1、 Unit 7 Its rainingLanguage goals: l In this unit students learn to talk about the weather and what people are doing. New languages: l What are you doing? Im watching TV. l Hows the weather? /Whats the weather like today? l Its windy/ rainy/ sunny /cloudy./ Its snowing. l How is it going? Its great!

2、 /Not bed./ Terrible./ Pretty good. Difficult points: 1. Listening to people talking about the weather and activities they are doing. 2. Read about a report about what people are doing. Describe the weather, describe what people are doing. 3. Present progressive tense. How +ing Yes / No questions an

3、d short answers. Teaching aids: l A tape recorderl Some picturesTeaching periods: l Period 1: Section A1a, 1b, 1c l Period 2: Section A2a, 2b, 2c l Period 3: Section A3a, 3b, 4 l Period 4: Section B 1a, 1b, 1c, 2a, 2b, 2c l Period 5: Section B 3a, 3b, 3c, 4 l Period 6: Self Check Period 1 Teaching a

4、ims: 1. Teach vocabulary words. 2. Target languages: Hows the weather in Beijing? Its sunny. 3. Enable the students to talk about the weather. 4. Help the student learn how to talk about the weather. Teaching procedures: Step 1. Warming up Talk about the weather. Show the students to the students on

5、e by one and let them say, and then write down the new words. Step 2. Talking about the picture (1a) Ask the students to talk about the weather Say, Can you find two boys in the picture/ What are they doing? Ask the students to read the numbered words and match them with the right pictures. Check th

6、e answers.Step 3 Listening (1b) Listen and write. Play the recording. Ask the students to repeat these city names after the recording. Then ask the students to listen to the recording again and write the city names in the box. Listen and repeat. Play the tape again and ask the students to read the c

7、onversations after the recording. The students in the first row read after Tom in the recording, the rest “Peter”. Go on practicing in other ways. Homework l Ask the students to do the following: 1. Learn the words in this unit by heart. 2. Please listen to the weather report on TV at seven thirty i

8、n the evening. Period 2 Teaching aims: 1. Learn the vocabulary words and useful expressions. 2. Target languages: Hows the weather? Its raining. What are you doing? Im watching TV. Whats she doing? She is playing basketball. 3. Enable the students to talk about the weather and the activities that pe

9、ople are doing. 4. Help the student learn how to talk about the weather and the activities that people are doing. Teaching procedures: Step 1. Revision Talk about the students about the weather. Ask as many students the similar questions as possible and write the words about weather on the blackboar

10、d. Then ask the students to read them repeatedly. Step 2. Free talk and lead-in Show the following pictures. Talk with the students about the weather and the activities that people are doing. Say: Please look at the pictures and answer the following questions. Show or draw the pictures on the blackb

11、oard, and let the students practice more. Step 3. Listening (2a, 2b)Ask the students to listen to the recording and number the pictures according to the tape. Ask the students to listen again and match the names with the activities. Ask the students to listen to and repeat the conversation after the

12、 recording. Step 4. Pair work(2c) Substitution drills: Ask the students to make conversations in pairs. Show the following. Ask the students to ask and answer in pairs about the people. Step 5.Grammar Ask the students to read the sentences in the grammar box. Help the students sum up how to add-ing

13、to verbs. Homework 1. Ask the students to make a dialogue in pairs after class. 2. Ask the students to do exercise 4 in workbook. Great! / Not bad. 3. Enable the students to talk about feelings about different things. 4. Help the students learn how to talk about feelings about different things. Teac

14、hing procedures: Step 1. Revision Talk about the weather and activities. Show the pictures. Give the students more changes to practice. Then check the answers. Step 2. Lead-in Say, Look at the picture. Hows the weather in the picture? Show the picture. Help the students express their feelings with t

15、he words: great, terrible, good, pretty, good, not bad Step 3. Reading and speaking (3a, 3b) Talk about the feelings. Say, Good, We know in different weather, people have different feelings. Now look at these faces. Suppose these are your feelings in different weather. How is it going in each pictur

16、e? Writer down the words below each picture and read them. Match the words and the faces in the box.Ask the students to make conversations. Homework l Ask the students to do the following: 1. Write something about the weather and make some sentences with the Presents Continuous Tense. 2. Prepare the

17、 new words in Section B. Period 4 Teaching aims: 1. Teach vocabulary words. 2. Target languages: Hi, hows it going? Hello, great! What are you doing? 3. Enable the students to describe the weather and what people are doing. 4. Help the students learn how to describe the weather and what people are d

18、oing. Teaching procedures: Step 1. Revision and lead-in Say, its a new day. How is it going? Whats the weather like?/ How is the weather today? What are your parents doing? Look at the pictures and discuss the weather. Help the students to say. Write the following words on the blackboard and teach t

19、o read. Step 2. Reading and writing (1a, 1b) Ask and answer Ask the students to match the words with the pictures. Check the answers by asking the students to read the letters and words. Ask the students to read the dialogue in 1b. And then practice it in pairs. Step 3. Listening (2a, 2b) Ask the st

20、udents to listen to the conversation between Sam and Maria. Say: Now listen to the conversation between Sam and Maria. Please write the answers to the questions “Hows it going?” Play the recording and then check the answers. Ask the students to repeat after the recording line by line and try to writ

21、e them down. Step 4. Pair work(2c) Substitution drills. Say: You can make a dialogue using the following patterns. Role play. Say: Next, work in pairs and role play the conversation. You can use the information in the chart in 2a and 2b. First read the questions words please. Period 5 Teaching aims:

22、 1. Teach vocabulary words. 2. Target languages: Thank you for joining CCTVs Around the World show. Some are taking photos. Others are lying on the beach. 3. Enable the students to write some words for describing the weather and the activities that peop0le are doing. 4. Help the students learn how t

23、o write some words for describing the weather and the activities that people are doing. Teaching procedures: Step 1. Revision and lea-in First check the homework. Say: Hello, everyone! Very nice to see you. How is the weather today? How is it going? What are you doing now? Step 2. Reading (3a) Read

24、the report, and then answer the questions. Show the following questions. Read the report again and underline the things that people are doing. Circle the words that describe the weather. Ask the students to find out the main words and sentences. Ask the students to read the sentences and phrases. Th

25、en make some sentences. Step 3.Writing Say: Great! Now please write a report according to the following picture: You can use the following words: Thanks for, someothers, clean the windows, have a goodtime Step 4. Reading and writing (3b) Let the students read the pictures in 3b and discuss the pictu

26、res. Say: Now read the pictures in 3b and answer my questions. Look at the first picture, how is the weather? Where are they? What are they doing? Let the students read the passage and fill in the forms. Check the answers by asking the students to read the completed passage. Step 5.Writing(3c) Talk

27、about your hometown. Writing.Say: Now suppose you are working for CCTVs Around World show. Please write something about the weather and the activities that the people are doing in your hometown. Homework l Write a letter to your pen pal and tell him or her about the weather in your hometown Words: s

28、pring, warm, short, summer, hot, rain, swimming. Autumn, cool, dry, work with the farmers, winter, cold, windy Period 6 Teaching aims: 1. Teach vocabulary words. 2. Enable the students to learn to write something about the weather and the different activities in different places. 3. Help the student

29、s learn how to write something about the weather and the different activities in different places. Teaching procedures: Step 1. Revision First check the homework. Then let one students have a report about the weather and the activities that people do in the different weather. Step 2.Vocabulary (1, 2) Check the words. Say: We have learned some new words de