Unit 5 What were you doing when the rainstorm came?
The First Period: Section A (1a-2d)
榆中九中 张冬梅
Teaching aims（教学目标）
1. Talk about past events.
2. Learn to tell a story.
Language points（语言点）
要求掌握以下句式： What were you doing when the rainstorm came?
I was doing my homework at home.
2．要求掌握以下词汇：
1）介词短语：in the library, in (my) house, on the street, at the bus stop
2）名词：rainstorm, umbrella, alarm
3）副词：heavily, suddenly
( 4 ) 动词和短语：begin, go off, pick up, wait for, miss the bus, take a hot shower, look for
（本节课的生词较少，而且单词的拼写比较简单，所以学生学起来不会感到困难，如果班级学生的水平较高，可以鼓励学生当堂掌握。）
Difficulties（难点）：过去进行时的正确使用及when 和while 的用法区别
Teaching steps（教学步骤）
1. Warm-up and revision（课堂热身和复习）
（1）Warm-up: New term greetings （新学期问候）
T: Nice to see you again, everyone! All of you look so well. Did you enjoy your summer vacation?
S: Yes.
(师生之间的问好过后，让学生前后位、同桌之间互相问好)1
（2）Revision（复习）
T: Can you tell me about your activities during the summer vacation? Give me some verb phrases, for example, “watch TV”.2
S1: I went shopping.
S2: I went to the movies.
S3: I went swimming.
(老师可以鼓励学生给出尽可能多的答案)
T: Oh. What an interesting vacation! I am sure you enjoyed yourselves very much. Today, we’ll talk about the things you did last night.
(教师把“What were you doing at nine o’clock last night?” 板书在黑板上)
2. Lead-in
T: Now, look at these pictures. What happened last night?
S1: There was a rainstorm.
T: Good. What was the girl in picture a doing when the rainstorm came?
S2: She was doing her homework. (She was studying.)
T: Good job. OK, what was the boy in picture b doing when the rainstorm came?
S3: He was reading at the library.
T: Good. What was the woman doing in picture c when the rainstorm came?
S4: She was waiting for the bus.
T: That’s correct. What was the man doing in picture d when the rainstorm came?
S5: He was walking home from the supermarket.
3. Read and match (Work on 1a)
T: OK, great. Let’s look at these four sentences. Can you match each sentence to the correct picture?
4. Listening (Work on 1b)
T: Now you’ll hear a conversation. Listen carefully and write the correct letters from the picture above on the lines below.8
(教师放录音，因为对话简单教师可以在放完一遍录音以后就订正答案)
T: Listen again and try to catch the adverb like “often” 、“usually” in each sentence.9
(教师可以把含有频率副词的句子写在黑板上，然后反复领读这几个句子,句中的副词可以用彩笔标注)10
T: Can you guess the meaning of the words in color?
(可以让学生讨论之后给出答案，然后教师再给出准确的讲解11
图解之后，教师应该强调频率副词的使用位置：be 动词之后，行为动词之前）
5. Work on 1c
T: Look at 1c. I want one student to read the conversation for us.12
T: Look at the picture in 1a. Ask and answer questions in pairs, “What does she do on weekends?”
(给学生练习的时间)
Now retell the story in your own words.
6. Work on 2a and 2b
T: Listen and number the pictures [1-5].
T: Then, listen again. Now fill in the blanks in the sentences in 2a.
Have Ss get into pairs and check their answers.
7. Work on 2c
T: Look at the information in 2a again. Then get into pairs. Student A will be the boy and Student B, a TV reporter.
T: Use the information in 2a to retell the story in a conversation between the boy and a TV reporter.
Have Ss practice their conversations. Then, have some pairs present their conversations to the class.
8. Work on 2d
Have Ss get into pairs again and role-play the conversation.
Then get them to look at the screen and answer the questions.
9. Make a survey
T: Let’s make a survey on “What does your friend do on weekends?”
Work in four groups. One of the students should write down the results.14
（让学生四人一组作调查，其中一名同学负责记录）
T: Who would like to give us an example?
S1: Jim often watches TV.
Lucy always goes shopping.
Li lLi never goes to movies.
…………………
7. Homework
Oral:
Read aloud the new words learned in this lesson.
Written:
Make a survey about your parents’ activities in their free time.
