Unit_6_It's_raining!

Unit 6 Its raining! 一、教学背景这一单元的中心话题是Describe the weather。语法现象是Present Progressive Tense。继Unit5 Im watching TV第二次出现了现在进行时态，是上一单元的延续。比较上一单元，本单元增设了一个日常生活中重要的情景Talking about the weather 。学生不但要具备并熟练地掌握现在进行时态的意识和技巧，并且要会运用这一时态描述在各种天气背景下人的活动。二、 教材内容本单元语言训练的重点是（1）谈论天气；（2）描述正在发生的动作。重点语言结构是（1）How引导的特殊疑问句；（2）Yes/No问句及答语；（3）现在进行时的用法。Section A主要是听读说和基础语言运用，为目标句型提供分步示例和指导性练习；Section B知识扩展、新旧知识的运用，循序渐进的写作练习；运用所学的语言完成各种任务使学生能够对已经学过的目标句型运用自如：Self -Check自我评价，词汇知识的评价，语言应用能力的评价。 三、 单元总体学习目标1、词汇 基础核心词汇：sunny, cloudy, snowing, raining, windy, cold, hot, cool, warm, humid, terrible 掌握：rain, snow, weather, cook, study, bad, pretty, lying, beach, group, surprised, beat, relaxed, winter, scarf, everyone, man, like 了解：Moscow, Boston, hows=how is, vocation, beach, volleyball 补充词汇：spring, summer, autumn, sandstorm, typhoon, tsunami(海啸)2、语法 (1)现在进行时 (2) 有关天气的特殊问句及答语3、日常交际用语Hows the weather in Moscow?Its raining.Whats the weather like in Shanghai?Its sunny.What are you/they doing?We/They are watching TV.What is he/she doing?He/she is cooking.Hows it going?Great!4、语言技能1）能用英语打招呼和描述并谈论不同的天气。2）能用现在进行时互相交流。3）能用现在进行时叙述在不同地方的和不同的天气背景下人们能做的事。5、情感态度1）通过课文教学引导学生关注天气情况，爱护环境，保护大气等自然资源的良好意识。2）通过学习打招呼、谈论天气和所做的事时所用的交际用语，学会与人友好相处。3）通过学习和对比不同天气背景下人的活动，激发学生的内在情感，进行爱的教育。4）能在小组活动中积极与他人合作，相到帮助，共同完成学习任务。6、文化意识了解不同地方和不同的天气背景下人们能做的事，互相交流不同国家的文化，对学生进行不同文化意识的渗透。同时让了解其他国家风景，风俗，增加学生的背景知识，增强学科间的交流。培养学生具有一定的环保意识、责任意识和关爱他人之心。7、学习策略通过任务型的教学，让学生学会自主学习，归纳总结，培养主动学习的能力。尤其对所学内容能主动复习并加以整理和归纳的能力。四、分课时教学设计Period OneSection A 1a, 1b, 1c, 2a+ Section B 1a, 1b. Teaching aims1. KnowledgeWords:rain,windy,cloudy,sunny,snow,weather,Moscow,Boston,hows,bad,terrinle,pretty,cool, cold, humid, warm, hotSentence structures: Hows it going? Hows the weather? Whats the weather like? 2. Ability: Talk about the weather and greet each other with a new structure.3. Cultural awareness: A new way of greetings and asking about the weather is quite a common greeting in western countries.Important points: A new way of greetings and the description words about the weather.Difficult points: Hows the weather? Its raining/windy/cloudy/sunny/snowing/. Hows it going? Great! /Not bad! /Terrible! /Pretty good!Teaching procedures Step1. Warming up1. Ask the Ss randomly: Whats the date today? What day is it today? How are you?2. Give a new expression which has the same meaning as How are you? : Hows it going? But the new one has more answers.Step2. Presentation1. Show 4 faces on the screen and ask Ss to describe each face using whatever words they can. Help Ss identify each person is feeling.2. Then show 4 words. Say the words and ask Ss to repeat each one. Ask Ss to match each remembered phrase with a face. Encourage them to spell the phrases by “How do you spell it?”3. Practice with the new structure by the whole class: Choose one to the front and the others guess the description words through his/her facial expressions.Step3. Presentation1. Let one student ask me: Hows it going? I may answer like this: Terrible! Because its snowing and its so cold. Show a picture of snowing day and children are making a snowman and pretend to be very cold. Make Ss guess the words: the weather and snowing. Ask them: Hows the weather? Get them to answer like: Its snowing/snowy. Go on with other kinds of weather: sunny, rainy, cloudy, windy.2. Point out the numbered list of description words. Say each one and ask Ss to repeat the words again. Then ask Ss to match each word with one of cities in the picture. Check the answers.3. Play the tape and get Ss to write the city names in the boxes. Check the answers. Look at the 5 pictures in 1a. Encourage Ss to use the description words to describe the weather: Beijingsunny and warm/hot Shanghaicloudy and cool Bostonwindy and cool Moscowsnowing and cold Torontoraining and humid. Show an arrow to identify the degree of the 4 adjectives: cold, cool, warm and hot.4. Practice with the structures: Hows the weather? and Whats the weather like? with the 5 pictures The exact weather on that day should not be missed. Note: Talking about the weather is quite common in western countries as a daily greeting.Step4. Weather reportShow a weather map of China. Get Ss to make a weather report as a CCTV anchor. They may begin with asking the weather in each city, then make up a report about it.Step5. ChantShow an easy chant to reinforce the questions and words about the weather.Step6. Homework1. Copy the new words 4 times each.2. Summarize the usages of how in questions.3. Watch a weather report on TV and take down some notes about the weather forecast for tomorrow, and then write a report about it.Period TwoSection A 2a, 2b, 2c, 3b+ Grammar Focus. Teaching aims1. KnowledgeWords: cook, studySentence structures: What are you/ they doing? We/ They are