1、Unit 6 Its raining.一. 教学目标1. 知识目标1 让学生记住下面的单词:rain , snow , cloudy , windy , cold , hot , cool , warm , humid , cooking 2 让学生掌握下面的句型:(1) Hows the weather like? / Whats the weather like? Its raining. (2) Whatre you/they doing? Were/Theyre watching TV. (3) Whats he/she doing? Hes/Shes cooking.(4) Is A
2、unt Sarah there? Yes, she is.2. 能力目标1. 能够用所学的单词和句型对天气情况进行询问和描述。2. 学生学会使用现在进行时态。3. 情感目标了解世界各地的天气情况和表达自己的观点。二. 教学重、难点分析1. 提醒学生在学习进行时态时,应注意谓语部分应为“be + doing”。学生常忽略“be”或“doing”。2. 参考教师用书中的文化背景,帮助学生正确理解“Hows it going?”的含义及回答。3. 注意提醒学生对天气提问的方式有两种: “ Hows the weather?” 和 “Whats the weather like?” 三. 课文重、难点
3、注释Section A 1 (1a) Its raining/snowing. 其中“rain”和“snow”是动词,表达下雨和下雪。2 (1c) 用英语询问天气时, “weather”前一定要搭配定冠词;回答时用 “Its”3 (3a) “Hows it going?”相当于“Howre you?”/ “Hows everything going?” 用于询问对方近况如何。Section B1(3a) thank you for, 后接名词或动名词。表示“因而感谢”;on vacation 介词短语,不可作谓语。表示 “度假”;on ones head 表示“ 在某人的头上 ”,使用介词“o
4、n” ;five thousand years of history 表示“五千年的历史 “,用英语表达一个明确数量时,单位词(百/千/万/百万/十亿)为单数。2(3b) take photos 表示“照相”;take a photo of, 表示“照一张的相片” 。3(shelf-check 3) Whats the weather like? 表示“天气怎样?”,其中“be like”表示“像”, “like”为介词。四. 教学建议1. 课时及内容建议建议将本单元划分为五个课时:第一课时 (Section A 1a-1c)第二课时 (Section A 2a-3b) 第三课时 (Secti
5、on B 1a-2c)第四课时 (Section B 3a-4)第五课时 (shelf-check)2. 教学设计建议注意:1 教师可根据教学目的和学生情况对教材调整,组合甚至删除;2 本单元表示天气的词汇较多,让学生首先会读,理解意思。在运用上应多动脑筋,创设情景,让学生大量进行口语练习,配合笔头训练。3 本单元的话题较活跃,可和学生共创一些生动有趣的活动,提高英语兴趣,同时语言融入现时生活中,激发学习欲望。1) 第一课时(1a1c) (T:teacher , S:student)步骤 1 :warming up and revision教师做出各种学生熟悉的动作。 (例如:read a b
6、ook, play soccer)T:Whatre you doing? S:Im reading a book.步骤 2 : presentationa. 教师在黑板上画出代表各种天气特征的简笔画。 (sunny, windy, cloudy, raining, snowing)T:Hows the weather in chengdu? Its Sunny. (如果外面是晴朗的)S:Its Sunny.(跟着教师重复)教师可将句型“How is the weather ? Its sunny.”写在黑板上。学生通过教师的叙述和图片理解句意,并逐个跟老师学习新单词:sunny, windy,
7、 cloudy, raining, snowing (注意让学生明白:How is the weather?是“天气如何”;Its sunny.是晴朗的;Its raining,是正在下雨。 )b. 要求学生看着 1a 分的彩图,利用五大城市的天气特征进一步进行句型和单词学习和巩固。Sunny and warm, cloudy, windy and cool, raining and humid, snowing and cold, Toronto, Boston, MoscowT: Look at the picture, Is it Beijing ?How is the weather
8、in Beijing ?Oh, its sunny and warm. (板书)学生认真跟读新单词及句型,边读边记,对划线部分进行替换。步骤 3 :communicate with the dillsa. 让学生在听力理解中巩固 1a 单词和句型(1) 将 1a 中的单词与图片配对。(2) 让“小老师“ 领读五个城市名。(3) 听对话,重复句型并且完成 1b 的要求。b. 学生朗读 1c,通过自编对话交流重点句型(注意学生可以自由增加语言容量)2) 第二课时(2a4)步骤 1 :Conversation Practicea. T: Look at the boy with glasses, w
9、hats he doing ?S: Hes talking on the phone.T: Yes, he is calling Lucy.要求学生描述每幅图中的人物正在做什么?b. 学生听对话,完成 2b。c. 学生两人一组,仿照 2c 进行对话练习。步骤 2 : Presentationa. 教师在黑板上画出各种表情的面孔,帮助学生理解其含意。T:Look at the face, are you happy?S:Yes, I am.T:How is it going? (板书) Its great.利用“Hows it going ?”引出新单词 “Pretty good”“ not b
10、ad”.注意引导学生积极动脑看画,分清程度的不同;讲解“Hows it going ?”=“How are you? ”or “How is everything?”以及参考它的文化背景(见教参)学生两人一组看图对话练习。步骤 3 : communicationa. 两位同学大声朗读 3b 对话。b. 学生理解图意和句型,仿例练习。( 第四部分可根据自己的教学选用或省略。)步骤 4 : Grammar Focusa. 大声朗读这些句型,进行英、汉互译。b. 注意 How is =Howsc. 学生用现在进行时造句。d. 口语练习完,立即听写这些句型(也可安排课后进行)3) 第三课时(Secti
