Module 10 The weather
Unit 1 It might snow.
教材分析
本课为Module10的第一单元，由贝蒂和玲玲要去滑冰引出了谈论天气的对话，借助这样一个常见的场景轻松地导入了谈论天气的习惯表达和表示可能性的词汇和句型。
教学目标
1. Function: Describing the weather.
2. Structure: may, might, probably (for possibility)
3. Skills:
1) Listening and understanding familiar topics (weather).
2) Giving weather forecast based on clues; predicting about future weather using probably.
3) Reading and finding specific information.
4) Writing a short passage about the best time to visit your town, using because, so and but.
4. Around the world: The wettest place.
5. Task: Preparing some advice on the best time to visit China.
教学重难点
1. Describing the weather.
2. Grammar: The using of may, might, probably (for possibility)
课前准备
A tape recorder, multimedia and some pictures.
教学过程
Step1 Work in pairs. Talk about the weather.
1. Warm -up. 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.
【设计意图】
本活动旨在激活学生头脑中有关天气的词汇，为以“天气”为话题展开的一系列听说活动作铺垫。
Step2 Listening.
1. Listen and check ( √ ) the correct information in the box.
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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.
【设计意图】
本活动为细节判断题。目的是训练学生听懂天气预报、把握细节信息的能力。
Step3 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.
Step4 Check ( √ ) the true sentences.
1. Ask the students to read the conversation again.
2. Now check ( √ ) the true sentences.
1) Tony and Daming are going to skate.
2) Winter is colder in Beijing than in England.
3) It sometimes snows in England in winter.
4) It usually snows in New York in winter.
5) It is not hot in the US in summer.
6) Tony doesn’t like windy weather.
3. Ask the students to check with a partner.
4. Check the answers.
【设计意图】
本活动和上面一个活动旨在通过学习对话，让学生感知对可能性的表述，并训练学生辨认细节信息以及理解对话大意的能力。
Step5 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.
3. Read the passage by yourself.
【设计意图】
本活动为词汇学习。通过本活动，学生不但可以复习在对话中学过的单词，还能训练阅读能力和技巧。
Step6 Listen and repeat.
1. Play the recording once without stopping.
2. Play the recording again and ask the whole class to repeat.
3. Listen to the speaker asking a question.
What’s the weather like?
4. Now listen to the speaker showing surprise.
What’s the weather like?
【设计意图】
本活动旨在让学生对特殊疑问句的语调形成基本的认识。
Step7 Listen and write ＊ if the speaker is asking a question or ＊＊ if he is showing surprise.
1) When is the best time to visit your country?
2) What clothes should she bring?
3) What’s the temperature?
4) Where are you going?
Now listen again and repeat.
【设计意图】
本活动是对语调的操练活动。通过本活动，学生可以对学到的有关语调的知识进行实践，对听到的句子蕴含的意思做出自己的判断。
Step8 Work in pairs. Make a weather forecast for different cities in China.
1. Talk about the weather.
2. Look at the correct information in the table in Activity 2. Give the correct weather forecast for China.
3. Now say what the weather might or might not be like.
tomorrow next week next month
It’ll probably be cold tomorrow.
【设计意图】
本活动是在前面听力活动的基础上设计的一个口头输出活动。要求学生参照活动2中的正确信息，预报天气情况。
Step9 Homework
Listen to the tape and read the dialogue.
教学反思
掌握好有关天气的习惯表达方式，有助于学生更好地与他人交流，增进感情。在教学过程中，教师可以先有意识地提示或初步强调一下有关可能性的词汇及句型，使学生对本模块的重点和难点内容有一个初步的感知。
课件27张PPT。Warming-up Weather snowrainshowerwindcloudstormsunnywindycloudyrainysnowyHow can we know the weather?We can know the weather through the weather forecast.“the weather forecast” means “天气预报”Who makes the weather forecast?The weatherman makes the weather forecast. (天气预报员)℃?It is a unit for temperature (温度).“℃” refers to degree, and centigrade.度摄氏温度描述天气的形容词:多云的: 多雨的:
下雪的: 有风的:
晴朗的: 寒冷的: cool —warmcold —hotcloudysnowysunnyrainywindyfreezingCan you read?-7℃ ~ 1℃
5℃ ~ 8℃between minus seven and plus one degreesbetween five and eight degrees It’s ______. rainy It’s ______. foggy It’s _____________. a heavy shower ________ comes.Lightning It’s ______. It’s _______. It’s _______. It’s _______. snowy cloudy sunny windyWork in pairs. Talk about the weather. Use the words in the
boxes to help you.cloud rain shower snow storm sun wind
cloudy rainy snowy sunny windy -8~2oCWhat’s the weather in Beijing?
