1.　　 Knowledge

①Words: cook, study

②Sentence structures: What are you/ they doing? We/ They are… What is he/she doing? He/ She is … Yes/No questions and short answers.

3. Watch a weather report on TV and take down some notes about the weather forecast for tomorrow, and then write a report about it.

Period Two

Section A 2a, 2b, 2c, 3b+ Grammar Focus

2. Summarize the usages of how in questions.

1. Copy the new words 4 times each.

4. Practice with the structures: How’s the weather? and What’s 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 report

Show a weather map of China. Get Ss to make a weather report as a CCTV anchor. They may begin with asking the weather in each city, then make up a report about it.

Step5. Chant

Show an easy chant to reinforce the questions and words about the weather.

Step6. Homework

3. 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: ①Beijing-sunny and warm/hot ②Shanghai-cloudy and cool ③Boston-windy and cool ④Moscow-snowing and cold ⑤Toronto-raining and humid. Show an arrow to identify the degree of the 4 adjectives: cold, cool, warm and hot.

2. Point out the numbered list of description words. Say each one and ask Ss to repeat the words again. Then ask Ss to match each word with one of cities in the picture. Check the answers.

1. Let one student ask me: How’s it going? I may answer like this: Terrible! Because it’s snowing and it’s 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: How’s the weather? Get them to answer like: It’s snowing/snowy. Go on with other kinds of weather: sunny, rainy, cloudy, windy.

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. Presentation

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?