1、Unit 5What were you doing when the rainstorm came? (Period 4) Section B Do you remember what you were doing? I. Teaching goals: i. Be able to use the new words and expressions to be learned in the passage. ii. Be able to talk about the events in the passage. iii. Be able to tell a story in our lives
2、 freely，and try to write a short passage. iv. Be able to express ones experiences, and get education from important events. IITeaching emphasis and difficulties: Three reading strategies: skimming, scanning and detailed reading. Retell an event (when, where, what, who and how) III. Teaching methods:
3、 Task-based language teaching; multimedia computer. a.Be able to learn the passage cooperatively and independently. b. Be able to accomplish the reading tasks by adopting proper reading strategies. IV.Teaching process: Teaching processDesign reasons Step 1. Warming up Ask the students this question:
4、 What were you doing when I came in just now? Help them to answer with when/while, and revise the past progressive tense. Toreview“when” and” while”. To call the students attention. Step 2.leading in Show the picture of Wenchuan Earthquake monument, and ask these questions: 1. Whats on the screen? 2
5、. Whats on the stones? 3. What happened? To get the students interestedinthe teaching activity. Tell my experiences to the students in order to set an example for the students about events. Step 3.Skimming Ask the students to skim the passage on Page 38,and answer this question: How many events are
6、mentioned in the passage? Then check the answer. To get information by reading. To practice thereadingskill “skimming”. Step 4.Scanning 1. Read the first two paragraphs and fill in the chart. 2. Read the last two paragraphs and fill in the chart. Check the answers. .Togetinformation by reading. .Top
7、racticethe readingskill “scanning”. .Tosolvethenew words: be killed, be completely shocked, be taken down, be scared. Step 5.Detailed reading Get the students to read the passage carefully, and finish the following tasks. 1. Are the following statements in 2c true, false, or not given. 2. Find the s
8、entences with similar meanings to the ones in 2d. To get information by reading. Topracticethe reading skill “detailed reading”. Toexplainthe importantwords, phrases and sentences from the tasks. hit, in silence,date,have meaning to sb, and have trouble doing. Step 6.listening and discussion Listen
9、to the tape and underline the words and phrases you dont understand, then discuss them in group of four. Cooperation and self- learning Step 7.Quiz Match the English words with the Chinese meanings. Tocheckthenew words. Step 8.Retelling Revise the answers to the Wh- questions in Step 4, and retell t
10、he two events in the passage. If possible, add more events in the Chinese history. Focus on what, when, where , who and how. To practice speaking and writing. Step 9.homework 1. Memorize the new words and phrases. 2. Write a short passage about an important event in your life. To get ready for the next period. Blackboard design Do you remember what you were doing? WhatWhenWhereWhoHow Event 1 Dr King was killed. OnApril 4,1968 In America Robert Allen shocked Event 2 World Trade Center Was taken down. On September 11,2001 In New York Kate Smith scared To show the emphasis of this class.
