Unit 3 Language in use教学设计及教案分析

Module 10 Unit 3 教案

ⅠTeaching model Revision and application

ⅡTeaching method

Formal and interactive practice, task-based activities.

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Teaching aims 1. Function: Describing the weather. 2. Structure: May, might, probably (for possibility) 3. Around the world: The wettest place 4. Task: Preparing some advice on the best time to visit China

Teaching Key Points Using the right sentences and words to describe the weather. Ⅳ

Teaching aids Tape recorder, OHP, handouts ⅤTeaching Steps Step 1 Revision Weather report Step 2 Language practice 1. Read through the example sentences in the box with the whole class. It might snow. It’s probably sunny and hot there. Bring a map because you may want to travel around. 2. Ask the students to repeat the sentences in the box. Step 3 Grammar 情态动词本身有一定的词义，为谓语动词增添情态色彩，表示说话人对有关行为或事物的态度和看法，认为其可能、应该或必要等。我们学习过的can 和may 都属于这类词。情态动词无人称和数的变化，情态动词后面接的动词需要原形，否定式是在情态动词后面加

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not,当我们想表达可能发生某事以及可能做某事时，可以用may / might 表示。例如：

It’s cloudy too, so it might snow. 也是阴天，所以有可能会下雪。

Bring a map because you may want to travel around.

带张地图，因为你可能想四处走走。

There may be a few showers, so bring an umbrella with you. 可能会有阵雨，所以随身带把伞吧。

might 与may 没有太大的区别，形式上might 是may 的过去式，但在表示将来的可能情况时，might 表示的可能性比may 表示的可能性还要小。例如：

Take your swimwear because you might want to go swimming in the sea. 带上游泳衣吧，说不定你想要到海里游泳呢。

英语中表示可能的方式有许多，除使用情态动词may / might 以外，还可以通过will 以及表示“可能”

的形容词和副词表达。常用的有：It is possible to do sth. .., It is possible that …,

主语+will probably / possibly + v.等。例如：

Is it possible to visit Alaska in December? 十二月去阿拉斯加游览有可能吗？

It is possible that it’ll be snowy in the night.

晚上有可能会下雪. It’ll probably be cold and wet

天气很可能会又湿又冷。

probably 表示“很可能”，所以表示的可能性要比possible 大。

Step 4 Exercises. 1. Ask the students to read through the sentences in Activity 1.

2. Complete the sentences with may or probably in Activity 1. 1) It __________ be cold and wet in Hong Kong in January. 2) Mary will__________ go to New York in the autumn. 3) It will ___________ rain tomorrow, so I’ll stay at home and read a book. 4) You ____________ need to take a scarf with you. It’s cold. 5) It ___________ rain later, so take an umbrella with you. 6) It will __________ be sunny in Haikou now.

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3. Ask the students to check with a partner. 4. Check the answers:

Keys: 1. may 2. probably 3. probably 4. may 5. may 6. probably Step 5 Work in pairs. 1. Ask the students to say what you usually do, then say what you might do: 1) in the evening

2) at the weekend

3) during the summer holidays 2. Ask the students to read through the example with the class. —

I usually do my homework in the evening, but I might watch a TV programme this evening. —

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3. Work in pairs. Step 6 Complete the sentences. 1. Ask the students to read through the sentences in Activity 3.

1) It is sunny now, but let’s take an umbrella … (rain later) 2) It isn’t always warm in February, and … (cool) 3) We’re going to the mountains, and we hope … (snow) 4) It’s usually hot and sunny, so we … (swim in the sea) 5) Buy a good map because we … (visit the city) 2. Ask the students to read through the example with the class. The weather is usually warm during the day, but bring a sweater …

(cold in the evening) The weather is usually warm during the day, but bring a sweater because it may be cold in the evening. 3 Complete the sentences. Use may, might or probably where necessary. 4. Ask the students to check with a partner. 5. Check the answers:

Keys: 1 It’s sunny now, but let’s take an umbrella because it will probably rain later. 2 It isn’t always warm in February, and it may be cool. 3. We’re going to the mountains, and we hope it will probably snow.

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4. It’s usually hot and sunny, so we might swim in the sea. 5. Buy a good map because we might visit the city. Step 7 Complete the sentences. 1. Ask the students to read through the sentences in Activity 4.

1) There’re a lot of __________. It’s cloudy. 2) The weather is snowy and there’s a lot of ____________ in the park. 3) The sun is out. It’s very ____________ and hot today. 4) The wind is very strong. It’s so __________ that it’s difficult to walk. 2. Ask the students to read through the example with the class. It rains a lot in summer in Beijing. It’s often rainy. 3 Complete the sentences.

4. Ask the students to check with a partner. 5. Check the answers:

Keys: 1. cloud

2. snow

3. sunny

4. windy Step 8 Listening practice. Ask the students to read through the sentences in Activity 5 individually. 1) In December, it often _____________ in New York. 2) My grandparents wear warm clothes because it is very ____________. 3) The summers are very ____________. 4) In July the temperature is often over ____________ degrees. 5) December is the middle of _____________ in Sydney. 6) In December, we go to the ____________ because it’s very hot and sunny. 7) In April, May and June, it often ____________. 8) The temperature in winter is about ______________ degrees. 2. Play the tape. 3. Listen and choose the correct answer. 4. Ask the students to check with a partner. 5. Check the answers:

Step 9 Work in pairs. 1. Ask the students to look at the world weather map in Activity 6 carefully.

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2. Work in pairs.

3. Ask and answer the questions. 1) What’s the weather like in Beijing? 2) What’s the temperature in London? 3) Is it raining in Cape Town? 4) Which city has the coldest weather? 5) What’s the weather like in New York? 6) Which city has the highest temperature? 4. Ask the students to check with a partner. 5. Check the answers:

Keys: 1. It’s rainy.

2. It’s between five and eight degrees.

3. No, it isn’t. It’s sunny.

4. Moscow has coldest weather.

5. It’s windy.

6. Sydney has the highest temperature. Step 10 Complete the passage. 1. Ask the students to look at the weather table in Activity 7.

2. Ask the students to read through the passage in Activity 7. This morning in the north, it will be windy and there may be some (1)_________ in the mountains in the afternoon. In the south, it will be (2)_________ and in the afternoon it will become (3)_________. In the east, it will be (4)_________ and hot in the morning but there might be some (5)_________ in the afternoon. In the west, it will be (6)_________ in the morning, but the sun will come out in the afternoon.

3. Ask the students to check with a partner. 4. Check the answers:

Keys: 1. snow

2. cloudy

3. windy

4. sunny

5. rain

6. cloud

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