1、Unit 7 Its raining! 第一课时 Section A(1a2d) 1Language goals Vocabulary： raining, sunny, cloudy, snowing, windy, hot, cold, cool, warm, humid, cooking, beach Target language： Hows the weather? Its raining. Hows it going? Its great. Is Aunt Sarah there? Yes, she is. Whats she doing? Shes cooking. 2Moral
2、goals Try to talk about the weather. Learn to describe the weather. Learn to talk about what people are doing. Learn to describe the weather. Learn to talk about what people are doing. Listening method. Pairwork. Speaking method. A tape recorder. 一、创设情境，导入新知 Step 1：Organization Greet the whole class
3、 as usual. Step 2：Presentations Im happy to meet you again. This class I bring you some interesting pictures. Do you want to see them? OK, look at this one first. Can you tell me what the little girl is doing? Yes, you are right, she is crying. What a pity! And this one, good, she is talking on the
4、phone. Is she lovely? Yes, I think so. And please pay attention to the structure learned in Unit 6, “am/is/areving”. Its very important. Now look at these pictures please. They are about the weather. Say after me “weather”. Hows the weather in picture1? Its cloudy. Hows the weather in picture 2? Its
5、 windy. How about picture 3? Its snowing. And in picture 4, its sunny. In picture 5, its raining. Look at the list of the words on the blackboard and repeat after me：“raining, snowing, windy, sunny, and cloudy”. OK and hows the weather today? Good, its sunny and windy. Well, today we shall take up t
6、he seventh unit, please read the title aloud, “Its raining！” Step 3：Listening and matching(1a) Look at the pictures on page 37 in your book. They are five photos of different cities in the world. Hows the weather in picture a? Yes, its raining. And there is another way of asking about the weather. T
7、hats “What is the weather like？” For example, whats the weather like in picture c? Yes, its sunny. Now look at the list of the words and match the words with the pictures. Check the answers： 1raining a 2.windy b 3.cloudy e 4sunny c 5.snowing d 二、师生互动，理解新知 Step 4：Listening and writing(1b) Do you know
8、 the names of these five famous cities? Look at the list of the names and read after me： Beijing, Moscow, Toronto, Boston and Shanghai. When you read, please pay attention to where the heaviest stress goes. Good. As you see, its sunny in Beijing. What about other cities? Lets listen to the conversat
9、ions about these cities. At first please point to each city as it comes up on the tape, and then write the name of the city in the picture of its weather when I play the recording a second time. OK, lets check the answer： c：Beijing d：Moscow a：Toronto b：Boston e：Shanghai Step 5：Doing pairwork(1c) Now
10、 practice the conversation. And then make your own conversations about the weather with your partner, following the examples in 1c. When you practice, please pay attention to your pronunciation. At last Ill ask some students to say your conversations. Samples： A：Hi! Hows the weather in Beijing? B：It
11、s sunny. A：Whats the weather like in Shanghai? B：Its snowing. Step 6：Listening and numbering(2a) Now turn to page 38 and look at the pictures in 2a. Talk about what people are doing. The boy is talking on the phone. The woman is cooking. The girl is watching TV. The man with glasses is playing baske
12、tball. Well done! Lets listen to the conversation about the pictures and number the pictures in the same order by which actions come up. Ill play twice. Please listen carefully. Check the answers： The pictures should be numbered in this order：2, 3, 4, 1 Step 7：Listening and matching(2b) Good we have
13、 finished the first task. But who does these activities? Listen to the tape again and match the names with the activities. Check the answers：1.c 2.a 3.d 4.b Listen to the tape once again. This time please repeat after the tape sentence by sentence. And pay attention to the useful phrases：Happy New Y
14、ear, right now, nothing much, say “Hi” to， play computer games. 三、尝试练习，掌握新知 Step 8：Doing groupwork(2c) Now read the conversation in the speech bubbles aloud. OK. Try to make your own conversations about the people in the picture in 2a with your partner. And then Ill ask some pairs to present your co
15、nversations to the class. Sample conversations： 1S1：Whats Uncle Joe doing? S2：Hes playing basketball. 2S3：Whats Jeff doing? S4：Hes playing computer games. Step 9：Roleplay the conversation(2d) Read the example dialogue first then make yours with your partner. Now please make your own conversations ab
16、out what people are doing. 四、课堂小结，梳理新知 The content of this unit is to learn some adjectives about the weather conditions. 五、深化练习，巩固新知 第二课时 Section A(3a3b) 1Language goals Vocabulary： raining, sunny, cloudy, snowing, windy, hot, cold, cool, warm, humid, cooking, beach Target language： Hows the weathe
