Unit 5 I'm watching TV
I．Teaching goals
1．Topic: Everyday activities
2．Function: Talk about what people are doing
II．Structures
1．Present progressive tense
2．Yes / No questions and short answers
III．Target language
1．－What are you doing? －I'm doing my homework．
2．－Do you want to go swimming? －Yes, I do．
3．－When do you want to go? －At three o'clock．
4．－Where do people play basketball?－At school．
5．－Hello! Is Tina there? －No, she isn't．She's shopping at the mall．
IV．Key point The difference between Simple present & Present progressive
V．Vocabulary
1．正在进行的动作：watching, doing homework, eating, cleaning, playing basketball, swimming, shopping, reading ----
2．地点：pool, school, mall, library
VI．Teaching aids: Recorder, pictures
VII．Teaching time: 4 periods
Period 1（Section A 1a，1b, 1c, 2c）
Teaching aims and demands :
1．Grasp the words and phrases： reading，drinking, painting, running, dancing, eating, singing, thinking, swimming, talking, sleeping, driving, skating, jumping, cooking, taking a shower, riding bikes, mending a car , cleaning the floor, doing his homework, playing chess, playing the guitar, watching TV, playing football, riding a horse, flying a kite, playing with a bird, writing a letter, playing basketball, playing the piano, playing computer games, playing cards, talk on the phone
2．Master and use: What are you / we / they doing? I’m / We’re / they’re ----
What is he / she doing? He / She is ------
Difficult points: Using Present progressive tense correctly.
Teaching aids: Recorder, some pictures about activities.
Teaching steps:
Step 1 Warming up
T：We are having an English class now．What are we doing now?
（Help the students to answer: We're having an English class now．）
Step 2 Presentation
1. Show Ss pictures and ask:
What is he / she doing ? What are they doing?
playing chess playing the guitar watching TV reading playing football drinking
Painting running riding a horse flying a kite dancing playing with a bird
writing a letter eating playing basketball singing playing the piano playing the trumpet
playing computer games thinking swimming talking sleeping
playing cards driving taking a shower riding bikes talking on the phone
Jumping cooking mending a car cleaning the floor doing his homework
2. 现在进行时态: 表示现在正在进行的动作.
结构:be (am, is , are )+ 动词现在分词(V ing )
现在分词的变化规则：动词+ing
1.一般在动词原形末尾加ing.
sleeping , drinking, eating, meeting, thinking
2.以不发音字母e结尾的动词，先去掉e，再加ing
dance—dancing, write—writing，close--closing, make--making
3. 重读闭音节中，末尾只有一个辅音字母，先双写这个辅音字母，再加ing
run--running, sit—sitting, swim—swimming, put—putting, get--getting
Step 3: Practice
1.Pair work: A par of Ss come to Bb get a pictures and answer．
Eg: What is he doing ? He is eating．
What are they doing? They're eating.
2．Practice Section A （1a）
Step 4: Listening
Section A （1b）
1．What are the people doing?
2．Write numbers from 1a below．
3．Check the answers in pairs like this:
A: What is Jenny doing? B: He is watching TV．
A: What are Dave and Mary doing? B: They are eating dinner．
A: What is John doing? B: He is doing homework．
Step 5: Homework
1. Add –ing to the following verbs
go --- going do --- doing watch --- watching
wait --- waiting eat --- eating clean --- cleaning
read --- reading talk --- talking write --- writing
take --- taking have --- having make --- making
come --- coming arrive --- arriving dance --- dancing
leave --- leaving sit --- sitting shop --- shopping
cut --- cutting stop --- stopping put --- putting
get --- getting begin --- beginning swim --- swimming
2. Translate;
你在干什么? 我在做作业。
他在干什么? 他在写信。
3．Getting ready for tomorrow’s dictation.
