英语人教版七年级下册Unit 7 Its raining! Period 1.doc

一、教学背景这一单元的中心话题是Describe the weather。语法现象是Present Progressive Tense。继Unit6 Im watching TV第二次出现了现在进行时态，是上一单元的延续。比较上一单元，本单元增设了一个日常生活中重要的情景Talking about the weather 。学生不但要具备并熟练地掌握现在进行时态的意识和技巧，并且要会运用这一时态描述在各种天气背景下人的活动。二、 教材内容本单元语言训练的重点是（1）谈论天气；（2）描述正在发生的动作。重点语言结构是（1）How引导的特殊疑问句；（2）Yes/No问句及答语；（3）现在进行时的用法。Section A主要是听读说和基础语言运用，为目标句型提供分步示例和指导性练习；Section B知识扩展、新旧知识的运用，循序渐进的写作练习；运用所学的语言完成各种任务使学生能够对已经学过的目标句型运用自如：Self -Check自我评价，词汇知识的评价，语言应用能力的评价。 三、 单元总体学习目标1、词汇 基础核心词汇：sunny, cloudy, snowing, raining, windy, cold, hot, cool, warm, humid, terrible 掌握：rain, snow, weather, cook, study, bad, pretty, lying, beach, group, surprised, beat, relaxed, winter, scarf, everyone, man, like 了解：Moscow, Boston, hows=how is, vocation, beach, volleyball 补充词汇：spring, summer, autumn, sandstorm, typhoon, tsunami(海啸)2、语法 (1)现在进行时 (2) 有关天气的特殊问句及答语3、日常交际用语Hows the weather in Moscow?Its raining.Whats the weather like in Shanghai?Its sunny.What are you/they doing?We/They are watching TV.What is he/she doing?He/she is cooking.Hows it going?Great!4、语言技能1）能用英语打招呼和描述并谈论不同的天气。2）能用现在进行时互相交流。3）能用现在进行时叙述在不同地方的和不同的天气背景下人们能做的事。5、情感态度1）通过课文教学引导学生关注天气情况，爱护环境，保护大气等自然资源的良好意识。2）通过学习打招呼、谈论天气和所做的事时所用的交际用语，学会与人友好相处。3）通过学习和对比不同天气背景下人的活动，激发学生的内在情感，进行爱的教育。4）能在小组活动中积极与他人合作，相到帮助，共同完成学习任务。6、文化意识了解不同地方和不同的天气背景下人们能做的事，互相交流不同国家的文化，对学生进行不同文化意识的渗透。同时让了解其他国家风景，风俗，增加学生的背景知识，增强学科间的交流。培养学生具有一定的环保意识、责任意识和关爱他人之心。7、学习策略通过任务型的教学，让学生学会自主学习，归纳总结，培养主动学习的能力。尤其对所学内容能主动复习并加以整理和归纳的能力。四、分课时教学设计Period ThreeSection B 2a, 2b, 2c. Teaching aims1. KnowledgeWords: hot, cold, cool, warm, humid Additional words: spring, summer, autumnSentence structures: Hows it going? What are you doing? Hows the weather?2. Ability: Describe the different kinds of weather and different activities in different areasImportant points: Revise and use the words, expressions and sentence structures correctly.Difficult points: Describe the weather in 4 seasons and peoples activitiesTeaching procedures Step1. Revision1. 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 dont forget humid. 2. Get Ss to look at Picture C .Tell them: Its Chengdu. How is the weather in it? Its sunny. Is it cool? No, its hot. Its 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. Presentation1. After talking about the local weather in 4 seasons, lets 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 Hows it going? Listen again and write what they answer to What are you doing? and Hows the weather?2. Further discussion. Show 4 pictures. With the 4 questions Where is it? How is the weather? What season is it? What are the people doing? Ss talk about the countries, the weather, the seasons and the activities.countryweatherseasonactivitiesJapancoolspringwatch the flowersAmerica(Hawaii)hotsummerswimCanadawarmautumnwatch the leavesAmericancoldwinterdo sportsStep3. Interview1. After visiting the 4 places, ask some Ss: Where do you want to go? When do you want to go there? Hows the weather? What do you want to do there? Let them describe the places they want to go most. 2. Ss make an interview in the class., and then give a report about.3. Lets find out. Find out what kinds of activities someone wants to do