Unit 7 It’s raining.
Section A (1a-2d)
一、教学目标：
1. 语言知识目标：
1) 能掌握以下单词： rain, windy, cloudy, sunny, snow, weather, cook, bad, park,
message, take a message, could, back, problem 能掌握以下句型：
①—How's the weather in Beijing?
—It's sunny.
②—Can I take a message for him?
—Yes. Could you just tell him to call me back?
—Sure, no problem.
2) 能用所学的知识描述天气情况。
3）描述正在发生的动作。
2. 情感态度价值观目标：
教育学生善于观察天气，善于调整自己的情绪；了解世界各地的天气情况，增加世界观念。知道大自然的力量是神奇而伟大的，我们应当好好学习，立志学好科学知识，为长大后探索神奇的大自然，打好基础。
二、教学重难点
1. 教学重点：
1) The vocabulary and useful expressions.
2) —How’s the weather?
—It's raining/ windy.
3) —What are you doing?
—I'm playing basketball.
2. 教学难点：
运用目标语言来对天气进行问答，并且会问答其他人正在进行的活动。
三、教学过程
Ⅰ. Warming-up and Lead in
1. Greet the Ss and check the homework.
2. Watch a video program about the weather.
Ⅱ. Presentation
1. (Show some pictures of the weather)
Let Ss look at the pictures and ask them how the weather is.
Ss learn the new words and expressions with the help of the pictures.
2. Look at the pictures in 1a. Then read the new words on the right. Ask the Ss
to match the words with pictures.
3. Check the answers.
Ⅲ. Game (How's the weather?)
1. (Showing some pictures on the big screen.) Ask Ss "How's the weather?"
2. Ss guess and answer the question.
Ⅳ. Listening
1. Now let's look at the city names in the box in 1b. Please read after me.
Ss read the cities after the teacher.
2. Now, We’ll hear four conversations. Listen carefully, point out each city in
the picture as it comes upon the tape. Play the recording a second time. Ask Ss to write the name of the city in the picture of its weather.
3. Check the answers.
Ⅴ. Pair work
1. Tell the Ss: If you are in one of the places in the picture above. Talk about
the weather with your friends in another city on the phone.
2. Make a model with a student like this:
T: Hi! How's the weather in Beijing?
S1: It's sunny.
3. Ss work in pairs. Ask and answer about the weather in the cities.
Ⅵ. Listening
1. Work on 2a.
Let's see what Joe's families are doing. Point to the 4 pictures .
2.
Ask Ss tell each person is doing in each picture. More attention s should be paid
to the correct use of the Present Progressive Tense.
3. Play the recording for the Ss to listen and number the pictures [1-4].
4. Play the tape for Ss to check the answers.
5. With the whole picture, get some Ss to tell the story of it.
6. Brainstorming
Play the tape for another time. Then do a memory test.
Ask Ss: What's Uncle Joe/Jeff/Mary/Aunt Sarah doing?
What're Scott and Lucy doing?
Is Jeff watching TV? etc.
7. Let Ss match the names with the activities in 2b.
Play the recording for the Ss to check the answers.
Ⅶ. Pair work
1. Look at the pictures and talk about the people in 2a with a partner.
2. Ask a student the questions as a model:
T: What's Uncle Joe doing?
S1: He's playing basketball.
3. Ss work in pairs. Ask and answer about the pictures.
Ⅷ. Role-play
1. Ask Ss to read the conversation and answer the questions:
① What's Steve doing?
② What's Rick's brother doing?
Ss read the conversations and answer the questions. Then check the answers together.
2. Let Ss role-play the conversation in pairs.
IX. Language points.
X. Exercises
Homework:
一、总结有关天气的词汇。
二、编写三个有关天气问答的对话。
1. windy
2. raining
3. snowy
板书设计：
Section A (Grammar Focus-3b)
一、教学目标：
1. 语言知识目标：
1) 继续练习运用描述天气情况、描述正在发生的动作。
2) 通过多种形式的练习方式来让学生们熟练掌握描述天气情况及描述正发生的事情。
2. 情感态度价值观目标：
教育学生善于观察天气，善于调整自己的情绪；了解世界各地的天气情况，增加世界观念。
知道大自然的力量是神奇而伟大的，我们应当好好学习，立志学好科学知识，为长大后探索神奇的大自然，打好基础。
二、教学重难点
1. 教学重点：
1) 总结掌握询问及描述天气所用的语言及句子结构。
2) 会运用所学的知识在实际对话中描述天气及他人正做的事情。
2. 教学难点：
能根据情境提示来描述天气或他人正在做的事情。
三、教学过程
Ⅰ. Warming- up and revision
1. Have a dictation of the new words and expressions in period 1.
2. Ask some pairs to role-play the conversation in 2d.
Ⅱ. Grammar Focus.
1. 学生阅读Grammar Focus中的句子，然后做填空练习。
①天气怎么样？ _____________________
天气多云。/天气晴朗。/天在下雨。 ____________________
②你在做什么？ ___________________
我在做饭。 ___________________
③他们在做什么？ ____________________
他们正在公园里打篮球。 _____________________
④他在做什么？ _________________________________
他在他朋友家里学习。 _______________________________
⑤情况怎么样？ ___________________
很好！/不错。/ 糟糕！ ____________________
2. Ss fill in the blanks and check the answers themselves.
3. 探究乐园
①疑问副词how 用来询问天气。
今天天气怎么样？ _______ the weather today?
