Unit 7 Seasons
Integrated skills
I. Teaching aims and learning objectives
By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:
1. get detailed information while listening;
2. complete the record according to the information from the record while listening;
3. learn to talk about different kinds of weather in different places and in different seasons.
II. Teaching contents
1. New words and phrases: snowstorm, wind, around, rest, degree, bit, blow, loud, ring, sunshine, turn more
cloudy, in the thirties, the rest of
2. New structures: How are you doing?
III. Focus of the lesson and predicted area of difficulty
Complete the record according to the information from the record while listening.
IV. Teaching procedures
A Weather in different seasons and places
Step 1 Lead-in
1. Brainstorm
Review the words about different colors. Get students to use one or two colors to describe one season.
____ (color) can stand for ____ (season). Because I can see ____ and ____.
2. Guessing game
There is one of the top four famous gardens in China for its seasonal rockeries and scenes. Rocks of strange shapes and different plants are used to stand for scenes of the four seasons. Ask students to find out the Spring Hill, the Summer Hill, the Autumn Hill and the Winter Hill and tell the reasons.
3. Complete a poem about seasons according to the meaning of the poem
【设计意图】用所学过的词汇和句型引导学生描述四季气候和天气的变化，导入新课。通过英文小诗将学生带入四季不同景色的意境，为下一个对话任务做准备。
Step 2 Presentation
1. Read the weather sign
(1) Show the weather sign.
Tell the students how to read “8℃” and “-4℃” and tell them they are the highest and the lowest temperatures.
(2) Show the students how to tell the weather and temperature in one sentence. Ask them to read more weather signs.
2. Weather in different seasons
(1) Guess the possible season according to the weather report.
Ask the students to read the weather reports in four seasons, find the sentences about weather and temperature, and guess what season it is. Teach the new expressions “snowstorm, drop to/rise to, drop below zero/stay above zero, around, in the thirties, the rest of the week,
2
daytime”.
(2) Talk about the seasons in pairs.
3. Weather in different places
(1) Show the world map and introduce the four cities.
(2) Give the listening tips: predict before listening; lsten for key words; write in shorthand with signs like letters and simple pictures
(3) Listen and complete the table. Then check the answers.
(4) Listen and complete the passage.
4. Give a weather report in groups of four
(1) Explain the procedures to prepare the weather report.
(2) Show the weather map.
(3) Play a short video about weather report, show the evaluation standard, and then ask the students to make the whole report in the class.
【设计意图】活动由小组合作完成一份天气预报，每位组员各有分工负责其中的一段，组内同伴互评加以改进，互帮互助，每个组员都能得到不同程度的进步。教师事先播放一段视频作为范例，提醒学生注意肢体语言、语音语调、感情。这项任务既复习了前面所学的天气、温度等表达法，又用做报告这种学生喜闻乐见的形式有效提高学生的口语表达，同时还教会了学生小组合作学习的方法。
B Speak up: How’s the weather in Nanjing?
Step 1 Presentation
1. Listen and answer.
Listen to the record and find the speakers’ names and the weather in Nanjing and Beijing.
2. Read aloud in different ways.
(1) Teach new words: a bit, the wind is blowing hard, louder.
(2) Read aloud in different ways. Pay attention to the linking and loss of blasting.
【设计意图】首先让学生带着简单问题听录音，初步感知听力录音中的大致内容。然后以多种形式读对话，有助于对学生进行正音练习，提醒学生注意连读和失去爆破这两种特殊情况。
Step 2 Practice
Talk about the weather in different cities.
Give some weather signs in different cities and ask the students to work in pairs to talk about the weather according to the model.
【设计意图】教师提供基础对话素材和对话模板，课堂互相讨论，如学有余力的学生还可以适当拓展内容，增加该天气下人们的活动、着装、城市特色活动等讨论，让不同层次的学生都有提高。
Step 3 Summary
We often hear of bad weather, but in reality no weather is bad. It is all delightful, though in different ways. In fact, where there is care, there is warmth.
【设计意图】帮助学生建立正确的天气观，引导学生学会关爱，享受生活。
V. Homework
1. Make up a short play according to today’s weather.
2. Act out the short play with your partner.
2
微信/支付宝扫码支付