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Module 10 The weather
I. Teaching objectives
教学目标
技
能
目
标
听
说
读
写
功
能
句
式
Listen for information in a weather
report.
Enable stud
ents to
talk about weather
Ask questions to
show surprise
Read a passage about
weather to match photos with description of
the weather
Writing about
how to choose a place to visit
Talk
about weather
What will the weather be
like?
And it
’
s
cloudy too, so it might snow.
It’ll
probably be hot and sunny.
Come on, better get going!
It probably sunny and hot there.
Bring a map because you may want to
travel around.
语
言
目
标
1.
重点词汇
cloud,
shower, storm, temperature, joke, might, probably,
cloudy,
词汇
fall,
shine, terrible, mile, northwest, southeast, skate
2.
短语
from time to time, come on, as well,
语法
Possibility:
may
,
might
,
probably
Ⅱ. Teaching materials
analyzing 教材分析
Unit 1
谈论天气及其标志和气象信息，谈论不同国家和地区的天气状况，重点学习和
天
气有关的词汇以及情态动词
may, might
和副词
probably
表示可能性的用法。
Unit 2
学习关于美国各地区差别很大的气候状况的课文
，学习一些外国地名的读法；
能用
because, so,
but
写短文，提供建议并给出理由。
Unit 3
在练习中复现本单元重点词汇、句型和语法；读关于
The
wettest place
的文
章；准备关于到中国来旅游的
最佳时间的建议。
Around the
world
介绍了世界上最潮湿的地方。
Module
task
要求准备关于到中国来旅游的最佳时间的建议。
III
．
Teaching
plans for each period
分课时教案
Period 1 Listening and speaking
Target language
目标语言
1. Words &
phrases
生词和短语
cloud, shower, storm,
tempe
rature, joke, might, probably,
cloudy, fall, shine,
terrible,
2. Key
sentences
重点句子
How will the weather be ?
And it
’
s cloudy
too, so it might snow.
It’ll probably
be hot and sunny.
Come on, better get going!
Ability goals
能力目标
Enable
students to listen to and talk about weather.
Teaching important/difficult points
教学重难点
The usage
of may, might and probably.
Teaching
methods
教学方法
Task-
based learning,group-work.
Teaching
aids
教具准备
A
projector, some pictures and a tape recorder
Teaching procedures and
ways
教学过程与方式
Step I Lead-in: before listening
Show some pictures to help students
learn some new words about weather.
Step II. Listening
In
this
procedure,
ask
students
to
listen
to
the
tape
and
check
the
correct
information in the table. If the
information is wrong, correct it.
T:
If
we
want
to
know
weather
information,
we
may
listen
to
weather
forecast.
Please
listen to a forecast
and check the correct information in the table.
Play the tape. Then check the answers
with students.
Ask students to listen
to the dialogue in activity 4.
T:
Betty is going to the park to skate. What will be
the weather like? Now listen
and find
out.
Ask students to listen to the
tape and then check the true sentences in activity
4.
Check the answers.
Step III Listen and read
In this procedure, ask students to read
the dialogue and do activity 5.
T: Read
the dialogue again and do activity 5. Check the
answers
. Let’s have a
competition between boys and girls.
…
Step IV Language points
1.
joke
joke
作动词
,
意为
开玩笑
。常见用法如下
:
(1)
You
’
re joking!
意为“你一定是在开玩笑吧”
,
表
示对某人所说的话表示不相信或
惊讶
,
也可以说“
You must be joking!
”
。如
:
Is it true? You must be joking!
是真的吗？你是
在开玩笑吧！
(2)joke with sb.
意为“和某人开玩笑”
。如：
He often jokes with me.
他经常和我开玩笑。
(3)joke
about sth.
意为“就某事开玩笑”
。如：
Peter often jokes about my mistakes.
The teacher often tells jokes in class.
老师经常在课上讲笑话。
The
other children often make jokes about him.
其他的孩子经常取笑他。
2. probably
probably
是副词
,
意为
“很可能地；
大概”
，
它所表示的可能性比较大
,
表示
有充分的依据、
合乎情理或有望实现。如：
It will probably clear up this
afternoon.
今天下午天气大概将晴朗。
We're going on holiday soon, probably
next mon.
我们很快就要去度假了，可能是下
个月。
3. What … like
…?
What
…
like?
表示“……怎么样
?
”
，
相当于
how
。如：
—
What’s the
story like? （
=
How
’
s the
story?
）
这个故事怎么样？
—
It’s very
boring.
[
注意
]
< br>询问天气用
what
和
how<
/p>
来提问，
how
后面不能再接
like
。
What’s the weather like today?
= How is the weather
today?
今天天气怎么样？
4.
better get
going!
好了，走吧。
better get going
相当于
had
better go,
意思是“最好现在去
/
走”。
We’d better get going (= go now), or
we’ll be late.
我们最好现在就走吧，不然的话要迟到了。
Step V Pronunciation and
speaking
In this procedure, ask
students to listen to the tape and help students
find out
the different connotation of
different of intonation.
After
listening,
ask
students
to
read
these
sentences
loudly
and
then
decide
if
the
speaker is asking a question or showing
surprise.
Check the answers.
Speaking
Ask students to
work in pairs and give a forecast for China
according to activity
2.
T:
In this lesson, we have learnt many different
types of weather. We can use some
words
to
describe
the
weather.
Let’s
report
a
weather
forec
ast
for
China
according
to activity 2. Now work in pairs and
m
ake a weather forecast. We can use
may,
might, probably to describe
something we are not very certain of.
Ask some pairs to show their report
before the class.
One sample version:
It
’
ll probably be
cold tomorrow.
Step VI Homework
1.
Ask the
students to learn and remember the new words and
expressions of this
unit.
2.
Recite the
dialogue.
Period 2 Reading and
writing
Target language
目标语言
1. Words &
phrases
生词和短语
camera, umbrella, from time to time,
swimsuit, northwest, southeast
3.
Key
sentences
重点句子
When is the best time to
…
… so choose
carefully the places to see and the time to
go.
Bring a good map because
you may want to travel around.
Bring
your camera so you can take photos of the autumn
trees.
In Alaska the day are long and
warm in summer, but may be cool in the evening.
Do not forget to bring a warm sweater
with you.
Any time you like!
Abili
ty goals
能力
目标
Enable students to talk about the
weather in the USA.
Teaching
important/difficult points
教学重难点
How to talk
about the weather in the USA.
Teac
hing
methods
教学方法
Reading and writing.
Teaching aids
教具准备
A projector or some pictures and
so
me small pieces of paper, a tape
recorder
Teaching procedures and
ways
教学过程与方式
Step I Revision
In
this
procedure,
students
will
revise
some
new
words
and
do
pair
work
to
practice
the sentence:
What will the weather be like
tomorrow?
Show some
pictures to the class and ask some students to
write the following words
on the
blackboard.
Then ask them to work in
pairs, and talk about the weather today and
tomorrow.
Step II Reading
In this procedure, ask students to
listen and read the passage. Make sure they can
describe the photos according to the
passage.
T:
Like
China,
there
are
many
beautiful
places
in
the
USA.
The
weather
is
different
in
these
places.
Now
listen
to
a
passage
introducing
the
weather
in
the
USA.
Books
closed! Listen to the tape and decide
what you can see in the photos.
Ask the
students to listen to the tape. After listening,
ask the students to have
a discussion
about the photos in groups.
Ask some
students to have a report.
Sample
reports:
Then ask students to read the
passage and check their answers.
T:
You should choose time to visit some good places
in the USA. Read the passage