Unit 7 It’s raining!
Teaching content: Reading
Teaching objectives:
1. To know about what happened to Su Lin and Dave.
2. To learn how to write a postcard.
3. To learn the reading skills of knowing about the main idea, scanning and looking for details.
Important & difficult points:
Words: visit,Canada,summer,sit,juice,soon,vacation,Europe,mountain,country
Phrases: , drink orange juice, sit by the pool, just right for doing sth.
Patterns: 1. I’m having a great time visiting my aunt in Canada.
2.The weather here is cool and cloudy, just right for walking.
3.It’s hot in your country now, isn’t it
Teaching procedures:
Activity One: Lead in
A short video about Rugao Secondary school
Activity Two Pre-reading
Step1 T:How’s the weather S:It’s…
T:It’s just right for running.
Practice the dialogue in three pictures, and teach some new words.
Present the new words, country,visit,sit,juice.
Step2
1.T: What’s the girl doing
S: She is writing.
T:She is having a great time writing.
Practice the dialogue in three pictures, and teach some new words.
Present the new words, mountain, Canada, Europe, summer, vacation
Activity Three While-reading
step1. Read the two postcards quickly and answer
1.____ and_____write postcards to____.
2.Which season is it
Step2. Listen to the tape of the first postcard and answer the questions.
1.Is Su Lin with her aunt ?
2.Is she going to winter school
Step3.Read the first postcard quietly and fill in the chart
Name Where is she Su Lin
How’s the weather
What is she doing
Discuss in groups and then say something about Su Lin.
Step 4 Read the second postcard loudly and answer
Where is Dave
Step 5 Read the second postcard carefully and answer
1. Why doesn’t Dave call Jane
2. Why is it right for walking
Step 6 Choose the picture according to the postcards
Step 7. Look for the sentences that tell us Su Lin and Dave are happy
1.I’m so happy to see them again.
2.I’m having a great time visiting my aunt in Canada.
3.I’m having a great time in Europe.
4.It’s very relaxing here.
Read the sentences with feelings.
Activity Four Post-reading
Step 1 Write a postcard for Jane.
Step 2 Enjoy a poem
Step 3 Read the poem
Step 4 The feeling aim: You and we are family