八下Unit 5 section A 3a~3c

Unit 5 What were you doing when the rainstorm came?Section A 3a3cTeaching aims:I. Knowledge aims: 1. Vocabulary: storm, wind, light, report, area, wood, window, flashlight, match, beat, against, at first, asleep, fall asleep, die down, rise (rose), fallen, apart 2. Sentences: The news on TV reported that a heavy rainstorm was in the area. Bens dad was putting pieces of wood over the window while his mom was making sure the flashlight and radio was working. Although the storm broke many things apart, it brought families and neighbors closer together.II. Ability aims: 1. Ss are able to describe an event. 2. Ss are able to read for the time line of a story. 3. Ss are able to read for others activities.III. Cultural and Emotional aims: 1. Ss are able to know and keep a good relationship with their neighbors. 2. Ss are able to talk about the past event.Teaching key and difficult points: I. Teaching key points: 1. Ss are able to know the key words, phrases and sentences. 2. Ss are able to talk about the past events with the past progressive tense and “when”, ”while” clause. 3. Ss are able to talk about the storm through before the storm, during the storm and after the storm.II. Teaching difficult points:1. Ss are able to talk about the past events with the past progressive tense and “when”, ”while” clause. 2. Ss are able to talk about the storm through before the storm, during the storm and after the storm.Teaching procedures:Step 1 Warming up T: On July 11th,2015, a typhoon suddenly came to the area of Changxing. What were you doing when the typhoon came? Ss: I was when the typhoon came. While I was , the typhoon came. T: Whats the weather like while the typhoon is here?Before the typhoon:Black clouds made the sky very dark. It felt like midnight with no light outside. a. n. 电灯 b. n. 灯光c. adj. 轻的During the typhoon: Soon, the rain began to beat heavily against the windows. At the same time, we could hear the strong wind.About three hours later, the typhoon died down.After the typhoon:Everyone was in a mess.Fallen trees broken windows broke many things apartStep 2 Pre-reading Look the picture and the title and then guess:What happened in Alabama?Step 3 Fast reading1. What was the weather like before the heavy rainstorm started?2. What was the neighborhood like after the storm?Tips: Get the information at the beginning and the end of the passage?Step 4 Scanning1. Find the topic sentences2. Read the article quickly and divide the paragraph.Para. 1 A. before the rainstormPara. 2 B. during the rainstormPara. 3 C. after the rainstormPara. 4 Step 5 Careful readingBefore the rainstorm1. Read para 1 and find out the information A heavy rainstorm came to the Alabama. What to hear what to see2. Read para. 2 Everyone was busy.Bens dad was putting pieces of wood over the windows.Bens mom was making sure the flashlight and radio was working.During the rainstorm1. Read para 3The rain began to beat heavily against the windows.Ben was helping his mom make dinner.Bens family tried to play a card game.After the rainstormBen finally fell asleep when the wind was dying down.At 3:00am Ben fell asleep The wind was dying downThe next day the neighborhood in a mess The neighbors help clean up the neighborhoodStep 6 Exercise 1. Work on 3b 2. Work on 3cStep 7 R