Unit 6 It’s raining.Section A [下学期]

Unit 6 It’s raining.
Language goal: Describe the weather, describe what you are doing.
Lesson 1
Step 1. Presentation:
Flash: T: What’s this, can you guess
S1: Is it a…
S2: I think it’s a …
T: Look!
Ss: Oh, it’s a snowman.
T: Yes. So what’s the weather like
Ss: It’s snowy.
T: Look! What’re those
S3: They’re clouds.
T: So what’s the weather like
Ss: It’s cloudy.
T: Listen! What’s this
S4: It’s wind.
T: Yes. So what’s the weather like
Ss: It’s windy.
T: Look! What’s the weather like
Ss: It’s sunny.
T: Is it sunny, too
Ss: Yes. And it’s very hot.
T: You’re right. It’s hot and dry. Look! Is it hot
Ss: No, it’s very cold.
T: Yes, it’s cold but quite sunny.
Step 2. Practice:
Show different pictures and get the students to ask and answer:
--What’s the weather like /How’s the weather
--It’s…
Step 3. Look and learn:
1. Watch a video and remember the words. Then Ss chant together.
2. Look at some signs of the weather and get the Ss to guess what the weather is like.
Step 4. Tasks:
T: What’s the weather like in these cities, do you know
Ss: …
T: OK, look at these pictures and first tell me what’s the weather like in Picture A/B/C/D/E
Ss: …
T: OK, now listen and you’ll know what the weather is like in these cities. When you’re listening, please write down the city names in the boxes.
(Ss listen and give the answers.)
T: OK. We’ve know the weather in these cities, what about other cities Look at this map, ask and answer the questions about this map.
Ss talk about the map, make sure that they can use the sentences correctly.
Step 5. Homework:
Ss recite the new words and finish off exercise book as their homework.
Lesson 2
Step 1. Free talk and revision:
T: How are you today
Ss: Fine.
T: So how’s it going
Ss: …
T: OK. Look at these faces. How’s it going
Ss: Great.
T: And this How’s it going
Ss: Pretty good.
T: This one
Ss: Not bad.
T: And
Ss: Terrible.
T: What does terrible mean
Ss: Very bad.
T: Then how’s the weather today, do you think it’s great
Ss: No. It’s terrible. It’s cloudy, windy and kind of cold.
T: Yes. I don’t like this kind of weather. What about you
Ss: I don’t like it.
Step 2. Practice:
Show pictures of different kinds of weather and some faces. Get the Ss to ask and answer like this:
A: How’s the weather
B: Oh, it’s terrible. It’s rainy.
Step 3. Watch and learn:
Show another three pictures. Then ask: What’s the weather like /How’s the weather
Ss: It’s pretty good. It’s foggy.
T: Look! How’s the weather
Ss: Terrible. It’s dry.
T: Yes. How’s the weather in this picture
Ss: Not bad. It’s humid.
T: Then what’s the weather like in these five pictures First, you match the words with the pictures and make short dialogues.
A: What’s the weather like in Picture a
B: Terrible, it’s very cold.
Step 4. Talk and survey:
T: Yes. When it’s humid or wet, it’s rainy, right Do you like rainy days
Ss: No.
T: What kind of days do you like
Ss: Sunny days.
T: What do you often do on sunny days
Ss: …
T: What do you often do on rainy days
Ss: …
T: OK, ask your group mates these questions and give me a report later.
(Show the Ss a form and the model how to give the report, make sure they can do it successfully.)
Step 5. Listening tasks:
T: My friend’s family like sunny days, too. It’s sunny, what are they doing Please listen and tell me. Then match the words with the activities.
Ss listen and finish off 2a. Then they make short dialogues about the pictures.
Step 6. Listening and talking:
T: Do you know what Maria and Sam doing Listen please.
Ss listen and complete the chart in 2a.
Then show them another chart and get them to listen and complete it.
Step 7. Practice:
Show the Ss the pictures and they make sentences like this:
It’s cloudy today. She’s running.
Step 8. Tasks:
Task 1: Yuan yuan from CCTV is interviewing people in five different places. Fill in the chart below.
Task 2: Yuan yuan is reporting for CCTV’s Around The World show. Underline the things that people are doing. Circle the words that describe the weather.
Task 3: Look at the pictures of France. Then fill in the blanks.
Task 4: Imagine you work for CCTV’s Around China show. Write what the weather is like in your hometown and what the people are doing.
Step 9. Exercises:
Ex. 1: Fill in the blanks.
Ex.2: Multiple choices.
Ex. 3: Find the mistakes.
Ex. 4: Write.
Step 10 Homework:
Ss finish off their exercises books and revise the whole unit as the homework.