Unit 7 It’s raining
Section A
Step 1 Warming up and lead in
Enjoy the music: How's the weather?
Step 2 Presentation
1．(Show some pictures of the weather.)
Let students look at the pictures and ask them how the weather is.
Students learn the new words and expressions with the help of the pictures.
2．Look at the pictures in 1a. Then read the new words on the left. Ask the students to match the words with the pictures.
3．Check the answers.
[答案] (1)a (2)b (3)e (4)c (5)d
Step 3 Game (How's the weather？)
1．(Showing some pictures on the big screen.)Ask students “How's the weather？”
2．Students guess and answer the questions.
Step 4 Listening
1．Look at the city names in the box in 1b. Students read the city names after the teacher.
2．Listen to four conversations.
(1)Listen carefully, point out each city in the picture as it comes upon the tape.
(2)Play the recording a second time. Ask students to write the city names in the boxes in 1a.
3．Check the answers.
Step 5 Pair work
1．Tell the students: Imagine you are in one of the places in the pictures above, talk about the weather with your friend in another city on the phone.
2．Make a model with a student like this：
T: Hi! How's the weather in Beijing?
S1: It's sunny.
3．Students work in pairs. Ask and answer questions about the weather in the cities.
Step 6 Homework
Remember the words about the weather.
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Step 1 Warming up and lead in
1．Guessing Game: Prepare some cards before class. A student chooses a card and does some actions. Other students guess the weather according to the actions. Then lead to the new lesson.
2．Have a dictation: the words about the weather.
Step 2 Listening
Work on 2a.
1．Let's see what Joe's family are doing. Point to the 4 pictures.
2.Ask students to tell what each person is doing in each picture. More attentions should be paid to the correct use of the Present Progressive Tense.
3．Play the recording for the students to listen and number the pictures [1－4]．
4．Play the tape again for students to check the answers.
[答案] 2, 3, 4, 1
5. With the pictures, get some students to tell the story of it.
Work on 2b.
Let students match the names with the activities in 2b.
Play the recording for them to check the answers.
[答案] 1. c 2. a 3. d 4. b
Step 3 Pair work
1．Look at the pictures and talk about what the person is doing in 2a with a partner.
2．Give students a model：
T: What's Uncle Joe doing?
S1: He's playing basketball.
3．Students work in pairs. Ask and answer questions about the pictures. And then act out.
Step 4 Role play
1．Ask students to read the conversation and answer the questions：
(1)What's Steve doing?
(2)What's Rick's brother doing?
Students read the conversation and answer the questions. Then check the answers together.
2．Let students role play the conversation in pairs.
Step 5 Language points (详见课堂互动探究及PPT课件)
message; cook; could you…tell him to…； how's…going…； sounds like…
Step 6 Exercises (详见PPT)
Step 7 Homework
Retell the conversation in 2d and make a conversation like that.
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Step 1 Warming up and revision
1．Brainstorming: Write down the words about the weather and activities as many as possible. Then lead to the new lesson.
2．Ask some pairs to role play the conversation in 2d.
Step 2 Grammar focus
1．Read Grammar Focus and understand the meanings of the sentences.
2.Reading tasks: how 引导的特殊疑问句
3．探究乐园
(1)疑问副词how 用来询问天气。
今天天气怎么样？ ________ the weather today?
________ the weather ________？
(2)how 用于问候，打招呼。
你好吗？________
你那里情况如何？ ________
(3)how 用来询问方式或手段。
你怎样去上学？ ________do you go to school?
[答案] (1)How's; What's; like (2)How are you？ How is it going?
(3)How
4．Give eight or more minutes for the students to remember the sentences.
Step 3 Practice
Work on 3a.
1．Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the verbs in the box. Then practice the conversations with a partner.
2．Students read the conversations and fill in the blanks.
3．Check the answers with the class.
[答案] (1)am doing; do (2)is playing; plays (3)Is; studying; is studying
(4)are making; make (5)Is; talking; talks
4．Students practice the conversations in pairs.
5. Ask some pairs to role play the conversation.
Work on 3b.
1．Yuan Yuan from CCTV is interviewing people in five different places. Fill in the chart below.
2．Students work in groups. Discuss the pictures and talk about the weather and what the people are doing.
Make a model for the students：
—How's the weather in Picture a?
—It's sunny.
—What's the boy doing?
—He's playing the guitar.
3．Students ask and answer questions about the pictures. Then fill in the blanks.
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4．Check the answers with the class.
Step 4 Exercises
Step 5 Homework
1．Read the sentences in Grammar Focus.
2．Make some conversations about the weather and the activities.
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