七年级A Teaching Plan for Topic 1, Unit 8,
Section A What’s the weather like in spring?
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Ⅰ. Teaching aims :
1. (1)Learn the new words about seasons and weather:
season, spring, summer, fall, winter ,weather, warm, hot, cold
(2)Learn other new words:
rain, snow, ground
2. Learn how to describe the weather.
What’s the weather like in spring? It’s warm.
How is the weather in fall? It’s cool.
When it snows, the ground is all white and I can make snowmen.
3. Learn to use superlative forms to express preference about seasons.
Which season do you like best, spring, summer, fall or winter?
I liked winter before, but now I like summer best.
Ⅱ. Important and difficult points
让学生熟练掌握及运用本课描述天气及季节的词、句型谈论对季节的喜好。
Ⅲ. Teaching aids
图片/小黑板/录音机
Step 1 Lead- in
1. 教师与学生谈论今天天气，情景交际导入新课。
教师活动：How are you today? I feel very hot. What about you?
What do you like to do?
Bb:
Hot, summer
学生活动：自由回答老师的问题
Step 2 Presentation
1. Present1a
Show pictures and learn new words. (Ask and answer between T and Ss)
T: Summer is a second season of the year.
教师呈现season 单词，让学生说出season单词的意思。
What is the weather like in summer?
教师呈现句型：What is the weather like in summer?
How is the weather in summer?
(1). 教师活动： Show a picture and ask:
What do you like doing?
教师呈现It is a good time (season) to do…
It is a good season for doing …
学生活动：自由回答或逐个回答。
（2）教师利用课本1a的图片进行投影，用同样的方法呈现summer, fall, winter…然后教师带读，让学生识读单词。)
2. Consolidation
1)教师活动 Get the students to describe the pictures.
学生活动：分组抢答
2）教师活动：Get Students to listen to1a and match the seasons with the weather and activities.
spring cool go swimming
summer warm make snowmen
fall cold fly kites
winter hot climb hills
3）巩固操练
教师活动：Get the students to ask and answer like this:
A: What is the weather like in…?
B: It is a good season to …
A: How is the weather in…?
B: It is a good time for …
学生活动：① 学生分组操练句型（如：group by group, boys and girls…）
| season weather Activities 图片1spring warm fly kites 图片2summer hot swim 图片3fall cool climb hills 图片4winter cold make snowmen |
② Chain drills.学生逐个问答。
3. Present3a
教师活动：Get the students to listen to3aand answer the questions.
What season does Jane like best now, spring, summer, fall or winter? .
Why? What about kangkang?
教师呈现单词rain, snow, ground
学生活动：学生看课本听录音，找出课本中的答案并画出。
4. Consolidation (2 Work alone)
教师活动：Get the students to listen and fill out the form.
| Name | Favorite season | Favorite activity |
| Zhou Weilun | ||
| Maria |
Step 4 Practice（Pair work 3b） 教师活动：Get the students to work in pairs. Make dialogues according to 3b. 学生活动：学生以两人为一组，进行对话练习。Step 5 Project （Homework） (调查你的朋友最喜爱的季节和在这个季节最喜爱的活动，制成一张表格, 然后依据表格写一篇小短文。)
教师活动： Get the students to survey the activities your friends often do in the four seasons, then complete the table below, and write a passage according to the table.
| Name | ||
| Favourite season | Favourite activity | |
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