英语人教版八年级下册Unit 5 Grammar Focus

1、巢湖市黄麓初级中学,Designer: Liu Huayun,Date: 2017, 3,Class: Class 6, Grade 8,Unit 5 What were you doing when the rainstorm came?,Section A (Grammar Focus-4c),Revision,Lets review last lesson and answer the questions:,What were Bens family doing when the rainstorm came?,Bens dad was putting some pieces of wo

2、od over the windows while his mother was making sure the flashlights and radio working. She also put the candles and matches on the table. Ben was helping his mom make dinner.,What can you learn from this article?,Although the rainstorm broke many things apart, it brought the families and the neighb

3、ors closer together. It makes us understand better we need to be more united and friendlier when we are in trouble.,What other things can bring people closer together? How can we help each other in times of the difficulty?,When the earthquake or other disasters happen somewhere, when someone is in g

4、reat danger, the people there need the whole society to offer help. There are many ways for us to help others. We can give away our pocket money, clothes,the food and other things. We can also do the volunteer work for others.,Teaching objects,Teaching Maims: Continue studying the Past Progressive t

5、ense by talking about what was happening at one time of the past. Develop the students reading and writing skills.,Key words and the target language: icy, kid,Target language: A: What were you doing at eight oclok? B: I was taking a shower. A: What was Jenny doing when the rainstorm came? B: She was

6、 sleeping when the rainstorm came.,Teaching Key Points: the structure of the past progressive and their functions Teaching Difficult Points: Master the usage of when /while and the differences between them. Value and Moral Objects: Learn to be more united and friendlier and understand more how to he

7、lp each other when the disaster happens unexpectedly.,Warming up,A: What were they doing at eight oclock last night?,B:Theyre watching TV.,A:Where were they?,B: They were at home.,Grammar Focus,Do you know the differences of the past progressive tense and the Present Progressive tense? Please fill i

8、n the following chart.,What was happening at one time of the past,be(am/is/are) + doing(verb-ing),be(was/were)+ doing,Now(look,listen),at eight last night, at the time of the rainstorm, when the rainstorm came,Do you know the usage of when and while ?,1.When means “at the time of”: 当时刻, 也可表示在期间 Whil

9、e means “during the time of”: 在期间,2.When 在过去进行时引导的时间状语从句连用，表示一个动作发生时，另外一个动作正在进行。For example, When the rainstorm came, he was reading in the library./While he was reading in the library, the rainstorm came.,3. 过去进行时还可以表示两个过去的动作同时进行，这时可用while连接两个从句,都用进行时。For example, While Linda was sleeping, Jenny wa

10、s helping Mary with her homework.,4. 一般情况下，当when 表示什么时刻时，句子中的动词是短暂性的,如,buy the book, leave the house。当while 表示在什么期间时，句子中的动词是持久性的 如，sleep, play the piano。,4a Practice,4b Further Practice,1.What was the writer doing while his brother was listening to the radio?,He was making my breakfast.,2.What did t

11、he writer hear about while he was eating?,He heard about a car accident near his home on the radio.,3.What happened to the car and the driver?,The car was in bad shape and the driver was still fine.,4.What caused the car to hit the tree?,The icy road caused the car accident. So the driver must be mo

12、re careful next time.,4c Groupwork,Interview what the other students were doing? Please fill in the chart.,Sample conversation,Reporter: A,what were you doing at nine oclock a.m last Saturday?,A: I was sleeping at 9:00 a.m last Saturday.,R: B, what were you doing last Saturday morning while A was sl

13、eeping?,B: I was sleeping too.,R: Youre kidding!,Summary,Lets do some written work to consolidate what we have learned in this class.,Fill in the blanks with right forms of the given words:,1 .I _ ( take) a shower at 7 oclock last night.,2.Miss Lin _ (help) my deskmate with her lessons when I left school.,3.Where is your mother? She_ ( make) the bed in the bedroom.,Fill in the blanks with when/while,1. My mother was reading_ my mother was playing computer games.,was taking,was helping,is making,while,2. Turn off the water_ you are brushing your teeth or washing your hands.,3.Jenny was readin