初中英语人教版八年级下册Unit 5 Section A 3a-3c.doc

Unit 5 What were you doing when the rainstorm came?Section A (3a-3c)Step 1 Revision Ask students to talk about what they were doing last night in groups of six then give a report.Step 2 PresentationAsk the students to look at the picture and think about what has happened.A serious storm has happened. When a rainstorm happens, many trees are fallen down, windows and houses are broken, even many people lose their lives. I hope it will never happen again.Step 3 Reading 3a Read the title and guess what it is about. Then read it and find how many parts there are in it.Part 1 before the stormPart 2 in the stormPart 3 after the stormRead the passage carefully and answer the following questions1. What was the weather like before the heavy rain started?2. What was Bens father doing before the rainstorm?3. What was his mother doing?4. What else did she do?5. What was Ben doing?6. What did Bens family do when it was raining?7. Did they have fun? Why?8. What was the neighborhood like after the storm?9. What did they do together?Read it again and fill in the blanks. 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 _.Step 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 6 重点短语feel likeat firstfall asleepdie downmake surewake up in a messclean up help each otherin times of difficulty Ho