人教新目标八年级英语下册unit_5what_were_you_doing_when_the_r

Learning aims:语言知识目标: 1.掌握以下单词和词组： storm,report,area,wind,light,wood,window, flashlight,heavily,against,fall asleep,die down,rise,apart. 2.语法: (1)熟悉并应用过去进行时； (2)学会使用 "when" and "while"。 能力目标: 提高我们的阅读能力。 情感目标: 培养我们在危难中的互助精神。

last Sunday

9:oo a.m.

while A: What were you doing at nine last Sunday morning? B: I was sleeping . How about you? A: I was doing my homework. B: You’re kidding(开玩笑)!

Fill in the chart. Make a similar dialogue.You 9:00 a.m. 9:00 p.m.sleeping

Your partnerdoing homework

A: What were you doing at nine last Sunday morning/afternoon? B: I was sleeping . How about you? A: I was doing my homework. B: You’re kidding(开玩笑)!

However,Ben,an Amrican boy, had a bad Sunday in Alabama(阿拉巴马州，美国城市.From this picture,what was happening in the area?

1. What is the weather like before a rainstorm? 2. What's the neighborhood like after the storm?

Ben

Before our reading, let's do some work.

Match the phrases. (E )1.bring/brought

A.几块木头 B. 外面没有一点光 C. 狠狠地击打

people closer together (B)2.with no light outlight(F )3.put ... over... (A)4.pieces of wood (C)5.beat heavily (G)6.die down

D. 把...分开E. 使人们更紧密起来

F. 把...放(钉)在...上G. 逐渐变弱/消失 H. 一片狼藉/一团糟

(H)7.in a mess(D)8.break/broke ...apart

BenRead the passage quickly and answer the following questions. 1. What was the weather like before the heavy rain started?(In the first paragragh) 2. What was the neighborhood like after the storm?(In the last paragragh)

1. What was the weather like before the heavy rain started? Before the rainstorm, the black clouds were making the sky very dark . With no light outside, it felt like midnight. Strong winds were blowing. 2. What was the neighborhood like after the storm?

After the rainstorm, the neighborhood was in a mess. Fallen trees,broken windows and rubbish were everywhere.

看谁最细，最准，最快？Careful reading. Fill in the blanks.A:Before the rainstorm B:During the storm C:After the storm

1. When the news on TV was reported, A strong winds ____________ were blowing outside. 2. While Ben’s mom was making sure the radio was working, his dad was putting pieces of wood over the windows ________________________________________. was helping his mom make dinner B 3. Ben ______________________________ when the heavy rain finally started. fell asleep at 3:00 a.m., C 4. When Ben ___________ the windwas ______________. dying down

Before the rainstorm

were blowing outside. Strong winds ____________ were makingthe sky very dark. Black clouds ___________ With felt like ______no light outside, it _________midnight. Everyone in the neiborhood was busy. (Ben's dad ___________pieces of wood over was putting the windows while his mom __________ was makingsure the radi

o was working.)A serious rainstorm was happening in the area. was helpinghis mom make dinner when Ben__________ the rain beat heavily against the windows. in a mess The neighborhood was __________. broke many things Although the storm _______ apart it ________ _______, brought families and neighbors _______________. closer together

During the rainstorm

After the rainstorm

(T: a TV reporter B:Ben ) T: Yesterday's raistorm was very heavy.Ben,could you please tell us something about it? B: Sure. T: Well,what was the weather like before the heavy rain started? B:Before the rainstorm black clouds ... T:What were you doing when the storm came? B: I was helping... T:What was the neighborhood like after the storm? B: Everything was... T:So, what did your family do the next morning? B:We jioned ...

T:Great.Although the storm broke many things apart, it brought families and neighbors closer together.” What other things can bring people closer together?

earthquake

flood

drought

How can we help each other in times of difficulty? 困难时期

?We can give out our books,clothes and food to people in need(需要帮助的人).

Ben

Listen !

小小一结1.你学会了哪些词组？1.bring/brought people closertogether 2.with no light outlight 3.put ... over... 4.pieces of wood 5.beat heavily 6.die down 7.in a mess 8.break/broke ...apart

2.你学了哪些句型？1.While Ben’s mom was making sure the radio was working, his dad was putting pieces of wood. 2.What was the weather like before the storm?