八年级下册五单元第三课时

Topic: Unit 5 What were you doing when the rainstorm came?Period: 3(Section A 3a-4c)Provider: Fang Xueqing来源:学_科_网Teaching aims: Knowledge aims:1.Get the students to learn the words and phrases: storm, wind, light, area, window, match, against, rise, icy.fall asleep, in a mess, die down, break apart, have a look , in bad shape2.The students will be able to use the sentence structure:Its hard to . With no light outside, it felt like midnight. Youre kidding.3. Learn the Irregular verb past formsfall-fell, break-broke, feel-felt, put-putEmotional aims: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.Teaching important points:Go on changing the “when/while” clause into each other.While John was taking photos, Mary bought a drink.John was taking photos when Mary bought a drink.Teaching difficult points:Learn the “With no light outside” accompany adverbial clause. I was so busy looking for the umbrella that I didnt see a car coming.Teaching aids:CAI , a recorder, a flashlight, a match, some teaching picturesTeaching procedures:Teachers activitiesStudents activitiesPurposesStep 1 Revision1. Revise the story in Activity 2a. Teacher asks some questions about the story.2. Revise the dialogue in Activity 2d and ask some comprehension questions about the dialogue.Students try to answer the teachers questions. Change the “when/while” clause into each other.Help to revise the irregular past forms. Step 2 Watch a videoPlay a short video about a rainstorm of America.Students watch and think.T: Was it serious?What did you see in the video?来源:Z*xx*k.ComHelp the students to get a very vivid image of storms.Step 3 PresentationGet the students to talk about their favorite weather. Show on the screen some pictures and present the useful expressions/main idea of the reading text.Students watch and learn the phrases/sentences.With no light outside, it felt like midnight.While his father was putting , his mother was making sure . were working.The rain began to beat heavily against the window.Help the students to learn the useful expressions/sentences in the passage in a friendly situation. Encourage the students to think more of others and try to help each other in time of difficulty.Step 4 Fast readingTeacher shows on the screen two questions and get the students to read the passage fast to find out the answers.Read the passage fast and answer the questions.1. What was the weather like before the heavy rain started?2. What was the neighborhood like after the storm?Help the students to foster the ability of scanning the reading material.Step 5 Activity 3a1. Get the students to have a careful reading. Make some notes.2. Read and recite the irregular past forms in the passage.1. Listen and repeat after the tape. Underline some useful expression in the page. Explain the sentence “With no light outside”/ “It was hard to have fun ”.2. Students find and write down the irregular past forms in the passage. Help the students to understand the passage in details and get ready for the task below.Step 6 Activity 3bFinish off the sentences in Activity 3ab using the information from the passage.Read through the passage and fill in the blanks with the right information from the passage.Help to foster the ability of reading for certain details.Step 7 Language points来源:Zxxk.ComGet the students to learn some Chinese explanation for the reading passage.Get the students to learn some explanations of these phrases.asleep是形容词，意思是“睡着的”，强调状态，常作表语。短语fall asleep意为“入睡；睡着”。如：Grandma fell asleep when watching TV.奶奶看电视时睡着了。Help the students to learn the use of the useful expressions/sentences in the passage. Step 8 DiscussionGet the students to discuss the questions in Activity 3a. Discuss the questions youre your partner.What other things can bring people closer together? How can we help each other in time of difficulty? Help to broaden the students mind. Note the consciousness of helping others.Step 9 Grammar focusGet the students to read through the sentences in this units Grammar focus.Students read and rewrite the “when/while” sentence into another way.Help the students to understand the new tense in this unit better.Step 10 Activity 4a/4b1. Get the students to look at the table and write sentences with “while” and “when”.2. Get the students to read through the short passage in 4b.1. Students read and make up sentences using “when/while”.来源:Zxxk.Com2. Students read and fill in the blanks with “was/were/when/while”.Help the students to identify the use of “when/while” better.Note plural and singular forms in the passage.Step 11 Activity 4cGet the students to have groupwork. Make a survey in your group and the possible activities at different time last Sunday.Students work in groups and ask and answer your groupmates about their activities last Sunday.Help the students to practice talking in the new tense and try to care for your friends through this task.Step 12 ExerciseFinish off the correspondent exercise for this period.1. Fill with “while” or “when”.2. 选择正确动词形式，考虑动词是否延续性.3. 译一译，注意时态.Bb design Unit 5 What were you doing when the rainstorm came? Period 3 (Section A 3a -4c) I