八年級新目標(biāo)(下)Unit3WhatwereyoudoingwhentheUFOarrived

1、Unit 3 What were you doing when the UFO arrived? I Teaching objectives 單元教學(xué)目標(biāo)SkillFocusTalk about past events.Tell a story.Learn adverbial clauses with when and while.Learn past progressive tense. Read and write about a story.LanguageFocus功能句式Talk about past eventsWhat were you doing when/at .Where

2、were you when/at .The boy was walking down the street when the UFO landed.While the boy was walking down the street, the UFO landed.The girl was shopping when the alien got out.While the girl was shopping, the alien got out.詞匯1. 重點(diǎn)詞匯bathroom, bedroom, kitchen, land, shirt, while, experience, around,

3、 strange, follow, kid, climb, jump, shout, cat, anywhere, happen, accident, plane, modern, kill, murder, bright, playground, bell, close, silence, meaning, earth, hero2. 認(rèn)讀詞匯UFO, well, barber, cut, alien, bought, got, scared, rode, ran, met, heard, Memphis, rang, told, recent, destroy, terrorist, be

4、came, flight, flew, tragedy, Ted, Davy, Martin Luther King, Robert Allen 3. 詞組和短語get out (of), take off, train station, land on, shout to / at, run away, come in, hear about, barber shop, the Museum of Flight, Beijing International Airport, happen to, take place, as . as語法Adverbial clauses with when

5、 and while.Past progressive tense. Past simple tense.StrategyFocusUsing contextRole playingII. Teaching materials analyzing and rearranging 教材分析和教材重組1. 教材分析本單元的話題是“Interesting events”，通過單元學(xué)習(xí)，要求學(xué)生掌握如何用過去時態(tài)談?wù)撨^去發(fā)生的事情，并能運(yùn)用過去時態(tài)講述一個故事。語法結(jié)構(gòu)要求掌握由when 和 while引導(dǎo)的時間狀語從句、過去進(jìn)行時以及一般過去時。在了解目標(biāo)語言的基礎(chǔ)上，要求學(xué)生能讀懂描述過去經(jīng)歷的文

6、章，并進(jìn)行模仿寫作訓(xùn)練，描述一段不尋常的經(jīng)歷。Section A 1a通過讓學(xué)生把幾個不同的人及其在UFO出現(xiàn)的相應(yīng)位置進(jìn)行配對，初步呈現(xiàn)本單元的目標(biāo)語言，即talk about past events。1b是一個聽力活動，要求學(xué)生聽錄音，圈出正確的回答。學(xué)生將從聽力材料中進(jìn)一步獲取目標(biāo)語言信息，了解過去進(jìn)行時。1c是一個會話活動，讓學(xué)生練習(xí)when 和while引導(dǎo)的時間狀語從句和過去進(jìn)行時的表達(dá)法。2a和2b是兩個聽力練習(xí)，幫助學(xué)生掌握when 和while的不同用法。2c是一個小組活動，要求學(xué)生根據(jù)圖片提示，仿照例句練習(xí)用when 和while造句，描述當(dāng)UFO離開時不同的人在做什么。3

7、a呈現(xiàn)了一封郵件和幾個圖片，要求學(xué)生根據(jù)郵件內(nèi)容給圖片排序，檢驗學(xué)生對目標(biāo)語言的認(rèn)知程度。3b是對學(xué)生目標(biāo)語言運(yùn)用能力的檢驗，要求學(xué)生能看圖口頭復(fù)述故事。4是一個小組活動，讓學(xué)生結(jié)合自己的生活實際，以采訪的形式練習(xí)過去進(jìn)行時的用法。Section B1是一個配對練習(xí)，要求學(xué)生找出和所列句子匹配的圖片，掌握幾個詞匯的含義。2a和2b是兩個聽力練習(xí)，要求學(xué)生聽錄音，找出錄音中提到的行為，并能根據(jù)聽力材料選出這些行為的實施者。2c要求學(xué)生仿照例句談?wù)?a中列出的行為，練習(xí)while引導(dǎo)的時間狀語從句的用法。3是一個閱讀理解活動，要求學(xué)生根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容用所學(xué)的句型回答幾個問題。4a提供了幾幅圖畫，要求學(xué)