11、on B 1a2c)步骤 1 : Presentation在这部分将学习更多描述天气的单词(cool, cold, humid, hot, warm) ;由于在 section A 的学习引入中已做了铺垫,可以这样利用对话引入:T: Look at picture c, its Chengdu. How is the weather in Chengdu ?S: Its sunny.T: Is it warm?S: No, it isnt. Its hot.T: Yes, its hot and humid.教师可根据每幅图片的特点,在图片下写出城市或国家名,鼓励学生模仿教师的对话,进行对话交
12、流。步骤 2 : Practicea. 教师放出一段电话铃声,说明 Maria 正在和 Sam 通电话,学生继续听,了解到 Maria 远在墨西哥。b. 学生朗读表格上的问题,明确听力任务。c. 学生听对话,完成 2a,2b 表格(教师可多循环放几遍录音)d. 学生分组利用听力内容做对话练习。4) 第四课时 (3a4)步骤 1 :: Presentation教师在黑板上画出埃及的金字塔,头带围巾的埃及人和骆驼及太阳。T: Im a reporter from CCTV. Thank you for joining CCTVs Around the World Show. There are m
13、any people here on vacation. Some are taking photos, others are riding camels. What are the Egyptians wearing?S: Theyre wearing a scarf.T: Yes, theyre wearing a kind of scarf on their heads. What am I doing? Im looking at five thousand years of history.教师应设计出一个海外采访的情景,学生在这个语言情景中理解和学习新语言(taking photo
14、s, riding camels, wearing a kind of scarf, looking at five thousand years of history)步骤 2 :学生看着 3b 的图片,描述人们正在做什么。 (drinking in the restaurant, singing in the park, playing soccer and taking photos of Eiffel Tower)T: Is it France? Is it cold in France?S: Yes, it is.T: Its cold. Its winter in France.
15、Hows the weather? Whatre they wearing?The people are having a good time. Whatre they doing?步骤 3 :学生看图,根据上下文填写并且在四人小组内交流,朗读。步骤 4 :writing practice将 3c 作为作业练习布置给学生。5) 第五课时 (shelfcheck)可根据学生的情况,采用各种方式处理一、二部分;步骤 1 :引入T:YuanYuan from CCTV is interviewing people from all over the world. Please look at the
16、 pictures and answer these questions:Q1: What is the weather like? Q2: What are they doing?步骤 2 :学生观察图片,完成表格中的内容,并两人一组进行问答。 (在这部分练习中,学生要掌握询问天气的另一种方式:“Whats the weather like?”并观察与“Hows the weather?”在表达上的区别;同时教师应介绍西方国家习惯以天气为寒喧开始的习俗。 )步骤 3 :让学生自行阅读“Just for fun”3. 任务型活动设计建议根据本单元的教学目标谈论天气和天气背景下能做什么,可设计这
17、样的任务型活动:“我是环球栏目主持人”此活动为小组活动,学生课前在广播或电视中听英文天气预报,做好记录,制作天气标志和收集图片,以电视直播的形式,向全班同学介绍世界各地的天气状况以及季节和人们的活动。操作建议:1 课前学生上网,看电视查询天气状况和相关图片,做好记录及收集;2 四人或六人一组汇集,整理资料;3 编辑后,模拟“环球”栏目主持,教师要给予帮助;4 在全班表演,评出最佳栏目主持人和制作组。五. 同步练习I将下列动词改成现在分词1. make 2. go 3. play4.study 5. rain 6. watch7. run 8. swim 9. live10. like 11.
18、snow 12. wearII选择题( )1. “What are they doing ?” “They are_ computer games.” A. play B. to play C. playing( )2. Hows the weather in Shanghai?A. Not bad. B. Its sunny. C. Hes funny.( )3. Hows it going?A. Its raining. B. Its moody. C. Pretty good.( )4. Im looking at _ of history.A. five thousand yearB.
19、 five thousands yearsC. five thousand years( )5. Thank you for _ me to study English.A. to help B. helping C. helpIII句型转换1Its raining now. (改为否定句)_.2. My uncle is playing basketball. (对划线部分提问)_ is your uncle _?3. Its snowing in London. (对划线部分提问)_.IV. 汉译英1天气怎样? 热而潮湿。How _ _ _? Its _ and _. 2. 你近况怎样?
20、相当不错。How _ _ _? _ _.3. 玛丽正在看电视吗? 不,在做饭。_ Mary _ TV now? No. She _ _.附: 参考答案I. 1. making 2.going 3.playing 4.studying 5.raining 6.watching 7.running 8.swimming9.living 10.liking 11snowing 12.wearingII. C B C C BIII 1. It isnt raining now. 2. Whats your uncle doing? 3. Whats the weather like?IIII.1.How is the weather? Its hot and humid. 2.Hows it going? Pretty good.3.Is Mary watching TV now? No. Shes cooking.