八年级下Unit5 SectionA 3a .docx

Unit 5 What were you doing when the rainstorm came? SectionA 3a Reading Guo Jiali Class4A,Junior2 The Storm Brought People Closer Together*Ben could hear strong winds outside his home in Alabama. Black clouds were making the sky very dark. With no light outside, it felt like midnight. The news on TV reported that a heavy rainstorm was in the area.*Everyone in the neighborhood was busy. Bens dad was putting pieces of wood over the windows while his mom was making sure the flashlights and radio were working. She also put some candles and matches on the table.*Ben was helping his mom make dinner when the rain began to beat heavily against the windows. After dinner, they tried to play a card game, but it was hard to have fun with a serious storm happening outside.*Ben could not sleep at first. He finally fell asleep when the wind was dying down at around 3:00 a.m. When he woke up, the sun was rising. He went outside with his family and found the neighborhood in a mess. Fallen trees, broken windows and rubbish were everywhere. They joined the neighbors to help clean up the neighborhood together. Although the storm broke many things apart, it brought families and neighbors closer together.I. Teaching Aims: 1. Knowledge: *Let students know some new phrases and expressions. *Let students use past progressive tense correctly.2. Abilities: * Improve students imagination. * Improve students reading skills, including prediction, skimming and scanning skills . * Enable students to retell the story by using the key information.3.Emotion: If we can help each other when we are in trouble, the disaster can be beaten by our love.II.Teaching importance and difficulty: *Find key information to fill in a chart. * Retell the passage according to a few key words. III.Teaching Aids: Multi-media , PPTIV.Teaching Procedures:Step1: Lead in . *Look at some pictures with different weather.“Whats the weather like?” “How is the sky?”sunny windy cloudy ( black and thick clouds)*listen to a sound (thunder) and look at a picture (lightning)Whats coming soon? rainstorm*Show a video of a rainstorm. How is the situation?Step2:Discussion: groupwork When the rainstorm came, what should we do ？What shouldnt we do？Step3: Fast reading: * How many paragraphs are there ? Let Ss number the passage . * Match the main idea with each paragraph Read each paragraph quickly to find the main idea of each paragraph. Paragraph 1 The activities during the rainstorm Paragraph 2 The result after the rainstorm Paragraph 3 The weather before the rainstorm Paragraph 4 The preparation before the rainstorm * Divide the passage into 3 parts before the storm during the storm after the storm Step4: Detail reading:*Para 1 Fill in the chart: What was the weather like before the rainstorm? Before the storm weather *The _ were blowing outside. *The sky was _ because of _ *With _ outside, it felt like midnight.*Para2: Fill in the chart: What were Bens parents doing ? Before the storm_ _ Bens dad *He_ pieces of wood over the windows. Bens mom *She_ the flashlight and radio were _. *she also_ some candles and matches on the table.*Para3: When the rainstorm came, what were Bens family doing?T or F1.Ben was making dinner by himself.2.The rain started to beat lightly against the windows.3. Bens family played a card game after dinner.4. They didnt have fun because they were too tired.*Para4: What was the neighborhood like after the storm? The neighborhood was in a mess. Fallen trees, broken windows and rubbish were everywhere. Match the words with the correct meaning. rise A. make . separated and not get together. break .apart B. come up bring.closer C. make the relationship better Step5. Retell. Let Ss retell the passage according to the key information. Step6. Do yo know any other disasters which can bring people closer together? flood, typhoo