英语人教版八年级下册Unit 5 Section B（2a-3b）.docx

Unit 5 What were you doing when the rainstorm came?(SectionB2a-3b) 教学设计【学习目标】一、知识目标：能够通过文章标题、段首句和插图获取文章大意。二、能力目标：能够描述过去发生的事情并适时使用过去进行时。 三、文化目标：了解美国两件重要历史事件的背景和经过。四、情感目标：关心时事并能够用正确的世界观价值观去看待国内外重大事件。【学习重点】运用阅读技巧帮助理解文章。【学习难点】学会适时使用过去进行时描述过去发生的事件。Teaching ProceduresStep 1 Lead-in. Talk about important events from 2016 to 2017Event 1 Super Typhoon Meranti came to Xiamen on September 15, 2016T: Do you remember what you were doing when Meranti happened?Ask students to answer the question according to the pictures.S: When it happened, I was.I was calling my friends to make sure theyre safe. I was sleeping.Event 2 China beat South Korea in the World Cup qualifying game on March 23, 2017 in ChangshaT: Do you remember what you were doing when you heard the news?Ask students to answer the question according to the pictures.S: When I heard the news, I was. I was doing my homework. I was watching TV with my family.Step 2 Reading Skill Prediction Work on 2a. Look at the title and pictures in the passage. What do you think the passage is about? Step 3 Reading Skill Skimming.The title and first sentences can help you to get the main idea and the structure of the whole passage.Exercise. Read the title and the first sentences quickly and match them.Para.1 World Trade Center was taken down by terrorists.Para.2 What was Kate Smith doingPara.3 What was Robert Allen doingPara.4 Martin Luther King was killedStep 4 Event one reading1.Pre-reading Watch a video about MLK and answer the question. What was his famous speech? 2.While-reading ScanningLook through Para. 1 and 2. Find the sentences and underline(画下划线) them in the passage.Event:When:What was Robert and his family doing:Feeling:Language points (completely shocked, in silence)3. After-reading. (1) Activity. Suppose you were Robert Allen, write a diary about the event. An important event that I remember well was that Martin Luther King was killed. It happened on _in _. When I heard the news of this event, I was _. My family were _.I remember this event well because _.(2) Play a game. Memory challenge.Group competition. Three students form a group. Each student recites a paragraph. Step 5 Event two reading1.Pre-reading Watch a video about 911 and answer the question. What were peoples feelings? 2.While-reading ScanningLook through Para. 3 and 4. Find the sentences and underline them in the passage.Event:When:What was Kate doing:Feeling:Language points (terrorist, could hardly think clearly)Step 6 Make a summary.Introduce four elements of an event. (what, when, what were people doing, feelings)Step 7 Group work Suppose you are a reporter from CCTV. You are sent to interview students in Xiamen about Meranti. Four students form a group. One is the reporter, each of the others answers one question.S1 (reporter)：Im a reporter from CCTV. I want to ask you something about Meranti. When did it happen? What were you doing? How did you feel at that time?S2-4: one student answers one questionStep 8 Writing.Work in groups. Write a short article about one of the following two important events.1. Super Typhoon Meranti came to Xiamen on September 15, 20162. China beat South Korea in the World Cup qualifying game on March 23, 2017 in Changsha An important event that I remember well was that _. It happened