Unit 5 Weather Lesson 4 Again, please! 教学设计
I. Teaching material:
鲁科版五四制 Book Ⅲ Unit 5 Weather Lesson 4 Again, please!
Ⅱ. Analysis of the lesson:
This lesson is the fourth lesson of Unit 5. It is a kind of consolidation and practice. The students have learned how to talk about the weather today and tomorrow in Lesson1,Lesson 2 and Lesson 3. The main purpose of lesson 4 is to help students talk about the weather more fluently and develop their comprehensive language competence.
Ⅲ. Analysis of the learners:
Students of Grade Four are still interested in learning English. They are active in class and eager to express their opinions. From lesson 1 to lesson 3, they have learned how to talk about the weather today and tomorrow. It’s not difficult for them to do the activities about the weather in this class. But it is a challenge for them to give a weather report. Although students have learnt some words and phrases about activities and clothes before, it is really a bigger challenge for them to talk about activities, clothes and weather in different seasons and cities.
Ⅳ. Teaching goals:
1. Knowledge goal: 1) All the students can imitate the dialogue and make a role play. 2) All the students can use the following sentences to talk about the weather fluently: How’s the weather It’s snowing today. It will be sunny tomorrow.3) All the students can read the words with y, u, s, l and find out the spelling rules. 4) Most of the students can read and understand the passages about Xinjiang and Kunming with the aid of a video or pictures.
2. Ability goal: 1) All the students can talk about the weather at present and in the future. 2)Most of the students can give a weather report. 3) Most of the students can talk further about the weather in different cities. 4) Most of the students can read aloud simple words according to spelling rules.
3. Emotion goal: Establish students’ national spirit by talking about the weather in different cities.
Ⅴ. Key points and difficult points
1. Key point:Use the words and phrases to describe different weather at present and in the future.
2. Difficult point: 1) Word “be” should be used before sunny, windy, cloudy when we talk about the weather tomorrow. 2) How to talk about seasons and weather in different cities.
Ⅵ. Teaching procedures
Step 1 Warming up
1. Demonstration: Students sing a weather song and have a brainstorm to get down into learning English.
2. Sing a song: How’s the weather
3. Brainstorm: Can you say some words about weather
【Purpose】 Make students relax and arouse their knowledge about weather. Strengthen their interest in studying English
Step 2 Practice
Demonstration: In this part, students have four tasks to do. Task one is the phonics which is the part of “Listen and repeat” on page 58 of the textbook. Task two is a dialogue which is the part of “Let’s talk” on page 58 of the textbook. Li Ming and Danny will go to the zoo, so they talk about the weather in Beijing. Task 3 is a weather report. Students watch a video about today’s weather report, talk about the weather tomorrow according to the temperature, clothes or activities, then try to be a weather reporter to report today and tomorrow’s weather. Task four is to talk about the weather in Xinjiang and Kunming. Students watch a cartoon about Xinjiang and guess where it is, read a passage about Kunming and guess what city it is. The cartoon about Xinjiang is the part of “Try yourself” which is on page 60 of the textbook. They will realize that different places have different weather by talking about the weather in Beijing, the weather in other cities and the weather in Xinjiang and Kunming.
[Task 1] Listen and repeat.
Read the words and find out the spelling rules.
1) words with “y”: sunny windy cloudy rainy snowy foggy
2) words with “u”: sunny Sunday sun run fun mum
3) words with “l”: like look leg long
4) words with “s”: sunny snow swim yes
【Purpose】 Make students find out the simple spelling rules so that they can read and write the words more effectively with the learning strategies.
[Task 2] Let’s talk—Weather in Beijing
1) Ask, watch and answer
Teacher shows the picture of Li Ming and Danny talking near the window and says, “Look! Li Ming and Danny are talk about something near the window. Do you have any questions ” Students ask, “What they are talking about How’s the weather today/tomorrow ” Then the teacher gives another question, “When can Li Ming and Danny go to the zoo ” Students watch the video and try to find out the answers.
2) Let’s look back
3) Read in roles then act out the dialogue.
【Purpose】 Help students understand the dialogue and talk about the weather in real language atmosphere. Develop students’ thinking skills and language skills.
[Task 3] Watch and report—Weather in other cities
1. Talk about the weather today.
Watch a video and pay attention to the weather in Harbin, Shanghai, Kunming, Sanya and Lhasa today, then test the students’ memory.
2. Talk about the weather tomorrow.
Students guess the weather according to the temperature, clothes and activities, then talk about the weather tomorrow in Harbin/Shanghai/Kunming/Sanya/Lhasa. The teacher writes the sentences on the blackboard, then asks students what they can find from these sentences.
3. Be a little weather reporter.
Encourage students to give a weather report for today and tomorrow.
【Purpose】Help students focus on how to talk about the weather today and tomorrow in different cities and find out the structure of language . Promote students’ comprehensive language competence.
[Task 4] Watch, read and answer--weather in Xinjiang and Kunming
1. Watch a video about Xinjiang, then talk about the weather in Xinjiang.
How’s the weather in the morning What are they wearing
How’s the weather at noon What are they wearing
How’s the weather in the evening What are they wearing What are they eating
4. Read a passage with pictures about the weather in Kunming and guess what city it is.
It’s warm and windy in spring. We often fly kites. It’s not hot in summer and it often rains. It’s cool and sunny in autumn. We often climb the hills. It’s not cold in winter and it doesn’t snow. It’s cool and sunny. We often go to the park. We wear shirts and jackets all the year round. Our city is called “the City of Spring”. What strange weather! What city is it
【Purpose】Broaden students’ horizon. Cultivate and improve their ability of reading. Make students realize that our country is very big, different places have different weather. Arouse their national spirit.
Step 3 Production
Demonstration: Students talk about seasons and weather in Yantai in groups of three or four.
1) Enjoy some pictures about Yantai.
2) Talk about seasons and weather in Yantai in groups.
How many seasons do we have in a year How’s the weather in each season What do we wear What do we eat What do we do
3) Give a report.
【Purpose】Make students realize that our hometown is lovely, too. At the same time, develop students’ cooperative spirit by working together and promote their comprehensive language competence.
Blackboard design:
Unit 5 Weather
Lesson 4 Again, please!
How’s the weather
It’s snowing/raining.
It’s cloudy/windy/sunny.
It will be sunny/windy/cloudy.
It will rain/snow.
tomorrow
today
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