8、生能根據(jù)圖畫內(nèi)容寫一段故事，練習(xí)用過去時寫作。4b是一個角色扮演活動，要求學(xué)生根據(jù)提示的情境用所學(xué)過去時進(jìn)行會話練習(xí)。Self check 1要求學(xué)生對所學(xué)詞匯進(jìn)行應(yīng)用性填空訓(xùn)練，復(fù)習(xí)鞏固所學(xué)詞匯。2要求學(xué)生根據(jù)所列時間表寫下自己在每個時間段所做的事情，是對本單元目標(biāo)語言應(yīng)用能力的檢驗；3也是對詞匯的檢驗，要求學(xué)生從每組中找出不同類別的單詞，加強(qiáng)對目標(biāo)詞匯的理解。Reading Section 1要求學(xué)生圍繞所提供的兩幅圖片展開討論，從而導(dǎo)入文章主題。Section 2是一篇有關(guān)Martin Luther King遇刺的文章和閱讀策略介紹，幫助學(xué)生培養(yǎng)通過標(biāo)題和主題句理解文章中心思想的策略。S

9、ection 3包括3a 和3b兩個活動，3a要求學(xué)生把一些事件及其發(fā)生的時間連接起來，是對閱讀細(xì)節(jié)的檢驗；3b是一個寫作練習(xí)，要求學(xué)生模仿閱讀文章，以自己生活中的一個記憶猶新的事件為中心，描述當(dāng)自己聽到這件事情時正在做什么。Section 4以“你認(rèn)為壞事能引發(fā)好事嗎”為主題，小組討論，說明壞事如何能把人們團(tuán)結(jié)起來，是對文章主題的拓展與升華。2 教材重組和課時分配Period 1 (Section A: 1a, 1b, 1c, 4) FunctionPeriod 2 (Section A: 2a, 2b, 2c) GrammarPeriod 3 (Section A: 3a, 3b; Sec

10、tion B: 1, 2a, 2b, 2c) Integrating skillsPeriod 4 (Section B: 3, 4a, 4b) Reading and writingPeriod 5 (Reading: Section 1-Section 4) Extensive reading III. Teaching plans for each period 分課時教案Period 1 FunctionTarget language 目標(biāo)語言1. Words and expressions 重點(diǎn)詞匯和短語barber, bathroom, bedroom, kitchen, UFO,

11、 alien, kidding, barber shop, get out2. Key sentences 重點(diǎn)句子What were you doing when the UFO arrived?I was standing in front of the library.What were you doing at 11:30 am last Sunday morning?I was doing my homework.Ability goals 能力目標(biāo)Learn the past progressive tense.Learn to talk about past events usi

12、ng the target language.Learning ability goals 學(xué)能目標(biāo)Help students understand the situations when past progressive tense is used.Help students learn how to talk about past events with the target language. Teaching important and difficult points 教學(xué)重難點(diǎn)How to talk about past events using adverbial clauses

13、 with when/while.Teaching aids 教具準(zhǔn)備Tape recording. Teaching procedures and ways 教學(xué)過程與方式Step I Lead-inShow some pictures of UFO and aliens and let students talk about them. T: Boys and girls, here I have some pictures. Look, what are they? Do you know anything about them? Show the pictures to student

14、s.S: I know. It is UFO. T: Yes, you are right. Have you seen one with your own eyes?S: No, I read some news reports about it. T: How about the three pictures? Who are they? They look so strange, dont they? In English, they are called “alien” (write the word on the blackboard). They come from other p

