1、Unit 5What were you doing when the rainstorm came? Section A 1a-1c .Teaching Aims: 1.Knowledge Aims: 1) Ss can tell stories by showing themselves 2) Ss can talk about events by using the past progressive tense. 3) Ss can master the sentence patterns: What was somebody doing when something happened?
2、Somebody was doing when something happened. While somebody doing , something happened. 2.Ability Aims To develop students abilities of cooperating Improve speaking skills, listening skills and cooperating. 3) Emotions 1)To make students love their life and give their best wishes to our parents ,natu
3、re and some people who got terrible illness by thinking of four moments ( a happy moment, a strange moment , an unhappy moment and a terrible moment) 2)To love and enjoy some interesting stories. . Teaching Importance and Difficulties. 1) To study the the past progressive tense. 2) To think of some
4、events to practice listening and speaking. . Teaching Aids Computer, video material, audio materials, overhead project. IV.Teaching procedures Step1. Greeting, Warming-up T: Lets enjoy a happy moment. What can you see in the pictures. S: A tree,. T: Anymore else? S: faces. T: How many faces are ther
5、e? S. T: you are so clever. What can you see in this picture. S: A tree. T: Anymore else? S: A baby. T: Are they interesting ? Do you want to enjoy a story. S: Yes ,I do. Step 2: lead-in. T: Lets enjoy a show and answer some questions . what was the princess(公主） doing when each fairy（仙子）got to the p
6、arty. (The students enjoy a story aboutSleeping Beauty. After the show ends) T: Is it wonderfulCongratulations to them. Now, lets answer four questions. T: What was the princess doing when the firstfairy got to the party? S: She was taking exercise when the fairy got to the party. T: What was the pr
7、incess doing when the second fairy got to the party? S: She was washing her hair when the second fairy got to the party. T: What was the princess doing when the third fairy got to the party? S: She was eating snacks when the third fairy got to the party. T: What was the princess doing when the fourt
8、h fairy got to the party? S: She was sleeping when the fourth fairy got to the party. Step3 : Presentation and practice. 1)Show the first moments.( What were you doing when the bell of the new year rang) T: In our life, there are some moments (瞬间)that you cant forget because they are so happy. Lets
9、think back a happy moment. What were you doing when the bell of the new year rang. Let me help you to think back to the past. Please close your eyes .(Play the video material) T:What were you doing when the bell of the new year rang? S: T: Can you guess “what was I doing when the bell of the new yea
10、r rang?” S : T: You did good jobs. Read together. T:Then, guess the second picture to practice “what was He doing when the bell of the new year rang?” S：. 2).Show the second moments to practice “ What were they doing when the UFO landed in Guangyuan. T: There were some strange moments , for example,
11、 the UFO landed in Guangyuan. Can you guess “what I was doing when the UFO landed in Guangyuan. S: T: Please read together. Now ,lets use“while “ to change it S: While I was climbing mountains , the UFO landed? T：Look at the next picture to answer “What were they doing when the UFO landed in Guangyu
12、an” S: They were fighting with each other. T: Lets use “while” S: While They were fighting with each other, the UFO landed on the playground T: Read them together S:. Step 4 : Listening.（1a） Show the third moment in order to prepare for listening.(Before listening) T: There were some unhappy moments
13、 like rainstorm in our life . Look at the picture and answer my question. “What was the weather like yesterday? S: There was a heavy rainstorm yesterday. T: Everybody ,Lets find out what each person was doing when the rainstorm came? Now,look at the first picture What was the girl doing when the rai
14、nstorm came? S: She was doing her homework in her house (read it together) T: What was the boy doing when the rainstorm came? S：He was readingbooks in the library. T:Lets use “while”. (read it together) T:What was the man doing at the time of the rainstorm? S: He was walking on the street. (read it
15、together) T: What was woman doing at the time of the rainstorm? S: She was waiting for the bus at the bus stop. T: What was the man doing at the time of the rainstorm? S:He was walking on the street T: lets use“while” (read it together) 2）While Listening.(1b) 1)T:Lets enjoy listening .Pay attention
16、to “was/were +doing”.Listen to the TV report and circle the correct responsesWhat were they doing when the rainstorm came? (The students listen to the tape and finish activity 1b and check answers.) a. doing my homework / studying b. playing basketball / reading c. going to work / waiting for the bu
17、s d. walking home / shopping 3): After listening T:Everybody,Listen again, let s write a short passage by filling in the blanks. When the rainstorm came,the girl _ _ _ _ at home andthe boy _ at the library. Unluckily, while the woman _ for the bus after work , the rain suddenly started and she got a
18、ll wet.The man_ home from the supermarket.He had an unbrella, but he still got wet. (Ask four students to answer to fill in them and the read the passage together) Step 5: Writing and sharing ( work in groups) T: In our life, there was some terrible moments. Let s enjoy a movie and then describe it
19、with your partners.please take out of a piece paper and dont forget to write some information about tsunami.please understand the following example. e.g When tsunami tsnmi海啸 came ,the father was running while the grandma was standing on the road in surprise. when tsunami came, the woman was. T: lets
20、 enjoy the movie about tsunami and make sure what the people int he movie were doing? (The students enjoy movie. And then have a discuss with their partners in order to write some interesting moments ) T: Lets share your jobs and show ourselves; S: . T: Thank you! You did good jobs. Step 6: Summary.
21、 T: Just now, we know the tsunami was terrible.but we live a happy life.we know we should say thanks to your parents because they give birth to us. We should still say thanks to the nature because it provides sunshine ,air, water and everything for us. Everybody. Lets stand up and close our eyes to
22、lets pray for Li Meixin in my school who got leukemia (白血病） and give our best wishes to her. Lets pray for our parents ,lets pray for the nature. (All of the students stand up and pray for them about 30 seconds) T: Today I should say thank you for your listening because you make me happy. Thats all. Please,have a rest Step7: Homework. Make up a conversation about a moment in the past. Board design Unit 5What were you doing when the rainstorm came? She Hewas doing sth when sth happened? I We Youwere doing when sth happened? They While sb. was dong sth. sth. happened
