初中英语人教版八年级下册Unit5 Section A 3a-3c.doc

Unit 5 What were you doing when the rainstorm came?Section A（3a-3c）教学目标1. 语言知识目标：1）The students can use the “when/ while”.2) Get the students to learn the words and phrases: storm, wind, light, area, window, match, against, rise.fall asleep, in a mess, die down, break apart, 3)The students will be able to use the sentence structure:Its hard to . With no light outside, it felt like midnight.4)Try to find necessary information through fast reading.2. 情感态度价值观目标：Encourage the students to think more of others and try to help each other in time of difficulty. Remember that helping others is just helping ourselves.重点：1. To master: When + the past tense While + the past progressive tense 2. Words and structures难点：1. To master: When + the past tense While + the past progressive tense 2. The words and the language.教学过程Step 1. Lead in: Before class, listen to a song : who are you. 1.This song is about the flood(洪水) in 1998 in China. We know storm may cause flood.(学习storm). 2.Show some pictures to the students and tell them nature can bring us beautiful sights and terrible sights.Step 2 before reading.1. what was the weather like before storm?What could people hear before the rainstorm? Now, listen carefully, what can you hear?(show the video and learn “strong winds”（领读）, then read the sentences.)2. Watch and answer:How was the sky before the rainstorm? What was it like outside? (show the videos and learn the sentences, then read the sentences.)学习light3.During the storm, how was the weather outside the window? Look at the window, there was much rain on it. So we can say: The rain began to beat heavily against the window.学习 beat, against, window.4. During the storm, what else happened outside? (watch a video about the storm destroyed many things.)The storm broke many things apart.( Read the sentences.) 学习apart 5. After the storm, everything was in a mess. Read the sentences. 学习fallen6. many people went through storm. This is Ben, he went through a storm.Step 3 The First reading. 1. Skimming .Read the passage quickly and and underline all the weather words.2. Read the passage and answer the questions. . What was the weather like before the heavy rain started?. What was the neighborhood like after the storm? 3. Read Paragraph 1 and fill in the blanks.The winds were very _ outside. Although it was day, it felt like _. Because _ were making the sky very _. The news reported the storm. 4. Read Paragraph 2 and finish the exercisesWhat people are mentioned in the passage? _.What preparations were they doing?Bens father _.Bens mother _. 5. Read Para 3 &The first two sentences in Para 4 and finish the exercises.Ben_when the rain begin_They_with a serious storm happening outsideFinally,Ben_when the wind is_6. Read Paragraph 4 and fill in the blanks.Step 4 Careful reading Complete the sentences using information from the passage.1.When the news on TV was reported, strong winds _ 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 _.Step 5 Post reading :retell the storyBen finally f_ asleep when the wind was _(die) down at around 3 a.m. _ he woke up, the sun was _(rise). He went outside with his family and found the neighborhood was in a mess. _ trees , _ windows and rubbish were everywhere. They joined the neighbors to help _ up the neighborhood together. _ the storm broke many things _, it brought families and neighbors _ together.Step 6 Report time .Reporter:Hello, Could I ask you some questions about the rainstorm?Ben/father/mother/neighbor:Sure.Reporter:What was