Textbook：Go for it!(2B) Teacher:Zheng Jinshen
Content：Unit 3 What were you doing when the UFO arrived ?
Analysis of the Teaching Material：
The topic of this unit is about interesting events. It deals with something interesting about the UFO and aliens , so it can arouse the students’ special attention easily . In this unit , students will learn to talk about the past events and tell a story with the Simple Past Continuous Tense , so it is very important to grasp the structures and usages of these two tenses. Students will also learn the Adverbial Clause led by when and while , and mastering their differences is very important . In the Reading , students will know something about some important and interesting events which happened in the history . They will be taught to be good at looking back the days in the past and cherish the good time at present by recalling and describing the past events .
Teaching Aims：
1、Knowledge and skills
In this unit students learn to talk about past events and tell a story ; learn and master the ways to express the Adverbial Clause led by when/while ; learn and understand the differences between the Simple Past Tense and the Past Continuous Tense. Improve their abilities of listening , speaking , reading and writing ; improve their abilities of communication and integrating skills .
2、Processes and methods
With the studying strategies of Using context and Role playing , get the students to do pairwork to learn to talk about past events and tells a story by using the teaching courseware , pictures , flashcards or objects . At the same time , enable the students to tell a story and master the use of the Simple Past Tense and the Past Continuous Tense by writing sentences according to the pictures , drilling sentence patterns, describing real events and role playing conversations .
3、Emotion , attitudes and value
The content of this unit is close to the students’ life and the topic is about talking about past events and telling a story , so it can arouse the students’ special attention easily and inspire the students’ enthusiasm and exert their potential. At the same time , get the students to look back the days in the past and cherish the good time at present by recalling and describing the past events , enable the students to cooperate with others , help each other and complete the tasks together by going all kinds of activities .
Difficulties and Focuses:
1、Learn to talk about the past events and tell a story with the Simple Past Tense and the Past Continuous Tenes;
2、Learn the Adverbial Clause led by when/while；
3、Tell the differences between the Simple Past Tense and the Past Continuous Tense ;
4、Train students to use the target language correctly in speaking and writing.
Teaching Periods: 6 periods
The first period: Section A la-1c and Section A 2c
The second period: Section A 2a-2b 含 Grammar Focus and SectionA 4 Section B 4 b
The third period: SectionA 3a-3b and Section B 1 and Self check 2-3
The fourth period: Section B 2a-2c and Self check 1 含 Just for Fun!
The fifth period: SectionB 3-4a and Reading Section 1
The sixth period: Reading Section2-4
Teaching Plans
The First Period
Teaching content: Section A la-1c and Section A 2c
Teaching objectives: Talk about the past events
Target language:
Words: UFO barber barber shop bathroom bedroom kitchen get out take off while land alien
Sentences：
What were you doing when the teacher came in?
I was talking/reading/looking out of the window.
What was he doing when the UFO arrived/took off？
He was sleeping when it arrived.
He was riding his bike when it took off.
Language skills:
a、To get the information from the pictures and listening materials, and quickly deal with the information.
b、To learn the structures and the usage of the Past Continuous Tense by answering the reporter’s questions.
c、To get the Ss to learn how to express the statements with the Past Continuous Tense.
Self-learning ability:
To learn how to express the Past Continuous Tense.
Teaching methods
Task-based Language Teaching
Teaching by listening and practicing
Teaching aids: small pictures, a small blackboard and a recorder
Teaching procedures:
Step l. Leading in
1.1 Greetings and duty report.
(Organize the beginning of this class and have a student on duty to report.)
1.2 Ask and answer.
T: What were you doing when I came in?
S1:….
(Help the student to answer the question and then write the answer on the Bb.)
T:What about you?
S2:….
T:And you?
S3:….
(Ask the same question and have the Ss answer it. Of course the answers are various .While the students answer the question , write the real answers on the Bb.)
1.3 Look and learn.
Show some pictures and introduce the UFO and aliens , teaching new words UFO and alien. After that ask the Ss if they have heard of the UFOs.
(Get the Ss to look at the picture and tell them that the UFO is a strange object that some people think they have seen in the sky and that may come from another planet. The UFO is short for“unidentified flying object”. As for alien , it is a person or an animal that comes from another planet in space. )
1.4 Have the Ss read a passage about the UFO ,showing a small blackboard.
Step 2.Look and match (Section A 1a )
2.1 Show another picture and talk about it with the Ss.
T: What can you see in the picture?
S1:….
T: Can you see the UFO?
S2:….
T: Who is in the UFO?
S3:….
T: What else can you see? etc
S4:….
2.2 Books open at page 18. Look through the picture in activity la.
(Discuss the picture with the Ss .Point out the experience of each person when the UFO arrived , teaching new words.)
