1、Unit 7 It s raining!I. Analysis of the unit: 1. Students are to learn to talk about the different weather and give the descriptions of what people are doing.2. Students will learn to describe what people do in various weather Students are to learn to express their likes and dislikes and give the rea
2、sons about them.II. Language target:1. By talking about the weather, students are to learn the present continuous tense:2. How is the weather? -It s raining!3. How is it going ? -It s great!4. Is Aunt Sarah there ? -Yes, she is.What s she doing ? -She s cooking.III. Ability target:To learn to commun
3、icate with each other by talking about the weather. To have the ability to make a weather forecast. To analyze the relations between the weather and our environment .IV. Emotion goal: Through the activities of talking about the weather and things around us, students show their concern for others ， t
4、he environment and our society.V. Periods divisions-4periodsUnit 7 Its raining! 1st periodTeaching aims: Students are to grasp the new language items :.What are you doing? - Im watching TV.What is he /she doing?- He/She is playing basketball.How is the weather? - Its raining.The key points and the s
5、pecial difficulties;.Describe what is happening-present continuous tenseTeaching steps:Step 1 Duty report1,Ask one student to give a duty report.2,Ask some questions about the weather and something else.3,Tell a story in English .Step 2 Presentation1,Ask the students to look at what you are doing an
6、d let them answer.2,The teacher pretends to be:reading a book eatingwashing the face swimmingplaying basketball running etc.Step 3 Look and say1, Look at the pictures of Section A2, Ask and answer (describe the weather and describewhat you are doing ). Do it like this:Look !How is the weather in Bei
7、jing?Its sunny.Step 4 PairworkYou are in the places in the pictures above,talk about the weather in pairsStep 5 Listening workRefer to 1b of Section AStep 6 HomeworkMake your own conversations about the weather in these five places. Unit 7 Its raining (2nd period)Teaching aims:.Describe the weather
8、and describe what you are doing.Learn to use the present continuous tense.Learn the following word formation:sunsunny wind-windy cloud -cloudy rain -rainyLearn the following expressions:Not bad/ Great/Terrible/Pretty goodThe key points:How is the weather?-Its raining!What are you doing?Im watching T
9、V.Teaching steps:Step 1 Duty reportWhats the weather like ?-ItsStep 2 PresentationHow is the weather?-Its raining! Then ask:What are you doing?- Im watching TV. What is he doing? - Hes playing computer games.What is the mother doing?- She is cooking.What are they doing? - They are playing basketball
10、.Step 3Listen and number the pictures1,point to the four pictures2,play the recording the first time(students listen only).3,listen to the recording a second time and number the pictures.Step 4Pairwork : Ask and answer .Talk about the people in activity 2aHow is the weather? Its raining!What is he d
11、oing? Hes playing computer games.What is the mother doing? She is cooking.What are they doing? They are playing basketball.What are they doing? They are studying.Step 5 Play a gameStep 6 PairworkMake a conversation by telephone(orally in the class )Step 7 Homework(make a conversation about the weath
12、er)Teaching aims:.Describe the weather and describe what you are doing.Learn to use the present continuous tense.Learn the following word formation:sunsunny wind-windy cloud -cloudy rain -rainyLearn the following expressions:Not bad/ Great/Terrible/Pretty goodThe key points:How is the weather?-Its r
13、aining!What are you doing?Im watching TV.Teaching steps:Step 1 Duty reportWhats the weather like ?-ItsStep 2 Presentation : word formationLook at the sun, its sunny today!Look at the rain, its rainy today!Sun sunny cloud cloudyRain rainy fog foggySnow snowy wind windyStep 3 practice1,Look at the pic
14、ture and practice the sentences.2,look and say using the words above to practice the patterns.Step 4Lead-in1,ask:How is the weather today? -ItsHow is the weather tomorrow?-It will be2,ask and practicewindy today snowy tomorrowsunny today foggy tomorrowStep 5presentation1,Its quite warmer now. But it
15、 will be a little hotter soon.2,practice: rather cold even colder very sunny much sunnierStep 6 teach new patterns:Its a humid day today.-What a humid day!What a humid day !Step 7 group workTalk about the different weather in different places.Step 8 weather forecastStep 9 reading materials.Unit 7 It
16、s raining! (3rd period)Unit 7 Its raining!(4 th period)Teaching aims: Students are to grasp the new language items :.What are you doing? - Im watching TV.What is he /she doing?- He/She is playing basketball.How is the weather? - Its raining.The key points and the special difficulties;.Describe what
17、is happening-present continuous tenseTeaching stepsStep 11a match the words with the pictures1b pairworkStep 22a listening practice and finish the chartStep 3 pairworkStudent A is Maria and Student B is Sammake a telephone conversationStep 4 Reading practice1,ask the students what they know about Egypt.2,ask a student to read the passage 3,ask the students to work alone and check the underlined parts and the circled partsStep 5,Reading materials about the weather
