Unit 8 The seasons and the Weather
Topic 1 What’s the weather like in spring?
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Section B
Ⅰ. Teaching aims and demands 教学目标
1. Learn words of describing weather:
cloudy, snowy, foggy, sunny, windy, rainy,bright, quiet, wet, dry, low,
temperature
2. Review the simple past tense and present continuous tense:
How was the weather yesterday?
It was cloudy all day.
What are they doing?
They are flying kites and a boy is riding a bike over there.
3. Learn to understand weather reports:
What’s the temperature, do you know?
The lowest temperature is 20℃ and the highest temperature is 25℃.
4.Know how to protect our environment from getting warmer and warmer.
Step 1
Review 第一步
复习（时间: 5 分钟）
1.（男,女生各一人作英语课堂值日报告,复习上节课关于季节,天气和活动的描述。）
S1: Good morning, everyone. Today is Tuesday, June 10th.It’s summer now. I like
summer best. Because it is hot. I can go swimming in the river.（面向全班同学）What’
s your favorite season, everyone?
Ss: Spring／Summer／Fall／Winter.
S1: Why?
Ss: Because spring is warm. It is a good season for hiking.／Because Fall is cool.
It’s a good time to climb mountains.／Because it is cold in winter. I can make a
snowman in winter.
S2: Hello,
everyone. I like spring better. It’s nice and warm,and I can fly
kites in spring.
2.（学生作完报告举起一张画有一男孩正在放风筝的图片,同时标有 fly kites 的词导入
下
步。）
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Step 2
Presentation 第二步
呈现（时间: 10 分钟）
T: What’s the weather like in spring?
（指着图片复习进行时,图片上有多云和下雨的图片,呈现另一类描述天气的词。例:
rainny, snowy 等,导入用一般过去时询问天气的句型。）
Ss: It’s warm.
T: What’s the boy doing?
Ss: He is flying a kite.
T: What’s the weather like in summer?
（老师指着学生 3 举起的图片。图片上有夏日一群孩子在湖里划船和一小孩在湖边公路
上骑车的场面,图片上标有 row boats, ride a bike, hot, dry 词。）
Ss: It’s very hot. It is dry, too.
T: What are they doing?
Ss: They are rowing boats. A boy is riding a bike over there.
（老师手指窗外。）
T: What’s the weather like today?
Ss: It’s raining. It’s rainning heavily.
T: So it is rainy today.
What a cool day! It is wet, too.
（老师让作下雨图片的学生举起,可结合实际情况变换。图片上标有 rain,wet 词。）
T: Today is Tuesday. What day
was it yesterday?
Ss: It was Monday.
T: What was the weather like yesterday?
Ss: It was cloudy.
（老师分别让学生举起下雪,有雾,晴朗,有风,多云的图片。）
T: What was the weather like yesterday?
Ss: It was snowy.
It was foggy.
It was sunny
It was windy.
（师生互动练习。）
Step 3
Consolidation
第三步
巩固（时间: 10 分钟）
1.（完成 1b。）
T: Look at the picture in your textbook. Listen and match the words on the right
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of the box
with the correct picture.
（两分钟后老师和学生核对答案。）
T: Here are the answers.／Tell me your answers.
（或者）Discuss with your partner to find the correct answers.
snowy—e
foggy—b
sunny—d
cloudy—a
windy—f
rainy—c
2.（完成 1c。）
T: Practice the conversation in 1a with the words in the box with your partner.
3.（做游戏,快乐中巩固复习。）
T: Let’s play a game.
There are three sections in 1c.
If you have the card with words of section 1, please stand on the left.
If you have the card with words of section 3, please stand on the right.
If you have the card with words of section 2, please stand in the middle.
Now, there are three groups.
The first student of each group, please come to the front of class. Hold up your
cards.
Then the whole class can make a sentence.
Example:
（1）It was rainy yesterday. Today is wet.
They are climbing mountains.
（2）It was windy yesterday.
Today is dry.
We are rowing boats.
（3）It was sunny yesterday.
Today is foggy.
We are flying kites.
（4）Yesterday was nice and bright.
Today is rainy.
We are making snowmen.
（5）Yesterday was wet.
Today is windy.
We are going hiking.
（有些句子可能很不符合逻辑,学生大笑,同时巩固复习句型,培养交际能力。）
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Step 4
Practice 第四步
练习（时间: 10 分钟）
1.（老师出示 Fuzhou 天气预报简图呈现关于湿度的词,句型。）
T: Now, look at the picture. Listen, read and say after the tape.
（老师板书关键词。）
city
weather
lowest temperature
Fuzhou nice, sunny
28℃
highest temperature
37℃
T: Now, look at the words in the box.
What do you think of the weather today?
Ss: It’s nice and sunny.
T: What’s the temperature,do you know?
Ss: The lowest temperature is 28℃. The highest temperature is 37℃.
2.（两人对话练习。）
T: Work in pairs. Practice 2a and discuss about the weather of other cities.
3.（完成 2b。）
T: Now, look at the picture of weather report on Page 80, answer my questions.
What’s the weather like in Toronto?
Ss: It’s snowy.
T: What’s the temperature?
Ss: It is from-10℃ to -4℃.
T: What’s the highest temperature?
Ss: It is -4℃.
Step 5
Project 第五步
综合探究活动（时间: 10 分钟）
（Discuss why the weather changes so fast in the world, and why we feel hotter
and hotter?）
Survey the reasons you know why the weather or climate changes fast? To call them
to protect our environment. And what we should do in our daily life?
Example:
S1: We use many cars .
S2: We have many chemical factories.
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