Unit 5 What were you doing when the rainstorm came?

第1课时Section A 1a-2d

教学目标 一、知识与技能

1. 掌握重点词汇和句型：What were you / was he (she) doing when…? I / He / She was doing…when….

2. 初步掌握使用过去进行时来询问或描述过去进行的事情，并学会用when描述某动作或某事件的发生。

3. 能在交际过程中较流利地运用所学结构和句型。 4. 提高抓取和记录关键信息的听力技能。 二、过程与方法

采用目标和直观教学法，调动学生的积极性，引导他们积极参与课堂。 三、情感态度与价值观

让学生爱上英语课堂活动，鼓励他们在课堂上进行合作交流。 教学重点

1. 掌握过去进行时态：“was / were + doing”结构。 2. 掌握when 引导的时间状语从句。 教学难点

掌握由when引导的时间状语从句以及如何使用过去进行时。 教法导航

任务型教学法，情景教学法，交际教学法。

学法导航

模仿，讨论与交流。 教学准备 图片，多媒体。 教学过程 Step 1 Greetings

Greet the students as usual. Step 2 Warming up

Say：Yesterday，there was a rainstorm. I was watching TV when the rainstorm came. Where were you when the rainstorm came?And What were you doing when the rainstorm came? Help the students to answer：I was sleeping when the rainstorm came. I was doing my homework when the rainstorm came….

Then show some pictures and ask the students：Where were they and what were they doing when the rainstorm came? Work in pairs and ask and answer like this：

A：Where were you when the rainstorm came? B：I was in the library.

A：What were you doing when the rainstorm came? B：I was reading a book. Step 3 Practice

1a, Where were the people at the time of the rainstorm? Match the statements with the peoplein the picture.

1. _____ I was in the library. 2. _____ I was in my house. 3._____ I was on the street. 4._____ I was at the bus stop. Check the answers together. Step 4 Listening

1b, What were they doing when the rainstorm came? Let’s listen. Remind the students to payattention to “was/were +doing”

Listen to the TV report and circle the correct responses. a. doing my homework / studying b. playing basketball / reading c. going to work / waiting for the bus d. walking home / shopping

After listening，ask some students to report their answers. Step 5 Speaking

1c,Look at the pictures and talk about what the people in 1a were doing at the time of therainstorm using “was/were + doing”.

For example：

A：What was the boy doing at the time of the rainstorm? B：He was_____________________. Ask some pairs to act out their dialogue. Step 6 Listening

2a,First ask the students to look at the pictures and go through the sentences. Then listen and number the pictures 1-5. Play the recording twice if necessary. Then ask some students to report their answers.

2b, Listen again. Fill in the blanks in the sentences in 2a. Then ask some students to report their answers.

Step 7Pair work

2c, Use the information in 2a to retell the story in a conversation between the boy and a TV reporter.Then ask some pairs to act out their dialogue. Before they acting，give the “reporter” a “microphone”.

2d, Role play the conversation. Step 8Game

Ask the students to practice in groups. One imitates an action and the other two guess by using the dialogue：A：What was he doing when the rainstorm came? B：He was sleeping.

Step 9 Summary

1. 在图书馆 in the library 2. 在?的时候 at the time of 3. 去上班 go to work 4. 等公共汽车wait for the bus 5. 走路回家walk home 6. 在街上on the street

7. 拾起，接电话 pick up 8.（过去）正在做? was / were doing Step 10 Homework

1. Remember the words and phrases in this lesson. 2. Finish the exercises in the workbook. 课堂作业

Fill in the blanks according to the conversation in 2d.

Mary：What ______ you doing last night， Linda? I called at seven and you didn’t pick ____. Linda：Oh，I was in the kitchen helping my mom.

Mary：I see. I called again at 8 and you didn’t _______ then either.

Linda：What was I doing at 8? Oh，I know. When you called，I _____ ______ a shower. Mary：But then I called again at 9.

Linda：Oh，I _____ ________ (sleep) at that time. Mary：So early? That’s strange.

Linda：Yeah，I was tired. Why _____ you call so many times?

Mary：I needed help with my homework. So while you were ________，I called Jenny andshe helped me.