1、Period 4 VocabularyTeaching goals 教学目标1. Target language 目标语言a. Words and phrases 生词和短语 cloud wind windy fog foggy frost frosty weather drop low temperature the weather today drop a little become worseb. Key sentences 重点句子 The weather will be / become The temperature will be around .2. Ability goals
2、 能力目标To expand the vocabulary about weather.3. Learning ability goals 学能目标Learn to use the vocabulary about weather to report the weather.Teaching important and difficult points 教学重难点To report the weather.Teaching Aids 教具准备 Some pictures about different kinds of weather and a projector.Teaching proc
3、edures and ways 教学过程与方式Step I RevisionThis activity helps Ss remember what they learnt in the last period.T: Do you remember the terrible earthquake in Taiwan?S: Yes. T: There is one of the survivors. Whats his name?S: Timmy.T: Would you like to ask some questions about that earthquake? ( Ask a volu
4、nteer to be Timmy, and the interviewer)Sample:S1: Hello, Timmy. Im Fred, from Beijing Sunshine Secondary School.S2: Hello, Fred.S1: Where were you when the earthquake started?S2: I was doing shopping in a shopping center.S1: What did you feel at first?S2: I felt a slight shaking through my body. And
5、 then I heard a loud noise like thunder.S1: What happened then?S2: The real noise came, like bombs under the ground. The earth started to shake. Some people ran in all directions. S1: Were you afraid?S2: Yes, very much at first, but I asked myself to calm down when the shaking ended.S1: Were you OK
6、when people helped you out?S2: Yes.S1: How lucky! Step II Lead-in This activity leads to the knowledge of word-building. T: Earthquake is a kind of natural disaster. We learnt many other disasters last time. What are they? S: Rainstorm, snowstorm, thunder and lightning, typhoon.T: Many of them are c
7、aused by bad weather. Lets talk about the weather this time.Step III PresentationThis activity presents the new vocabulary and leads to the knowledge of word-building.1. Show a beautiful picture of the sun. T: Whats this? S: Its the sun.T: Whats the weather like?S: Its sunny. Write down “sun” and “
8、sunny” on the Bb, repeat the words2. Present the other seven pairs of words in the same way. Read them aloud.3. Ask Ss to complete Part A on Page 98.4. Ask them work out the rules about changing a noun about weather into an adjective. Remind Ss: T: When we change “sun” into “sunny”, we must double “
9、n”. And “fog” to “foggy”, we must double “g”. Step IV CompetitionThis activity helps Ss remember the new vocabulary quickly in class.Divide the class into two groups, each group will spell four pairs of new words according to the pictures on the screen. The group which uses the less the time is the
10、winner. Present the eight pictures one by one. Write down the time for each group on the black board.Step V PractiseThis activity provides oral and written practice using the target language.Get the Ss to complete Part B in written and ask some pairs to read the conversation, check the answers at th
11、e same time. Help the to pronounce “ temperature” and “” correctly.Step VI ConsolidationThis activity consolidates the target language.T: What sentences do we use when we report weather?S: The weather today is , The temperature will be The weather will become, The temperature is going to drop to .Wr
12、ite down the sentences on the Bb.T: Now please report the weather in a week according to the pictures in Part B.Ask some individual ones and then work in groups.Step V Exercise根据首字母填入适当的词:1. He likes walking in the park in a s_ day.2. Dont read in the s_. Its bad for your eyes.3. I like s_ because I
13、 like white.4. It will be s_ tomorrow. Youd better wear more warm clothes.5. If its a r_ day tomorrow, we wont fly kites. Its better to fly kites on a w_ day.6. The temperature will drop to -5 tomorrow morning and it must be a f_ morning.7. When you drive on a f_, you must drive slowly.8. A s_ may cause a natural disaster.Step VI HomeworkMake a weather report and report to class.