英语人教版八年级下册U5 Section A (3a-3c).doc

Unit 5 What were you doing when the rainstorm came？The second period Section A (3a-3c)阜南一初 乔龙珊Teaching aims:1.To develop studentsability of getting information from the passage by reading training. 2.Tell a story.3.To develop students sprits of helping each other in danger.Teaching contents:1.Key words:storm ,report,area,wind,light,wood,window,flashlight,matchbeat,heavily,against.asleep,rise,apart2.Key phrases:in the neighbourhood, make sure, pieces of, fall asleep, die down, in a mess, fallen trees, broken windows.3.Key sentences: (1) Black clouds were making the sky very dark. (2) With no light outside, it felt like midnight. (3) It was hard to have fun with a serious storm outside. (4) He finally fell asleep when the wind was dying down at around 3:00 a.m. (5) Although the storm broke many things apart, it brought families and neighbours closer together.Teaching important points:1. The key phrases and sentences.2. The past progressive tense.Teaching difficult points:1. The key phrases and sentences.2. To improve the reading skills.Teaching aids： Multi-media, computer, blackboardTeaching procedures:Step 1. Lead-in.Teacher: It often rains heavily in some places.Now look at the pictures and answer the question: what happened?Teacher:Yes. Now lets read about another storm .Step2. Presentation1.Let students look at the picture and the title of 3a to predict the content.2.Learn the new words.Step 3 Reading(3a)1.Look through the passage and answer the following questions:1) Were winds strong or weak ?（Strong.）2) Were clouds black or white ?(Black.)3) Was the sky dark or bright ?(Dark.)4) Did neighbors stay inside or clean up outside?(Cleaned up outside.)5) How was the neighbor after the storm?(In a mess.)6) How were the windows ?(Broken.)7) Where were the rubbish ?(Everywhere.)2. Listen to the passage and answer the following questions 1) What was the weather like before the heavy rain started? 2）What was the neighborhood like after the storm?Keys: 1.) Black clouds were making the sky very dark. With no light outside, it felt like midnight. 2.)The neighborhood was in a mess.3. Read the passage alond and find out the main ideas of each paragraph.4. Complete the sentences using information from the passage.Step 4 Speaking1. Retell the passage.1)The news on TV reported a heavy storm was coming .The winds.The clouds .the sky .It was just like midnight because of no light.2)Before the storm , everyone Bens dad .While his mom .3)when the rain began ,Ben was-,after dinner ,they.,4)At3:00the wind.Ben.While the sun.Ben.the neighborhood.the neighbors.Although the storm.,it.2. Discuss the questions with a partner.“Although the storm broke many things apart, it brought families and neighbors closer together.”What other things can bring people closer together? How can we help each other in times of difficulty?Step 5 Language points 1. With no light outside, it felt like midnight. 句中介词with表示一种伴随状况，同时还包含着某种因果关系，表示“因某种状况的存在而导致”, 因此可翻译成“由于；因为”等。 2. Bens dad while his mom was making sure the flashlights and radio were working.1) while当的时候；和同时；while而；然而；但，2) 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。 3) work表示机器，器官等 “运作，运转”e.g. My watch doesnt work。 我的手表不正常运转。3. 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。4. He finally fell asleep when the wind was dying down at around 3:00 a.m. 1）fall asleep 进入梦乡，睡着asleep adj. 睡着 区别sleepy, asleep & sleep sleepy形容词，“困倦的；瞌睡的”，可作定语和表语。如：Ill go to bed. Im sleepy. 我要去睡觉了,我困了。asleep形容词，“睡着的”，强调状态，常作表语。 fall asleep“入睡；睡着”。sleep 动词/名词，“睡，睡眠”，强调动作，常作谓语，表语或主语。 2）die down逐渐变弱，逐渐平息5. When he woke up, the sun was rising. rise不及物动词，（价格、水位等）上涨；（月亮、太阳等）上升。6. Fallen trees, broken windows and rubbish were everywhere. fallen和broken为过去分词，可作前置定语修饰名词。 他们正在打扫院子里的落叶。They are cleaning the fallen leaves in the yard.Step 6 summ