【正文】 at Spring Festival? Of course we do. So it is very important to listen to the weather forecast during the Spring Festival. Tony is going to England during the Spring festival. What will be the weather like? Now listen and find out. Ask students to listen to the tape and then fill in the blanks in activity 5. Check the answers. Step III Reading In this procedure, ask students to read the dialogue and do activity 6 as a petition to see if the sentences are true or false. T: Read the dialogue again and do activity 6. Check if they are true or false. Let’s have a petition between boys and girls. If you stand up and correct the question correctly first, you will get a star. Those who get more stars will be the winner. Sample: S1: It’s always cold and wet in February in England. S2: True. S1: It’s often freezing in February in England. S2: False. It may not be cold, just wet. And it might be windy in England. … Step IV 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 forecast for China according to activity 2. Now work in pairs and make 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: Tomorrow may be sunny. It may be rainy next week. It might be very cold next month. Step V Homework 1. Ask the students to learn and remember the new words and expressions of this unit. 2. Ask the students to finish activities 1—3 on page 152. Period 2 Reading and writing Target language 目標(biāo)語言 1. Words amp。 phrases 生詞和短語 camera, umbrella, pleasant, from time to time, fall, swimsuit, northwest, southeast, pared 2. Key sentences 重點(diǎn)句子 The USA is a very big country to visit, so choose carefully the places to see and the time to go. Bring a good map because you may want to travel around. It’s a good idea to bring your camera because you may want to take photos of the autumn leaves. It’s pleasant to visit Alaska in July and August but it might be cool in the evening. So remember to wear some warm clothes. Any time you like! Ability goals 能力目標(biāo) Enable students to talk about the weather in the USA. Teaching important/difficult points 教學(xué)重難點(diǎn) How to talk about the weather in the USA. Teaching methods 教學(xué)方法 Reading and writing. Teaching aids 教具準(zhǔn)備 A projector or some pictures and some small pieces of paper, a tape recorder Teaching procedures and ways 教學(xué)過程與方式 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. sunny, cloudy, snow, freezing, temperature, cool, dry, shower, wet, snowy Then ask them to work in pairs, and talk about the weather today and tomorrow. Sample dialogue: S1: What’s the weather like today? S2: It’s cloudy. S1: What will the weather be like tomorrow? S2: It may be rainy./It will probably be rainy. Ask so me pairs to act in front of the class. After this, present the Reading by practice When’s the best time to… in pairs. T: It’s sunny/cloudy/rainy… today. But when is the best time to visit our town/city? Why? (Write the question on the blackboard) Let’s have a discussion in pairs. Sample dialogue: S1: When is the best time to visit our town/city? S2: I think September is the best time. S1: Why? S2: Because it’s not too hot or cold at that time. Ask some pairs to act in front of the class. 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 ta