八年级英语上册 Unit 8 Natural disasters Grammar教案 （新版）牛津版-（新版）牛津版初中八年级上册英语教案.doc

Natural disasters
课 题
Grammar
总第 课时
备课时间

上课时间
课 时
Period 4
教 具
Pictures tape

Teaching aims
To understand when to use the past continuous tense.

Teaching focus
To recognize and use the past continuous tense

Difficult points
To recognize and use the past continuous tense

Teaching method
Task-based approach，Scene pedagogy and Teaching with humor
Teaching procedures
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?
(ask D)What were you doing while I was talking with A,B,C?
Step2Design a scene
As the students are talking about the things they do, write the structure of past continuous tense ‘was/were +doing’ on the board.
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, Page 99. 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 ‘as usual’.
Ask the students to close the book. Ask them some questions about this dialogue.
STEP8Homework
Do more exercises about past continous tense