Unit 3 What were you doing when the UFO arrived?
單元教材分析 Unit 3以“ What were you doing when the UFO arrived”為題。談論如何使用過去進行時。如何使用過去進行時是本單元的重難點。通過觀察圖片，利用圖片進行情景思維，學會講故事，倆倆對話，角色扮演等形式和獨立學習，合作交流，完成任務等培養(yǎng)學生的綜合語言運用能力，創(chuàng)新意識和實踐能力。 本單元的向?qū)Ш鸵螅?語言功能 語言目標 談論過去發(fā)生的事情 學會講故事 When were you doing when the UFO arrived? I was sitting in the barber’s chair. The barber was cutting my hair. While he was buying souvenirs, a girl called the police. 語言結(jié)構(gòu) 重點出詞匯 When ,while引導的時間狀語從句 學習過去進行時 復習現(xiàn)在進行時 bathroom, bedroom, kitchen, UFO, alien, barber’s chair. cutting hair, climbing ,jumping. land ,get out of ,take off, in front of . scared 學習策略與思維技巧 跨學科學習 聯(lián)系上下 利用情景思維 角色扮演 自然科學知識 社會科學知識 總之，在本單元的全過程中，學生通過獨立學習，角色扮演，實踐體驗，合作與交流的學習方式和任務型教學途徑，通過掌握本單元的英語知識和技能，開發(fā)學生思維能力和發(fā)展個性，使語言學習的過程成為學生形成積極的情感態(tài)度，主動思維，大膽實踐，使枯燥的語言變得豐富多彩，容易接受。 時安排5/6時 第一時： Section A (1a ?1c) 第二時： Section A (2a—Grammar Focus) 第三時： SectionA (3a ?4) 第四時: Section B 1—4a 第五時： (Self Check—Reading) 教學計劃Period 1 (1a ?1c)
Teaching key point: the usage of the past continuous tense Teaching difficulties: How to use the past continuous tense in the adverb clause of time leaded by “when”and “while”. The Analysis of Teaching Process Step 1 - - - Organization 1. Exchange greetings with the Ss. Duty report: It is between two students. They are having a dialogue. Enjoy a clip of film about the UFO Step 2 - - - Revision 1.Show four animation pictures on the screen After showing the pictures, ask: ----What is Peter’s mother doing? ---She is cooking. ---What is Peter’s father doing? ---He is watching TV. ---What is Peter doing? ---He is sleeping late. ---What is Peter’s brother doing?. ---He is getting out of the shower 教學設(shè)計說明 復習進行時態(tài) 2. Lead the students into the real situations: Ask one boy student: What are you doing now? The student may answer: I am listening to you. Ask the whole class: What is he doing? The whole class answer: He is listening to you. Repeat this with one girl student. Practice with the whole class, trying to revise the tense with different personal pronouns. 教學設(shè)計說明 同樣復習進行時態(tài)，不同的是從圖回到現(xiàn)實。 Step 3 -Leading in: introduce the past continuous tense to the students 1. Ask one student (student A) to leave the room and wait outside the door Then ask two students to do actions, one (students B) is writing on the blackboard and the other (student C) is drawing a picture. They keep doing it without stopping until I ask them to stop. 2. Ask student B: What are you doing? Student B answers: I am writing on the blackboard. (Write the sentence on the blackboard as blackboard work) Repeat this with student C, write: I am drawing a picture 3. Ask the student outside to come in and sit down. Then ask the two students who are doing actions sit down too. 4. Ask the first student who was writing on the blackboard. Ask: What were you doing when (student A) came in? Help him to answer: I was writing on the blackboard when he came in. (Wrtie I was wrting on the blackboard as the blackboard work) I say to the class: He was writing on the blackboard when (student A) came in. Ask the class to repeat this sentence. 5. Repeat this with the second student who was drawing a picture. (Write I was drawing a picture ) 6. Ask some other students the question: What were you doing when (student A) came in? Then students ask and answer in pairs: What were you doing when (student A) came in? 7. Point to the blackboard-writing( During my teaching above, I have written it on the blackboard step by step). Help them to find out the differences between the two pairs of sentences. Tell the students: Today we are going to learn a new tense ----the past continuous tense. Introduce the past continuous tense. I am writing on the blackboard. I was writing on the blackboard when A came in.I am drawing a picture.
