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?

1. Show 4 faces on the screen and ask Ss to describe each face using whatever words they can. Help Ss identify each person is feeling.

2. Give a new expression which has the same meaning as How are you? : How’s it going? But the new one has more answers.

Step2. Presentation

　　　　　　　　 How’s it going? Great! /Not bad! /Terrible! /Pretty good!

ⅥTeaching procedures

Step1. Warming up

1. Ask the Ss randomly: What’s the date today? What day is it today? How are you?

3. Cultural awareness: A new way of greetings and asking about the weather is quite a common greeting in western countries.

ⅡImportant points: A new way of greetings and the description words about the weather.