Unit5 What were you doing when the rain Section A Grammar Focus 4a-4c（教案）

Unit 5 What were you doing when the rainstorm came
Grammar Focus 4a-4c
Learning Aims
1. To review the structure of the past progressive tense and adverbial of time.
2. To improve speaking and writing skills.
3. To develop students’ spirit of helping each other
Important Points
The structure of the past progressive tense.
Difficult Points
To use the past progressive tense correctly.
Teaching Process
Step 1 Three minutes’ Moral Education ahead of the class
Watch a video of rainstorm.
Then let students talk about what they can do to help others when people are in trouble when the rainstorm comes.
Step 2 Revision
Show students some pictures of their own life at school. To review the structure of the past progressive tense.
1. What was he doing when the rainstorm came
He was running on the playground.
2. What were they doing when the rainstorm came
They were having a party at the old people’s home.
3. What was she doing when the rainstorm came
She was making dumplings with classmates.
4. What was Zhang Zihe doing when the rainstorm came
He was eating dumplings.
5. What were they doing when the rainstorm came
They were making a banana milk shake.
6. What were they doing when the rainstorm came
They were playing basketball with English teacher.
7. What were they doing when the rainstorm came
They were having lunch in the dinning hall.
8. What was the baby doing when the rainstorm came
She was swimming in the pool.
Let students read the sentences above.
Then make a summary to review the meaning and structure of the past progressive tense.
含义: 表示在过去某一时刻或某一时间段内正在发生的动作, 强调动作正在进行。
结构：主语+was/were+v.ing+其它+when the rainstorm came.
Step 3 Grammar Focus
Have a competition: Who has the best memory.
Ask students what people were doing when the rainstorm came without looking at the pictures.
Let students keep the sentences in mind.
Step 4 Make a survey.
Make a survey to find out what students’ family were doing when the rainstorm came.
Show the pictures of family members, let students fill in the blanks.
My sister ____ ________homework at home
I ____ ________in the library
My mother ____ ________ ____ the bus
My father ____ ________ at home
My cousin ____ _________ TV in her house
My uncle ____ ________ basketball
at 5:00 p.m. last Sunday.
Check their answers.
Then let them read the sentences several times.
Step 5 Presentation
Show students how to turn the sentences into a passage.
Add a beginning and an ending to the body sentences.
Beginning:
At 5:00 p.m. last Sunday, my family were quite busy. They all had their own things to do.
Body:
My sister ____ ________homework at home.
I ____ ________in the library.
My mother ____ ________ ____ the bus.
My father ____ ________ at home.
My cousin ____ _________ TV in her house.
My uncle ____ ________ basketball.
Ending:
Although we were all busy, we did something useful, except my father, haha. How about you
Step 6 Writing
Give students a title to write their own passage. Offer help if necessary.
Let some students read their passage to the class.
Step 7 Summary
Step 8 Homework