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Unit 5What were you doing when the rainstorm came?Section B (2a-2e)Teaching objectives: After learning this lesson, students can1. learn to use the Important words & expressionspassage, pupil, completely, shocked, recently, take down, terrorist, date, tower, truthalthough and but, in silence, has meaning to, sothat, hardly2. continue to learn the past continuous tense and talk about the past things with the past continuous tense and when.3. learn to read the text fast using the skimming and scanning reading skillsTeaching focus Enable the students learn how to skim and scan the textTeaching methods Skimming, scanning, discussion .Teaching aids ppt., a computer, and some chalks.Teaching procedure Step1. Warming upHave students look at the pictures about Dr. Martin Luther King and the 9.11 event in America and let them think what each picture is about.Step2. fast reading Go through the title and the passage and find the answers to the questions: 1.what are the two events in the passage?2. when did they happen?3. What was Robert Allen doing when Dr. Martin Luther King was killed? 4. what was Kate Smith doing when the 9.11 event happened?(Reading tips: read the first sentence of each paragraph to find the answers quickly.)Step3. careful reading1. read the first two paragraphs to tell true or false and correct the mistakes:(1)Everyone in America remembers who killed Dr. King. F Not everyone(2)Robert Allen was eating lunch when Dr. King was killed. F dinner(3)Roberts parents were shocked to hear the news. T2. underline the sentences from the passage with similar meanings to the ones below.(1)Not everyone will remember who killed him but they can remember what they were doing when they heard that he got killed.Although some people may not remember who killed him, they remember what they were doing when they heard the news.(2)No one said anything for the rest of the dinner.My parents did not talk after that ,and we finished the rest of our dinner in silence.3. Read the third and the fourth paragraph to tell true or false and correct the mistakes: (1) Kate Smith was watching a movie when a plane hit the World Trade Center. F working in her office(2) Kate didnt think her friend was telling the truth about the event. T4. underline the sentences from the passage with similar meanings to the ones below.(1) September 11, 2001the date alone means something to most people in the US.Even the dateSeptember 11, 2001has meaning to most Americans(2)I had trouble thinking clearly after that because I was very afraid.I was so scared that I could hardly think clearly after that.Step4. translate sentences:1.虽然他忘记了时间，但是他记得当他听到新闻的时候正在做什么。(although ，was doing when)2.我安静地完成了我的作业。（in silence）3.春节对大部分中国人都有意义。（has meaning to）4.我是如此的高兴以至于我几乎不能入睡了。（so.that, hardly）Step5. summeryRead the whole text and complete the short passage. Dr. Martin Luther King was killed _April 4, 1968. _(虽然)Some people may not remember who killed him, they remember what they_(do) when they _(hear)the news. Robert Allen and his parents _(eat)dinner in the kitchen _they heard the news. The World Trade Center in New York was _(take down)by terrorists on September 11, 2001. Even the date has meaning _most Americans. Kate Smith