Module 7 Unit 1 Alice was sitting with her sister by the river教案2023-2024学年外研版英语八年级上册

外研版八年级上册教案：Module 7 Unit 1 Alice was sitting with her sister by the river Objectives: By the end of this lesson, students will be able to: · Understand and use past continuous tense in sentences. · Describe ongoing actions and situations in the past using the past continuous tense. · Apply the target language in speaking and writing activities. Materials: · Whiteboard/markers or interactive whiteboard. · Handouts with sentences or pictures representing past continuous actions. · Worksheet for practice exercises. · Video or audio clip related to past continuous tense (optional). Warm-up : 1. Review the concept of the past continuous tense by asking students to think of activities they did in the past. Write a few examples on the board, mixing both past simple and past continuous sentences. 2. Elicit responses from students and encourage them to identify the differences between the two verb tenses. Presentation : 1) Introduce the past continuous tense: 2) Explain that the past continuous tense is used to describe ongoing actions or situations that were happening at a specific time in the past. 3) Show examples on the board, such as: “Alice was sitting with her sister by the river,” “They were playing soccer in the park,” etc. 4) Discuss the structure of the past continuous tense: subject + was/were + verb-ing. Provide further examples and context: 1. Share a short story or use sentences/pictures to provide context for the past continuous tense. 2. Use visuals or gestures to help students understand the actions happening in the past. Practice: Guided practice: 1) Distribute a worksheet with sentences or pictures representing past continuous actions. 2) In pairs or small groups, ask students to identify and highlight the past continuous verbs in each sentence or describe the ongoing actions in the pictures. 3) Monitor and provide assistance as needed. Speaking activity: 1. Divide the class into pairs or small groups. 2. Provide each group with a set of picture cards