Teaching Plan
Unit 5 What were you doing when the rainstorm came?
Section A 3a-3c
Teaching objectives:
1. Students will be able to master the new words such as “flashlight”, “beat” and so on.
2. Students will be able to master some new phrases such as “fallen trees ”, “in a mess” and so on.
3. Students will be able to understand the general meaning of the passage by using different kinds of reading skills.
4. Students will have the awareness of helping each other as well as cooperation.
Teaching aid: PowerPoint
Teaching procedures:
Before reading
Step 1 Lead-in
1.Invite students to enjoy a video of storm.
What can you see in the video?
(设计意图：引入话题bad weather.)
2.Ask students to answer the question"Look at the title and picture, and predict(预测) what happened?"
(设计意图：引入关键词Storm.)
Step 2 Presentation
Use some pictures and a live video to help students understand the meanings of some key words and new phrases.
While reading
Step 1 Scan the passage and answer the question.
Where did the storm happen?
(Introduce the background information of the storm in the passage to the students ).
Step 2 Read the passage loudly and answer :
What do you think of the storm?
Lead to the topic sentence of the passage---THE STORM BROUGHT PEOPLE CLOSER TOGETHER.
Step 3 Careful reading
Read paragraph 1 carefully and complete the weather description.
The winds were very ____________ outside. Although it was in the day time, it felt like ____________. Because _______________ were making the sky very ______. The news reported that a heavy rainstorm was in the area.
Step 4 Discussion
Discuss and choose three things that one would need in case of a storm and tell the reasons.
(Learn more new words meantime with the help of the pictures:match(es),candle(s),flashlight(s))
Step 5 Oral reading
Students read paragraph 2 loudly and find out what people were doing before the storm.
Then check the answers.
Let the students pay attention to sentences using the past progressive tense.
Step 6 Careful reading
Students read para.3 carefully and answer :
What were Ben doing when the rain beat heavily against the windows?
What did Ben’s family do after dinner?
Step 7 Silent reading
Students read para.4 in silence and answer:
How was the neighborhood after the storm?
What did Ben’s family do?
Step 8 Read the whole passage aloud carefully and finish exercise 3b.
(Review the usage of when&while)
After reading
Step1 Group work
Retell what happened in this passage with the help of tips on the board.
Step 2 Free talk
Topic 1.What other disasters can bring people closer together?
Show a few pictures to help students to understand.
Then lead the students to come to the conclusion :Storms are not always bad.
They brought people closer together.
We should help each other in times of difficulty.
Topic2 Thinking:How can we help each other in times of difficulty? Let students share their opinions and get the awareness of helping each other in their daily life when they come across something difficult.
Exercise
Homework
Write a passage about one thing that impress you(令你印象深刻).60~80words.
习题设计
一、单项选择
1.Don’t cross the road when the traffic ______ are red.
A light B lights C accident D accidents
It took the boy one and a half hour _______last night.
A fall asleep B sleep C fall sleep D to fall asleep
----What was Tom doing ______it was raining.
----He was doing his home work in the bedroom.
A since B while C when D if
Betty was doing her homework_______the door bell rang.
A when B if C because D and
Don’t go out,it is raining _______.
A hardly B heavily C heavy D big
二、用所给词的适当形式填空。
6.Father________(sleep) when I________ (get )up yesterday.
7.Grandma ________(cook )breakfast while I________(wash)my face.
8.Mother________（sweep）the floor when I________(leave)home.
9.The students________(have)a PE class when the visitors _________(come).
10.The driver ___________(drive)home when it _______(rain)last night.
三、根据汉语意思完成句子。
雾正在渐渐消退。
The fog was_______ ________ .
当他醒来时他爸爸正在看着他。
When he _________ _______ ,his father was watching him.
我发现社区一片混乱。
I found the neighborhood ________ _______ ______.
今天早上他起晚了，因为他的闹钟没有响。
He got up late this morning,because his alarm didn’t ________ ________.
那时他正在等他爸爸。
He was_________ _________ his father at that time.
