The First Period—Section A(1a－2d)
The First Period—Section A(1a－2d)
Teaching Important Points 【教学重点】
Key words & phrases：
unexpected，backpack，oversleep
by the time；give…a lift
Key sentences：
1.What happened to the girl?
2.By the time I got up，my brother had already gotten in the shower.
3.When I got to school，I realized I had left my backpack at home.
4.Before I got to the bus stop，the bus had already left.
Key structure：
had＋done
when/before/by the time＋clause
e．g.When I got home，I realized I had left my keys in the backpack.
Teaching Difficult Points 【教学难点】
★Practice the past perfect tense and the adverbial clauses with when，before，as，by the time to narrate past events.
Teaching Aids 【教学工具】
A tape recorder，pictures，CAI or multimedia courseware.
Teaching Steps 【教学过程】
★Step 1 Leading in 【新课导入】
1．Greeting
2．Warming－up
Get the students to review some verbs and their past forms.
Quickly ask individual students to say out the past forms of the verbs the teacher gives.
★Step 2 Cooperative inquiry 【合作探究】
1．Finish the task in 1a
①Show the pictures in 1a.Get the students to say the phrases to express the situations of the pictures.
get up late，take a shower，run/hurry to…，miss the bus，left the schoolbag at home
②Read these phrases and write them down.The teacher asks about the pictures.
Did the girl have a good or bad day?
Then discuss in pairs，asking：What happened to the girl？Get the students to answer with complete sentences，using the phrases.
