【正文】 ime 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 tape. After listening, ask the students to have a discussion about the photos in groups. Ask some students to have a report. Sample reports: S: It might be autumn in Picture 1 because the trees start to change colour. A white house stands behind the trees. It may be pleasant to live in the ho use. S: It might be hot summer in Picture 2 because there are many people swimming in the sea. And I can see a balloon. S: It is winter now in Picture 3. There are a lot of snow in the street. Then ask students to read the passage and check their answers. T: You should choose time to visit some good places in the USA. Read the passage carefully and fill in the table below. Places Time The reason New York and Washington DC May and October New England September California December The northwest (Alaska) July and August Southeast(Texas) Spring and winter Ask students to work in pairs to plete the table and report their answers. Then go through the answers with the students. Sample answers: Places Time The reason New York and Washington DC May and October Because it’s not too hot then. In winter there’s a lot of snow, too. New England September The weather starts to get cooler and the trees start to change color. And you can take photos of the autumn leaves. California December The weather is fine all year. You can swim in the sea. The northwest (Alaska) July and August It isn’t very cold and there’s a lot of rain. Southeast(Texas) Spring and winter Because it’s usually very sunny here. Step III Careful reading In this procedure, students will read the passage more carefully and slowly. Then they will do activities 2 and 3. Check the answers with the class. T: If you want to give your friends advice, you’d better give your reasons at the same time. Now read the passage again and find out the sentences of this type. Sample sentences: 1. Bring an umbrella. Bring an umbrella because it might rain. 2. Wear warm clothes. Wear warm clothes because it might be cool in the evening. Ask students to report their work. Game Ask students to do activity 4 by playing a game “Look for your friends”. T: When we give our friends advice, we should use because or so to say our reasons. Let’s e to activity 4. Please read the sentences first, and then we’ll play a game. Divide students into two groups and ask each group to write these sentences down on small pieces of paper. One group writes down the first part numbered 1, 2, 3 … and the other the part with a, b, c… . Then begin the game as follows: