Unit 5 What Were You Doing When the Rainstorm Came?
Section B (2a-2d)
Teaching Aims
Knowledge Aims
Learn and master some important phrases.
Ability Aims
1. To improve the reading skills.
2. To improve student’s predicting and summarizing ability during read the passage.
Emotional Aims
Make the student educated from the important history events.
Teaching Important and Difficult points
Master the important phrases.
Improve the reading skills.
Teaching methods
Group work, individual work
Teaching Aids
blackboard; multimedia
Teaching procedures
Step 1 Greeting
Greet the students as usual.
Step 2 Revision
Review the words.
Step 3 Lead-in
Show the pictures about Martin Luther King and 9.11 event. Let the student guess.
Show a video about Martin Luther King’s famous speech “I have a dream”.
Show the brief introduction about Martin Luther King and 9.11 event.
Step 4 Skim reading (2a)
Read the passage quickly and try to find the answer to the following questions:
What are the two events in the passage.
When did they happen?
Keys:
They are Dr. Martin Luther King's murder and the World Trade Center in New York was taken down.
They were on April 4, 1968 and on September 11, 2001.
Step 5 Detail reading
Learn the passage together and answer the following questions:
What was Robert Allen doing when King was killed?
Which day will Kate Smith never forget?
Keys:
He was eating dinner with his family in the kitchen.
On September 11, 2001.
Step 6 Translation
Translate the passage together and learn the language points.
Step 7 Language points
1. hear v. 听见;听到
hear→ heard(过去式)→heard(过去分词)
hear sb. do sth. 听见某人做某事
翻译:我们常常听到汤姆在家弹钢琴。
We often hear Tom play the piano at home.
hear sb. doing sth. 听见某人正在做某事
我们听到那个女孩正在房间里唱歌。
We heard that girl singing in the room.
hear of/ about sth./sb. 听说某事、某人...
我听说过他。
We heard of him.
hear from sb. 收到某人的来信
hear that 听说......
2. completely adv. 完全地
complete adj.
E.g. He completely believe my words.
3. in silence 沉默
E.g. After arguing with each other, both of them are in silence.
4. recently adv. 最近 recent adj.
E.g. What have you done recently?
5. ...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
E.g. They are talking about how to take that wall down.
6. terrorist n. 恐怖分子
E.g. The man is a terrorist.
7. She remembers working in her office near the two towers.
她记得当时自己正在距两座塔楼不远的办公室工作。
remember (sb.) doing sth.
E.g. I remember my father bringing home a large Christmas tree.
remember to do sth. 记得要去做某事
E.g. Please remember to close the door. 请记得关那个门。
8. at first 首先;最初
E.g. We will have lunch at first.
Step 8 After reading
Finish 2c and 2d.
2c Key : F F T F T
2d Keys:
Although some people may not remember who killed him, they remember what they were doing when they heard the news.
My parents did not talk after that, and we finished the rest of our dinner in silence.
Even the date ― September 11,2001― has meaning to most Americans.
I was so scared that I could hardly think clearly after that.
Step 9 Summary
1.在历史上 in history
2.一件重要的事件 an important event
3.在那个时候 at that time
4.在收音机里 on the radio
5.无声 in silence
6.拆除 take down
7.记得做过某事 remember doing sth.
8.首先;起初 at first
9.如此...以致于 so... that
Step 10 Homework
1. Remember the words and phrases in this lesson.
2. Finish the exercises in the workbook.