英语人教版七年级下册unit7 1a-1c.doc

课题Unit7 Its raining! (1a-1c)教学目标Talk about the weatherThe words of the weatherHows the weather? Whats the weather like?教学过程Step1. Warming up1. Ask the Ss: Whats the date today? What day is it today? How are you?2. Give a new expression which has the same meaning as How are you? : Hows it going? But the new one has more answers.Step2. Presentation1. Show 4 faces on the screen and ask Ss to describe each face using whatever words they can. Help Ss identify each person is feeling.2. Then show 4 words. Say the words and ask Ss to repeat each one. Ask Ss to match each remembered phrase with a face. Encourage them to spell the phrases by How do you spell it?3. Practice with the new structure by the whole class: Choose one to the front and the others guess the description words through his/her facial expressions.Step3. Presentation1. Let one student ask me: Hows it going? I may answer like this: Terrible! Because its snowing and its so cold. Show a picture of snowing day and children are making a snowman and pretend to be very cold. Make Ss guess the words: the weather and snowing. Ask them: Hows the weather? Get them to answer like: Its snowing/snowy. Go on with other kinds of weather: sunny, rainy, cloudy, windy.2. Point out the numbered list of description words. Say each one and ask Ss to repeat the words again. Then ask Ss to match each word with one of cities in the picture. Check the answers.3. Play the tape and get Ss to write the city names in the boxes. Check the answers. Look at the 5 pictures in 1a. Encourage Ss to use the description words to describe the weather: Beijingsunny and warm/hot Shanghaicloudy and cool Bostonwindy and cool Moscowsnowing and cold Torontoraining and humid. Show an arrow to identify the degree of the 4 adjectives: cold, cool, warm and hot.4. Practice with the structures: Hows the weather? and Whats the weather like? with the 5 pictures The exact weather on that day should not be missed. Note: Talking about the weather is quite common in western coun