理解及语言的学习，培养他们用英语说 的能力
Step5 Language points
1 completely adv.完全地complete adj.“
He completely believe my words.
2 in silence 沉默
After arguing with each other , both of them are in silence.
3 recently adv. 最近 recent adj.
What have you done recently
4…most Americans remember what they were doing when the World Trade Center in New York was taken by terrorists.
绝大多数美国人都记得纽约世贸中心被恐怖分子摧毁时他们在做什么。
take down 摧毁
“They are talking about how to take that wall down.
5 terrorist n.
恐怖分子
The man is a terrorist
6. She remembers working in her office near the two towers.
remember to do sth. 表示“记得去做某事(还没做)”；remember doing sth. 表示“记得做过某事(已做过)”。
我会记得告诉她这件事。
I will remember to tell her about it.
你不记得昨天已经告诉过我了吗？
Don’t you remember telling me about it yesterday
有类似用法的短语还有：forget doing sth. 忘记做过某事(已做) / forget to do sth.忘记做某事(还未做)。
我忘记掉我昨天把门关了(我关了门，但是我忘了)
I forget opening the door.
我昨天晚上忘记做作业了。(实际上我没有做)
I forgot to do my homework last night.
Step 6 Review
Fill in the proper words in the blanks according to the passage
板书设计
Unit5 What were you doing when the rainstorm came
Section B 2a-2e
1 New words and phrases:
1）New words: event, happen, passage, pupil, completely, shock, silence, recently, date, terrorist, trade , meaning , tower, realize, truth,
2）New phrases: for example, the rest of, in silence, at first, take down, look out of
2 Sentences:
1. What were they doing when they heard the news
2. We were eating dinner in the kitchen when we heard the news on the radio.
3. We finished the rest of our dinner in silence.
4. Even the date-September 11,2001-has meaning to most Americans
5.She remembers working in her office near the two towers
6. I was so scared that I could hardly think clearly after that