Teaching procedures

Step 1 Revision

Greet the class as usual.Ask students:What were you doing at this time yesterday? Help students answer: We were having an English class.

Step 2 Presentation

Tell the students: We were talking about the rainstorm. What were we doing when the rainstorm came? Ask the students to look at the picture and think about what has happened.

Step 3 3a

Get the students to read the passage quickly and answer the following questions

　1) What was the weather like before the heavy rain started?

　2）What was the neighborhood like after the storm?

　They need to find their answers from the reading material.Get two students to answer the questions.

Keys: 1. Black clouds were making the sky very dark. With no light outside, it felt like midnight.

　　　2. The neighborhood was in a mess.

Explain some new words and phrases.

　　　Language points

1. With no light outside, it felt like midnight.

e.g. With my parents away, I'm the king of the house.

I can't work with all that noise going on.

2. Ben's dad... while his mom was making sure the flashlights and radio were

　working.

　1)while

e.g. Tom is outgoing while his sister is shy .

2) make sure