Lesson 33
I. Teaching aims
1. Training the students ability to listen and speak.
2. Teaching the new sentences.
3. Learning the new dialogue.
4. To describe summer in China.
II. Focal and difficult points.
1. New sentences.
Summer is the second season.
In China, summer begins around June.
It抯 the hottest season.
The weather is hot and sometimes rainy.
2. New text.
In summer, school closes.
Students have their summer holidays.
Is he planting rice?
Yes, he is.
III. Teaching Aids.
tape-recorder pictures teaching software
IV. Procedure
Step 1. Warming up
1. Sing an English song. "Spring"
2. T: Spring is coming. Can you say something about "spring"? The weather and so on.
(The students will answer. 5sentences)
T: How are the trees, the flowers, the animals and so on?
(5sentences)
T: What will you do in spring?
(5sentences)
Step 2. Presentation
1. T: I know it's often windy in Tianjin in spring. The wind blows, and what we can do?
S: We can fly kites.
T: Yes, it's a very interesting thing. But you know, I like swimming better. Can you swim?
S: Yes/ No.
T: Well, which season can we swim? Spring?
S: In summer.
T: Can you say something about summer? Like the time, the weather, and so on.
(The students will say something.)
(Questions like these:
After spring is....So summer is the .... season of the year.
營n China, when does summer begin?
燞ow about the weather?)
T: It's the hottest season. (Teach " the hottest")
(We can use this to say the winter, the coldest.....)
2. Say out the summer in China with the weather forecast.
(6-8 students)
3. T: Oh, in summer we can swim. And where can we swim?
營n the swimming pool? There are too many people.
營n the pond or river? Oh, it's dangerous!
燞ow can we go?
S: Go to the beach.
T: Yes! But can we go now? When will we go to the beach?
S: In July or August ./ On our summer holiday.
T: Yes. Because school closes in summer. 燦ow let's say a chant, if you say correctly, you will get a swimming trunks or swim suits. Ready?
S:Go!
******** 燬chool closes,
School closes,
Have our summer holiday.
Go to the beach,
Go to the beach,
We have summer holiday.*********
4. T: Well, let's go to the beach. Can you see the sand everywhere?
S: Yes!
T: Look, a castle, a sandcastle.
Learn 'sandcastle'. Try to know the Chinese.
T: Oh, what are they doing?
燭hey are making a sandcastle.
Ask and answer in pairs.
T: Look! Are they making a sandcastle?
S: No, they aren't.
T: They're looking for shells.
Learn "shell", make sentences with 'shell', like -pick the shells, find a shell....
Ask and answer in pairs.
T: What can you do on the beach or in the sea?
(Let the students say out the sentences.)
5. T: Are you happy on the beach?
S: Yes!
T: Do you enjoy yourselves? (Teach 'yourselves')
S: Yes, we do.
T: Do they enjoy themselves?
S: Yes, they do.
(Practice enjoy ourselves / themselves)
6. T: I don't think all of us can go to the beach on summer holiday. Where can you go either?
S: I will go to my hometown.
T: Oh, can we go together? What are they doing?
S: They are farming.
T: Yes, they are planting rice.
(Practice in pairs)
7. T: You can tell us where you will go on the summer holiday.
( Let the students say, 6-8 s)
Step 3. Practice
1. Now just listen to the tape, and describe summer with a few sentences.
2. Listen and read after the tape then try to recite the text.
T: Take out your paper. Some hints for you to prepare your rhythm . One star for reading . Two stars for reciting .
3. Have our summer holidays wherever we may go. . Where we may go except going to the beach. Think it over. (Show the pictures )
My favourite season
In the four seasons, I like summer best. Because it is the
h season. You know, summer is the s season of the year. Summer b around June in China. It抯 often sunny, and s rainy.
We have our summer holiday when school c . We all like this holiday. I like going s in the sea. So my family often go to the b in July. We enjoy o on the beach.
Here are some photos about my trip.
-What are they doing? -They are l for shells.
-What are the boys doing? -They are making a s .
-Are the farmers farming the land? -No, they抮e p rice.
Which season do you like best? Would you tell us your favourite season?