Unit 7 It’s raining!
Section B 2a-2c (P41)
一、Teaching aims and demands.
1.Language aims.
1)Master the key words: visit, Canada, summer, sit, juice, soon, vacation, hard, Europe, mountains, country
2) Master the sentences' structures:
① —How's it going
—Not too bad.
② Are you studying hard or having fun
③ I'm having a great time in Europe.
二、Teaching difficult and important points.
1. Teaching important points.
1) Describe what people are doing in different weather.
2)Improve the students' ability of getting information by reading.
2. Teaching difficult points.
Develop students' comprehensive skill.
三、Teaching procedures.
Ⅰ. Warming- up and revision
1. Ask and answer about the weather.
2. Ask and answer what sb. is doing.
Ⅱ. Talking
1. Look at the pictures in 2a. Talk about the pictures with a partner. How's the weather What are the people doing Make a model to the Ss.
S1: How's the weather in picture a
S2: It's sunny and warm.
S1: What's the girl doing
S2: She's sitting near the pool and drinking some juice.
2. Ss work in pairs and talk about the pictures.
3. Let some pairs ask and answer the pictures aloud.
Ⅲ. Presentation
1. Teach Ss the new words. Then let Ss read the new words after the teacher.
Ⅳ. Reading
1. Fast Reading
Read the postcards in 2b and match each postcard with the correct picture in 2a.
Then check the answers.
2. Careful reading:
Read the first postcard again and find the answers to these questions.
① Where is Su Lin now
② What is Su Lin studying here
③ Is she visiting some of his old friends there
④ What’s she doing right now
⑤ How’s the weather there
Read the second postcard again and find the answers to these questions.
① Where is Dave now
② What are Dave and his family doing there
③ Are they having a good time
④ How’s the weather there
⑤ How’s the weather in Jane’s country
Ss read the postcards and try to find the answers to the questions.
Then check the answers with the class.
Ⅴ. After Reading
1. Read the postcards again and fill in the chart with the information from the postcards in 2b. Finish 2c.
2. Check the answers with Ss.