英语人教版八年级下册What were you doing when the r.doc

Unit 5 What were you doing when the rainstorm came?The First Period: Section A (1a-1c, 2a-2d)Teaching aims（教学目标）1. Talk about past events.2. Learn to tell a story.Language points（语言点）要求掌握以下句式： What were you doing when the rainstorm came? I was doing my homework at home.2要求掌握以下词汇： 1）介词短语：in the library, in (my) house, on the street, at the bus stop2）名词：rainstorm, umbrella, alarm 3）副词：heavily, suddenly( 4 ) 动词和短语：begin, go off, pick up, wait for, miss the bus, take a hot shower, look for （本节课的生词较少，而且单词的拼写比较简单，所以学生学起来不会感到困难，如果班级学生的水平较高，可以鼓励学生当堂掌握。）Difficulties（难点）：过去进行时的正确使用及when 和at the time of 互换的用法。Teaching steps（教学步骤）1. Warm-up and revision（课堂热身和复习）（1）Warm-up: Making a songWere you ? Were you ?Brother John, Brother John?I was . , I was.Ding-Ding-Dong, Ding-Ding-Dong教学设计说明:通过简单的歌曲，让学生感知过去进行时的构成（肯定句和一般疑问句）2. Lead-inT: Now, class. Where are we? S: We are in the classroom. T: Now, look and say. Where is he/she?S: He was in the library, in (my) house, on the street, at the bus stop教学设计说明：学习运用介词短语3. Ask and answerT: Look! What are they doing ? S: singing/jumping; dancing/riding; running, swimmingT: What was/were he/she/they doing ?S: He/She/They was/were singing/jumping; dancing/riding; running, swimmingT: What was/were he/she/they doing When it rained heavily?S: 4. Look ,practice and make a reportA: What was she doing at this time of the rainstorm?B: She was shopping.A: What was ing at this time of the rainstorm?B:A: What was ing at this time of the rainstorm?B: A: What was she doing hen the rainstorm came?B: at the time of the rainstorm =when the rainstorm came教学设计说明：设计情景练习 What was/were doing at the time of the rainstorm =when the rainstorm came5. Matching, listening and practicing(Work on1a-1b-1c)T: Match the statements with the people in the picture.T: Now circle the correct responses according to the recording.T: Talk about the pictures. 6. Give a report on the weather!Reporter: The weather is beautiful today! But yesterdays rainstorm was the heaviest one so far this year. Many people were caught in the rain yesterday. Many took hours to get home. What were people doing yesterday at the time of the rainstorm? Ive interviewed four people. Now lets have a look together.The girl the boy the woman the man What were you doing when the storm came?教学设计说明：让学生用自己的话描述过去的事件。6. Work on 2a and 2bT: Listen and number the pictures 1-5. T: Then, listen again. Now fill in the blanks in the sentences in 2a. Have Ss get into pairs and check their answers.7. Work on 2cT: Look at the information in 2a again. Then get into pairs. Student A will be the boy and Student B, a TV reporter.T: Use the information in 2a to retell the story in a conversation between the boy and a TV reporter.Have Ss practice their conversations. Then, have some pairs present their conversations to the class.8. Work on 2dA Have Ss get into pairs again and role-play the conversation. B. Read the dialogue in 2d, then answer the questions below.1. What was Linda doing at seven last night?She was in the kitchen helping her mom.2. What was Linda doing at eight? She was taking a shower.3. What was Linda doing at nine?She was sleeping at that time.4. Why did Mary call so many times? Because she needed help with her homework.C. Mary: _ last night, Linda? I called at seven and you didnt _.Linda: Oh, I _ in the kitchen _ my mom.Mary: I see. I called again at eight and you didnt answer then either.Linda: _ at eight? Oh, I know. _, I was _.Mary: But then I called again at nine.Linda: Oh, I _ at that time.Mary: So early? Thats strange.Linda: Yeah, I was tired. Why did you call so many times?Mary: I needed _. So _ you _, I