Unit 7 It’s raining.第一课时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 in1. Greet the Ss and check the homework.2. Watch a video program about the weather.Ⅱ. Presentation1. (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 matchthe 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. Listening1. 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 pictureas 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 work1.Tell the Ss: If you are in one of the places in the picture above. Talk about the weatherwith 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. Listening1. Work on 2a.Let's see what Joe's families are doing. Point to the 4 pictures.2. Ask Ss tell each person is doing in each picture. More attentions should be paidto 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. BrainstormingPlay 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 work1. 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-play1. Ask Ss to read the conversation and answer the questions:①What's Steve doing?②What'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. ExercisesHomework: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. windy2. raining3. snowy板书设计：第二课时Section A (Grammar Focus-3b)一、教学目标：1. 语言知识目标：1) 继续练习运用描述天气情况、描述正在发生的动作。
2) 通过多种形式的练习方式来让学生们熟练掌握描述天气情况及描述正发生的事情。
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) 总结掌握询问及描述天气所用的语言及句子结构。
2) 会运用所学的知识在实际对话中描述天气及他人正做的事情。
2. 教学难点：能根据情境提示来描述天气或他人正在做的事情。
三、教学过程Ⅰ. Warming- up and revision1. Have a dictation of the new words and expressions in period 1.2. Ask some pairs to role-play the conversation in 2d.Ⅱ. Grammar Focus.1. 学生阅读Grammar Focus中的句子，然后做填空练习。
2. Ss fill in the blanks and check the answers themselves.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?【拓展】询问天气还可以说：_______ the weather _______ ?②how 用于问候，打招呼你好吗？_________________________你那里情况如何？_____________________③how 用来询问方式或手段。
你怎样去上学？_______do you go to school?④how 用来询问年龄你弟弟多大年龄？_______ _______ is your brother?⑤how 用于询问价格那件紫色的毛衣多少钱？_____________ are the purple sweater?4. Ss read the sentences and learn by themselves.Ⅲ. Practice1. Work on 3a. Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the verbs in the box. Thenpractice the conversations with a partner.2.指导：根据上下文的问句和答语来确定空格处的意思, 特别是每个空格后面的词汇。
根据上下文的时态及时间状语来确定句子的时态。
如: right now 为现在进行时态的时间状语。