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Unit 5 What were you doing when the rainstorm came?
Section A(3a-3c)
Teaching Aims
1.语言能力:读懂文章内容,了解人们在暴风雨来临前后所做的事情。
2.文化意识:培养学生在危难中互帮互助的精神。
3.思维品质:能提取、整理、概括稍长语篇的关键信息、主要内容、思想和观点,判断各种信息的异同和关联。
4.学习能力:通过阅读训练,学生能够学会寻找中心句,利用scanning 和
skimming 的阅读技巧提取语篇的重点信息。
Teaching Difficulties
体会文章中人物的情感变化及文章内涵的价值取向。
Teaching Aids
A tape recorder ,CAI or multimedia courseware
Teaching Procedures
Tips
Step 1 Lead in
· Show some pictures about rainstorms. Then ask Ss to talk about the questions freely.
Have you ever experienced a rainstorm in your life?
What can we do in face of rainstorms?
· Do you know what will happen before a rainstorm?
black clouds
strong winds
thunder and lightening
· Do you know what may happen after a rainstorm?
fallen trees
broken windows
rubbish
Everywhere is in a mess.
· What can we do after a rainstorm?
help people in need.
clean up the mess.
rebuild broken houses.
Step 2 Presentation & Reading
Pre-reading
3a
· Ask Ss to look at the title and the photo on PPT P13 and make predictions.
Title: The Storm Brought People Closer Together
1. What can you see in the photo?What happened?
2. How can a storm bring people closer?
Background
Alabama is in the southeast of the United States. There are often tornadoes(龙卷风), hurricanes(飓风) and rainstorms in March and April every year.
3a
While-reading
· Explain the key words and phrases.
· Ask Ss to finish the task 1.Skimming and matching.Match the main idea with each paragraph.
· Analyse the passage’s structure.
before the storm
during the storm in the order of time
after the storm
· Ask Ss to finish the task 2. Read para.1 carefully and answer the questions.
1. What was the weather like before the heavy rain started?
2. How did Ben's family know the storm was coming?
Answers:1.The weather was very terrible. Strong winds were blowing, and black clouds were making the sky very dark.
2.The news on TV reported that a heavy rainstorm was in the area.
· Ask Ss to finish the task 3. Read para.2 c