17、r? Its raining. Hows it going? Its great. Is Aunt Sarah there? Yes, she is. Whats she doing? Shes cooking. 2Moral goals Learn to communicate with others. Learn to describe the weather. Learn to talk about what people are doing. Learn to describe the weather. Learn to talk about what people are doing
18、. Listening method. Pairwork. Speaking method. A tape recorder. 一、创设情境，导入新知 Step 1：Organization Greet the whole class as usual. Step 2：Presentations Work in pairs to make up a new conversation. You can use the vocabulary from 1a. Then practice the conversation in the front of the classroom. A：Hows t
19、he weather? B：Its cloudy./Its sunny./Its raining. A：What are you doing? B：Im cooking. A：What are they doing? B：Theyre playing basketball in the park. A：Whats he doing? B：Hes studying at his friends home. A：Hows it going? B：Great！/Not bad./Terrible. 二、师生互动，理解新知 Step 3：Filling and practicing(3a) First
20、 ask the Ss to read the words given，then fill in the blanks with the correct forms. Finally practice the conversations with a partner. Answers： 1am doing, do； 2is playing, plays； 3Is, studying, is studying； 4are making, make； 5Is, talking, talks. 三、尝试练习，掌握新知 Step 4：Watching and filling(3b) First loo
21、k at some interesting pictures in 3b. Do you want to see them? OK, look at this one first. Can you tell me what they are doing? Yes, you are right, theyre playing soccer. And please pay attention to the structure learned in Unit 6, “am/is/areving”. Its very important. Look at the pictures on page 39
22、 in your book. They are five photos of different places in the world. Hows the weather in picture b? Yes, its raining. And there is another way of asking about the weather. Thats “What is the weather like？” For example, whats the weather like in picture a? Yes, its sunny. Now fill in the chart. 四、课堂
23、小结，梳理新知 This class we have learnt the basic sentences like “Hows the weather? What are you doing？Hows it going？” to learn to describe the weather. 五、深化练习，巩固新知 第三课时 Section B(1a1e) 1Language goals Vocabulary： raining, sunny, cloudy, snowing, windy, hot, cold, cool, warm, humid, cooking, beach Target
24、language： Hows the weather? Its raining. Hows it going? Its great. Is Aunt Sarah there? Yes, she is. Whats she doing? Shes cooking. 2Moral goals Learn to communicate with others. Study hard. To master the new words：hot, cold, cool, warm, humid, vacation, beach, heat, winter, scarf, everyone, surpris
25、ed To master the drills：Hows the weather in picture d? Its hot. Some are talking photos. Others are lying on the beach. Listening method. Pairwork. Speaking method. A tape recorder. 一、创设情境，导入新知 Step 1：Organization Greet the whole class as usual. Step 2：Presentations In Section A we have learned some
26、 description words about weather such as snowy, sunny, rainy, cloudy, windy, and so on. Here are some pictures. Please say something about the weather in the pictures using these description words. Whos the volunteer? Good, youre great! Today well learn some more description words about weather. Loo
27、k at the board please and say after me aloud：warm, cool, hot, cold, dry. Now please describe the pictures using new description words. Model： A：Hows the weather in picture c? B：Its hot. A：Whats the weather like in picture d? B：Its dry. Step 3：Looking and matching(1a) Now open your book and turn to p
28、age 40. Look at the words in 1a and read them aloud. Then try to match each word with one of the pictures. Write the letter of each picture next to one of the words. Check the answers：1.d 2.a 3.e 4.b 5.c Step 4：Doing pairwork(1b) Read the dialogue in the speech bubbles, ask and answer about the weat
29、her in each picture with your partner. Ill ask some pairs to act out the dialogues. Model： A：Whats the weather like in picture a? B：Its cold. A：Hows the weather in picture b? B：Its warm. 二、师生互动，理解新知 Step 5：Listening and writing(1c) Now lets listen to a conversation between Eric and Mary. Mary is cal
30、ling to say “Happy birthday” to Eric. Listen carefully and write the answers Mary and Eric give to the question “Hows it going？” in the chart in 1c. Step 6：Listening and writing(1d) OK. We have known Mary enjoy herself in Mexico and Eric have a good time at his birthday party. However, what are they
31、 doing? Hows the weather in Mexico? Now listen again and write the answers to these two questions in the blanks in the chart. Check the answers. I will play the recording again. Please repeat the conversation sentence by sentence. Try to imitate the intonation and pronunciation of the native speaker
32、s. 三、尝试练习，掌握新知 Step 7：Doing pairwork(1e) Look at the speech bubbles in 1e and read it aloud. Please work in pairs as Eric and Mary and ask and answer about the chart in 1c. After a while Ill check some pairs. Model： S：Hows it going? M：Pretty good. S：What are you doing? M：Im visiting my grandmother.
