英语人教版七年级下册Unit7 Section A (1a—2c).docx

初中英语教学设计Unit 7 Its raining!The First Period 1 (Section A 1a2c) Teaching aims1. Words:rain,windy,cloudy,sunny,snow,weather,Moscow,Boston,hows,bad,terrible,pretty, cool, cold, humid, warm, hot2. Sentence structures: Hows it going? Hows the weather? Whats the weather like? Important pointsA new way of greetings and the description words about the weather. Difficult pointsHows the weather? Its raining/windy/cloudy/sunny/snowing/.Hows it going? Great! /Not bad! /Terrible! /Pretty good! Teaching proceduresStep1. 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. Presentation 1. 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. Practice and listening test1. 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. 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 countries as a daily greeting.Step4. Weather reportShow a weather map of China. Get Ss to make a weather report as a CCTV reporter. They may begin with asking the weather in each city, then make up a report about it.Step5. Listening practiceAsk Ss to watch the pictures carefully first, then number the pictures according to the recording materials. Check the keys in class.Ask Ss to listen to the recording again, then match the names with the activities. Ask one student to give the answers first, then check the answers together.Step 6. PracticeAsk Ss to talk about the people in 2a with their partners in class.Step6. Homework1. Summarize the usages of how in questions.2. Watch a weather report on TV and take down some notes about the weather forecast for tomorrow, and then write a report about it. BLACKBOARD DESIGNUnit 7 Its raining!Section A 1a2cWhat day is it today? Its Tuesday.Whats the date toda