七年级英语下Unit6 It’s raining!教案人教版.doc

Unit6 Its raining!Period OneSection A 1a, 1b, 1c, 2a+ Section B 1a, 1b. Teaching aims1. KnowledgeWords:rain,windy,cloudy,sunny,snow,weather,Moscow,Boston,hows,bad,terrinle,prettycool, cold, humid, warm, hotSentence structures: Hows it going? Hows the weather? Whats the weather like? 2. Ability: Talk about the weather and greet each other with a new structure.3. Cultural awareness: A new way of greetings and asking about the weather is quite a common greeting in western countries.Important points: A new way of greetings and the description words about the weather.Difficult points: Hows the weather? Its raining/windy/cloudy/sunny/snowing/. Hows it going? Great! /Not bad! /Terrible! /Pretty good!Teaching procedures Step1. Warming up1. Ask the Ss randomly: Whats the date today? What day is it today? How are you?2. Give a new expression which has the same meaning as How are you? : Hows it going? But the new one has more answers.Step2. Presentation1. Show 4 faces on the screen and ask Ss to describe each face using whatever words they can. Help Ss identify each person is feeling.2. Then show 4 words. Say the words and ask Ss to repeat each one. Ask Ss to match each remembered phrase with a face. Encourage them to spell the phrases by How do you spell it?3. Practice with the new structure by the whole class: Choose one to the front and the others guess the description words through his/her facial expressions.Step3. Presentation1. Let one student ask me: Hows it going? I may answer like this: Terrible! Because its snowing and its so cold. Show a picture of snowing day and children are making a snowman and pretend to be very cold. Make Ss guess the words: the weather and snowing. Ask them: Hows the weather? Get them to answer like: Its snowing/snowy. Go on with other kinds of weather: sunny, rainy, cloudy, windy.2. Point out the numbered list of description words. Say each one and ask Ss to repeat the words again. Then ask Ss to match each word with one of cities in the picture. Check the answers.3. Play the tape and get Ss to write the city names in the boxes. Check the answers. Look at the 5 pictures in 1a. Encourage Ss to use the description words to describe the weather: Beijingsunny and warm/hot Shanghaicloudy and cool Bostonwindy and cool Moscowsnowing and cold Torontoraining and humid. Show an arrow to identify the degree of the 4 adjectives: cold, cool, warm and hot.4. Practice with the structures: Hows the weather? and Whats the weather like? with the 5 pictures The exact weather on that day should not be missed. Note: Talking about the weather is quite common in western countries as a daily greeting.Step4. Weather reportShow a weather map of China. Get Ss to make a weather report as a CCTV anchor. They may begin with asking the weather in each city, then make up a report about it.Step5. ChantShow an easy chant to reinforce the questions and words about the weather.Step6. Homework1. Copy the new words 4 times each.2. Summarize the usages of how in questions.3. Watch a weather report on TV and take down some notes about the weather forecast for tomorrow, and then write a report about it.Period TwoSection A 2a, 2b, 2c, 3b+ 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 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 Tense.Difficult points: Describe the weather and activities with the Present Progressive TenseTeaching procedures 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 in 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. Presentation1. After showing the cartoon, ask Ss: What are they doing? (They are singing and dancing.) Show more pictures 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. 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 have 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/Aunt 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 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. weathersunnyrainingpersonP84P86Uncle EdsleepingcookingAunt Bettyplaying soccerwatching TVNancyplaying soccerreading 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.Period ThreeSection B 2a, 2b, 2c. Teaching aims1. KnowledgeWords: 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 different 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 revise 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. 3. Make a survey by the whole class. Ask Ss: Who likes the cold weather? Have Ss raise their hands. Check out the most popular and the least popular weather. Get Ss to talk about the local weather in 4 seasons.Step2. Presentation1. 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 tape 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 people doing? Ss talk about the countries, the weather, the seasons and the activities.countryweatherseasonactivitiesJapancoolspringwatch the flowersAmerica(Hawaii)hotsummerswimCanadawarmautumnwatch the leavesAmericancoldwinterdo sportsStep3. Interview1. After visiting the 4 places, ask some Ss: Where 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.Step4. 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.Period FourSection B 3a, 3b, 3c, 4 +self check. Teaching aims1. KnowledgeWords: vocation, lying, beach, group, beach, volleyball, surprised, heat, relaxed, winter, scarf, everyone, manAdditional words: sandstorm, typhoon, tsunami(海啸)Sentence structures: Hows the weather? Whats the weather like? What can we do with this? When is the best time to visit your town/city?2. Ability: Learn about different activities in different weather3. Cultural awareness: Learn to love our nature and protect the environment. Make a donation if possibleImportant points: Use the words, expressions and sentence structures correctly.Difficult points: Describe the weather in 4 seasons and peoples activitiesTeaching procedures Step1. Revision Show a weather map of China and get Ss to ask and answer in pairs about the different kinds of weather in some cities.Step2. Presentation1. Ask Ss: How do you know the weather beforehand? Get answers like: From the radio/121/the TV/the mobile phone/the internet.2. Look at a paragraph, and ask Ss to find out what the show is (CCTVs Around the World show) and where the reporter is (in Australia) .Ask them to tell what they know about Australia.3. Ask Ss to work alone. Underline the things that people are doing and circle the words that describe the weather. They may follow the 2 examples have done for them. Check the answers.4. Draw attention to the pictures of France and the descriptions below. Ask Ss to work alone .Have Ss fill in the blanks. Check the answers. Step3. Group working1. In groups of 2, finish 3 in Self check by asking and answering.2. Ss form groups of 4. One of them works for CCTVs Around the World show. He/She interviews the other 3 Ss what the weather is like in their hometowns and what the people are doing. Then give a report about what he/she has got.3. Make a survey. Find out what activities people will do on certain days.4. Ask all the Ss further: When is the best time to your town/city? Ss may answer like: The best time to visit my town/city is in because its Step4. ExtensionShow pictures of the nature disasters: sandstorm, typhoon and tsunami(海啸).Tell Ss: If we have such natural disasters, we could not enjoy the lives any longer. But what can we do with this?Collect any possible answers from Ss.Step5. Reinforcement 1. 北京天气如何？阳光灿烂又暖和！2. Sarah阿姨是个厨师。她正在烹饪食物。3. 他们正在干什么？他们正在学习。4. 情况怎么样？糟糕透了！5. 欢迎收看中央台环球节目。6. 许多人在那里度假。7. 看那一群正在打沙滩排球的人。8. 对于他们能在这么高的气温下打球我感到很惊讶。Step6. HomeworkSummarize the key words and expressions in this unit.