Unit 5 What were you doing when the rainstorm came?
Section A (3a-4c)
Teaching and learning goals:
一、语言知识(常用词汇、短语和表达) ：
1. Learn and use the following vocabularies(能正确使用下列大纲词汇) storm, wind, light, report, area, wood, window, match, beat, against, asleep, rise, fallen, icy, kid, fall asleep, die down, have a look
2.Read the following non-curriculum words(能认读以下词汇): rainstorm, flashlight, apart.
3.Master the basic usage of the past progressive tense.
二、语言功能：Talk about past events; retell the text.(能讲述过去发生的事情；能叙述课文。)
三、学习策略： Get the general idea by looking at the title and picture of the passage and master the reading strategies—skimming and scanning.（通过标题和插图获取文章大意，训练略读和快读技巧）
四、情感态度:培养学生热爱大自然。树立勇于挑战困难的信心,形成互帮互助， 邻里和谐的社会风尚。. 【设计意图】目标引领，三维目标概括本课的主要内容。
Teaching and learn steps:
Step I: Pre-reading:
Revision Make conversations and practice in pairs. A: What was the girl/boy doing at the time of the rainstorm? B: She was …
【设计意图】复习过去进行时，为下面更好的学习目标语言做准备。) Lead in
Watch a short video(录像). Then answer the questions. 1.What were they doing when the rainstorm came? 2. What was the weather like before the rain started? 3. Was the rain still a long way off after a thunder?
T: If it rained heavily, it is called a rainstorm. Do you ever experience a rainstorm? What do you think of a rainstorm ? Ss: Yes, we do. I think…
T: Good! Let’s come to know more about it in this lesson.
【设计意图】通过图片，为下面更好的学习目标语言做准备。教师通过检查预习，让学生快速说出短语和句型，了解学生对课本知识的掌握情况，为下一步的教学做铺垫。)
Step II While-reading
1. Read the article fast and silently to get the general idea (读取大意) The general idea of the article is about______________ A. a storm B. Ben’s family
C. What Ben’s family and his neighbors did before and after a storm
【设计意图】快速阅读是为了锻炼学生在有限的时间内快速提取信息并概括归纳的能力。本题设计成选择题的形式难度降低了一些。
2. Read the text carefully and silently to get the specific ideas (读取细节) Task 1:3a Read the passage and answer the questions..
1. What was the weather like before the heavy rain started? 2. What was the neighborhood like after the storm?
Task 2: 3b. Complete the sentences using information from the passage. 1. When the news on TV was reported, strong winds ____________ outside. 2. While Ben’s mom was making sure the radio was working, his dad _______ __________________________________.
3. Ben ____________________________ when the heavy rain finally started. Task 3:Group work:
Read carefully again and discuss in groups:
1.Why did Ben’s mom put some candles and matches on the table? 2.Why did the storm bring families and neighbors closer together ?
【设计意图】细读过程分为三个任务。让学生在了解课文大意之后把握一些细节性的内容。能够更深刻透彻的掌握课文内容。 Step III Post-reading
Task 1: Listen and read aloud following the tape recording
【设计意图】让学生听录音跟读正音，旨在调动眼视听众感官深刻体会文章内容，模仿正确的语音语调，以便能说出一口地道的英语。
Task 2：Retell the text according to the following information.
【设计意图】使用思维树给出关键词让学生复述出所学内容，是语言的输出任务。学生通过
速读、细读回答完问题，又经过跟读和朗读大量的语言输入后，再进行复述。进一步提高学生的综合运用语言的能力。 Step IV Grammar and application Task 1: Discussion
Students discuss in groups to find the sentences using the past progressive tense, then make a list
Sentences using the past progressive tense: 1. Black clouds were making the sky very dark.
2. Ben’s dad was putting pieces of wood over the windows while his mom was making sure the flashlights and radio were working.
3. Ben was helping his mom make dinner when the rain began to beat heavily against the window.
4. He finally fell asleep when the wind was dying down at around 3:00 a.m. 5. When he woke up , the sun was rising. Task 2:合作探究：Grammar过去进行时
1. 概念：过去进行时表示过去某一时间点正在进行的动作或过去某一段时间内一直进行的动作。 2. 构成
主语＋was/were＋__________＋其他．. 否定式：主语+was/were＋__________＋其他．. 疑问式:把__________提前
简略回答：Yes,主语+__________. /No,主语+__________ 3. when和while的区别
(1)表示 “当……的时候”时，如果后面连接的动词为延续性动词，则多用__________，而when通常与__________动词连用；当后面的句子表示一种状态时，两者可以互换。
(2)如果while前后的句子都是进行时态(包括现在进行时和过去进行时), while可译为 “__________”。
(3)当while前后的句子描述的情况相对或相反时， while可译为 “__________”， while更强调并列的对比而非转折。 Task 3: Practice 4a Look at the table and write sentences with both while and when.
e.g.While John was taking photos, Mary bought a drink. John was taking photos when Mary bought a drink. Task 4:4b Fill in the blanks with was, were, when or while.
At 7:00 a.m., I woke up. _______ I ______ making my breakfast, my brother _______ listening to the radio. __________ I was eating, the radio news talked about a car accident near our home. My brother and I went out right away to have a look. _______ we got to the place of the accident, the car ______ in bad shape from hitting a tree. But luckily, the driver _______ fine. The roads ________ icy because of the heavy snow from the night before.
Task 5: Group work 4c What were you doing at these times last Sunday? Fill in the chart. Then ask your partner.
Sample: A: What were you doing at nine o’clock last Sunday morning? B: I was sleeping. How about you? A: I was doing my homework. B: You’re kidding!
【设计意图】运用小组讨论，合作探究的方式让学生先自己讨论总结过去进行时规律，运用归纳法总结本单元的Grammar Focus 。通过学生自主、合作、探究学习，学生在小组长的带领下积极思考，解答难题，教师统一答案，学生讨论难点，教师巡视点拨。 Step V Summary
【设计意图】采用小组竞赛的方式归纳总结本课所学的重点知识，充分调动了学生学习的积极性，激发学生对所学知识的积极回忆。 Step VI: Test in class Ⅰ. 用所给词的适当形式填空
1. I __________ (help) my mother with housework at ten o’clock last Sunday. 2. The girl ____________ (have) a piano lesson at this time yesterday. 3. They ___________ (talk) about the film when the teacher came in. 4. While he __________ (wait) for the bus, he read a newspaper. 5. He said he was ______ (leave) for Shanghai soon. Ⅱ. 用when或while填空
1. What were you doing ______ the earthquake happened?
2. ______ I was shopping in the supermarket, I met my friend Nancy. 3. I was sleeping ______ my cousin came to see me.
英语人教版八年级下册Unit 5 What were you doing