It’s…
What’s the temperature?
It’s…cloudy 2. Listen and check the correct information in the table.√√√√√√√√√√3. Then correct the wrong information in the table.√√√√√√√√√√5℃～8 ℃--4℃～2 ℃Now check (√) the true sentences.
1 Tony and Daming are going to skate.
2 Winter is colder in Beijing than in England.
3 It sometimes snows in England in winter.
4 It usually snows in New York in winter.
5 It is not hot in the USA in Summer.
6 Tony does not like windy weather.×√√√×√5 Complete the passage with the correct form of the words from 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 colder for several weeks. Falling through the
ice is(6) _________.I am not (7) _______ ! minusmaytemperatureskate
degreesdangerousjoking1. come on, better get going
better get going = had better go
最好现在走 / 去
如： We’d better get going
(=we’d better go now),or we’ll be late.
我们做好现在就走，不然要迟到了。Language points1. You must be joking!
2. It may not even be cold.
3. It might be windy. 情态动词: must may might 1. must (一定): 表示具有很大的可能性。He must be ill. He doesn’t come today.2. may (可能): 暗含不确定的意思。He may be at home .3. might:表可能，但它的含义比 may
更不确定。He might come soon .6 Listen to the speaker asking a
question or showing surprise.
What’s the weather like?
What’s the weather like?7 Listen and write * if the speaker is asking a question
or ** if he is showing surprise. 1 When is the best time to visit your country?
2 What clothes should she bring?
3 What is the temperature?
4 Where are you going? Now listen again and repeat. ******8 Work in pairs. Tell the story.Make a weather forecast for different cities in China. Use the correct information in the table in Activity 2 to help you.
Now say what the weather might or might not be like in your town.
tomorrow next week next month
It’ll probably be cold tomorrow.Exercise---Look! The man at the gate ___ be our headmaster.
He is always standing there every morning.
--- No, it ________ be him. He is holding a meeting
in the office now.
A. must, can’t B. must, mustn’t
C. can’t, can’t D. can’t, mustn’t
A2. ---____ I take some photos in the hall?
---No, you ______.
Can; needn't B. Must; mustn't
C. Could; won't D. May; mustn't
D3.—Whose notebook is this?
—It ____ Jane’s. It has her name on it.
A. must be B. might belong to C. may be
4.—May I watch TV for a while？
—No, you ___. You have to finish your homework first.
A. shouldn't B. needn't
C. mustn't D. won't
CC5. ---Could you please come to the museum with me this afternoon?
---Sorry, I ______ . I have to take a piano lesson at 2 pm.
A. couldn’t B. mustn’t C. can’t D. needn’t
6. ---What would you send to your sister as the Christmas gift?
---I haven’t decided yet. I ______ send her a handbag.
A. shall B. may C. must
CB7. — Bob, shall we go and meet our new classmate?
— Sorry. I'm busy now. But you____ ask David
to go with you．He is free．
A．need B．may C．would D．must
8. —What will the weather be like tomorrow?
— It ______ be rainy, cloudy or sunny.
Who knows?
A. must B. might C. shall D. should
B B一、用所给单词的适当形式填空。
The radio says that it will be _____(snow) tomorrow.
2. — How is the weather today?
— It’s _____ (sun).
3. There are a lot of _____ (cloud) in the sky. I think it will rain soon.
4. It’s raining outside now. The ground is getting _____
and _____ (wet).
5. This weekend will be cold and _____ (wind) and I will
stay at home.snowysunnyclouds wetter windy wetter 根据句意及汉语提示, 写出相应的单词。
1. There was a hard ______ (阵雨)yesterday morning in our city.
2. — What’s the __________ (温度) outside?
— It’s 28 degrees.
3. It’s _______ (冷极了) now, but he was still working outside.
4. She is badly ill and ________ (很可能)won’t come to have
the meeting.
5. Your black shirt isn’t ___ (干的), so please put on another one.showertemperaturefreezingprobablydryHomeworkListen to the tape and read the dialogue.
