山西省长治市长子县第六中学校--Thefourseasons教学设计--王长勋.doc

上海牛津版七年级上册《Unit 4 The four seasons》
教 学 设 计
山西省长治市长子县长子第六中学校 王长勋
学习目标：
1.Be able to read the text “The four seasons” loudly and confidently.
2.Be able to understand the main idea of the text.
3.Be able to master the structure “It is +形容词+动词不定式”.
4.Try your best to describe the different seasons.
教学重点：Read the text loudly and confidently.
教学难点：Use adjectives to describe the seasons.
教学过程
导入课题 (Free talking)
Teacher shows some beautiful pictures about the four seasons.
T: Today I bring many beautiful pictures here. What do you think of the pictures? Are the pictures beautiful? What are the picture about?
Ss:...
T:They are about the four seasons, today we are going to learn the text “the four seasons”. First let’s pay attention to the learning aims.
出示目标
1.Be able to read the text “The four seasons” loudly and confidently.
2.Be able to understand the main idea of the text.
3.Be able to master the structure “It is +形容词+动词不定式”.
4.Try your best to describe the different seasons.
自学指导
1. Read the poem about the four seasons,then complete the poem with the words from the box.
2. Look at the pictures and the sub-headings of the article on page 45. Then answer the questions in part B on page 44.
(1)What is the weather like in spring?
(2)What do people usually do in summer?
(3)What do people like doing in autumn?
(4)What do children like about winter?
自主学习
1. Listen to the recording and underline the difficult words on your textbook.
(Then show these difficult words on the whiteboard, solve the problem together in class.)
2. Play the mini-class video for demonstration.
(This video is about the teaching of the first paragraph, after that the students will learn the rest of the text using the same way)
合作交流
1.Work in groups to complete the chart according to the demonstration.

Season
Weather
Changes
Activities
summer

autumn

winter

2. Check the answers together.
3. Find out the sentense “It is ...” from the four paragraphs.
Spring: It is exciting to take a trip in spring.
Summer: It is nice to eat ice cream in the hot weather.
Autumn: It is nice to go on a picnic at this time of year because the weather is cool and dry.
Winter: It is interesting to make snowmen.
Work out the rule: It is + adj.+ to do sth.
当堂训练
1. Read the text and complete the sentences with the adjectives.
Spring
In spring, the weather starts to get _____. The wind blows gently. It often rains. Plants start to grow. Everything turns ______. It is __________________.

Summer
The weather is____in summer. The Sun shines brightly. Many people like to go to the beach and swim in the sea. It is nice to eat ice cream in the hot weather.

Autumn
In autumn, everything changes. Leaves turn ____, ____ or ____and start falling from the trees. It is __________________because the weather is ______.

Winter
Winter is often _________. Children love winter because they love to play in the snow. It is ___________________. People usually spend time with their relatives during the Spring Festival.

2. Complete the sentences “ It is....” using the correct words.
3. Try to describe a season you like best according to the chart with the key information.
Homework
1. Read the text fluently and correctly.
2. Choose a season you like best to describe it using the adjectives and the structures we learnt today.