
Section A (1a-2d)
一、教学目标
1. 能听懂并掌握下列词汇及常用表达:
rainstorm, alarm, go off, heavily, suddenly, pick up, strange
2. 能听懂对话中运用过去进行时讲述过去正在发生的事情:sb. was doing …
3. 能恰当运用过去进行时进行提问和叙述。
4. 能够用所学语言描述自己的经历,提高听说能力。
5. 通过用英语讲述自己的故事,体会生活中如何用英语来交流,激发学生学英语的积极性。
二、教学重点及难点
重点:核心词汇及常用表达。
难点:能捕捉对话中的关键词信息,感知讲述过去正在发生的事情。
三、教学准备
1. 教学课件、暴风雨相关的图片。
2. 学生课前预习。
四、教学过程
Task 1
Step 1 Warming-up
Look and learn
T: Hello, everyone. Today we’ll learn Unit 5. What were you doing when the rainstorm came? As you see in the title, we’ll learn something about the rainstorm. So, what is a rainstorm? Of course, it’s a kind of rain. But what kind of rain is a rainstorm on earth? Let’s have a look.
设计意图:结合标题中的关键词图片,吸引学生的兴趣,引出本单元有关讲述过去发生的事情的话题。
Step 2 Pre-listening
Look and say
1. T: Now please look at this picture. There is a girl in it. Where is she? How do you know she is there? What’s she doing? What’s weather like in the picture?
2. T: There’s a boy in the picture. Where is he? What’s he doing?
3. T: Look! A woman is in the picture. Where is she? Is there anything on her head? What’s she doing? Is she happy? Have you ever had the same experience?
4. T: In this picture, a man seems to be running. Where is he? Why is he running? Can you guess his feeling then?
设计意图:通过师生问答,引导学生理解每一张图片的意义,在复习现在进行时的同时,逐步引出本单元运用过去进行时结构讲述过去发生的事情的功能话题。
Work on 1a
Read and match
T: Now look at these four statements. They are all about the past time. At that time there was a rainstorm in each picture. So where were the people at the time of the rainstorm? Please match the statements with the people in the picture.
设计意图:进一步熟悉图片内容,为接下来的听力活动预热。
Step 3 While-listening
Work on 1b
Listen and circle
T: Now please look at these phrases. They are all about the things that were going on at a time. And then you will listen to a TV report. There is a reporter and four people in it. Listen and circle the correct responses.
T: Let’s check the answers together.
设计意图:通过听录音勾选听到的动词和动词短语,培养学生捕捉主要信息的能力。
Listen and follow
T: Now look at the tapescripts of 1b. It’s time for you to listen and follow.
设计意图:感知语音语调,纠正发音。
Step 4 Post-listening
Work on 1c
Talk in pairs
T: I think you can talk about the TV report by yourselves. Next, you can talk in pairs according to the pictures.
设计意图:锻炼学生根据图片进行口头表达的能力,操练目标语言,进一步感知运用过去进行时讲述过去发生的事情。
Task 2
Step 1 Pre-listening
Look and learn
1. T: Now let’s learn some new words. First the word “alarm”. An alarm is usually an alarm clock. It can wake you up, especially in the morning.
2. T: If we say the alarm goes off or doesn’t go off, it means the alarm makes or doesn’t make a noise.
3. T: Look! It began to rain heavily. It began to rain cats and dogs.
heavily adv. 在很大程度上;大量地 = in large amounts
设计意图:扩充学生的词汇储备量,增加学习能动性,为后面的听力活动扫清词汇障碍。
Ask and answer
T: Next, you’ll do some pre-listening activities before doing 2a activity. Work in pairs. Look at each picture and ask and answer based on the example.
A: Where was the boy?
B: He was at the bus stop.
A: What was the boy doing?
B: He was looking for his umbrella.
设计意图:通过看图片进行问答练习,让学生提前熟悉听力的背景材料,为后面的听力活动做好铺垫。
Step 2 While-listening
Work on 2a
Listen and catch
T: OK! Now it’s time for another listening task. This recording is about a boy’s terrible day. What happened on earth? First please listen to the recording and catch the key information of each picture.
设计意图:培养学生在听的同时捕捉关键信息的能力。
Listen and number
T: Now it’s time for you to listen again and number the pictures from 1 to 5.
设计意图:再一次训练听力练习,感知听力材料中运用过去进行时讲述过去发生的事情。
Work on 2b
Listen and fill in the blanks
T: Now you can listen to the recording for the third time and fill in the blanks. And then you can read the sentences one by one.
设计意图:通过分段分任务的听力练习,降低学生心理上的听力压力,有效地提高学生的听力水平。
Step 3 Post-listening
Work on 2c
Act and retell the story
T: Now you are going to retell the story in a conversation between the boy and a TV reporter. Do it with your partner. You can refer to the sentences in 2a.
设计意图:通过对话的方式复述故事,让学生学会运用过去进行时和一般过去时描述过去发生的事情。
Work on 2d
Watch and answer
T: Now let’s watch a short video first and then finish the tasks.
1. Choose the correct answer.
What are Mary and Linda talking about?
A. What Mary was doing last night.
B. What Linda was doing last night.
C. Helping Linda’s mother.
2. Fill in the blanks.
| Time | What Linda was doing | 
| 19:00 | |
| (2)_____ | |
| 21:00 | 
Read and learn
T: Is this conversation funny? Now let’s read and learn. First you should pay much attention to the underlined sentences. And then let’s learn two words and phrases.
设计意图:从词句入手,进一步感知对话内容,并通过朗读,内化语言。
Test
T: Now you will do some exercises.
单项选择。
1. My father was reading a newspaper while my mother _____ dinner.
A. is cooking B. cooks C. was cooking D. will cook
2. I ______ a meal when Steve _____ me.
A. cooked; were ringing B. was cooking; rang
3. — Look! The cat _______ from the tree.
— Yes. It _______ the tree just now.
A. is jumping down; climbed up B. is jumping down; is climbing up
C. jumps down; was climbing up D. jumps down; climbed
4. Alice found a key on the ground and _____.
A. pick it up B. pick it out C. picked up it D. picked it up
5. Then the fire alarm _____. I just grabbed my clothes and ran out.
A. got off B. took off C. went away D. went off
设计意图:随堂检测学生对本课时内容的掌握程度。
Step 4 Summary
T: At last, let’s summarize the key points of this lesson.
rainstorm, alarm, go off, heavily, suddenly, pick up, strange
What were you doing last night?
I was in the kitchen helping my mom.
设计意图:通过总结,进一步巩固复习本课时所学的内容。
Step 5 Homework
1. Recite the key words and phrases.
2. Read 2d aloud.
设计意图:复习巩固旧本课时所学的内容。
五、板书设计
Unit 5 What were you doing when the rainstorm came?
Section A (1a-2d)
rainstorm, alarm, go off, heavily, suddenly, pick up, strange
What were you doing last night?
I was in the kitchen helping my mom.
