初中英语人教版八年级下册Section B 1a-1d.docx

Unit 5 What were you doing when the rainstorm came?Section B 2a-2eTeaching Aims:Knowledge Objects:Students should be able to master new words and expressions: passage, pupil, completely, silence, recently, date, tower, truth, in silence take down.Students should be able to know the sentence structure “What were+名词复数+doing when+主语+动词过去式”.Ability Objects: Students should be able to describe things that were taking place at some time in the past using “What were+名词复数+doing when+主语+动词过去式”.Students should be able to find the topic sentence of each paragraph by fast reading.Emotion Object:Students should learn to cherish the present by memorizing things that were taking place at some time in the past.Teaching Key and Difficult Points:Teach students how to find the the topic sentence of each paragraph by fast reading.Teach students how to make sentences using “What were+名词复数+doing when+主语+动词过去式” to describe things that were taking place at some time in the past.Teaching MethodsTask-Based Language Teaching method; Computer Assisted InstructionTeaching Aids:Blackboard; PPT; pictures;Teaching Procedures:Pre-ReadingShow students the picture of Martin Luther King and ask them who he is.T: Do you know this man? Let me give you some hints. He is an American and he is a great man. This girl/boy, please.S1:.T: Great! He is Dr. King. He fights for the rights of the black race. Do you want to know more about this great man?Ss:T: Good. Lets have a look at a brief introduction of him. ( Show the brief introduction of Dr. King on the screen. ) Unfortunately, Dr. King was killed. It is a piece of sad news. There is another piece of bad news. I think most of you heard about it before. ( Show students the destruction of the World Trade Center in NY. ) Do you know this accident?Ss:.While-ReadingGuess the topicWe saw different pictures of these two accidents just now. Would you please guess what this passage is about? Any volunteers, please?S2:.T: Good. Your answer is close to the topic. What about you?S3:.T: Great! You get it. This passage is about the two terrible events.Fast-ReadingT: To know better about the topic of this passage. Id like you to read the passage quickly and get the main idea of each paragraph. Please pay attention to the beginning of each paragraph. The topic sentence probably appears there. You will be given 3 minutes. Lets go!After students finished reading, the teacher would check the answers one by one. Careful-ReadingActivity 1The students will be given two questions and they will be given 5 minutes to finish reading the passage carefully. They need to answer the questions.Question 1: What are the two events in the passage? Question 2: When did they happen?T: The first question is very easy. We mentioned it before. Lets speak out the answer together.Ss:.T: How about the second answer. This boy, would you please answer it?S4:.T: Very good!Activity 2The teacher will show students a table about the first event and ask students to read paragraph 1&2 carefully and fill in the table. Then the teacher will invite some students to share their answers.T: We have already read paragraph 1&2 carefully. Do you find the answers? How about the first gap?S5:.T: Very good! And the next one. This boy, please.Activity 3The teacher will show students a table about the second event and ask students to read paragraph 3&4 carefully and fill in the table. Then the teacher will invite some students to share their answers.T: We have already read paragraph 3&4 carefully. Do you find the answers? How about the first gap?S6:.T: Excellent! And the next one. This boy, please.Activity 4Students will be given five statements about the detailed information of the passage. They will have 7 minutes to finish this task. They need to judge whether they are true or false. T for true and F for false. Then the teacher will call some students to share their answers with the class and check them.T: Have you finished? Ss: Yes.T: How about the first statement?S7:.T: Good! Where is wrong?S7:.T: Great! How about the second statement?S8:.Activity 5The students will be given 4 sentences and they need to find the similar sentences from the passage. Students will be given 5 minutes. After that, the teacher will check the answers together.Activity 6The teacher will ask students to read the passage carefully again and fill in the summary of the passage. They will be given 6 minutes to finish it. After that, the teacher will check the answers.Post-ReadingMemory TestTo have a better understanding of the passage. Students will test each other how much theyve remembered after several times of careful reading by raising questions.SA: W