英语人教版八年级下册Unit 5(Section A 3a-3c).doc

U5 Section A (3a-3c) 教学目的和要求1.重点单词：storm ,report,area,wind,light,wood,window,flashlight, match,beat,heavily,against.2.重点短语：in the neighbourhood,make sure,pieces of. fall asleep, Die down,in a mess,fallen trees,broken windows.1. 重点句子: Black clowds were making the sky very dark. With no light outside,it felt like midnight. It was hard to have fun with a serious storm outside. He finally fell asleep when the wind was dying down at around 3:00 a.m. Although the storm broke many things apart,it brought families and neighbours closer together.教学重点1. 重点短语和句型2. 过去进行时。3.when 和while的用法教学难点1. 重点短语和句型2. when 和while的用法教学过程Step 1.Revision and leading After going over some phrases ,the teacher says:It often rains heavily in some places,can you say something about what the weather is like before the storm comes? And what is the neighbour hood like after the storm? Now lets read the passage in 3a to find out the answers to the questions.Step2.Reading Comprehension 1) Fast reading and answer the questions 1. What was the weather like before the heavy rain started? 2. What was the neighborhood like after the storm ? 2)intensive reading the teacher draw a chart and ask the students to fill in the blank after reading like this:Weather The peoplesactivities Before the storm During the storm After the stormStep 3. Read aloud and understand the text paragraph by paragraph .1) ask some students to read the passages one by one. 2) Explain some difficult sentences .3) Language pointsa.Bens dad while his mom was making sure the flashlights and radio were working. 此句中的连词while的意思是 “当 的时候；和同时”，while还可以表示“而；然而；但”之意，用来说明和强调两种事情或情形不同。b. make sure“确认，查明，核实；确保；设法保证”，其后可接句子，或接介词of及宾语，用来引入需要确认的内容。e.g. Could you make sure what time hes arriving? 你能确认一下他几点到达吗？C . , but it was hard to have fun with a serious storm happening outside.It is adj.+ to do sth. 做怎么样。It is adj. for sb. to do sth. 对某人来说做怎么样。e.g. It is important for us to learn English. 对我们来说学英语很重要。D. die down的用法。E fall asleep，go to sleep，go to bed 的区别.(参考PPT)Step 4 Do the exercises 3b. On P35,and ask the students to give The answers and check them. Step 5. Summary A. Find the key words and the phrases.(see ppt.)B. Read the text again and Retell the story.Step 6.H