I was drawing a picture when A came in..
教學設(shè)計說明：通過真實的情景引入過去進行時態(tài) 8. ore practice about continuous tense. 教學設(shè)計說明 通過更多的圖片操練新學的時態(tài)。 9. Comparison : make a comparison between the two tenses. 時態(tài) 現(xiàn)在進行時 過去進行時 用法 表示現(xiàn)在正在進行的動作 表示過去某個時刻正在進行的動作 結(jié)構(gòu) is/am/are + doing was/were + doing 例句 I am having an English class I was having an English class. 教學設(shè)計說明 操練熟練后讓學生比較兩種時態(tài)的區(qū)別，這樣就簡單多了。 Step 4 Section A 1a1. Show a picture of all kinds of UFOs and ask Ss:What is UFO?Do you know?
Help Ss answer: Unidentified Flying Object
2. Show a picture of all kinds of aliens and ask: What does the alien look like? Ss answer according to their imaginations. 3. Show a picture (the picture on page 18) on the screen. Tell about the picture with the students. Say: A reporter was asking some people“What were you doing when the UFO arrived?” If you want to knohat they were doing. Please open your books, let’s look at 1a. please look at the picture and match the statements with the people in the picture 4. Pairwork: Where were you when the UFO arrived? I was in… 教學設(shè)計說明 新的時態(tài)操練熟后才能到中。通過各種圖片資料把學生帶入。此時做1a 已經(jīng)很簡單了。然后再通過圖片操練句型：Where were you when the UFO arrived? I was in… Step 5 Section A (1b). 1.In order to transit from 1a to 1b naturally. I say: Would you like to knohat the reporter was asking? Now please look at the picture and listen to the reporter’s questions and circle the correct responses. 2.Pairwork: What were you doing when the UFO arrived? I was…ing when… 3.Listen and repeat. 4.教學設(shè)計說明 做好聽力后再通過圖片操練句型：What were you doing when the UFO arrived? I was…ing when… Step6 Section A (1c) 1.Pairwork A:Where was the girl when the UFO arrived? B:She was in front of the library. A: What was she doing when the UFO arrived? B: She was standing in front of the library. 2.Ask students to ask and answer in pairs 教學設(shè)計說明：再次通過1a 的圖片操練本節(jié)的重點句型，使學生都熟練掌握。 Step 7 A emory Competition The competition is like this: 1.show 9 ten animation pictures on the screen. As soon as one picture with corresponding time appears, it disappears very quickly ( about several seconds). 2.The whole class is divided into four teams. If one student knows the answer, he must stand up quickly before the second one stands up. If he gives the answer correctly, then his team can get one score. 教學設(shè)計說明：個比賽復習句型，效果更好。但務必要求學生說出整個句型。 Step 8 Who was the murderer? Design an imaginary situation: A girl was murdered at Fangshan ountain last night. A policeman is making a survey of this accident among you. P: Where were you at 12:00 last night? A: I was in the park (…) P: What were you doing there? A: I was… 1.I ask several students to make a model dialogue with me. 2.Students role play in groups of four. 3.Choose one student in each team as a policeman. They make a survery in their team They should write down their survery results. These policemen ask: Where were you at 12:00 last night? What were you doing there? Then ask these policemen to report their survey results to the class. The report may be like this: A was at… at 12:00 last night. He was climbing with his friend. B was at… 教學設(shè)計說明：設(shè)計一個學生感興趣的情景，讓學生做警察和壞蛋的游戲。在審訊過程中再一次復習了重點句型。 Step 9 Survey Ask your two partners what they were doing at these time yesterday. Time(yesterday) youYour partner 1
Your partner 2
7:00pm
8:00pm
9:00pm
They should report their survey result to the class. 教學設(shè)計說明：通過采訪形式鞏固重點句型。 Step 10 Summary (After the students go through the four tasks, it is the right time for me to help them sum up the usage of the past continuous tense. The summary can help them form a full idea about the tense) 用法 表示過去某個時刻正在進行的動作 結(jié)構(gòu) was/were + doing 常見的 標志詞 1) at 9 o’clock yesterday, from 8 to 9 yesterday morning at this/that time yesterday 2) 主句（過去進行時）＋ when + 從句（一般 過去時） 例句 1)I was cutting hair at 9 o’clock yesterday. 2)I was sleeping late when the UFO arrived. 教學設(shè)計說明：最后的總結(jié)加深學生對重點難點的印象。 Step 11 Homework Period 2 (2a—Grammar Focus) Step 1 Greeting and free talks or duty reportStep 2 Revision What were you doing when the UFO arrived?
