1、Unit 3 What were you doing when the UFO arrived?Period One (Section A 1a2c).Teaching aims 1. Knowledge goals (知识目标)Be able to pronounce and master the new words and phrases on page 18 and 19. Words: barber, barber shop, bathroom, bedroom,kitchen , get out , alien , bought , land , got , take off whe
2、n , while 引导的时间 状语从句。Learn to talk about past events .2.Ability goals (能力目标)Learn to tell a story using the Past Progressive Tense .3. Moral goals (情感目 标) Raise the studentscuriosity and interest in science by talking about the UFO.Enable the students to fall in love with English classroom activitie
3、s and encourage them to cooperate in class so as to go ahead together4.Study strategy objects (学习策略目标)Make the students try to grasp the chance of communication in English and learn to take an active part in the class activities. .Teaching main and difficult points Master the key words and phrases.
4、the usage of the past continuous tenseHow to use the past continuous tense in the adverb clause of time leaded by “when” .Teaching aids : a tape-recorder ,a computer.Teaching procedure Step 1 Greeting 1.The teacher and the students greet each other.2.Day reportone student give a report about the UFO
5、.Step 2 presentation1.learn the new words First ,teacher show pictures on the screen and ask what it is .(Students give answers to each picture ),then teacher give them the right words and pronounciation .Read for several times .UFO(Unidentified Flying Object) Alien bedroom living room bathroom kitc
6、hen barber barber shop library Then, have a competition named “I am the best ”to see who learn the new words best.Step3 Revision ( The aim of revision is to revise the present continuous tense, Ill do like this)Show pictures on the screen ( a boy is playing football;a boy is playing basketball ;a gi
7、rl is dancing ;a boy is playing on the computer ;three girls are dancing ). After showing the pictures, ask:-What is the boy doing? -He is playing football.-What is she doing? -She is dancing. -What are they doing? -They are dancing. Step 4 Lead the students into the Past Progressive Tense.introduce
8、 the past continuous tense to the students(The step of leading in is to let the students get to know the past continuous tense naturally.) -What was the boy doing? -He was playing football.-What was she doing? -She was dancing.-What were they doing? -They were dancing.Practice with the whole class,
9、trying to practise the tense with different personal pronouns. Step 5 New Lesson: Section A 1a 1b Tasks: (On the basis of above, it is right time for me to give some tasks to the Ss).Task one 1a. Show a picture (the picture on page 18) on the screen. Tell about the picture with the students. Say: A
10、reporter was asking some people“What were you doing when the UFO arrived?” If you want to know what they were doing. Please open your books, lets see 1a. please look at the picture and match the statements with the people in the picture.Task two 1b. In order to transit from 1a to 1b naturally. I say
11、: Would you like to know what the reporter was asking? Now please look at the picture and listen to the reporters questions and circle the correct responses. (This step is to lead in the text to the students. Presenting the pictures to Ss is to arouse their interests to the text, the UFO. At the sam
12、e time, this step can help the students do task 1 easily )Task three 1c. practice 1 : Talk about what people were doing when the UFO arrived. 2:In order to do the task more easily, I show the picture on page 18 again. I point to girl who had some books in her hands.I ask: Where was she? What was she
13、 doing when the UFO arrived?Repeat this by pointing to the other persons in the picture. 3:Ask students to ask and answer in pairsAsk some pairs to act it out in front of the class according to the pictures on the screen. ( In this task, students can practice the tense by talking about the picture w
14、ith their partners)Task four SB Page 19 , 2a 1.Read the sentences .Make sure the Ss understand what they mean .2.Play the tape once .Order these statements .3.Play the tape again ,correct the answers .Task five SB Page 19 , 2b .1.Read the instructions .2.Play the tape a second time ,Fill in the blan
15、ks with when orwhile.3.Play the recording again ,correct their 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 .Task six SB Page 19 , 2c .1. Point ort the picture .Ask what each person is doing
16、.2.Groupwork : Ask “What was doing when the UFO arrived ?”A:What was the girl doing when the UFO took off ?B: While the girl was the UFO took off .C: When the UFO took off the man was D: While the boy was 3.Ask a group to say its conversation to the class .Step 6 Grammar Focus Review the grammar box
17、 by asking some students to read the sentences .Homework :1. Go over the words in this unit 2. practice the conversations in groups .(A man was killed yesterday morning. A policeman wants to know:What were you doing at 10:00 yesterday morning?( You may be a doctor/ driver/ teacher/ businessman/visit
18、or / singer etc.)Class closing (Play a English song ).AnalysisPeriod 2Teaching procedures :Step 1 Leading in1. Greetings and free-talk .2. Check the homework .Step 2 While-taskSB Page 20 , 3a .1. Read the instructions .2. Read the e-mail by the Ss first .Number the pictures in the correct order .3.
