Period Three.doc

Period Three Section B 2a, 2b, 2c Ⅰ. Teaching aims Knowledge ①Words: hot, cold, cool, warm, humid ②Additional words: spring, summer, autumn ③Sentence structures: How’s it going? What are you doing? How’s the weather? 2. Ability: Describe the different kinds of weather and different activities in different areas ⅡImportant points: Revise and use the words, expressions and sentence structures correctly. Ⅲ.Difficult points: Describe the weather in 4 seasons and people’s activities ⅥTeaching procedures Step1. Revision 1. Show different weather signs to revise the description words in Section A. Draw an arrow to revise the 4 words: cold, cool, warm and hot. But don’t forget humid. 2. Get Ss to look at Picture C .Tell them: It’s Chengdu. How is the weather in it? It’s sunny. Is it cool? No, it’s hot. It’s hot and humid. 3. Make a survey by the whole class. Ask Ss: Who likes the cold weather? Have Ss raise their hands. Check out the most popular and the least popular weather. Get Ss to talk about the local weather in 4 seasons. Step2. Presentation 1. After talking about the local weather in 4 seasons, let’s watch different weather in other countries. Tell Ss Maria is in Mexico. Play this phone conversation between Sam and Maria. Listen carefully to their questions and answers. Play the tape the first time, Ss only listen. Play the tape again and have Ss catch the answers Maria and Sam give to the question How’s it going? Listen again and write what they answer to What are you doing? and How’s the weather? 2. Further discussion. Show 4 pictures. With the 4 questions ①Where is it? ②How is the weather? ③What season is it? ④What are the people doing? Ss talk about the countries, the weather, the seasons and the activities. country weather season activities Japan cool spring watch the flowers America(Hawaii) hot summer swim Canada warm autumn watch the leaves American cold winter do sports Step3. Interview 1. After visiting the 4 places, ask some Ss: Where do