
Unit 8 Natural disasters Lesson 4 【教學目標】 1.To understand when to use the past continuous tense. 2.To recognize and use the past continuous tense. 【教學重難點】 To learn when to use the past continuous tense. 【教學過程】 Step 1 Questioning Say, ‘Now, I am teaching you. You are listening to me carefully.’ (ask A)What are you doing? (ask B)What did A do just now? (ask B)What were you doing when A answered my question? (ask C)What were you doing when I came in? (ask A)What was C doing at that time? Step 2 presentation As the students are talking about the things they do, write the structure of past continuous tense ‘was/were +doing’ on the board. Design a scene: Last night at 8:00 there was a blackout in your block. The lights went out all over the block. First, show some pictures, then let the students describe. Step 3 Paying attention to uses of words During the students describing the pictures, pay attention to use ‘was’ and ‘were’ to consolidate the past continuous tense. Step 4 Describing the picture Describe the picture in general questions and give them positive and negative answers. Practice in pairs. Write the two kinds of answers on the Bb. Was David cooking at eight yesterday? Yes, he was. Was David having dinner at 8 last night? No, he wasn’t. Step 5 Practicing the dialogue After finishing describing the nine pictures, practice the dialogue like this. T: What was David doing last night at eight last night? Ss: He was doing some cooking. Practice in pairs. Let them choose any picture they want. Step 6 Completing Part A1 Get the students to complete Part A1.Check the answers in pairs and in class. Explain the main phrases in the dialogue e.g. ‘discuss … with…’ and ‘plan a trip to’. Get them to read the dialogue aloud.Ask the students some question to offer them more chance for practice. Step 7 Finishing the dialogue Finish the dialogue in Part A2, and then check the answers. Explain some the main phrases like ‘see…doing’ and ‘a(chǎn)s usual’. Ask the students to close the book. Ask them some questions about this dialogue. Step 8 Homework Make a summary to what we learned today. (Emphasize the adverbial of time.)Finish off the exercises in the Evaluation Handbook and Learning English.
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