1.Show five pictures. Let Ss ask and answer in pairs.
A: What were you doing when the UFO arrived?
B: I was…(Answer according to the pictures.)
2.ake sentences according to the pictures.
They should say like this:Yesterday morning when the UFO landed, r Li was cooking.
教學設(shè)計說明：通過一系列的圖片復習上時的重點句型。
Step 3 SectionA (2a) (2b)
1.Look at the picture in 2a and tell what the alien did after he arrived at Center Street. Ss answer according to the phrases beside the picture. 2.I say: Please listen and find out what did the alien do first and what did he do next. Put these phrases in order.3.After Ss finish it. Check the answer.
4.Work on (2b) Listen again. Complete the following sentences with “when” or “while”. Then check the answer.
5.Listen and repeat. 6.Ask Ss to look at the four sentences in (2b) carefully and try to find out the different usage of when and while. 7.Give a summary of the usage of when and while.. while 當……時候(后面跟的動作延續(xù),多用進行時態(tài))
when 當……時候(后面跟的動作不延續(xù),多用過去時態(tài)) Step 4 SectionA (2c) Look at the picture .Say what each person was doing when the UFO landed. ake sentence with “when” and" whileA: What was the girl doing when the UFO took off?
B: While the girl was… C: When the UFO took off the man was… Step 5 Exercises1.We were talking________ the teacher came into the classroom.
2.I was singing _________ he was dancing. 3.________ I was cutting hair, the UFO landed. 4.The boys were playing by the river ____ Tom fell into the river. 5.y mother was washing _______ my father was cooking. 6.What were you doing ______ the UFO arrived? Step 6 Grammar Focus Ask Ss to read the four sentences. ake sentences using “when” or “while” I/He was… when the teacher came in. While I /He was… , the telephone rang. Step 7 ore Grammar Step 8 Homework Period 3 (3a ?4) Step 1 Greeting and duty report Step 2 Revision 1.Show Ss some pictures about what people did last…First I ask Ss: “What were they doing last…?”
S1 answers: “ They were reading/doing homework.”
Then ask Ss ask and answer according to the pictures inpairs.
2. Lead the students into the real situations: Ask one boy student: What were you doing last…? The student may answer: I was fishing. Ask the whole class: What was he doing last…? The whole class answer: He was fishing. Repeat this with one girl student. Practice with the whole class, trying to revise the tense with different personal pronouns. 教學設(shè)計說明：真實地場景不同的人稱復習過去進行時態(tài)Step 3 SectionA (3a)
1.Listen and read the e-mail message
2.Read carefully(精讀).Collect different information and write some on the Bb . Explain them simply.
3.Number the pictures in the correct order.
4.Answer the questions.
a) What kind of experience did Ted have on Sunday?
b) What was he doing at around 10:00 in the morning?
c) What happened(發(fā)生) then?
d) Was it strange?
e) Who got out? And what did he do next?
f) What did Ted do when he saw that?
g) What did Ted feel when the alien went into a souvenir shop?
h) What was the alien doing when the shop assistant called the police?
i) What did the alien do before the police arrived?
j) When did Ted call the TV station?
k) Isn’t that amasing?
教學設(shè)計說明：第四步如果問題回答得好，就可以毫不費力的復述短了。
Step 4 SectionA (3b)
Cover the e-mail message. Look at the pictures and tell a story.
I had a very unusual experience on Sunday _____________.I _____________,
when_____________.While it _____________,the shop assistant _____________.While the alien____________,I_____________. 教學設(shè)計說明：復述后，就可以自己說一段類似的短了。Step 5 SectionA (4)
Pairwork
A: What were you doing at nine o’clock last Sunday morning?