2.3 Match the statements with the people in the picture.
Step 3. Listen and circle (Section A 1b)
3.1 Read the instruction to the class .(Writing the title of this unit on the Bb.)
3.2 Talk about the people’s actions in the picture.
T: What was A doing when the UFO arrived?
S1: He was standing in front of the library.
T: What was B doing when the UFO arrived?
S2: He was sleeping in his bedroom.
……
(Help the Ss answer the questions. Pay attention to the structure and the usage of the Past Continuous Tense , writing the structure on the Bb.)
3.3 Listen to the reporter’s questions and circle the correct responses.
(Play the recording the first time .Students only listen. For a second time , ask the Ss to circle the correct phrases.)
3.4 Books open at page 88. Listen and repeat the conversation.
Step 4 . Practice (Section A 1c)
4.1 Ask and answer in pairs.
eg T: What was D doing when the UFO arrived?
Ss: He was getting out of the shower.
Have the Ss do like this.
4.2 Ask and answer according to the real actions.
T: What were you doing when they talked?
S1: I was listening to them.
T: What was A doing when B answered my question?
S2: He was looking out of the window. etc
4.3 Make a survey.
Get the students to do pairwork like activity 1c to talk about :What were you doing when they talked?
(As the Ss talk , move around the room and check their work .Offer language assistance as needed.)
Step5 Grammar Focus (Section A 2c)
5.1 Talk about the picture in activity 2c .Ask Ss to say what each person is doing.
5.2 Ask and answer.
eg. What was the girl doing when the UFO took off?
She was walking down the street.
5.3 Present two more ways of saying.
The girl was walking down the street when the UFO took off .
(a) When the UFO took off , the girl was walking down the street.
(b) While the girl was walking down the street , the UFO took off.
5.4 Point out the Adverbial Clause led by when/ while.
5.5 Ask the Ss to work in small groups like the sample dialogue in activity 2c.
(Move around the room checking the progress of the groups and offering assistance as needed)
Step6. Homework
Make some sentences including the Past Continuouse Tense and when or while.
Writing on the Bb
Unit 3 What were you doing when the UFO arrived?
What were you doing when I came in? UFO alien bathroom kitchen
I was doing my homework/reading/resting. get out of the shower cut hair take off /land
What was A doing when the UFO arrived? be (was/were)+V.ing
He was standing in front of the library.
The girl was walking down the street when the UFO took off.
(a)When the UFO took off ,the girl was walking down the street.
(b)While the girl was walking down the street, the UFO took off.
Teaching Backthoughts
本单元的教学目标有三个，谈论过去发生的事情，其一；学会讲故事，其二；热爱科学、探索科学，其三。作为本单元的第一课时，教学内容直截了当地点击本单元的教学目标，特别是引入过去进行时这种新时态，结合When和While的使用，在谈论过去发生的事或讲故事时，得体地使用这种新时态，重点表达在过去一时刻或某一段时间内正在进行的动作，适合描述过去某一动作的实际需要。
语法教学，不是老师生硬地灌输，而是启发学生通过大量的语言练习，在运用中让学生自我总结，自我归纳，悟出语言规律，是一种自我习得语言的过程。本节课笔者通过听、说、读、写等方式，设置具体的语境，如询问学生当老师走进教室时在干什么（What were you doing when I came in ?），图文并茂，看图说话（What was A doing when the UFO arrived?），听音选词等等，都是用感知的方式让学生接触过去进行时，通过具体的语言情境，让他们在有意义的交流中感悟语言规则（What were you doing when they talked?），通过实践去领悟，通过观察去总结规则（如比较when与while 的使用），最后指出过去进行时的构成be（was / were ）+V.ing 可以说是画龙点睛之举。
因时间关系，本节课没有很好地把握时机，利用UFO知识对学生进行热爱科学、探索科学的相关教育，在以后的课时必须补充。
附：小黑板阅读材料
Do you know about the UFO?
Today many people enjoy reading stories about the UFO .Many people in different countries are studying the UFO .But what is the UFO?
The UFO is a kind of objects.It seems to fly much faster than the plane on the earth . It often carries visitors coming from other stars.
UFO scientists and many people believed there are UFOs. Some people said they saw some strange visitors coming out of the UFOs. Some even said they were carried away in the UFOs, and then they were sent back by the strange visitors.
Maybe these people made mistakes. Perhaps they saw a weather balloon (气球)or an uncommon plane. Sometimes they saw the light from the ground or the moon.
But there are a lot of things we can’t understand. Now people still can’t understand the UFO clearly. It may take many years to find a clear answer, and then people will give UFO another name.