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 2 (Section A 2a, 2b, 2c, 4 an
3、d Grammar Focus)Teaching aims1. KnowledgeWords: cook, studySentence structures: What are you/ they doing? We/ They are What is he/she doing? He/ She is Yes/No questions and short answers.2. Ability: Ask and answer the Present Progressive Tense, and describe the activities people are doing3. Cultural
4、 awareness: The inner feelings of the Ss are motivated by understanding and comparing different peoples lives in different areas.Important points: the correct use of the Present Progressive TenseDifficult points: Describe the weather and activities with the Present Progressive TenseTeaching procedur
5、es Step1. Warming up and revision 1. Daily greetings: Howre you today? Hows it going? How is the weather? Ask these questions randomly to the Ss to revise what they learned yesterday.2. Point out the conversation in the large picture in 3b on P33 and ask two Ss to read it to the class. Practice it i
6、n pairs, then change some of the words and make their own conversations.3. If Ss do quite well, show a piece of cartoon of the Snow-white and the seven dwarfs. Step2. Presentation and listening test1. After showing the cartoon, ask Ss: What are they doing? (They are singing and dancing.) Show more p
7、ictures with questions: Whats he/she doing? and Whatre they doing? to get Ss to practice the tense which is the core grammar of this period. Get Ss to guess out the word cook by the picture. Choosing the right words and pair work are added as the reinforcements.2Lets see what Joes families are doing
8、. Point to the 4 pictures (The girl in the second picture is talking on the phone with the first speaker.). Ask Ss tell each person is doing in each picture. More attentions should be paid to the correct use of the Present Progressive Tense. Use every hint to finish 2b. 3. Play the tape for Ss to ha
9、ve a check. One more time listening to finish 2a. Teach: What does your father do? He is a cook. Compare cook with cooker.4. With the whole picture, get some Ss to tell the story of it.Step3. Brainstorming1. Play the tape for another time. Then do a memory test. Ask Ss: Whats Uncle Joe/Jeff/Mary/Aun
10、t Sarah doing? Whatre Scott and Lucy doing? Is Jeff watching TV? Etc.2. Guessing game. Guess the activities people are doing.Step4. Game. Find the differences!2 Ss in a group. Student A looks at the picture on P84 and Student B looks at the picture on P86. Each picture has the same people in it, but
11、 they are doing different things. Take turns talking about what the people doing in the picture. Attention: dont look at the partners picture. And the weather in 2 pictures could be compared too. weathersunnyrainingpersonP81P82Uncle EdsleepingcookingAunt Bettyplaying soccerwatching TVNancyplaying so
12、ccerreading a bookRickswimmingplaying computer gamesGet Ss to describe the 2 pictures orally.Step5. Grammar Focus1. Ask 2 Ss to read the sentences loudly and make interpretations. 2. Some oral exercises about the core materials in Section A. Step6. Homework1. Copy the new words 4 times and the Grammar Focus.2. Write 2 paragraphs about the 2 pictures on P84 and P86.