1、Unit 7 Its raining!单元分析本单元的中心话题是谈论天气. 整个单元的内容围绕天气展开听、说、读、写的活动。通过本单元的学习使学生掌握描述天气的基本词汇及对天气的提问,学会准确地表达自己对某种天气的喜好并说明原因,学会做天气预报,学生叙述在不同的天气背景下做什么。通过以上活动,使学生能够在实践中体会到学习英语的乐趣,更积极地运用目标语言,培养学生在实际生活中综合运用所学语言能力。教学目标1、作学习重点词汇: raining, sunny, cloudy, snowing , windy, hot ,cool, warm, humid,和部分现在分词。2、 掌握描绘天气状态的形容
2、词及现在分词,并学会其特殊疑问句、一般疑问句的用法及回答。教学重点A 学习并掌握记汇: raining, sunny, cloudy, snowing , windy, hot ,cool, warm, humid B 熟练掌握现在进行时的用法; 学会表达对不同天气的不同态度及原因。教学难点 学会描述人们在不同的天气里所做的各种活动。教具:教学挂图、录音机课时安排第一课时 Section A 1a- 2c 第二课时 Section A 3a-4第三课时 Section B 1a-2c 第四课时 Section B 3a-4Period 3 (Section A 3a,3b Section B
3、2a, 2b, 2c)Teaching aims1.KnowledgeWords :bad, terrible, pretty good, hot, cold, cool, warm, humid Additional words: spring, summer, autumnSentence structures: Hows it going? What are you doing? Hows the weather?2. Ability: Describe the different kinds of weather and different activities in differen
4、t areasImportant points Revise and use the words, expressions and sentence structures correctly.Difficult points Describe the weather 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 r
5、evise 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 the weather in it? Its sunny. Is it cool? No, its hot. Its hot and humid. Step2 Make a surveyMake a survey by the whole class. Ask Ss: Who likes the cold weather? Have S
6、s raise their hands. Use the way and talk about the different weather, draw faces to teach the different expressions “ not bad, great, terrible, pretty good ” Check out the most popular and the least popular weather. Get Ss to talk about the local weather in 4 seasons.Step3 Work on 3a and 3bStep4. P
7、resentation1. 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 t
8、ape again 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
9、people doing? Ss talk about the countries, the weather, the seasons and the activities.countryweatherseasonactivitiesJapancoolspringwatch the flowersAmerica(Hawaii)hotsummerswimCanadawarmautumnwatch the leavesAmericancoldwinterdo sportsStep5. Interview1. After visiting the 4 places, ask some Ss: Whe
10、re do you 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.Step6. 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.