Section A教学设计

Unit 7

It's raining! 第一课时

Section A(1a－2d)

1．Language goals

Vocabulary：

raining, sunny, cloudy, snowing, windy, hot, cold, cool, warm, humid, cooking, beach Target language：

How's the weather? It's raining. How's it going? It's great. Is Aunt Sarah there? Yes, she is. What's she doing? She's cooking. 2．Moral goals

Try to talk about the weather.

Learn to describe the weather. Learn to talk about what people are doing.

Learn to describe the weather. Learn to talk about what people are doing.

Listening method. Pairwork. Speaking method.

A tape recorder.

一、创设情境，导入新知

Step 1：Organization

Greet the whole class as usual.

Step 2：Presentations I'm happy to meet you again. This class I bring you some interesting pictures. Do you want to see them? OK, look at this one first. Can you tell me what the little girl is doing? Yes, you are right, she is crying. What a pity! And this one, good, she is talking on the phone. Is she lovely? Yes, I think so. And please pay attention to the structure learned in Unit 6, “am/is/are＋v－ing”. It's very important.

Now look at these pictures please. They are about the weather. Say after me “weather”.

How's the weather in picture1? It's cloudy. How's the weather in picture 2? It's windy. How about picture 3? It's snowing. And in picture 4, it's sunny. In picture 5, it's raining. Look at the list of the words on the blackboard and repeat after me：“raining, snowing, windy, sunny, and cloudy”. OK and how's the weather today? Good, it's sunny and windy. Well, today we shall take up the seventh unit, please read the title aloud, “It's raining！”

Step 3：Listening and matching(1a) Look at the pictures on page 37 in your book. They are five photos of different cities in the world. How's the weather in picture a? Yes, it's raining. And there is another way of asking about the weather. That's “What is the weather like？” For example, what's the weather like in picture c? Yes, it's sunny. Now look at the list of the words and match

the words with the pictures. Check the answers：

1．raining

a

2.windy

b

3.cloudy

e 4．sunny

c

5.snowing

d 二、师生互动，理解新知

Step 4：Listening and writing(1b) Do you know the names of these five famous cities? Look at the list of the names and read after me：Beijing, Moscow, Toronto, Boston and Shanghai. When you read, please pay attention to where the heaviest stress goes. Good. As you see, it's sunny in Beijing. What about other cities? Let's listen to the conversations about these cities. At first please point to each city as it comes up on the tape, and then write the name of the city in the picture of its weather when I play the recording a second time. OK, let's check the answer：

c：Beijing

d：Moscow

a：Toronto

b：Boston e：Shanghai Step 5：Doing pairwork(1c) Now practice the conversation. And then make your own conversations about the weather with your partner, following the examples in 1c. When you practice, please pay attention to your pronunciation. At last I'll ask some students to say your conversations. Samples：

A：Hi! How's the weather in Beijing? B：It's sunny. A：What's the weather like in Shanghai? B：It's snowing. Step 6：Listening and numbering(2a)

Now turn to page 38 and look at the pictures in 2a. Talk about what people are doing. The boy is talking on the phone. The woman is cooking. The girl is watching TV. The man with glasses is playing basketball. Well done! Let's listen to the conversation about the pictures and number the pictures in the same order by which actions come up. I'll play twice. Please listen carefully.

Check the answers：

The pictures should be numbered in this order：2, 3, 4, 1 Step 7：Listening and matching(2b)

Good we have finished the first task. But who does these activities? Listen to the tape again and match the names with the activities. Check the answers：1.c

2.a

3.d

4.b

Listen to the tape once again. This time please repeat after the tape sentence by sentence. And pay attention to the useful phrases：Happy New Year, right now, nothing much, say “Hi”

to…，

play computer games. 三、尝试练习，掌握新知

Step 8：Doing groupwork(2c) Now read the conversation in the speech bubbles aloud. OK. Try to make your own conversations about the people in the picture in 2a with your partner. And then I'll ask some pairs to present your conversations to the class. Sample conversations：

1．S1：What's Uncle Joe doing? S2：He's playing basketball.

2．S3：What's Jeff doing? S4：He's playing computer games.

Step 9：Role－play the conversation(2d) Read the example dialogue first then make yours with your partner.

Now please make your own conversations about what people are doing. 四、课堂小结，梳理新知

The content of this unit is to learn some adjectives about the weather conditions. 五、深化练习，巩固新知