课题名称
M10 Unit 1 It might snow.
一、教学目标分析
1.知识与技能
1. To understand conversations about the weather;
2. To get specific information from the listening material;
3. To talk about possibilities
2.过程与方法
Interactive approach
3.情感态度与价值观
I want the students to be interested in geography and anxious about the local feature of the weather.
二、教材分析
1.教学重点
1. Key vocabulary: cloud, shower, snow, storm, cloudy, rainy, snowy, sunny, windy, skate, thick, ice, joke, might, temperature, minus, degree, although, wet, terrible, wish, probably, come on
2. Key structures: may, might, probably (for possibility)
3. Key sentences:
1) — What’s the temperature?
— It’s between minus five and minus two degrees!
2) — What’s the weather like in …? = How is the weather in …?
— It’s snowy (cloudy, rainy, sunny, windy ...).
3) Come on, better get going!
4) It’s probably sunny and hot there.
2.教学难点
1. Key structures: may, might, probably (for possibility)
2. Key sentences:
1) — What’s the temperature?
— It’s between minus five and minus two degrees!
2) — What’s the weather like in …? = How is the weather in …?
— It’s snowy (cloudy, rainy, sunny, windy ...).
3.必备教具
Tape recorder, ppt, video
三、学生分析
学生学习基本特征
Most of the students are able to follow the teacher and they can get it quickly.
个别学生存在的问题
They can’t understand it in the class. They have given up the English study.
四、教学过程设计
（一）
提出问题
明确目标
Step 1 Warming up
Weather report:
1) Show some pictures of the weather.
2) Ask and answer: What's the weather like in …?
Step 2 Work in pairs.
1. Show some pictures of the weather. Ask the students to talk about the weather.
2. Introduce the new words.
1) sun n. 太阳 → sunny adj. 晴朗的
2) rain n. 雨 → rainy adj. 多雨的；下雨的
3) cloud n.云 → cloudy adj. 多云的
4) snow n.雪； v. 下雪 → snowy adj.多雪的；下雪的
5) wind n.风 → windy adj.多风的；刮大风的
6) storm n. 暴风雨 → stormy adj.有暴风雨的
7) shower n. 阵雨； → showery adj.有雷阵雨的
3. Learn the new words.
4. Read the new words.
5. Exercises:
边学边练：根据句子意思，用适当的词填空：
1) It rains a lot in summer in Beijing. It’s often ________.
2) There’re a lot of clouds. It’s _________.
3) The weather is snowy and there’s a lot of __________ in the park.
4) The sun is out. It’s very ____________ and hot today.
5) The wind is very strong. It’s so __________ that it’s difficult to walk.
6. Ask the students to check with a partner.
7. Check the answers:
Keys: 1. rainy 2. cloudy 3. snow 4. sunny 5. windy
8. Learn the new words.
（二）
自主合作
探究问题
Step 3 Listening
1. Listen and check ( √ ) the correct information in the box.
2. Ask and answer like this:
What’s the weather like in Beijing / Shanghai …?
3. Play the recording and ask the students to listen to the recording carefully.
4. Listen and check ( √ ) the correct information in the box.
5. Ask the students to check their answers with a partner.
6. Call back the answer from the whole class and check the answer.
7. Work in pairs. Correct the wrong information in the table.
Step 4 Listen and read.
1. Show some pictures, and ask the students to talk about them.
2. Ask the students to read the conversation silently.
3. Play the recording and ask the students to listen and read the conversation.
4. Read the conversation.
Step 5 Check ( √ ) the true sentences.
1. Ask the students to read the conversation again.
2. Now check ( √ ) the true sentences.
3. Ask the students to check with a partner.
4. Check the answers:
（三）
巩固练习
拓展提高
Step 6 Complete the passage.
1. Ask the students to complete the passage with the words in the box.
dangerous degree joke may minus skate temperature
When it’s very cold, it might be safe to (1) ______ on lakes, but be very careful! Although it (2) _____ feel cold, it might not be safe. The (3) _____ has to be at least (4) _____ one or two (5) _____ or even lower for several weeks, and the ice will be thick enough. Falling through the ice is (6) _______. I’m not (7) ______!
2. Check with a partner.
Step 7 Language points
1. 问气温：
— What’s the temperature? 气温怎么？
— It’s between minus five and minus two degrees! 零下5度到零下2度之间。
2. 问天气：
— What’s the weather like in …？天气怎样？
= How is the weather in …?
— It’s snowy (cloudy, rainy, sunny, windy...). 下雪(多云、下雨、晴、有风……)
3. Come on, better get going! 好了，走吧！
Better get going 相当于had better go now, 意思是“最好现在去/ 走”。例如：
We’d better get going (= We’d better go now ) , or we’ll be late. 我们最好现在就走，不然要迟到了。
4. It’s probably sunny and hot there. 那里的天气可能晴朗、热。
It’ll probably be cold tomorrow. 明天可能冷。
（四）
课堂小结
达标测试
Step 9 Exercises:
( ) 1.— I have read the film introduction of Ye Wen. It tells the Kung Fu master's story in Foshan.
— ___________. Why not go to see it tonight?
A. I am afraid not B. Sounds exciting C. That is boring
( ) 2. — Do you have any plans for this weekend?
— I’m not sure. I _______ go climbing Mount Yuntai.
A. must B. need C. may D. can
( ) 3. In?Britain,?you?____?be?18?if?you?want?to?drive?a?car
? ?A. can? ?B. must? ?C. may?? D. might
( ) 4. — _____ I go to play basketball now?
— Yes, since you have finished your homework.
A. Must B. Should C. Need D. May
( ) 5. — Mum, how do you like my handwriting?
— _______! It’s the best one you have ever written.
A. How terrible B. What an interesting one
C. How wonderful D. What a terrible one
( ) 6. — The weather has been dry for a month.
— Yes. If it still _____, the plants will die.
A. doesn’t rain B. rains C. won’t rain D. is raining
( )7. — How do you like the story?
— Interesting, _____ end of it is not perfect.
A. so B. though C. or D. because
( ) 8. _______ our football team failed in the match, we did our best.
A. Though B. But C. Because D. As
Step 10 Work in pairs. Talk about the weather.
五、布置作业
Finish all the exercises
