1、English Teaching Design Grade Eight Teacher Mary Date March 14 Teaching Aims and Demands: Unit 3 What were you doing when the UFO arrived? Functions:Talk about past events, Tell a story Structures:Adverbial clauses with when, while; Questions and statements with past progressive; Pa
2、st tense Target language: —What 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 a souvenir, a girl called the police. Vocabulary:barber shop, bathroom, bedroom, kitchen, UFO, alien, cutting hair, climbing, jumping,
3、get out of, take off, scared Learning strategies:Using context; Role playing Teaching Important and difficult points: 1.Adverbial clauses with when , while . 2.Learn past progressive. Teaching Aids: a tape-recorder , cards . Teaching procedures : Seven Period 1 Suggestions Teaching pro
4、cedures : Step 1 Leading in 1.Greetings and free-talk . 2.Check the homework . 3.Dictate the words in Unit 2 . Step 2 Pre-task SB Page 18 , 1a . 1.Point to the sentences .Read the sentences .Explain what each one means . 2.Look at the picture .Point out the six people .Match the statement
5、s with the people in the picture . 3.Check the answers . 4.Practice reading . Step 3 While-task SB Page 18 , 1b . 1.Read the instructions .Make sure the Ss understand what they should do . 2.Look at the dialogue in the picture . Explain : past progressive的构成: was / were + doing . 用法:表示过去某
6、一时刻或某一段时间正在进行的动作,一般用时间状语来表示。 I was standing in front of the library when the UFO arrived . 3.Play the tape twice . Circle the correct responses . 4.Check the answers . Step 4 Post-task Talk about what people were doing when the UFO arrived . Step 5 While-task SB Page 19 , 2a . 1.Read the
7、sentences .Make sure the Ss understand what they mean . 2.Play the tape twice .Order these statements . 3.Play the tape again ,correct the answers . SB Page 19 , 2b . 1。Read the instructions . 2.Play the recording .Write “when” or “while” on each line . 3.Play the recording again ,correct thei
8、r answers . Notice: when / while When comes before a quick action that happens only once .The word “while” comes from an action that continues for some time . Step 6 Post-task SB Page 19 , 2c . 1.Point ort the picture .Ask what each person is doing . 2.Groupwork : Ask “What was …doing when t
9、he UFO arrived ?” 3.Ask a group to say its conversation to the class . Step 7 Grammar Focus Review the grammar box by asking some students to read the sentences . Homework : 1. Go over the words in this unit 2. Use prep or prep phrases fill the blanks。 ① They were talking the phone .
10、 ② I was the barber’s chair . ③ he boy was walking the street when a UFO landed . ④ had a very unusual experience Sunday . ⑤ The alien visited the Museum Flight . Design on the blackboard: Notes after teaching: Period 2 Suggestions Teaching pr
11、ocedures : Step 1 Leading in 1. Greetings and free-talk . 2. Check the homework . Step 2 While-task SB Page 20 , 3a . 1. Read the instructions . 2. Read the e-mail by the Ss first .Number the pictures in the correct order . 3. Explain something . 4. Practice reading and listen to the t
12、ape . SB Page 20 , 3b . Cover the story .Look at the pictures and take turns to tell the story . I think this activity is hard to most of the students . If necessary , do it as homework . SB Page 20 , Part 4 . What were you doing at these times last Sunday ? 1. Read the sample dialogue in the
13、 box . 2. Look at the table .Read the times for the Ss . 3.Pairwork : Talk about what they were doing at different times . 4. Write down your answers . 5.Practice reading . Step 3 Post-task Make an interview . Interview two classmates in your class and write down their answers .Begin like this :What were you doing at … ? I was … . Homework : Cover the story in 3a .Try to retell the story . Design on the blackboard: Notes after teaching:






