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Lesson 4 The Spring City一、 Instructional Analysis1. Analysis of Teaching ContentThis unit focus on weather and activities related to the spring season. Students will learn to report on the weather, and discuss different topics and activities that relate to spring. Lesson 4 teaches students how to describe the spring in their hometown.2. Analysis of the Students The students of Grade Eight have mastered certain vocabularies. Through the last three lessons, they can talk about spring weather, activities, temperature, etc. But they don’t know how to describe their hometown in a proper way. They are interested in different kinds of activities in class like interviews and petitions. 二、 Teaching Aims1. Knowledge Objects1). To learn how to describe the spring in their hometown in a proper way.2).To learn new vocabularies: nearly, plenty3). To learn new phrases: long for/feel like / all year round/plenty of /because of by reading and listening to the text.2. Ability Objects To develop the students’abilities of reading 3. Moral Objects1).To cultivate the students’interests of learning English.2).To arouse students to love their hometown4. Learning StrategyIndividual learning