八年级英语下册Unit5WhatwereyoudoingwhentherainstormcameSecti

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, o n the street, at the bus stop

2）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while 的用法区别

Teaching steps（教学步骤）

1. Warm-up and revision（课堂热身和复习）

（1）Warm-up: New term greetings （新学期问候）

T: Nice to see you again, everyone! All of you look so well. Did you enjoy your summer vacation?

S: Yes.

(师生之间的问好过后，让学生前后位、同桌之间互相问好)1

（2）Revision（复习）

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T: Can you tell me about your activities during the summer vacation? Give me some verb phrases, for example, “watch TV”.2

S1: I went shopping.

S2: I went to the movies.

S3: I went swimming.

(老师可以鼓励学生给出尽可能多的答案)

T: Oh. What an interesting vacation! I am sure you enjoyed yourselves very much. Today, we’ll talk about the things you did last night.

(教师把“What were you doing at nine o’clock last night?”板书在黑板上)

教学设计说明：

2. Lead-in T: Now, look at these pictures. What happened last night?

S1: There was a rainstorm.

T: Good. What was the girl in picture a doing when the rainstorm came?

S2: She was doing her homework. (She was studying.)

T: Good job. OK, what was the boy in picture b doing when the rainstorm came?

S3: He was reading at the library.

T: Good. What was the woman doing in picture c when the rainstorm came?

S4: She was waiting for the bus.

T: That’s correct. Wh at was the man doing in picture d when the rainstorm came?

S5: He was walking home from the supermarket.

教学设计说明：

3. Read and match (Work on 1a)

T: OK, great. Let’s lo ok at these four sentences. Can you match each sentence to the correct picture?

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