【拓展】询问天气还可以说：_______ the weather _______ ?
② how 用于问候，打招呼
你好吗？_________________________
你那里情况如何？ _____________________
③ how 用来询问方式或手段。
你怎样去上学？ _______do you go to school?
④ how 用来询问年龄
你弟弟多大年龄？ _______ _______ is your brother?
⑤ how 用于询问价格
那件紫色的毛衣多少钱？ _____________ are the purple sweater?
4. Ss read the sentences and learn by themselves.
Ⅲ. Practice
1. Work on 3a. Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the verbs in the box.
Then practice the conversations with a partner.
2.指导：
根据上下文的问句和答语来确定空格处的意思, 特别是每个空格后面的词汇。
根据上下文的时态及时间状语来确定句子的时态。如: right now 为现在进行时态的时间状语。而 usually，every Saturday 及 every day 是一般现在时态的时间状语。
现在进行时态的句子结构：be (am, is, are) + 动词的ing形式; 一般现在时态的句子用动词的原形或第三人称单数形式。如: 第一题由问句可知答句为现在进行时。后一句为一般现在时。
3. Ss read the conversations and fill in the blanks.
4. Check the answers with the class.
5. Ss practice the conversation in pairs.
6. Ask some pairs role-play the conversation.
Ⅳ. Practice
1. Work on 3b.
Yuan Yuan from CCTV is interviewing people in five different places. Fill in the chart below.
2. Ss work in groups. Discuss the pictures and talk about the weather and what
the people doing.
Make a model for the Ss:
—How's the weather in Picture a?
—It's sunny.
—What's the boy doing?
—He's playing the guitar.
3. Ss ask and answer about the pictures. Then fill in the blanks.
4. Check the answers with the class.
Ⅴ. Practice
1. Every student draws a picture. On your pictures sb. is doing something in some
kind of weather.
2. Ask and answer about the picture.
—How's the weather?
—What's he/she doing?
Ⅵ. Exercises
Homework
1. Read the sentences in Grammar Focus.
2. Make some conversation about the weather and the activities.
板书设计
Section B 1a-2c
一、教学目标：
1. 语言知识目标：
1) 能掌握以下单词：dry, cold, hot, warm, visit, Canada, summer, sit, juice, soon,
vacation, hard, Europe, mountains, country
2) 能掌握以下句型：
①—How's it going?
—Not too bad.
② Are you studying hard or having fun?
③ I'm having a great time in Europe.
2. 情感态度价值观目标：
教育学生善于观察天气，善于调整自己的情绪；了解世界各地的天气情况，增加世界观念。
知道大自然的力量是神奇而伟大的，我们应当好好学习，立志学好科学知识，为长大后探索神奇的大自然，打好基础。
二、教学重难点
1. 教学重点：
1) 继续学习有关天气的词汇，运用所学的词汇来描述天气。
2) 描述在不同的天气情况中人们正在做的事情。
3) 阅读短文，提高获取相关信息的能力。
2. 教学难点
1) 进行听力训练，培养学生们的听说能力。
2) 阅读短文，提高学生们的阅读能力。
三、教学过程
Ⅰ. Warming- up and revision
1. Ask and answer about the weather.
2. Ask and answer what sb. is doing.
Ⅱ. Presentation
1. Show some pictures on the big screen. Present the new words.
dry, cold, hot, warm …
2. Ss learn the new words and expressions and try to understand the expressions.
3. Give Ss some time and try to remember the new words and expressions.
Ⅲ. Matching
1. Read the words in the box in 1a. Then look at the pictures. Match the words
with the pictures.
Ss match the words with the picture.
2. Check the answers.
Ⅳ. Pairwork
1. Look at the pictures in 1a. Ask and answer questions about the weather in the
pictures in 1a.
Give an example to the Ss.
T: How's the weather in the picture d?
S1: It's dry.
2. Now work in pairs. Ask and answer about questions about the weather in the
pictures in 1a.
3. Ask some pairs to ask and answer about the questions.
Ⅴ. Listening
work on 1c:
1. Read the chart in 1c.
2. Play the tape for the Ss to listen and write what Mary and Eric answer to "How's
it going?".
3. Play the recording twice. The first time Ss only listen. For the second Ss listen
and write down the words in the blanks.
Ⅵ. Listening
Work on 1d:
1. Listen again. What does Eric answer to "What are you doing?" & "How's the
weather?"
2. Play the recording twice. The first time Ss only listen. For the second Ss listen
and write down the words in the blanks.
3. Check the answers.
Ⅶ. Talking
1. Look at the pictures in 2a. Talk about the pictures with a partner. How's the
weather? What are the people doing? Make a model to the Ss.
S1: How's the weather in picture a?
S2: It's sunny and warm.
S1: What's the girl doing?
S2: She's sitting near the pool and drinking some juice.
2. Ss work in pairs and talk about the pictures.
3. Let some pairs ask and answer the pictures aloud.
Ⅷ. Presentation
1. Show some pictures on the big screen to present some of the new words in the
postcards in 2b.
2. Teach Ss the new words. Then let Ss read the new words after the teacher. Ⅸ. Reading
1. Fast Reading
Read the postcards in 2b and math each postcard with the correct picture in 2a.
Ss read the postcards quickly and match the postcard the correct picture.
Then check the answers.
2. Careful reading: