英语人教版八年级下册Unit5 SectionA 3a-3c .doc

Unit 5 What were you doing when the rainstorm came?Period 2 Section A 3a3c By Qin XiaolongTeaching goals:1 Language Goals: Use the past tense to describe what happened in the past.2 Ability Goals：be able to understand the events of the past and simply describe the events of the past.3 Moral Goals：We can learn this lesson and train the students to help each other in difficult situations.Teaching important points:Words and Expressions：storm, wind, light, report, area, wood, window, flashlight, match, beat, against, at first, asleep, fall asleep, die down, rise, fallen, apart.Sentences:1. Bens dad was putting pieces of wood over the window while his mom was making sure the flashlights and radio were working . 2. Ben was helping his mom make dinner when the rain began to beat heavily against the windows. 3. He finally fell asleep when the wind was dying down at around 3:00 a.m.Grammar：The past progressive tense.Teaching difficult points: when, while引导的时间状语从句中的过去时和过去进行时Step 1 Revision 1. Read the words and expressions.2. Ask students to talk about what they were doing last night in groups then give a report.Step 2 PresentationAsk the students to watch the TV news and think about what happened.Step 3 Reading 3a Read the passage quickly and answer the following questions1) What was the weather like before the heavy ran 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.3b Read the passage again and complete the sentences using information from the passage. 1) When the news on TV was reported, strong winds were _ outside. 2）While Bens mom was making sure the radio was working, his dad_. 3) Ben _ when the heavy rain finally started.4) When Ben _at 3:00 a.m., the wind _.Keys: 1) were blowing 2) was putting pieces of wood over the windows 3) was helping his mom make dinner 4) fell asleep: was dying downStep 4 Speaking3c Discuss the questions with a partner. “Although the storm broke many things apart, it brought families and neighbors closer together.” What other can bring people closer together? How can we help each other in times of difficulty?Step 5 Homework1. Please read the passage fluently and correctly with the right pronunciation.2. Write a passage about a difficulty by using “when” and “while”.Board DesignUnit 5What were you doing when therainstorm came?The second period Section A（3a-4c）1.Thevocabulary:storm,report,area,wind,light,wood,window,match,beat,heavily,against,rise,fall asleep, die down, rise, fallen, apart.2.Target language:（1）Ben was helping his mom make dinner when the rain began to beat heavily against the windows.（2）He finally fell asl