15、lanets and they travel by UFO. Do you believe in alien?S: I dont believe in it, because I have never seen one. T: But some people in a small town saw it. The UFO arrived at the town. A TV reporter heard about that, and he went to the town to have an interview. Do you want to know what happened there

16、? Please turn to page 18. Look at the picture.Step II Function presentation (Section A: 1a, 1b)Talk about the picture with students. And let them finish activity 1a. T: This is the small town. What can you see in the picture?S: The UFO, the reporter, some people and buildings. T: Yes, the reporter i

17、s asking the people “Where were you when the UFO arrived?” Read the picture carefully and match the statements with the people in the picture. Before we do the match, first lets deal with some new words.Explain the new words bathroom, bedroom, kitchen, barber and barber shop to students in simple En

18、glish. Or show some related pictures to help them understand the meanings of these words.bathroom: the place where you wash your bodybedroom: the room where you go to sleepkitchen: the place where you prepare your breakfast, lunch and dinnerbarber shop: the place where you have your hair cutAfter st

19、udents understand the meanings of these words, the match work will be very easy.Check their match and then move on to 1b.T: Then the reporter asked the people another question, “What were you doing then the UFO arrived?” Now look at the phrases in 1b. Well listen to the tape and circle the correct r

20、esponses. Write the question on the blackboard. Play the tape twice, for the first time, students just listen, and for the second time, circle the correct answers. Then let students work in groups of six. One is the reporter, and the others are a, b, c, d, e. They do the practice as follows. (R=repo

21、rter)R: What were you doing when the UFO arrived?a: I was standing in front of the library.R: What were you doing when the UFO arrived?b: I was sleeping late.R: What were you doing when the UFO arrived?c: I was cooking dinner.R: What were you doing when the UFO arrived?d: I was getting out of the sh

22、ower.R: What were you doing when the UFO arrived?e: I was cutting hair.Step III Oral practice (Section A: 1c)Talk about what people were doing when the UFO arrived. Point to the man who had his hair cut. T: Where was he when the UFO arrived? S: He was in the barber shop.T: What was he doing when the

23、 UFO arrived? S: He was cutting hair.Repeat this by pointing to the other people in the picture. Then let students ask and answer the same question in pairs. Show the following structures on the blackboard or screen. Where was he/she when the UFO arrived?He/she was in .What was he/she doing when the

24、 UFO arrived?He/She was . when it arrived. Then ask some pairs to present their conversations in front of the class. Step IV Groupwork (Section A: 4)Deal with activity 4 on page 20. T: Now lets do a group work. Turn to page 20, look at activity 4. Here is a table. You can see a time list on the left

25、. What were you doing at these times last Sunday? Fill in the first column of the table. After students finish the table.T: What were your classmates doing at these times? Now lets have an interview. So what kind of questions should we use in the interview? Now, look at the sample conversation. Id l

26、ike two of you to read it. (after reading) Good! Now work in groups of three and practice making conversations with your partners and fill in the rest of the table. kidding: to say something that is not true, especially as a jokejust/only kidding e.g. Dont get mad, I was only kidding.No kidding?/Are

27、 you kidding?(spoken) used when you are so surprised by what someone has told you that you do not completely believe theme.g. Shes 39 years old? No kidding?Sample conversations:1. A: What were you doing at 11:30 am last Sunday morning?B: I was playing basketball with my friends. A: What were you doi

28、ng at 11:30 am last Sunday morning?C: I was having lunch with my parents.2. A: What were you doing at 1:00 pm last Sunday morning?B: I was playing computer games.A: What were you doing at 1:00 pm last Sunday morning?C: I was listening to music.3. A: What were you doing at 4:00 pm last Sunday morning

29、?B: I was having fun on the street with my friends.A: What were you doing at 4:00 pm last Sunday morning?C: I was reading a newspaper.4. A: What were you doing at 6:00 pm last Sunday morning?B: I was cooking dinner.A: What were you doing at 6:00 pm last Sunday morning?C: I was watching TV.5. A: What

