Unit3：What were you doing when the rain.docx

Unit3：What were you doing when the rainstorm came?SectionA 3a-3c The storm brought people closer togetherYinchuan No.3 Middle School Wu Haili课题鲁教版SectionA 3a-3cThe storm brought people closer together单元Unit3：What were you doing when the rainstorm came?学科英语八年级上Teaching objectives:1.Language goals: Get the students to be able to read and understand new vocabularies:Storm, wind, Alabama, report, area, window, wood, flashlight, match, beat, heavily, against, asleep, rise, apart, put pieces of wood over the windows, fall asleep, die down, broke…apart.2 Abilitygoals.Get the students to be able to recognize the text features and understand the text by applying reading strategies such as predicting with the title and picture, skimming for main ideas, scanning for detailed information, and summarizing the text structure. 3. Get the students to be able to retell the story in proper target language according to the text structure and develop a deeper thinking beyond the text.4. Emotion ＆ attitude goals Get the students to be able to have the awareness of helping each other in times of difficulty.Teaching focusGet the Ss to understand the text by using reading skills and finish the tasks.Get the Ss to be able to do language output. Teaching difficultyGet the Ss to understand the text by using reading skills and finish the tasks.Get the Ss to be able to do language output. Teaching resource:Seewo 5 boardTeaching procedures教学环节教师活动学生活动设计意图Step1: lead-in1’301. Greeting to the Ss. What’s the weather like today?2. Play a video : Weather report.1. Answer the question.3. Enjoy the video.1.To attract the Ss’ attention and interest. 2.To activate Ss’ knowledge about storm. Step2:Learn the new words2’1. What can you see or hear in the video?2. What should you prepare when the storm came?3.Show a map of the United States.The storm happened in AlabanmaAnswer the two questions.Learn the new words:strong wind, heavy rain, black cloud, flashlight, candle, radio, matchLook at the map. Learn the new word: area1. To get the Ss familiar with the topic2. To guide the Ss to learn some new words about the storm.Step3: Pre-reading4’301.Prediction: What’s the passage mainly about?Get the Ss to summarize how to predict the passage.2.Skimming:Skimming for the main idea of each paragraphGet the Ss to summarize how to scan the passage.3. Qs: what is the order of the passage?What are they?Look at the title & picture of the passage to predict the topic.Skim the passage quickly, and get the main idea of each paragraph. Match the main ideas with each paragraphScan the passage quickly again, and answer the Qs.1.To practice the skill of prediction.2.To get the information of the text as much as possible.Step4:While-reading17’Use scanning reading to understand the passage.Para1:Qs:1.What was the weather like before the heavy rain started?2.How could Ben's family know the storm would come?3.Get the Ss to discuss the question:How did the Ben’s family feel about the weather?Para2:1. Get the Ss to discuss :what things you would prepare? Please choose one or two and tell us why2. Qs:①What did Ben’s family prepare?②Ben’s father was putting pieces of _____over the ______ .③Ben’s mother was making sure the _________ and _____ were working;Ben’s mother was putting some ______ and _______on the table.Para3:Task: True or false.1.The rainstorm began in the morning. 2. It rained hard outside.3. Ben's family had fun playing a card game.Para4:1. Number the pictures 1-4about Ben's activities after the storm2. Get the Ss to answer the three questions.①When did Ben fall asleep?②What was theneighborhood like after the storm?③What did people do after the storm1. Ss scanparagraph1quickly to get the key words and specific information to finish the task.2.Discuss :How did the Ben’s family feel about the weather?Give their opinions.1.Discussion:If you are Ben,your family were in a storm, what things you would prepare? Please choose one or two and tell us whyGive their opinions.2. Scan paragraph quickly,and finish the three questions.3.Report the answers.1. Scan paragraph 3 quickly,and judge the three sentences true or false.2. Report the answers.1. Scan paragraph 4 quickly.Number the pictures 1-4about Ben's activities after the storm2. Answer the questions.1. To practice the skill of skimming & scanning.2.To understand the text by using the reading skills.Step 5: Post-reading4’1.Question: Are storms always bad?Get the Ss to think the question.2.Summary:Get the Ss to summarize the story by using the words or phrases they learned. The teacher gives them some points t。