课件26张PPT。Unit 5 What were you doing
when the rainstorm came?人教版八年级下Section A 2
3a-3cThe storm brought people closer togetherThe storm brought people closer togetherLook at the title and picture, and predict(预测) what happened?What’s a storm? very bad weather with strong winds
and heavy rain, often with thunder and lightning
What could people hear before the storm?People could hear strong winds outside.
[w?nd]
=Strong winds were blowing outside .How was the sky before the rainstorm?What was it like outside?With no light outside, it felt like midnight.
[la?t]Black clouds were making the sky very dark.During the storm, how was the weather outside the
window?When the storm came, what else happened outside?The storm broke many things apart .
(分开；分离)[?'pɑ?t] After the storm, broken windowsrubbisheverything was in a mess.(倒下的)
Fallen trees,broken windows and rubbish were everywhere.In Alabama. Alabama is in the southeast of the United States. Gulf of Mexico is to the south of it. There are often cyclones(龙卷风), hurricanes(飓风) and storms in March and April every year. Where did the storm happen? Scan the passage and answer the question.What do you think of the rainstorm ?The Storm Brought People Closer TogetherWhat does “closer” mean ?
1. 亲近的 2. 距离近 的 3. 关着的 Read paragraph 1 carefully and complete the weather description.The winds were very ____________ outside. Although it was in the day time, it felt like ____________. Because _______________ were making the sky very ______. The news reported that a heavy rainstorm was in the area.strongmidnight black cloudsdarkPara.1If your family were in a storm, what things would you prepare? Choose three and tell the reasons.matches food an iPhone a radio candles watermoney flashlights Before the stormWhat were people doing before the storm ?She also put some candles and matches on the table.radiocandlesa piece of woodPara.2During the storm1. What was Ben doing when it began to beat heavily against the windows?
2. What did Ben’s family do after dinner?He was helping his mom make dinner.They tried to play a card game.Para.3How was the neighborhood after the storm? Para.4In a mess.fallen treesbroken windowsrubbish They joined the neighbors to help clean up the neighborhood together.What did Ben’s family do?When the news on TV was reported, strong winds ____________ outside.
While Ben’s mom was making sure the radio was working, his dad __________________________
______________________________.
3. Ben _______________________________ when
the heavy rain finally started.
4. When Ben _________ at 3:00 a.m., the wind ______________.Complete the sentences using information from the passage.were blowingwas putting pieces of woodover the windowswas helping his mom make dinnerfell asleepwas dying downCareful reading3bWhen the news on TV was reported, strong winds ____________ outside.
While Ben’s mom was making sure the radio was working, his dad __________________________
______________________________.
3. Ben _______________________________ when
the heavy rain finally started.
4. When Ben _________ at 3:00 a.m., the wind ______________.Complete the sentences using information from the passage.were blowingwas putting pieces of woodover the windowswas helping his mom make dinnerfell asleepwas dying downCareful reading3bLet’s try to retell （复述）the passage. Ben could hear … outside.
Ben’s father … while his mom …
She also…
Ben was … when the rain…
After dinner, they … , but …
Ben couldn’t sleep at first. He finally… when the wind… They joined … to …
Although … beforewhileafterearthquaketyphoontsunamisnow storm
The rainstorm is a disaster.It broke many things apart.It brought families and neighbors closer together.Storms are not always bad.They brought people closer together.We should help each other.How can we help each other in times of difficulty?Thinking:一、用所给单词的适当形式填空。
1．Please take these ______(fall)trees away.
2.There are some______ ( break) windows after the srorm.
3.The wind is ________ (die down).Let's go out to play.
4.He couldn't fall _________(sleep) because of the accident.
5The rain ______（beat） the windows heavily yesterday.课 堂 小 测fallenbroken dying downasleepbeat二、根据所给汉语意思补全句子。
1．确保一切准备就绪。
_____________ that everything is ready.
2．在困难的时候你会想到谁？
Who will you think of __ ____ __ _________?
3．那股强风会逐渐减弱。
The strong wind will ___________．
4．那部电影太乏味了，以至于我看到一半就睡着了。
The movie was so boring that I _________ half way through it.
5．你的卧室很乱，你最好打扫一下。
Your bedroom was ___________．You'd better clean it up.Make surein times of difficultydie downfell alseepin a mess
