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Unit 7 It’s raining. 
Section A (1a-2d)
一、教学目标: 
1. 语言知识目标:
1) 能掌握以下单词: rain, windy, cloudy, sunny, snow, weather, cook, bad, 
park, message, take a message, could, back, problem 
能掌握以下句型:
①  —How's the weather in Beijing? 
—It's sunny.
②  —Can I take a message for him? 
—Yes. Could you just tell him to call me back?   
—Sure, no problem.    
2) 能用所学的知识描述天气情况。 
3)描述正在发生的动作。 
2. 情感态度价值观目标:
教育学生善于观察天气,善于调整自己的情绪;了解世界各地的天气情况,增加世界观
念。知道大自然的力量是神奇而伟大的,我们应当好好学习,立志学好科学知识,为长大后
探索神奇的大自然,打好基础。 
二、教学重难点
1. 教学重点:
1) The vocabulary and useful expressions. 
2)  —How’s the weather? 
—It's raining/ windy. 
3)  —What are you doing?    
—I'm playing basketball. 
2. 教学难点:
运用目标语言来对天气进行问答,并且会问答其他人正在进行的活动。
三、教学过程
Ⅰ. Warming-up and Lead in 2
1. Greet the Ss and check the homework.  
2. Watch a video program about the weather. 
Ⅱ. Presentation 
1. (Show some pictures of the weather)
     Let Ss look at the pictures and ask them how the weather is. 
     Ss 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 right. Ask the 
Ss to match the words with pictures. 
3. Check the answers.  
Ⅲ. Game (How's the weather?)
1. (Showing some pictures on the big screen.) Ask Ss "How's the weather?"
2. Ss guess and answer the question.  
Ⅳ. Listening 
1. Now let's look at the city names in the box in 1b. Please read after me. 
 Ss read the cities after the teacher. 
2. Now, We’ll hear four conversations. Listen carefully, point out each city 
in the picture as it comes upon the tape. Play the recording a second time. 
Ask Ss to write the name of the city in the picture of its weather.  
3. Check the answers. 
Ⅴ. Pair work 
1. Tell the Ss: If you are in one of the places in the picture above. Talk about 
the weather with your friends 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. Ss work in pairs. Ask and answer about the weather in the cities. 
Ⅵ. Listening 
1. Work on 2a. 
Let's  see  what  Joe's  families  are  doing.  Point  to  the  4  picture
s. 3
2. 
Ask  Ss  tell  each  person  is  doing  in  each  picture.  More  attenti
ons  should  be  paid
   to  the  correct  use  of  the  Present  Progressive  Tense.  
3. Play the recording for the Ss to listen and number the pictures [1-4].  
4.  Play  the  tape  for  Ss  to  check the answers.   
5.  With  the  whole  picture,  get  some  Ss  to  tell  the  story  of  it
.
6. Brainstorming
    Play  the  tape  for  another  time.  Then  do  a  memory  test.   
Ask  Ss:  What's  Uncle  Joe/Jeff/Mary/Aunt  Sarah  doing? 
What're  Scott  and  Lucy  doing? 
Is  Jeff  watching  TV?         etc. 
7. Let Ss match the names with the activities in 2b. 
      Play the recording for the Ss to check the answers. 
Ⅶ. Pair work 
1. Look at the pictures and talk about the people in 2a with a partner. 
2. Ask a student the questions as a model:
T: What's Uncle Joe doing? 
S1: He's playing basketball.
3. Ss work in pairs. Ask and answer about the pictures. 
Ⅷ. Role-play 
   1. Ask Ss to read the conversation and answer the questions:
     ① What's Steve doing? 
     ② What's Rick's brother doing?
     Ss read the conversations and answer the questions. Then check the answers 
together. 
   2. Let Ss role-play the conversation in pairs. 
IX. Language points.
X. Exercises4
Homework:
一、总结有关天气的词汇。
二、编写三个有关天气问答的对话。
      1. windy
      2. raining
      3. snowy 
板书设计:
Section A (1a-2d)
Drills:
1. —How's the weather in Beijing?   —It's sunny. 
2. —What's Uncle Joe doing? —He is playing basketball. 
2c: —What's Uncle Joe doing? —He's playing basketball. 
    —What's Aunt Sally doing? —She's cooking.
    —What's Mary doing? —She's watching TV. 
—What' Jeff doing?   —He's talking on the phone. 
2d:  ①  What's Steve doing? 
    ②  What's Rick's brother doing?