1Unit 7 Its rainingSection A. the first period.Teaching Aims:1. Let students stud the words to express weather: sunny rainy cloudy windy snowy2. Let students study the structureHows the weather.?Its raining3. Let students know about the cities: Moscow Boston TorontoTeaching difficult and main points:Let students talk about weatherTeaching steps:Step1: Great the students Step2: lead-inT: let students listen to music, and guess what they will study in the lesson.S: Its weather reportT: Then show a picture to students. say “Its raining.”, then tell students, “we study unit 7 section A ”,and write the title on the blackboard.Step 3 : Show the learning goals to the students.Step4: PresentationShow pictures to teach new words.sun-sunny; wind-windy. cloud-cloudy, rain-raining, snow-snowyStep 4: practice the wordseg: If the teacher says sun, students say sunny, boys say sun, girl say sunny. in the same way practice the other words.Let students look at the picture, and find out the same places and explain the structure “n.+ y-adj.” Give two minutes to the class. let students try to recite them after that ask volunteers to spell them out.Step 5: Let students look at the picture. First, ask students where it is. Then ask the weather:2.Step 6: PresentationLet students tell when we talk about weather. What can we ask and answer, and explain the main structure.-Hows the weather+.?-Its sunny/ rainy/ cloudy/snowy.Hows the weather?= Whats the weather like?eg: A: Hows the weather in Tuanxi?= Whats the weather like in Tuanxi?B: Its sunny.Step 7:Practice:Give five pictures to students. Let students make dialogues with the pictures in pairs in five minutes .(first give a model) then let some volunteers to act the dialogues out.Step 8: Let students finish 1a and check the answers. Let students listen to the tape , the first time, finish the chart; the second time, finish 1b, and then. check the answers. Step 9: Let students watch the weather report, and ask students.T: What show is it in Chinese?S: Its weather report. Show a picture to students. Help them do the weather report in English, like this:Ladies and Gentlemen: Heres the weather report . Its sunny in Shanghai. Its windy in Beijing. Thank you! Give two minutes to students. Let them report. then let some students do the weather report.Step 10: Let students do a small quiz in class. after that, ask some volunteers to tell their answers, then check the answers.Step11: Game playShow some pictures to students. Let students guess the weather according to the things that the small bear takes. Then ask: Hows the weather? Its sunny/ windy/ raining.Step12: Summaryfirst. ask students to summarize what they can learn in todays lesson .after that. summarize the contents with the students again.Step 13: Homework Recite the new words Look at 1as picture. Make five conversations like this:3A: Hows the weather in Shanghai?/ Whats the weather like in Shanghai?B: Its sunny.April 18th,2013