Unit 10 By the time I got outside, the bus had already left.教案

ask the whole class to read the instructions together. there is an article in activity 3a. your task is to read the story and write the events in the correct order.
have a look at the sample answer on the right of the article before you start. then let the children complete the work on their own. after a while, ask some students to report their answers to the class. write the events on the blackboard as they report, putting the events in the correct order.
after checking the answers, tell students to read the article again more carefully.
tell them to find out the words or sentences which they can’t understand this time.
a few minutes later, let the students ask questions on the words and sentences which they can’t understand. do some explanation and make sure that the students make everything clear about the article.
then ask the students to read the article aloud. move around the classroom while they are reading, offering help as needed.
next ask students to pick out the sentences with the past perfect tense. tell them to underline them and come up with the reason to use the tence.
ask two students to read their answers and explain the sentences.
answers
1. alarm clock didn’t go off
2. father went to bathroom
3. woke up late
4. took shower
5. had some breakfast
6. bus left
7. ran to bus stop
8. started walking
9. got a ride with a friend
10. bell ringing
11. got to school
12. got to class
sentences with the past perfect tense in the article:
1. …by the time i woke up, my father had already gone into the bathroom and…
2. unfortunately, by the time i got there, the bus had already left.
step ⅲ 3b
this activity provides reading and writing practice using the target language.
call the students’ attention to the photo of the woman sleeping. the girl is sleeping. she may oversleep. how about you?
have you ever overslept?
get a students to answer the question simply, such as yes, i have. /no, i haven’t.
then ask one student to read the instructions to the class.
we can see six questions in the box.
you’ll have to read the questions in the box and you have to describe the circumstances in which these things happened.
explain that describe the circumstances means to tell when, where and how the things happened.
ask one student who has ever overslept to answer the first question and describe the circumstance. help him or her use the past perfect tense to describe the circumstance.
then ask students to read the questions and write their answers in their exercise books. tell them that they have to describe the circumstances if their answers are yes, and there should be at least one sentence with the past perfect tense in each description. move around the classroom providing sentences to the ones who need. ask several students to share their stories with the class. correct any mistakes they may make. let them check the answers in pairs.