30、 were you doing at 9:00 pm last Sunday morning?B: I was doing my homework.A: What were you doing at 9:00 pm last Sunday morning?C: I was playing the piano. Period 2 GrammarTarget language 目標(biāo)語言1. Words and expressions 重點(diǎn)詞匯和短語while, land, take off2. Key sentences重點(diǎn)句子The girl was eating ice-cream when

31、the UFO took off.While the girl was eating ice-cream, the UFO took off. Ability goals 能力目標(biāo)Enable students to learn the different use of “when” and “while”.Learning ability goals 學(xué)能目標(biāo)Help students learn how to make sentences using “when” and “while”.Teaching important and difficult points 教學(xué)重難點(diǎn)Learn

32、the different use of “when” and “while”.Teaching aids 教具準(zhǔn)備Some pictures; tape recording. Teaching procedures and ways 教學(xué)過程與方式Step I Review of present progressive tenseShow three pictures on the screen (some soldiers running, a man playing tennis, a man eating bread). Ask about the pictures one by on

33、e, and help students review the present progressive tense. T: What are they doing? Ss: They are running T: What is he doing? Ss: He is playing tennis. T: What is the man doing? Ss: He is eating bread. Lead the students into real situations.T: What are you doing now? S: I am listening to you. T: Yes,

34、 he is listening to me. Repeat this with one girl student. Practice with the whole class, trying to review the progressive tense with different personal pronouns. Then let students ask and answer in pairs, using the present progressive tense. Step II Introduction of past progressive tenseIntroduce t

35、he past progressive tense to students.Ask one student (student A) to leave the classroom 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 walking around the room. They keep doing it until the teacher asks them

36、to stop. T: What are you doing? (Ask student B)SB: I am writing on the blackboard. Write the sentence on the blackboard. Repeat this with student C, and write “I am walking in the room.” on the blackboard.Ask the student outside to come in and sit down. Then ask the two students who are doing action

37、s to sit down too. Ask the student B who was writing on the blackboard.T: What were you doing when student A came in? SB: I was writing on the blackboard when he came in. Write “I was writing on the blackboard” on the blackboard.T: He was writing on the blackboard when student A came in.Ask the clas

38、s to repeat it: He was writing on the blackboard when student A came in.Repeat this with the student C who was walking in the room. Write “I was walking in the room.” on the blackboard.Ask some other students the question: What were you doing when student A came in? Then let students ask and answer

39、the question in pairs.Point to the blackboard. Help students to find out the differences between the two pairs of sentences. 1. I am writing on the blackboard. I was writing on the blackboard.2. I am walking in the room. I was walking in the room. Point to the pair of sentences on the right side and

40、 tell students:T: This is a new tense the past progressive tense. The basic structure is:subject + was/were + v-ing + (adverbial of time)1）概念：表示過去某時正在進(jìn)行的狀態(tài)或動作。2）過去進(jìn)行時的主要用法是描述一件事發(fā)生的背景；一個長動作發(fā)生的時候，另一個短動作發(fā)生。3）常用的時間狀語this morning, the whole morning, all day yesterday, from nine to ten last evening, 以及whe

41、n, while引導(dǎo)的時間狀語從句It was raining all day yesterday.My brother fell while he was riding his bicycle and hurt himself.It was raining when they left the station. When I got to the top of the mountain, the sun was shining.Step III Listening (Section A: 2a, 2b)Let students do some listening practice with

42、the use of when and while. This will help them better understand the difference between them. T: Turn to page 19, look at 2a. Here are five sentences. Go through the sentences first. Then listen to the tape and you will hear a recording of a reporter talking to several people. Please put number 1 in

43、 front of the thing that happened first, number 2 in front of the thing that happened next and so forth.Play the recording the first time, students only listen and get a general idea of it.Play the recording a second time. This time ask students to write the numbers in front of the sentences.Then ch

44、eck the answers. Then let students go through the sentences in 2b. Play the recording again and let them complete the sentences with “when” or “while”.T: What are the differences between “when” and “while”?Step IV Adverbial clause with when/while Explain the different use of “when” and “while”.T: Th

45、e word “when” comes before a quick action that happens only once. The word “while” comes before an action that continues for some time. For example:When I got home, he was having supper.While I was sleeping, my father came in.So here “got home” and “came in” are quick actions that happen only once.