19、Explain something .4. Practice reading and listen to the tape .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 la
20、st Sunday ?1. Read the sample dialogue in the 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-taskMake an interview .Interview two classmates in your class and write d
21、own their answers .Begin like this :What were you doing at ?I was .Homework :Cover the story in 3a .Try to retell the story .Period 3Teaching procedures :Step 1 Leading in 1. Greetings and free-talk .2. Check the homework .Step 2 Pre-taskSB Page 21 , 1c .1. Look at the pictures .Please say something
22、 about the picture .2. Read the sentences and explain the new words .3. Match the sentences with the pictures .4. Check the answers .Step 3 While-taskSB Page 21 , 2a & 2b .1. Read the things in the chart below .They will help Ss to guess what you will heard .Hear six things in the chart .2. Play the
23、 recording the first time .Ss only listen .3. Play the recording a second time .Check the phrases they hear on the recording .4. Listen again .Pay attention to the persons who did each thing in the chart above .Match the phrases with the persons .5. Play the tape again and correct the answers .Step
24、4 Post-taskSB Page 21 , 2c .Pairwork : Read the sample dialogue in the box .Talk about the people in activity 2a .S1 begins a sentence with the word “while” ,S2 complete the sentence . While John was walking to school , he saw a cat in a tree . While John was climbing the tree , a man saw him . Whil
25、e the man was calling the police , a woman called the newspaper . While the newspaper reporter was taking photos ,the cat went up the tree again .Ss can say them out by themselves .Homework :SB Page 23 , Selfcheck , Parts 1and 2 .Period 4Teaching procedures:Step 1 Leading in 1. Greetings and free-ta
26、lk .2. Check the homework : Correct the answers .Step 2 Pre-taskSB Page 22 , Part 3 .1. Read the instructions ,pointing to the article and the list of questions .2. Scan the passage for the main idea .T: Who found Lindas dog ? (the police officers dog )3. Read the questions by the Ss .Make sure they
27、 understand them .4. Play the recording .Ss listen carefully .5. Write answers to the questions .6. Practice reading .7. Correct the answers .Step 3 While-taskSB Page 22 , 4a .1. Read the instructions .2. Look at the pictures .Discuss in groups .3. Ask students to explain what is happening in each p
28、icture .4. 4.Complete the work on their own .Remind them their stories .5. Share their stories .(If someone cant finish it in class ,do it as homework .)Step 5 Post-taskSB Page 22 , 4b .1. Read the instructions .2. Read the times .3. Pairwork : One is the police officer ,the other is the bicycle thi
29、ef .Begin like this :A: Where were you at ?B: I was in the park .A: What were you doing there ?B : .4. Show the role-plays to the class .Homework :（1）. Copy the new words and phrases.(2).Finish Selfcheck , Part 3 .(3).运用过去进行时态 when / while 来描述上个星期日两人不同的动作，写出五个正确的句子 。ActionTimeLinda Me8:00 am read En
30、glish play football12:00 am have lunch read newspaper2:00 pm have a rest play computer games4:00 pm play basketball sleep6:00 pm do homework watch TVPeriod 5Teaching procedures:Step 1 Leading in1. Greetings and free-talk .2. Check the homework .Step 2 Pre-taskSB Page 24 , Groupwork .1. Arrange the S
31、s in small groups .Ask them to look at the pictures and talk about the events .Encourage students to say how historical events affected their lives .2. Tell the Ss to help each other with vocabulary they might need and dont know .Step 3 While-task1. Reading strategy :The title can be helpful for you
32、 to understand a text .It is also a good idea to read the first sentence of each paragraph before reading .2. Read the title ,which gives an indication of the content of the reading .Think of one question they think might be answered in the reading .3. Play the recording , Ss listen .4. Ask Ss to re
33、ad the story out to the class .5. Ask Ss to comment on whether their questions in the previewing stage were answered .Step 4 Post-taskSB Page 25 , 3a .Read the four events and match them to the correct dates .When finished ,ask Ss to swap their book with a partner for correction .Homework :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 .教学反思：本单元新学过去进行时态，学生对由 when 和 while 引导的时间状语从句中运用新时态还是很难弄清楚。讲述有关 UFO 的故事很难流畅。我从看图片描述图片内容开始，学生积极性得到提高。学优 中 考，网
