英语人教版八年级下册unit 5 Section A (1a--1c)

教学内容What were you doing when the rainstorm came? Section A (1a1c)教学目标理解短语at the time of .初步明白 the past progressive tense 学习重点Understand “ at the time of 学习难点Understand“ the past progressive tense”Step 1 look at the pictures and answer these questions below.(1)look at picture A .What is the girl doing？ Where is she ?How do you know? ( Can you see the bed in the picture?)(2)look at picture B What is the boy doing ? where is he ? Is he in the classroom or in the library ？ How do you know?( can you see many books and some people looking for books?)(3)look at picture C Where is the woman？ Is she at a train station or a bus stop?What is she doing ? How do you know?( what is next to her ?)(4)look at picture D Where is the man ？ Is he on the street or on the playground?What is he doing ?( Is he running for exercise? What is in his left hand?)Step2 let students read the headline together. As a result ,students know when these things happen ( at the time of the rainstorm or when the rainstorm came ) . so four sentences in 1a use the past tense.Step 3 Finish 1a and check their answers.Step4 Introduce situation of the tapescripts This is a TV report .there is a TV reporter and another four people :one girl ,one boy , one man and one woman. Listen ! what were they doing at the time of the rainstorm? Step 5 Finish 1bStep 6 Summary The past progressive tense: was/ were + V-ingStep 7 listen again and answer these questions below.1. What is the weather like today?2. How was the weather yesterday?3. How was the rainstorm?4. Why was the boy glad he didnt go to play basketball?5. Why did the man still get wet when he had an umbrella 6. Why did many people take hours to home?Sep8 PairworkA:What was the girl doing at the time