Module 7 A famous story
Unit 1 Alice was sitting with hersister by the river.
教材分析
本课为Module 7的第一单元，对话展示的是同学之间就阅读内容展开的讨论。玲玲向托尼介绍了《爱丽丝漫游奇境记》的主要情节。通过他们之间关于童话故事的对话，自然地导入了过去进行时这一语法项目。
教学目标
1. Function: Telling a story
2. Structure: Past continuous
3. Skills:
1) Listening and understanding the plot development of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Understanding the major characters and events.
2) Participating in a role-play with the teacher’s guidance.
3) Reading and understanding the sequence of events in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.
4) Writing a short passage about what happened after Alice fell down the rabbit hole.
4. Around the world: Stories
5. Task: Writing a short story about your own experience.
教学重难点
Grammar: Past continuous
课前准备
A tape recorder, multimedia and some pictures
教学过程
Step 1 Warming-up
1. Enjoy a play: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
2. Show some pictures and tell the story: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
3. Look at the pictures, and talk something about the pictures.
4. Introduce the new words.
5. Learn the new words.
6. Read the new words.
【设计意图】
本活动旨在处理词汇，并激活相关背景知识。
Step 2 Listening practice.
1. Ask the students to read the words in the box in Activity 1.
fall follow hole rabbit strange
2. Play the recording once without stopping.
3. Listen and underline the correct words.
4. Play the recording again and ask the whole class to check with a partner.
5. Check the answers.
【设计意图】
本活动是本单元的导入练习，为单词、语音、短语的听力辨认。
Step 3 Listening practice.
1. Ask the students to look at the pictures and read through the sentences in Activity 2.
2. Play the recording once without stopping.
3. Listen and underline the correct words.
4. Play the recording again and ask the whole class to check with a partner.
5. Check the answers.
【设计意图】
本活动在上一个活动的基础上难度有所增加，要求学生能理解语篇并能将文字内容与图片对应。
Step 4 Listen and read.
1. Show some pictures, and ask the students to talk about them.
2. Ask the students to read the conversation silently.
3. Play the recording and ask the students to listen and read the conversation.
4. Read the conversation.
5. Act it out.
6. Learn “Everyday English”
1) Ssh!
2) Sorry!
3) It’s about…
【设计意图】
本活动的目的在于考查学生听懂文章大意，获取相关细节信息的能力。
Step 5 Complete the notes.
1. Ask the students to read the sentences in the box in Activity 3.
2. Read through the sentences.
1) Alice was ______ with her ______ by the river.
2) The white rabbit with a ______ ran past.
3) The Mad Hatter, the March Hare
and a mouse were having a ____ party.
4) The Queen of Hearts was ______ a strange game.
3. Now complete the sentences. Use the words in the box to help you.
4. Ask the students to check with a partner.
5. Check the answers.
【设计意图】
在前面的听说活动之后，对话及时地复现并扩展了听力内容，同时可以巩固学生对生词的理解。
Step 6.Complete the sentences with the words in the box.
Look at the words in the box with the class.
Ask the students to read the sentences on their own and guess what the missing words are.
Ask them to complete the sentences individually and check their answers in pairs.
【设计意图】
本活动营造了英语的语境来解释新语言。不仅能启发学生的思维，更重要的是将语言与所指直接联系起来，减少了学生“心译”的过程，能有效提高英语教学的效果。
Step 7 Listen and repeat.
1. Play the recording once without stopping.
2. Play the recording again and ask the whole class to repeat.
1) —The Cheshire Cat was sitting on the grass.
— No, it wasn’t. It was sitting in a tree.
2)— The white rabbit was looking at its watch.
— Yes, it was.
3. Now work in pairs. Listen and repeat.
【设计意图】
本活动旨在训练学生掌握句子的重音。
Step 8 Work in pairs.
1. Ask the students to read the conversations in Activity 6 aloud.
2. Do an interview.
Student A: You are a school newspaper reporter. You’re interviewing a school basketball star about what he did yesterday.
Student B: You are a star on your school basketball team. A school newspaper reporter is interviewing you.
— What were you doing at 5 am yesterday?
— I was getting up.
3. Work in pairs.
【设计意图】
本活动以采访的形式操练含有过去进行时的小对话，将语法教学与交际性活动融合起来。
Step 9 Homework
Discuss with your classmates about your favorite story and try to know more about the details of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by watching the movie.
