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Unit 5 What were you doing when the rainstorm came?教学目标1.语言目标：谈论过去事情相关的词汇及句型。 2. 技能目标：能听懂谈论过去事情的对话材料；能讲述过去发生的事情；能写出重点单词和重点句型，并能讲故事。3. 情感目标：通过谈论过去的事情，培养学生处理问题的能力。教学重点短语: go off,pick up,fall asleep,die down,in the playground,in silence,at first句子: .What were you doing when the rainstorm came?I was doing my homework.2.What were people doing at the time of the rainstorm?3.My alarm didnt go off so I got up late.4.Ben was helping his mom make dinner when the rain began to beat heavily against the windows.5.Kate realized her bag was still at home.6.We were having fun in the playground when the school bell rang.教学难点1.掌握过去进行时的含义、构成及用法。2.区分过去进行时与一般过去时的区别。第一课时 Section A (1a 2d)Step 1 Warming up Play a guessing game: Ask a student to do an action, then ask and answer questions like this:T: What is he/she doing?S: He/she is reading/watching TVCall some students to do other actions, then have some pairs ask and answer. Explain the structure of the present continuous tense.Step 2 PresentationShow a picture of playing basketball and ask:T: What is the boy doing?S: He is playing basketball.Then say: If the action happened at this time yesterday,how can we talk about it?Help students say: What was the boy doing at this time yesterday?T: What was the boy doing at this time yesterday?S: He was playing basketball.Explain the usage and the structure of the past progressive tense:was/were + v.-ingShow the pictures of doing the homework, reading, going to work, waiting for the bus and shopping.Have students work in pairs , let them ask and answer.Step 3 Presentation1a. Look at these people. Where were they and what were they doing at he time of the rainstorm?Ask them to talk about it.Then ask some students to answer the questions.Have students read the instruction in 1a and match the statements with the people in the picture.Check the answers in class.Step 4 Listening Have students read the phrases in 1b and the question the TV reporter asked aloud.Ask them to listen to the tape and circle the correct responses in the conversation.Check the answers.Step 5 PracticeLet students work in group of four.One is the reporter, and others are the people in picture a, b , c,d. Then ask them to think about what their family were doing at the time of the rainstorm and make their own conversations with their partners.Call several pairs to act out their conversations in class.Step 6 Listening Teach the new words “alarm” and the phrases “go off” and “take a shower” by using pictures.Have students look at the pictures in 2a and describe them.Tell students that this is a story about a boy yesterday morning.Have them look at the pictures and guess the order of the story happened.Play the tape the first time, students only listen and get a general idea of it.Play the tape the second time. This time ask them to write the numbers in front of the pictures.Check the answers in class.Let students go through the sentences for each picture in 2a.Play the tape again and let them complete the sentences.Check the answers in class.Step 7 PairworkHave students read the sentences in 2a and 2c, and the teacher explains the adverbial clauses with “when” in 2a and 2c.Then ask them to describe the picture by using the adverbial clauses with when.Have students work in pairs to make up a conversation between the boy and a TV reporter to retell the story according to the information in 2a.Call some pairs to act out their conversations in class.Step 8 Role-play First, have students role-play the conversation in 2d in groups and choose the best one.In groups, students discuss the language points and solve the problems. The teacher walks around and gives them some help.Explain the key phrases “pick up”and the adverbial clauses with “when”and “while”in 2d.Then tell them the different usage of when and while.Let students do some substitution drills to practice the usuage of when and while.Step 9 Language points and Summary 1.pick up 1)意为“拾起；捡起；拿起”Jack picked up a wallet in the street.2) 意为“顺便接某人”Wait here and Ill pick you up at 3 p.m.2.Oh,I was in the kitchen helping my mom.句中helping my mom是现在分词短语作伴随状语。它所表示的动作与谓语动词表示的动作同时发生。Step 10 Exercises用所给词的适当形式填空。1. Mr. Wang _(mend)his bike at that time.2. My brother _(wash)the clothes when I got home yesterday evening.3. The children _(sing)under the tree at eight a.m. yesterday morning.4. Look!What _the boys _(do)over there?5. When I _(see)Jack yesterday afternoon,he wasnt writing anything.Key:1.was mending 2.was washing 3.were singing 4.are;doing 5.sawStep 11 HomeworkReview the phrases and sentence structures.She was doing her homework.Make conversations,using the past progressive tense.