Section B名师教学设计1

Unit 7It’s raining!

【教学背景】

这一单元的中心话题是Describe the weather。语法现象是Present Progressive Tense。继Unit6 I’m watching TV第二次出现了现在进行时态，是上一单元的延续。

比较上一单元，本单元增设了一个日常生活中重要的情景Talking about the weather 。学生不但要具备并熟练地掌握现在进行时态的意识和技巧，并且要会运用这一时态描述在各种天气背景下人的活动。

【教材内容】

本单元语言训练的重点是（1）谈论天气；（2）描述正在发生的动作。

重点语言结构是1）How引导的特殊疑问句；2）Yes/No问句及答语；3）现在进行时的用法。Section A主要是听读说和基础语言运用，为目标句型提供分步示例和指导性练习；Section B知识扩展、新旧知识的运用，循序渐进的写作练习；运用所学的语言完成各种任务使学生能够对已经学过的目标句型运用自如：Self -Check自我评价，词汇知识的评价，语言应用能力的评价。 【教学目标】

1. 词汇

基础核心词汇：sunny, cloudy, snowing, raining, windy, cold, hot, cool, warm, humid, terrible 掌握：rain, snow, weather, cook, study, bad, pretty, lying, beach, group, surprised, beat, relaxed, winter, scarf, everyone, man, like 了解：Moscow, Boston, how’s=how is, vocation, beach, volleyball

补充词汇：spring, summer, autumn, sandstorm, typhoon, tsunami(海啸) 2. 语法

(1)现在进行时 (2) 有关天气的特殊问句及答语

3. 日常交际用语

How’s the weather in Moscow?

What’s the weather like in Shanghai?

What are you/they doing? What is he/she doing? How’s it going?

It’s raining.

It’s sunny.

We/They are watching TV. He/she is cooking. Great!

4. 语言技能

1）能用英语打招呼和描述并谈论不同的天气。

2）能用现在进行时互相交流。

3）能用现在进行时叙述在不同地方的和不同的天气背景下人们能做的事。

5. 情感态度

1）通过课文教学引导学生关注天气情况，爱护环境，保护大气等自然资源的良好意识。

2）通过学习打招呼、谈论天气和所做的事时所用的交际用语，学会与人友好相处。

3）通过学习和对比不同天气背景下人的活动，激发学生的内在情感，进行爱的教育。

4）能在小组活动中积极与他人合作，相到帮助，共同完成学习任务。

6. 文化意识

了解不同地方和不同的天气背景下人们能做的事，互相交流不同国家的文化，对学生进行不同文化意识的渗透。同时让了解其他国家风景，风俗，增加学生的背景知识，增强学科间的交流。培养学生具有一定的环保意识、责任意识和关爱他人之心。

7. 学习策略

通过任务型的教学，让学生学会自主学习，归纳总结，培养主动学习的能力。尤其对所学内容能主动复习并加以整理和归纳的能力。

【教学过程】

Period 3 Section B 2a, 2b, 2c 【Teaching aims】

Knowledge: ①Words: hot, cold, cool, warm, humid ②Additional words: spring, summer, autumn ③Sentence structures: How’s it going? What are you doing? How’s the weather?

Ability: Describe the different kinds of weather and different activities in different areas 【Important points】

Revise and use the words, expressions and sentence structures correctly. 【Difficult points】

Describe the weather in 4 seasons and people’s activities

【Teaching procedures】

Step 1. Revision 1. 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 don’t forget humid.

2. Get Ss to look at Picture C .Tell them: It’s Chengdu. How is the weather in it? It’s sunny. Is it cool? No, it’s hot. It’s 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. Step 2. Presentation 1. After talking about the local weather in 4 seasons, let’s 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 how’s it going? Listen again and write what they answer to what are you doing? And how’s the weather? 2. Further discussion. Show 4 pictures. With the 4 questions ①Where is it? ②How is the weather? ③What season is it? ④What are the people doing? Ss talk about the countries, the weather, the seasons and the activities. country Japan America(Hawaii) Canada American Step 3. Interview 1. After visiting the 4 places, ask some Ss: Where do you want to go? When do you want to go there? How’s 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. Let’s find out. Find out what kinds of activities someone wants to do on certain days.

Step 4. Homework weather cool hot warm cold season spring summer autumn winter activities watch the flowers swim watch the leaves do sports

1. 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 4 Section B 3a, 3b, 3c, 4 +self-check 【Teaching aims】

Knowledge: ①Words: vocation, lying, beach, group, beach, volleyball, surprised, heat, relaxed, winter, scarf, everyone, man ②Additional words: sandstorm, typhoon, tsunami(海啸) ③Sentence structures: How’s the weather? What’s the weather like? What can we do with this? When is the best time to visit your town/city? Ability: Learn about different activities in different weather 3. Cultural awareness: Learn to love our nature and protect the environment. Make a donation if possible 【Important points】

Use the words, expressions and sentence structures correctly. 【Difficult points】

Describe the weather in 4 seasons and people’s activities

【Teaching procedures 】

Step 1. 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. Step 2. Presentation 1. 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 (CCTV’s 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. Step 3. Group working 1. In groups of 2, finish 3 in Self check by asking and answering. 2. Ss form groups of 4. One of them works for CCTV’s Around the World show. She/he 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 it’s …

Step 4. Extension Show 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. Step 5. 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。

Step 6. Homework Summarize the key words and expressions in this unit.