Module 10 The weather
一、学习目标:
A. 单词和短语：
cloud, shower, snow, storm, cloudy, rainy, snowy, sunny, windy, skate, thick, ice, joke, might, temperature, minus, degree, although, wet, terrible, wish, probably, come on, mile, northwest, umbrella, southeast, from time to time
B. 交际用语：
1. You’re joking!
2. Sounds great!
3. Come on!
4. When is the best time to visit your country?
5. What clothes should she bring?
6. What’s the temperature?
7. Where are you going?
8. It’ll probably be cold tomorrow.
9. It might be rainy.
10. It’s probably sunny and hot there.
11. Bring a map becau you may want to travel around.
二、教学目标
1. Function: Describing the weather.
2. Structure: may, might, probably (for possibility)
3. Skills:
1) Listening and understanding familiar topics (weather).
2) Giving weather forecast bad on clues; predicting about future weather using probably.
3) Reading and finding specific information.
4) Writing a short passage about the best time to visit your town, using becau, so and but.
4. Around the world: The wettest place
5. Task: Preparing some advice on the best time to visit China
三、重点及难点:
1. Describing the weather.
2. Grammar: The using of may, might, probably (for possibility)
经典古文四、教学设计:
Unit 1 It might snow.
马鞍山风景区ⅠTeaching model
Listening and speaking
ⅡTeaching method
Interactive approach
Ⅲ Teaching aims
1. To understand conversations about the weather;
2. To get specific information from the listening material;
3. To talk about possibilities
Ⅳ Teaching Objectives
1. Key vocabulary: cloud, shower, snow, storm, cloudy, rainy, snowy, sunny, windy, skate, thick, ice, joke, might, temperature, minus, degree, although, wet, terrible, wish, probably, come on
2. Key structures: may, might, probably (for possibility)
3. Key ntences:
1) — What’s the temperature?
— It’s between minus five and minus two degrees!
2) — What’s the weather like in …? = How is the weather in …?
— It’s snowy (cloudy, rainy, sunny, windy ...).
3) … although this year it snowed a lot.
4) Come on, better get going!
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5) It’s probably sunny and hot there.
It’ll probably be cold tomorrow.
ⅤTeaching aids
Tape recorder, OHP, video
Ⅵ Teaching Steps
Step 1 Warming up
Show some pictures of the weather，and ask and answer:
What kind of weather do you like?
Step 2 Work in pairs.
1. Show some pictures of the weather. Ask the students to talk about the weather.
2. Introduce the new words.
1) sun n. 太阳 → sunny adj. 晴朗的
2) rain n. 雨 → rainy adj. 多雨的；下雨的
3) cloud n.云 → cloudy adj. 中国四大湖泊多云的
4) snow n.雪； v. 下雪 → snowy adj.多雪的；下雪的
5) wind n.风 → windy adj.多风的；刮大风的
6) storm n. 暴风雨 → stormy adj.枢密院有暴风雨的
反坦克地雷7) shower n. 阵雨； → showery adj.有雷阵雨的
3. Learn the words and expressions.
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Step 3 Listening
1. Listen and check (√) the correct information in the table.
2. Ask and answer like this:
What’s the weather like in Beijing / Shanghai …?
工作计划表格模板3. Play the recording again and ask the students to listen to the recording carefully, then fill in the blanks.
What’s the weather like in Beijing?
In Beijing, there will be ______ in the early morning, and it will be between __________ and _________ degrees.
What’s the weather like in Shanghai?
Shanghai will be _____ and _____, and it will be between ____ and ____ degrees.
What’s the weather like in Xi’an?
Xi’an will be ______ and ______, and it will be between _______ to ___ degrees.
What’s the weather like in Guangzhou?
Guangzhou will be ______. There may be some _______, and the it will be between ____ and ____ degrees.
4. Check the answers
1. Play the recording and ask the students to answer the questions.
1) Who wants to skate?
2) What’s the weather like today?
3) Where are they going to skate?
2. Read and fill in the blanks.
1) What’s the weather like in England in December?
Not usually, although this year it ________ a lot. Most Decembers are _____ and ______.
2) What’s the weather like in England in America?
It is ____ in winter and ____ in summer. It’s _______ in New York in winter.
3) What’s the weather like in England in Australia in winter?
It’s probably ______ and _____ there.
4) What’s the weather like in Hainan Island?
It’s ________.
3. Read again and check (√) the true ntences.
1) Tony and Daming are going to skate.