第二课时 Section A (3a 3c)Step 1 PresentationLook at the picture. Discuss what they were doing at that time.Teacher: What were you doing at 8 last night？Students:I wasStep 2 Reading3a. Read the passage 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?3b. Complete the sentences using information from the passage.1.When the news on TV was reported,strong winds _ outside.2.While Bens mom was making sure the radio was working,his dad _.3.Ben _when the heavy rain finally started.4.When Ben _at 3:00 a.m.,the wind _.Step 3 Speaking3c Discuss the questions with a partner.“Although the storm broke many things apart,it brought families and neighbors closer together.”What other things can bring people closer together?How can we help each other in times of difficulty?Step 4 Languages points1.With no light outside,it felt like midnight.With引导的介词短语作伴随状语，同时还包含着某种因果关系，表示“因某种状况的存在而导致”。2.fall asleep睡着3.He went outside with his family and found the neighborhood in a mess.in a mess“不整齐；混乱”4.How can we help each other in times of difficulty?in times of“在时候；在期间”Step 5 ExercisesI.单项选择。1.He turned over in bed and fell _again.A.sleep B.asleep C.sleepy D.sleeping2.The meeting will begin at 8 a.m. tomorrow.Please try _here on time.A.to B.been C.to being D.to be3.I _through the park when I heard someone calling for help.A.walked B.am walking C.walks D.was walkingKeys:1.B 2.D 3.DII.完成句子，每空一词。1.房间太乱了，咱们打扫一下吧。The room is _ _ _.Lets clean it up.2.太阳升起的时候，我们正在锻炼。We _ _sports when the sun _ _.3.当风减弱时，他睡着了。He _ _when the wind was dying down.Step 6 HomeworkReview the new words in this period.第三课时 Section A (Grammar Focus 4c)Step 1 Revision and leading-inShow some pictures and ask students to make sentences with when/while. The teacher can ask the question: what was he/she doing when/while?to help.Step 2 Grammar FocusWhat were you doing at eight last night?I was taking a shower.What was she doing at the time of the rainstorm?She was doing her homework.What was he doing when the rainstorm came?He was reading in the librarywhen the rainstorm came. What was Ben doing when it began to rain heavily?When it began to rain,Ben was helping mom make dinner.What was Jenny doing while Linda was sleeping?While Linda was sleeping,Jenny was helping Mary with her homework.过去进行时：1.含义及构成过去进行时表示过去某一时刻或某一段时间正在进行或发生的动作，其结构为：was/were+doing。2.用法：表示过去某一段时间内正在进行的动作。如：We were having classes all that day.那天我们整天都在上课。表示过去某一时刻正在进行或发生的动作。与过去某一特定的时间状语连用，常见的有：at 3 oclock yesterday afternoon, in those days, at this time yesterday等。表示过去一个动作发生时，另一个动作正在进行，持续时间长的动作用过去进行时，常用在while引导的时间状语从句中。二、when与while在引导从句时的区别1.用when引导的状语从句表示时间，说明一个动作发生时，另一个动作正在进行，也可表示正在进行某一动作时，另一动作发生了。如：The students were drawing pictures when the teacher came in.当老师进来时，学生们正在画画。My pen dropped on the ground when I was walking in the park.当我正在公园散步时，我的钢笔掉在了地上。2.用while引导的从句一般用过去进行时，表示正在进行某个动作时，发生了另一个动作，这时主句用一般过去时。如：While he was reading, the telephone rang.当他正在看书时，电话铃响了。三、过去进行时与一般过去时的区别过去进行时强调某一动作是在过去某时正在进行，一般用到的动词是表示具体行动，动作可延续的，同时用到的时间状语表示的范围要小且具体。而一般过去时对谓语动词没有什么限制，用到的时间状语范围不受限制，一般过去时着重表示在过去做过，基本上是一个结束了的动作。表过去状态，抽象，不表具体动作行为的动词不用过去进行时，但可以用一般过去时。如：Mr. Green was mending his daughters bike this morning.（强调动作正在进行）Mr. Green mended his daughters bike this morning.（表示动作做过，并结束了）Step 3 PracticeMake a survey: Have students read and remember the sentences of Grammar Focus by themselves, and then have them work in groups to sum up the usage of the past progressive tense and adverbial clauses with when and while.Have students make up their own conversations with their partners with their partners with the target language.Have some pairs act out their conversations in class.Step 4 Writing PracticeAsk one student to read the example in 4a, ask them to understand the differences between two sentences.Ask students to write sentences with both when and while I was sleeping./ I was running.individually.Then ask several students to report their sentences.4b Fill in the blanks with was,were,when or while.Then check the answers.Step 5 Speaking Read the conversation in 4c.What were you doing at these times last Sunday?Fill in the chart.Then ask your partner.Step 6 ExercisesI.用when 和while 来填空。1.We were talking _ the teacher came into the classroom.2.I was doing my homework _ my mother was cooking in the kitchen.3. _ the boy was walking in the street, a UFO landed in front of him. 4._ I saw the boy, he was talking on the phone.Keys:1.when 2.while 3.While 4.WhenII.用所给词的适当形式填空。