八下教案Unit 5 What were you doing when the rainstorm came？ 教学设计

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Unit 5

What were you doing when the rainstorm came?

Teaching aims

：

1 Knowledge objects

：

Talk about past events using the past progressive tense

2 Ability objects

：

tell a story

3 Emotion,attitude and value

：

Learn to help each other and help the people in

need.

Teaching important points:

Key words: rainstorm, suddenly, alarm , go off , pick up , strange, report, area, wood,

light, window, match, beat, heavily, against, asleep, fall asleep, die down, rise, apart,

passage, pupil, bright, play ground, bell, completely, silence, in silence, recently, date,

tower, at first, realize, truth

Key sentences:

1. What were you doing at eight last night? I was taking a shower.

2. What was she doing at the time of the rainstorm?

She was doing her homework.

3. What was he doing when the rainstorm came?

He was reading in the library when the rainstorm came.

4. What was Ben doing when it began to rain heavily?

When it began to rain, Ben was helping his mom make dinner.

5. What was Jenny doing while Linda was sleeping?

While Linda was sleeping, Jenny was helping Mary with her homework

Teaching difficult points: the usage of

when and while

Teaching Periods:

Section A 1 (1a -2d)

Section A 2 (3a-3c)

Section A 3 (Grammar Focus-4c)

Section B 1 (1a-2e)

Section B 2 (3a-self check)

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The first period

Section A 1 (1a-2d)

Step 1 Warming up

Yesterday, there was a rainstorm. Where were they when the rainstorm came?

Here are some reports.

For example:

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 waiting for the bus at the bus stop.

1a Where were the people at the time of the rainstorm? Match the statements with the

people in 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.

Step 2 Listening

：

What were they doing when the rainstorm came?

Let’s listen.

Pay

attention to “was/were +doing”

1b Listen to the TV report and circle the correct response.

a. doing my homework / studying

b. playing basketball / reading

c. going to work / waiting for the bus

d. walking home / shopping

Step 3 Speaking

Look at the pictures and answer the questions by using “was/were

+

doing”

For example:

A: What was the boy doing at the time of the rainstorm?

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B: He _____________________.

Pair work: 1c Talk about what the people in 1a were doing at the time of

the

rainstorm.

Step 4 Listening

2a Listen and number the pictures 1-5.

2b Listen again. Fill in the blanks in the sentences in 2a.

Step 5 Speaking

2c Use the information in 2a to retell the story in a conversation between the boy and

a TV reporter.

2d Role play the conversation.

Step 6 Language points

1. My alarm didn’t go off so I woke up late.

alarm

n

.

闹钟

e.g. What time shall I set the alarm for?

2. I was waiting for the bus when it began to rain heavily.

1) begin

v.

(began)

开始

e.g. I’ll begin whenever you’re ready.

句型：

begin to do

与

begin doing

2) heavily

adv

.

在很大程度上；大量地

e.g. moving heavily

吃力地移动

It was raining heavily.

3. So, when the rainstorm suddenly came, …

suddenly

adv.

突然；忽然

e.g. I suddenly remembered that I hadn’t locked the door.

4. That’s strange.

strange

adj.

奇特的，奇怪的；不可思议的

e.g.

a strange noise

奇怪的声音

He’s always here; it’s strange you’ve never met him.

5. I called at seven and you didn’t pick up.

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pick up(=pick up the phone)

接电话

pick up

：

1)

拾起；抱起

e.g. The children picked up many sea shells at the seashore.

Pick that book up.

2)

搭载

e.g. The car stopped to pick me up.

Step 7 Speaking

Make a survey. Ask your partners in your group what they were doing at the

following time. Fill in the form then give a report.

Time

Yesterday 7:00

Yesterday 8:00

Yesterday 9:00

Report:

Tom was reading.

Peter was shopping…

A: What were you doing yesterday at 7:00?

B: I was reading.

Step 8 Summary

in the library

at the time of

go to work

wait for the bus

walk home

on the street

Step 10 Homework

1. Remember the words and phrases in this lesson.

2. Finish the exercises in the workbook.

Names

Tom

Peter

Tom

Peter

…

doing

reading

shopping

walking

…

…

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The second period

Section A 2 (3a-3c)

Step 1 Revision

1. Ask students to talk about what they were doing last night in groups of four then

give a report.

Step 2 Presentation

Ask the students to look at the picture and think about what has happened.

Step 3 Reading

3a Read the passage quickly and answer the following questions

1) What was the weather like before the heavy ran started?

2

）

What was the neighborhood like after the storm?

Keys: 1. Black clouds were making the sky very dark. With no light outside, it felt

like midnight.

2. The neighborhood was in a mess.

3b Read the passage again and complete the sentences using information from the

passage.

1) When the news on TV was reported, strong winds were _____________ outside.

2

）

While Ben’s mom was making sure the radio was working, his dad

________________.

3) Ben _____________________ when the heavy rain finally started.

4) When Ben _______________at 3:00 a.m., the wind _________________.

Keys: 1) were blowing

2) was putting pieces of wood over the windows

3) was helping his mom make dinner

4) fell asleep: was dying down

Step 4 Speaking

3c Discuss the questions with a partner.

“Although the storm broke many things apart, it brought families and neighbors

closer together.”

What other can bring people closer together? How can we help

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each other in times of difficulty?

Step 5 Language points

1. With no light outside, it felt like midnight.

介词

with

表示一种伴随状况，同时还包含着某种 因果关系，表示

“

因某

种状况的存在而导致

……”,

因此可 翻译成

“

由于；因为

”

等。

e.g. With my parents away, I’m the king

of the house.

I can’t work with

that noise going on.

2. Ben’s

dad

… while his mom was making sure the flashlights and radio were

working.

1)

while “

当

……

的时候；和

……

同时

”

，

while

还可以表示

“

而；然而；但

”

之意，