B: I was sleeping. How about you? A: I was doing my homework. B: You are kidding.you
student1
student2
9:00am
11:30am 1:00pm 4:00pmake a report:
At nine o’clock last Sunday morning, I was sleeping. y friend li Qian was doing her homework… 教學設(shè)計說明：先幾組問答，再采訪，最后匯報。Step 6 Consolidation
Fill in the blanks with the proper words.
I had a very ________ experience ________ Sunday. At ________ ten o’clock in the morning, I was _________ down the street ________ a UFO landed ________ in front of me. You can _______ how ______ it was! An alien ______ ______ and ________ ________ Center Street. I followed it to see ________ it was going, and I was very ________ when it went into a souvenir shop. _________ it was ________ at the souvenirs, the shop _________ called the police. Before the police arrived, the ________ left the shop and then ________ the useum of Flight. While the alien was _______ the museum, I called the TV station. Isn’t that ___________!
教學設(shè)計說明：填空，可以知道學生掌握得如何。
Step 7 Talking about the picture. 1.Ask Ss to look at the picture carefully, then answer the questions. What did the man do at 4:00 yesterday afternoon? What was the woman doing when the man looked out of the window? What was the man doing when the man looked out of the window? What were the boys doing when….? What was that old man doing when…? … 2.Get one student to talk about the picture. 3.教學設(shè)計說明：擴展到描述一張圖片 Step 8 Exercise 1. Look at the picture carefully and fill in the blanks .In the picture, it was 4 o’clock yesterday afternoon. Bill and Tom ___________.
A cat ____________ on the road. Bob ________ the windo Ann _____________ something on the book.ate __________ a book. Sally and Tessa were good friends.They _________ . Dave ___________ coffee _____ his friend Diana. Andy and Tony _________________. Gary _____________ at the notice board. 教學設(shè)計說明：由描述圖片到看圖填空，又從口頭落實到筆頭。 Step 9 Homework Period 4 (SectionB1—4a) Step 1 Greeting and duty report Step 2 Revision Show pictures and key words or phrases. Get Ss to make sentences.Step 3 SectionB(1)
1.Show pictures and present the phrases in SectionB (1)
1.Discribe the pictures in SectionB (1)using more than two sentences .
a) The boys are playing football. A girl is shouting at them.
b) There is a dog in the picture. What’s the dog doing?It’s jumping down.
c) What’s in the picture? There is a snake. It’s scary. The man is scared.
d) There is a cat in the picture. The cat is climbing the tree.
2. atch the sentences with the picture.
3.Check the answer.
教學設(shè)計說明：在涉及到1a之前，先描述每張圖片，這樣就達到充分利用教材資的目的。
Step 4 SectionB (2a) (2b)
1.(2a) Say: Listen. Two people are talking about some things. Check the six things you hear in the chart.
2.Play for the first time. Ss only listen. Play a second time and ask Ss to check the things they hear.
3.(2b) Listen again and write the letter of who did each thing in the chart.
Play the recording again if Ss don’t finish the work. 4.Correct the answers. 教學設(shè)計說明：這個聽力比較難，如果前面作些聽前的鋪墊說明會好些。Step 5 SectionB (2c)
1. Talk about the people in 2a.student A begins a sentence with “while”. Student B completes the sentence.A: While John was walking to school
B: While John was walking to school, he saw a cat in a tree. C: While John was climbing the tree…………….. 教學設(shè)計說明：接龍游戲，游戲的同時復習句型。Step 6 SectionB (3)
1.Talk about the picture. Ask Ss what they see in the picture. Help Ss say “ a suitcase and a cage”& “a woman with glasses” Ask “Where is the woman?” Ss answer “ in a train station” 2.Read the article and find out how many Adverbial Clause of Time introduced by when and while. 3.Read again and find the answers to these questions.1).What was Linda doing when Davy ran away?