33、S：How is the weather? M：Its hot, dry and sunny. 四、课堂小结，梳理新知 The topic of this period is about the weather.We have learnt to describe the weather and what people are doing. 五、深化练习，巩固新知 第四课时 Section B(2a3c) 1Language goals Vocabulary： raining, sunny, cloudy, snowing, windy, hot, cold, cool, warm, humi
34、d, cooking, beach Target language： Hows the weather? Its raining. Hows it going? Its great. Is Aunt Sarah there? Yes, she is. Whats she doing? Shes cooking. 2Moral goals Learn to read and write. To master the new words：hot, cold, cool, warm, humid, vacation, beach, heat, winter, scarf, everyone, sur
35、prised To master the drills：Hows the weather in picture d? Its hot. Some are talking photos. Others are lying on the beach. Listening method. Pairwork. Speaking method. A tape recorder. 一、创设情境，导入新知 Step 1：Organization Greet the whole class as usual. Step 2：Presentations Make conversations like that
36、with your partner using the information in the chart in 1d. First one person asks the questions, and then the other person asks them. Sample dialogue： S：Hows it going? M：Pretty good. S：What are you doing? M：Im visiting my grandmother. S：How is the weather? M：Its hot, dry and sunny. 二、师生互动，理解新知 Step
37、3：Looking and talking(2a) Look at the three pictures in 2a. Then try to talk about the pictures with a partner. Step 4：Reading and matching(2b) Read the two postcards in 2b. Then try to match each postcard in 2b with the correct picture in 2a. Step 5：Filling(2c) Read the two postcards in 2b again an
38、d try to fill in the chart with information from them in 2b. Now check your answers： Name Where are they？ Hows the weather？ What are they doing？ Su Lin Hes in Canada. Its warm and sunny. Hes sitting by the pool and drinking orange juice. Wen Wei Hes in Europe. Its cool and cloudy. Hes writing to Jan
39、e. Step 6：Reading and filling(3a) Look at the words in the box in 3a and read them aloud. skating buying playing taking snowy windy Next, read the letter and try to fill in the blanks. You will write one of the words from the box on each blank line. Read the letter aloud saying blank each time you c
40、ome to a blank line. You write one of the words from the box on each blank line. Lets correct the answers. Read the letter aloud, filling in the missing words. Li Li, please. The rest of you will check your work. Answers： snowy, windy, buying, skating, playing, taking. 三、尝试练习，掌握新知 Step 7：Writing(3b)
41、 Now please work in groups. Imagine you are on vacation and write notes about your vacation according to the following questions: Where are you? Whats the weather like? What are you doing right now? What are your friends or family doing? Are you having a good time? Read the letter in 3a again and wr
42、ite your own notes to the class. Step 8：Writing(3c) Lets talk about the weather and activities in our hometown and write it down alone. Then Ill ask several students to read your postcards to the class. Sample： In my hometown, the weather is windy and cool now. People are wearing spring clothes or s
43、ports clothes. Its time for everything to come out. We are having a good time. Some people are playing soccer. Others are flying kites in the open air. 四、课堂小结，梳理新知 This class we have learnt to write what the weather is like in some cities. 五、深化练习，巩固新知 第五课时 Self Check 1Language goals Vocabulary： rain
44、ing, sunny, cloudy, snowing, windy, hot, cold, cool, warm, humid, cooking, beach Target language： Hows the weather? Its raining. Hows it going? Its great. Is Aunt Sarah there? Yes, she is. Whats she doing? Shes cooking. 2Moral goals Learn to communicate with others. To review all the key vocabulary
45、presented in this unit. Use the Target language: in conversation. Practice writing about something doing everyday. Listening method. Pairwork. Speaking method. A tape recorder. 一、创设情境，导入新知 Step 1：Organization Greet the whole class as usual. Step 2：Presentations Work in pairs to make up a new convers
46、ation. You can use the vocabulary from Section the A 1a. Then practice the conversation in the front of the classroom. S：Hows it going? M：Pretty good. S：What are you doing? M：Im visiting my grandmother. S：How is the weather? M：Its hot, dry and sunny. 二、师生互动，理解新知 Step 3：Self Check(1) Look at the word
47、s in the box and read them aloud. Next, add more words in each box. 三、尝试练习，掌握新知 Step 4：Self Check(2) Look at the sentences and read them aloud. Then match the sentences to make up a conversation and read it to the class. Check your answers： A：Hello? Jenny speaking. B：Hi, Jenny. Its Steve here. May I
48、 speak to Lucy, please? A：Sorry, shes not at home. Can I take a message? B：Yes. Could you ask her to call me at 87654321? A：Sure, no problem. B：Thank you. Bye. Step 5：Self Check(3) Look at the six sentences in Self Check 3; they are in the wrong order. Can you put them in order to make a clear conve
49、rsation? Have a try! Read the conversation again and check the answers： 4 Its raining and very cool. 2 Not too bad. 6 Im reading a book in my room. 5 What are you doing in the rainy weather? 3 Hows the weather in Nanjing? 1 Hi, Jill! Hows it going? 四、课堂小结，梳理新知 This class we have learnt to write what the weather is like in some cities. 五、深化练习，巩固新知
