Grammar: Simple past tense (I)教学设计(第一课时)

Grammar I. Teaching aims and learning objectives By the end of the lesson, students should be able to: 1. learn the form and the usages of the simple past tense; 2. use the simple past tense to talk about things in the past properly. II. Teaching contents New words and phrases: ago, centimetre, dodo, the day before yesterday III. Focus of the lesson and predicted area of difficulty 1. Master the form and the usages of the simple past tense. 2. Use the simple past tense to talk about things in the past properly. IV. Teaching procedures

Step 1 Lead-in T: What’s the weather like today? It’s sunny today. What was the weather like yesterday? It was rainy yesterday.

What do you do every evening? What did you do yesterday evening? Step 2 Presentation 1. What is the simple past tense?

表示过去某个时间发生的动作或存在的状态：

(1) It was rainy yesterday.

(2) I played computer games yesterday evening. 表示过去经常或反复发生的动作：

(3) My father often went to work by bus last year.

(4) When I was a child, I often listened to music. In a word, we use the simple past tense to talk about things in the past. 2. How to form the simple past tense?

We form the simple past tense with the past forms of the verbs. There are regular verbs and irregular verbs. We add -ed to regular verbs but we form the simple past tense of irregular verbs differently. We do not add -ed.

(1) Rules of regular verbs and do some exercises.

(2) Some small rules of irregular verbs and have a competition.

Read the irregular verbs after the teacher and read them fluently.

Read the irregular verbs and the past forms as fast you can, and the teacher will record the time. Let’s see who can read fastest without any mistakes.

(3) Millie wants to practise using the simple past tense. Help her write the simple past tense of the verbs on Page 62. (4) Let’s play a game. Take turns to read the sentence with the simple past tense as fast as possible. 3. When to use the simple past tense? (1) We need some key words to help us use the simple past tense correctly. (2) Complete the sentences. Don’t forget to circle the key words.

Step 3 Practice 1. Complete Millie’s diary. T: The students visited the Fun World Museum. Here is Millie’s diary entry. Help her complete it with the simple past tense of the verbs in brackets. 2. Tell Daniel about the visit.

T: Daniel did not go to the Fun World Museum. Millie is telling him about the visit. Help Millie complete the conversation. Act the dialogue out. 3. Make a survey. T: Did you go to any museums like Millie during the last May Day holiday? What did you do during the May Day holiday? Where were you? How did you feel? Let’s make a survey. Ask three of your classmates about their May Day holiday and fill in the table. You should speak English when you are making your survey. Don’t forget to use the simple past tense. 4. Write a report. T: You know a lot about your classmates’ holiday. Why not write a report? You can begin like this: During the May Day holiday, …

Step 4 Summary

V. Homework

1. Learn the irregular verbs by heart. 2. Write about your last weekend.