2). Why couldn’t Linda see Davy? 3). Where was Davy while Linda was looking for him? 4). What happened while Linda was on the telephone? 5). What was Davy doing when Linda finally saw him? 4.Explain some difficult points if possible. 教學設(shè)計說明：先描述圖片讓學生知道大概關(guān)于什么。找狀語從句讓學生初步了解短。通過找問題答案進一步熟悉短。層層深入。Step 7 SectionB (4a)
Use pictures to tell a story, using the past continuous tense 1.Ask some questions about the pictures and let Ss answer. 2.Show the pictures on the screen. Ask four students to explain what is happening in each picture. Give some help if they need. In every picture, there is a clock showing the time. The students should use the time to tell the story. Sample story: Last Sunday, I went to the park by bike at 11:00. I put my bike near the small trees. When I went to see the boys swimming, a thief saw my bike. While I was watching the boys swimming, he took my bike away.(or he stole my bike) . When I wanted to go back home, I couldn’t find my bike. I was very worried. I called the police at once. The police arrived a few minutes later. He helped me find out my bike. I thanked him and went back home. 教學設(shè)計說明：教師先通過提問方式讓學生了解圖片內(nèi)容，然后讓四個學生描述每張圖片。最后到單個人的口頭作。 Step 11 Homework Period 5 (Self Check—Reading) Step 1 Greeting and duty report Step 2 Revision Retell the story in SectionB (2a) Step 3 Self Check(1) Ask Ss to do the exercises , then check the answers.Step 4 Self Check(2)
First learn the phrases,especially “in hospital”& “at the doctor’s” Then ask Ss to look at what He Yan did yesterday.And then get Ss to write what they were doing at these times. Sample writing: While He Yan was at the doctor’s, I was going to the class. While she was having an English class, I was having a test. While she was having lunch with her mother, I was playing in the park. While she was visiting her aunt in hospital, I was studying in the classroom. While she was going shopping, I was going home.Step 5 Self Check(3)
Circle the words that don’t belong.
Step 6 Just for fun
Ask Ss to look at pictures carefullly and read the dialogue . Then find out the answers to these questions:“Was she scared? How do you know?”
Step7 Reading.(Section1 Before you read)
Show the two pictures and talk about them in groups.
What were you doing or where were you when you heard the news?
T: Liu Xiang won the gold medal at the 2004 Olympics. When did it happen? S1: It happened at 21:30 on August 27th,2004. T:Where were you when you heard the news? S1:I was in… T: What were you doing ? S1: I was… Ask and answer about the second picture in the same way. 教學設(shè)計說明:通過兩張圖片問答，操練兩個句型。Where were you when you heard the news? 和What were you doing ?Step 8 Reading.(Section2 While you read)
1. T: Today we will read a passage.Before reading, let’s read the reading strategy.
Ss: The title can be helpful for you to undestand a text. It’s a good idea to read the first sentence of each paragraph before you read.
2.Ask Ss to look at the title and think about what is the passage about.
3.Ask Ss to underline the first sentence of each paragraph.
4.Explain some useful phrases: have fun/in silence/ take place/in space/hear about/as…as
5.Find out the dates when some important events happened.
6.Questions:
1) What do many American people remember? Why?
2) Where was artin Luther king killed?
3) What was Robert Allen when artin Luther ing was killed?
4) What was he doing when he heard the news?
5) What did their teacher ask them to do then?
6) Who destroyed the World Trade Center? Was that a terrible event in history?
7) Who became the first Chinese astronaut in space?
8) What did he do in space?
9) What did he became when he returned?
教學設(shè)計說明:指導學生讀閱讀策略，讓學生明白掌握這些策略的重要。
通過找中心句讓學生初步了解短。找出重要事發(fā)生的時間進一步讓學生理解短。
通過9個問題讓學生對短掌握得更好。
Step 9 Reading.(Section3 After you read)
1.(3a) atch the dates with the events.
2.(3b) Write about an event that you remember well. Give dates and say why you remember it, and what you were doing at the time when you heard the news.
Step 10 Reading.( Section4 Go for it)
1. Do you think something good can come out of something terrible? Discuss this question in your groups.How can terrible events bring people together?
2. If time permits, have a quiz.
See how good your memory is for dates and events in history.
Divide the whole class into two groups. Each team thinks of 5 questions. You must know the answer. Then ask and answer the questions in turn. Which team knows more?
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