1. Bob _(play)computer games while his sister was doing homework.2.what _ your parents _（do）at 8 oclock yesterday evening?3. What _ (happen) in the shop?4.The plane _（land）the minutes ago.5. What were you doing when you _ ( hear) the news?Keys:1.was playing 2.were;doing 3.happened 4.landed 5.heardStep 7 Summary and HomeworkAsk students to write stories to talk about their unforgettable experiences.第四课时 Section B (1a-1d)Step 1 Review and leading-inShow some pictures, let students make sentences to review the past progressive tense according to the pictures and the phrases given.Step 2 Listening and AnsweringT: Look at the picture, Kate was calling someone up. What happened?Lets read the questions in 1b, then listen to the recording to answer them.Tell them that their task is to answer the questions in 1b while they are listening to the tape.Play the tape and ask some students to answer the questions.Check the answers in class.Step 3 Listening and NumberingCall students attention to the box in 1c.Ask students to read the six sentences to the class.Play the tape and ask students to number the events.Check the answers in class.Step 4 PairworkHave students talk about Kate missed the school basketball competition and list them.Have students read the example in 1d and explain the usage of while and when.Ask them to work in pairs to make their sentences.Call some pairs to report their sentencesStep 5 Exercises单项选择。1. I met a friend of mine_ I was walking in the park. A. before B. when C. after D. if2. The girl with two cats_ in the yard when the earthquake happened.A. was playing B. is playing C. are playing D. were playingKeys:1.B 2.AStep 6 Summary and HomeworkHelp students sum up the usage of conjunctions while and when and tell them to pay attention to different tenses after conjunctions while and when.Review the words and phrases.第五课时 Section B (2a-2e)Step 1 RevisionGive some pictures and have students look at the pictures and make sentences.Ask some students to say their sentences.Step 2 Leading-inTeach the new words.Show the new words on the screen and explain them.Show some pictures about important events in china and talk about the pictures.Ask students to make up their own conversations in pairs like this:What were you doing when Beijing Olympics opened on August 8th,2008?I was watching TV. What about you?I was listening to the radio.Then ask some pairs to act out their conversations.Step 3 ReadingWhat people were doing? Listen to the radio.Pre-reading:Have students look at the pictures and title in the passage, then predict what the passage is about.Ask some students to say their opinions.While-reading:Let students study the reading strategy together and ask one student to say the meaning to class.Have students read the passage and the title quickly, and then find out the main ides of this passage.Ask one student to read the title and the first sentence of each paragraph. Then let them discuss in groups about the main ideas of this passage.Let students listen to the tape and answer the questions in 2b.Then have them scan the passage to check the answers.Ask students to listen to read the passage again and finish 2c.Find the sentences in the passage to check the answers.Have the students read the sentences in 2d and find out the sentences in the passage with similar meanings to the ones in 2d, and then underline them.Check the answers in class.Step 4 After-readingHave students work in pairs to ask and answer the questions.Ask some students to answer the questions.Step 5 Language points1.On this day,Dr. Martin Luther King was killed.kill及物动词，句中“was killed”意为“被杀害”，“be+动词的过去分词”表示被动意义。2.Although some people may not remember who killed him,they remember what they were doing when they heard the news.句中who和what引导宾语从句，都作remember 的宾语。3.My parents were completely shocked!completely副词，“彻底地；完全地”,可修饰动词和形容词。shocked形容词，“受震惊的”，常在句中作表语。4.My parents did not talk after that,and we finished the rest of our dinner in silence.in silence“沉默；无声”，相当于silently。Step 6 Exercises用所给词的适当形式填空。1.To tell the _(true), I dont think you are right.2.They finished their work in _ (silent).3.I have problems _(do) my homework.Keys:1.truth 2.silence 3.doing Step 7 HomeworkReview the key words and phrases.Write and translate the text.第六课时 Section B (3a-Self Check)Step 1 RevisionRetell the passage in 2b.Ask students to talk about what they were doing on certain time.Review some phrases and key sentences.Step 2 Make notesHave students read the questions in 3a, and then ask them to answer the questions about an event they remember well and make notes.Let some students tell the events to the class.Step 3 WritingHave students read the instructions in 3b, and then ask them to write three paragraphs according to the sent