Unit 7It’s raining!

1、课 题Unit 7 Its raining!班级学科课型新授教学目标本单元语言训练的重点是（1）谈论天气；（2）描述正在发生的动作。重点语言结构是（1）How引导的特殊疑问句；（2）Yes/No问句及答语；（3）现在实行时的用法。教学重难点Section A主要是听读说和基础语言使用，为目标句型提供分步示例和指导性练习；Section B知识扩展、新旧知识的使用，循序渐进的写作练习；使用所学的语言完成各种任务使学生能够对已经学过的目标句型使用自如：Self -Check自我评价，词汇知识的评价，语言应用水平的评价。学情分析及课前准备这个单元的中心话题是Describe the weather。

2、语法现象是Present Progressive Tense。继Unit6 Im watching TV第二次出现了现在实行时态，是上一单元的延续。比较上一单元，本单元增设了一个日常生活中重要的情景Talking about the weather 。学生不但要具备并熟练地掌握现在实行时态的意识和技巧，并且要会使用这个时态描述在各种天气背景下人的活动。教学活动设计Section B 2a, 2b, 2c. Teaching aims1. KnowledgeWords： hot, cold, cool, warm, humid Additional words： spring, summer,

3、autumnSentence structures： Hows it going? What are you doing? Hows the weather?2. Ability： Describe the different kinds of weather and different activities in different areasImportant points： Revise and use the words, expressions and sentence structures correctly.Difficult points: Describe the weath

4、er in 4 seasons and peoples activitiesTeaching procedures Step1. Revision1. Show different weather signs to revise the description words in Section A. Draw an arrow to revise the 4 words: cold, cool, warm and hot. But dont forget humid. 2. Get Ss to look at Picture C .Tell them: Its Chengdu. How is

5、the weather in it? Its sunny. Is it cool? No, its hot. Its hot and humid. 3. Make a survey by the whole class. Ask Ss: Who likes the cold weather? Have Ss raise their hands. Check out the most popular and the least popular weather. Get Ss to talk about the local weather in 4 seasons.Step2. Presentat

6、ion1. After talking about the local weather in 4 seasons, lets watch different weather in other countries. Tell Ss Maria is in Mexico. Play this phone conversation between Sam and Maria. Listen carefully to their questions and answers. Play the tape the first time, Ss only listen. Play the tape agai

7、n and have Ss catch the answers Maria and Sam give to the question Hows it going? Listen again and write what they answer to What are you doing? and Hows the weather?2. Further discussion. Show 4 pictures. With the 4 questions Where is it? How is the weather? What season is it? What are the people d

8、oing? Ss talk about the countries, the weather, the seasons and the activities.countryweatherseasonactivitiesJapancoolspingwatch the flowersAmerica(Hawaii)hotsummerswimCanadawarmautumnwatch the leavesAmericancoldwinterdo sportsStep3. Interview1. After visiting the 4 places, ask some Ss: Where do you

9、 want to go? When do you want to go there? Hows the weather? What do you want to do there? Let them describe the places they want to go most. 2. Ss make an interview in the class., and then give a report about.3. Lets find out. Find out what kinds of activities someone wants to do on certain days.Step4. Homework!. Copy the new words 4 times.2. Interview their family members about the place they want to go most and the situations there, and then write a report about it.板书