ⅥTeaching procedures

　　 Step1. Revision

　　 Show a weather map of China and get Ss to ask and answer in pairs about the different kinds of weather in some cities.

　　 Step2. Presentation

1. Ask Ss: How do you know the weather beforehand? Get answers like: From the radio/121/the TV/the mobile phone/the internet.

3. Cultural awareness: Learn to love our nature and protect the environment. Make a donation if possible

ⅡImportant points: Use the words, expressions and sentence structures correctly.

2. Ability: Learn about different activities in different weather

1.　　 Knowledge

①Words: vocation, lying, beach, group, beach, volleyball, surprised, heat, relaxed, winter, scarf, everyone, man

②Additional words: sandstorm, typhoon, tsunami(海啸)

③Sentence structures: How’s the weather? What’s the weather like? What can we do with this? When is the best time to visit your town/city?

2. Interview their family members about the place they want to go most and the situations there, and then write a report about it.

Period Four

Section B 3a, 3b, 3c, 4 +self check

3. Let’s find out. Find out what kinds of activities someone wants to do on certain days.

　　 Step4. Homework

　　 !. Copy the new words 4 times.

2. Ss make an interview in the class., and then give a report about.

1. After visiting the 4 places, ask some Ss: Where do you want to go? When do you want to go there? How’s the weather? What do you want to do there? Let them describe the places they want to go most.　

2. Further discussion. Show 4 pictures. With the 4 questions ①Where is it? ②How is the weather? ③What season is it? ④What are the people doing? Ss talk about the countries, the weather, the seasons and the activities.

　　 Step3. Interview

1. After talking about the local weather in 4 seasons, let’s watch different weather in other countries. Tell Ss Maria is in Mexico. Play this phone conversation between Sam and Maria. Listen carefully to their questions and answers. Play the tape the first time, Ss only listen. Play the tape again and have Ss catch the answers Maria and Sam give to the question How’s it going? Listen again and write what they answer to What are you doing? and How’s the weather?