Step2

　Lead-in 1) Show three kinds of situation and ask them the following questions:

-What's she doing now?

-What was she doing at 7 o' clock yesterday morning?

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2) Encourage the students to summarize the present continuous tense and past progressive tense. 1) Answer the questions.

2) Try to summarize the present continous tense and past progressive tense. To know and understand the past progressive tense. Step3

Pre-listening 1) Show the theme pictures and ask them to guess some questions.

2) Ask students to pay attention to the situation of 1a and finish the task 1) Guess the answers.

2) Finish the task of 1a. To get familiar with the listening material and prepare for the listhing Step4

While-listening 1) Play the tape the first time and ask them to grasp the main information of 1b.

2) Play it the second time. Stop ii when it comes to the questions and then check the answers together.

3) Play it the third time and present some detailed questions. 1) Listen to the tape and finish the task of 1b.

2) Answer the detailed questions To practice listening skills. Step5

Post-listening 1) Play the tape the last time and ask them to read after the tape.Pay attention to the pronounciation and tonation.

2) Ask them to talk with their partners what the people in 1a were doing at the time of the rainstorm. 1) Listen and read after the tape.

2) Make brief dialogues with their partners. 1) To practice speaking skills.

2) To review the listening material Step6

Group discussion 1) Show them the news about MH370.

2) Group the students and talk about what they were doing when MH370 lost. Choose one student as a TV reporter.

3) Ask some groups to role-play their conversations. 1) Discuss in small groups.

2) Role-play their conversations. To encourage students to communicate in English freely. Step7

Summary 1) Ask the students to summarize what they have learnt in this perion.

2) Tell the importance of helping in trouble. 1) Summarize what they have learnt.

2) Understand the importance of helping each other. To know the importance of helping each other. Step8

Homework Ask them to choose one of the two tasks

1) Make a report about what the four people in 1a were doing when the rainstorm came.

2) Choose one important event and make a report about what your family members were doing at that time. Choose one task and make a report about it the next day. To consolidate what they have learnt in this period.