1、Past continuousTeaching aims:1. Ss are able to master the structure, meaning and function of pastcontinuous.2. Ss are able to tell the difference from simple past and past continuouswhen they use them.Key points:The differences of meaning and function between past continuous andsimple past.Difficult
2、ies:The usage of simple past and past continuousStudent analysis:Students in Grade 8 learned simple past in primary school but itsthe first time they learned past continuous. The structure and meaningof the past continuous are similar to the present continuous, sostudents can understand it quickly.
3、However, because both tenses areused to describe things happened in the past, students may beconfused when they use two tenses at the same time.StageStage aimTeachers activitiesStudentsactivitiesWarming up1 Leading-inIntroduce thetask of thislesson, which isto find out whoate the cake.Make sure Ss k
4、nowwhattheyaregoing to do in thelesson andleadinthegrammar,past continuous.Tintroducesthelessontaskandarouse Ss interest.T: Anna bought acake for breakfastin the afternoon Listen to Tcarefully.ListeningactivitiesListen to themonologue of3 people andtakesomenotes to seewhattheywere doing.Speakingacti
5、vitiesGroupwork:after listeningwhat Tom, BillandBettywere doing athome, discusswho ate thecake and whyyou think so.ReadingactivitiesSs read Annasthinkingandchoosethecorrect form ofthe verbs. AfterreadingtheySs get familiar withpast continuous bylisteningandgooverthebasicstructure of it.Ss can basica
6、lly usepast continuous inthe discussion.They are able todevelop theirlogical thinking aswell.Get ready for thenext step.Ss use both pastcontinuous andsimple past at thesame time, byreading andfinishing theactivity they canT asks Ss to listenand finish the table.Tconcludesthestructureofpastcontinuous
7、.T provides the formforSstoexpresstheir idea.I think _ ate thecake. Because _was_.Taskssomestudents to tell whoatethecakeandwritesdowntheirideas.T asks Ss to read andchoose the correctverbs.After checking theanswer,TListencarefullyandcompletethe table.Thinkfreeandspeakoutwhatthey think.Ss read andfi
8、nishthetask.Takesomenotes whenT makes asummary.haveenoughprooftofindout who ate thecake.feel thedifferences.summarizesthedifferent usages ofthe two tenses.Provide a word bankto tell dynamic andstatic verbs.WritingactivitiesHelpAnnawrite the diaryon whathappened to thecake.EvaluationT shows thecriter
9、ia andgrades somestudentswriting.Ss can use bothtenses again tocheck if they cantell the differencesof the two tenses.Evaluate theirwriting to makesure they masterthe structure,meaning andfunction of pastcontinuous.T asks Ss to helpAnnafinishherdiarywiththescaffoldingandsome pictures.Dear diary,Today,somethingsurprisinghappened. T grades the dairyaccordingtothecriteriaandsummarizes again ifnecessary.SsfinishAnnasdiarywiththe tipsSs check iftheymakemistakes intheirwriting.Homework1.FininshP104 1-4 inthe text book.
