最新人教版八年级英语下册第五单元教案

Unit 5 What were you doing

when the rainstorm came?

第1课时Section A 1a-2d

一、教学目标

（1）知识与技能

1）掌握重点词汇和句型：What were you / was he (she) doing when…? I / He / She was doing…when….

2）初步掌握使用过去进行时来询问或描述过去进行的事情，并学会用when描述某动作或某事件的发生。

3）能在交际过程中较流利地运用所学结构和句型。

4）提高抓取和记录关键信息的听力技能。

（2）情感态度与价值观

培养学生在灾害面前要更团结，更友善，更懂得互相帮助。

二、教学重点

1. 掌握过去进行时态：“was / were + doing”结构。

2. 掌握when 引导的时间状语从句。

三、教学难点

掌握由when引导的时间状语从句以及如何使用过去进行时。

四、教学过程

Step 1 Greetings

Greet the students as usual.

Step 2 Warming up

Say：Yesterday，there was a rainstorm. I was watching TV when the rainstorm came. Where were you when the rainstorm came? And What were you doing when the rainstorm came? Help the students to answer：I was sleeping when the rainstorm came. I was doing my homework when the rainstorm came….

Then show some pictures and ask the students：Where were they and what were they doing when the rainstorm came? Work in pairs and ask and answer like this：

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 reading a book.

Step 3 Practice

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.

Check the answers together.

Step 4 Listening

1b, What were they doing when the rainstorm came? Let’s listen. Remind the students to pay attention to “was/were +doing”

Listen to the TV report and circle the correct responses.

a. doing my homework / studying

b. playing basketball / reading

c. going to work / waiting for the bus

d. walking home / shopping

After listening，ask some students to report their answers.

Step 5 Speaking

1c, Look at the pictures and talk about what the people in 1a were

doing at the time of the rainstorm using “was/were + doing”.

For example：

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

B：He was_____________________.

Ask some pairs to act out their dialogue.

Step 6 Listening

2a, First ask the students to look at the pictures and go through the sentences. Then listen and number the pictures 1-5. Play the recording twice if necessary. Then ask some students to report their answers.

2b, Listen again. Fill in the blanks in the sentences in 2a. Then ask some students to report their answers.

Step 7 Pair work

2c, Use the information in 2a to retell the story in a conversation between the boy and a TV reporter. Then ask some pairs to act out their dialogue. Before they acting，give the “reporter” a “microphone”.

2d, Role play the conversation.

Step 8 Game