46、“sleeping” and “having supper” are actions that continue for some time. Now tell which actions in 2b are quick actions and which actions can continue for some time. Quick actions: land, get out, call the police, call the TV stationActions that can continue: walk down, go shopping, buy, visit the mus

47、eumLet students do some substitution drills to practice the use of “when” and “while”. Step V Oral practice (Section A: 2c)This activity provides guided oral practice using adverbial clauses with “when” and “while”.T: We learned yesterday that the UFO landed on the small town. Do you remember? Later

48、, it took off and left. Look at the picture in 2c. How many persons can you see? Ss: Five.T: What was each person doing when the UFO took off? What was the girl doing? Language points:take off: 起飛if an aircraft takes off, it rises into the air from the ground; opposite, lande.g. I felt quite excited

49、 as the plane took off from the airport. land: 著陸if a plane, bird, or insect lands, it moves safely down onto the grounde.g. Flight 846 landed five minutes ago.The bird landed gracefully（優(yōu)雅地）on the water.S: She was eating ice-cream when the UFO took off.T: Yes. We can also say “While the girl was ea

50、ting ice-cream, the UFO took off.” What was the man in the middle of the picture doing?S: He was taking a photo when the UFO took off.T: Another way of saying of this sentence is .?S: While the man was taking a photo, the UFO took off.T: Good! Now, work in groups of three and make conversations like

51、 this about other people in the picture. Pay attention to the use of “when” and “while”.Move around the classroom, checking the progress of the groups and offering help as needed. Then ask a group to present their conversation to the class.Sample conversations:1. A: What was the girl doing when the

52、UFO took off?B: While the girl was eating ice cream, the UFO took off.C: The girl was eating ice cream when the UFO took off.2. A: What was the man doing when the UFO took off?B: When the UFO took off, the man was taking a photo.C: While the man was taking a photo, the UFO took off.3. A: What was th

53、e boy doing when the UFO took off?B: While the boy was riding bicycle, the UFO took off.C: The boy was riding bicycle when the UFO took off.4. A: What was the policeman doing when the UFO took off?B: The policeman was talking to a woman when the UFO took off.C: While the policeman was talking to a w

54、oman, the UFO took off.Period 3 Integrating skillsTarget language 目標(biāo)語言1. Words and expressions重點(diǎn)詞匯和短語scared, jump, climb, shout, experience, strange, follow2. Key sentences重點(diǎn)句子I had a very unusual experience on Sunday. I was walking down the street when a UFO landed right in front of me.Ability goal

55、s 能力目標(biāo)Enable students to retell a story orally with the target language.Learning ability goals 學(xué)能目標(biāo)Help students learn how to tell a story orally with the target language. Teaching important and difficult points 教學(xué)重難點(diǎn)How to use past tenses to tell about past events. Teaching aids 教具準(zhǔn)備Some pictures o

56、f different actions such as jumping, climbing, shouting and scared; tape recording.Teaching procedures and ways 教學(xué)過程與方式Step I Vocabulary (Section B: 1)T: Turn to page 21. Look at the four sentences in activity 1. There are some new words in them. Please look them up in your dictionary. Then match th

57、e sentences with the pictures. After students finish it, check the answers. Then let students work in pairs and do some practice with these words. Ask them to cover the sentences and talk about the pictures in the following way:A: What is the girl in picture a doing?B: She is shouting.A: What is the dog in picture b doing?B: It is jumping down.A: What is the boy in picture c doing?B: He is scared.A: What is the cat in picture d doing?B: It is cl