八年级英语下册Unit 5 What were you doing when th rainstorm came？Period 1.doc

Topic: Unit 5 What were you doing when the rainstorm came? Period: 1(Section A 1a-1c) Provider: Fang Xueqing Teaching aims: Ability aims: 1. The students can use the questions to get information to improve their listening and speaking abilities. 2. To train the students’ cooperation with their partners. [来源:学§科§网] Emotional aims: To train the students to care about others and foster friendly human relationship through talking about the past experience. Teaching important points: The past Progressive Tense (was/ were doing ). Note its grammar meaning and use “what” questions to ask about the past activities. Teaching difficult points: The students can ask questions to get information to improve their listening and speaking abilities. Teaching aids: CAI , a recorder, some teaching pictures Teaching procedures: Teacher’s activities Students’ activities[来源:Zxxk.Com] Purposes Step 1 Grammar preview 1.Let Ss listen and sing the song 2. Show some on the screen some grammar explanations for the new tense. 1. Students watch a flash about the Past Progressive Tense. 2. Students to read and learn the sentences on the screen. 1. Get Ss to know some new Grammar meaning of this new tense. 2. Get the students to identify main clause from “when” subordinate clause. Step 2 Revision Teacher shows on the screen some activity pictures and revises the Present Continuous Tense. Students ask and answer in pairs, A: What’s he/she doing? B: He’s/She’s …ing. Get the students to revise the Present Progressive Tense and get read for the new tense. Step 3 Presentation talk Show on the screen some pictures and learn the new verb tense. 1. Practice the conversations with the partners. A: What was he/she doing? B: He/She was …ing. 2. Change the pronouns and go on talking. A: What were you doing when the rainstorm came? B: I was …ing. A: Where were you when…? B: I was in/on/at the …. Get the students to use the new tense in a proper way. Pay attention to the time