教学反思
对于语言学习来说，听力的输入是口语输出的前提，所以教师在教学本单元时，可以让学生通过听来了解故事的梗概，为后面的学习作好铺垫。
课件24张PPT。7A famous story ModuleUnit 1
Alice was sitting with her sister by the river.Listen and number the words as you hear them.Listening and vocabulary fall follow hole
rabbit strange425312 Listen again and number the pictures.Sees the
Cheshire CatHas a tea party at the March Hare’s houseFollows a white rabbit231Now complete the notes. 1 Alice was ________ with her________ by the river.
2 The white rabbit with a ______ ran past.
3 The Mad Hatter, the March Hare and a
mouse were having a _____ party.
4 The Queen of Hearts was ________ a strange game.sittingsisterwatchteaplaying4.Complete the sentences with the words in the box.fall hole smile strange watch1. Something is ___________ if it is not usual.
2. You _______ when you are happy. strangesmile3. You can wear a _______. It tells you the time.
4. A rabbit _______ is a place where rabbits live.
5. You _______ when you move down quickly to the ground.watchholefall5 Listen and underline the words the speaker stresses.1--The Cheshire Cat was sitting on the grass.
-- No, it wasn’t. It was sitting in a tree.
2--The white rabbit was looking at its watch.
--Yes, it was.Pronunciation and speakingNow work in pairs. Listen again and repeat.6 Work in pairs. Do an interview.Student A: You are a school newspaper
reporter. You are interviewing a
school basket star about what he
did yesterday.
Student B: You are a star on your school
basketball team. A school newspaper
reporter is interviewing you.
What were you doing at 5 am yesterday?
I was getting up.Grammar FocusPast continuous
过去进行时：
表示在过去某一时刻或时段正在进
行的动作。
— What were you doing at 7 am yesterday?
昨天早上7点你在做什么？
— I was having breakfast.
我在吃早餐。
1.常和过去进行时连用的时间状语有：
at this time yesterday, then, at 5 o’clock yesterday afternoon,
a moment ago ，all last night,
on last Sunday, during the day, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., on my way to school, this time last year2.过去进行时结构：
was/were +doing（动词现在分词)My mother was cleaning the house
at 8 o’clock yesterday morning.She was playing the guitar from
12 a.m. to 4 p.m. last Saturday.They were singing songs during
the day.3.过去进行时的句式变化：
3.过去进行时的句式变化：
总结：
肯定句：was/were +doing
否定句：wasn’t/weren’t +doing
一般疑问句：was/were +主语 +doing
特殊疑问句：特殊疑问词（what）+
was/were+主语 + doing
Exercise一、 根据所学知识连线。 二、根据句意及所给中文或首字母提示，完成下列句子。
1. My sister keeps a little _____ (兔子) as a pet
(宠物).
2. There is a ____ (洞) in my coat. Can you help
me mend (缝补) it?
3. ________ (突然) Peter rushed out of the room
and ran to the garden.
4. We had a good time at Jim’s birthday
p____ yesterday.
5. The man f___ down from the horse and broke
his arm.rabbitholeSuddenlyartyell 三、用所给单词的适当形式填空。
Look at the book. It’s about a boy ______ (call)
Harry Potter.
2. — ____ she ______ (sit) near the windows?
— No, she wasn’t.
3. The boys ____ not ______ (play) football at that time yesterday. They_____ ________ (clean) the classroom.
4. The students ____ _______ (read) books when the teacher came into the classroom.
5. My little cat washed _____ (it) face and then drank some milk.calledWas sitting were playingwere cleaningwere readingits四、单项选择题。1. He said he _____ to draw a plane on the blackboard at that time.
A. tries B. tried C. was trying D. will try
2. They _____ a football game from 7 to 9 last night.
A. were watching B. watch
C. watched D. are watching
3. It was Friday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Green _____ ready to fly to England.
A. are getting B. get
C. were getting D. got CAC4. We ____ for Tom at ten last Sunday. He often kept
us ______.
A. were waiting, waiting B. were waiting, wait
C. waited, waiting D. waited, wait
5. He ____ his father on the farm the whole afternoon
last Saturday.
A. helps B. would help
C. was helping D. is helping
6. Look out! The pole is going to_______.
A. fall behind B. fall down
C. fall out D. fall onACB7. Look, the boy is sitting _____ the tree.
A. in B on C at D. above
8. Smile is the best makeup any girl can wear, so we
should ____ everyone as much as possible.
A. smile to B. smile at
C. laugh to D. laugh at
9. I saw the boy _____ the shop a moment ago.
A. run past B. running past
C. to run past D. ran pastABAHomework Discuss with your classmates about your
favorite story and try to know more about the
details of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by
Watching the movie.
