Unit 7 Seasons 课 题Comic strip and Welcome to the unit总第 课时备课时间 上课时间课 时Period 1教 具A recorder and teaching picturesTeaching aimsTo revise vocabulary and expressions to describe seasons at the same time, learn more new words and phrases.Teaching focus1. To revise vocabulary and expressions to describe seasons2. To guess meaning from context3. Talk about your favourite seasonsDifficult pointsTo master different ways of talking about weatherTeaching methodFree talk, Presentation, Practice, Consolidation.Teaching proceduresThe second preparing lessonsStep 1 PresentationTeach the new words such as sunny, cloudy ,windy and so on with the help of media Ask questions:Whats the weather like today?Its sunnycloudywindyPresent our students a picture of the rain. Look, Its raining . The ground is all wet. Its rainy.Look, Its snowing heavily. The ground is all white. Its snowy.Look! There is a lot of fog. We cant see anything clearly. Its foggy.Step2 PracticeDo the game one by one.Whats the weather like?Its sunny.Now lets play a game. The first student in each group will show the second student a weather card and ask him or her the question Whats the weather like? The second student will answer the question and then ask the third one the same question. The team which finishes first and does the best will win the game.Step3 PresentationWhats the weather like in spring?Its the windy and rainy. Its the best time for trees and flowers to grow. Its the best time to fly kites.Whats the weather like in summer? Its sunny and hot. Its the best time to go swimming.Whats the weather like in autumn? Its sunny and cool. Its the best time to plan a day out.Whats the weather like in winter? Its cold and snowy. Its the best time to play with snow.Now lets listen to a conversation and then answer some questions.1Which season does Simon like best? Why?2Which season does Amy like best? Why?Step4 Practice Now work in groups of four and make a similar conversation.Comic stripStep1 PresentationWinter is coming. Eddie feels very cold. What does he want to do? Now lets listen to the conversation between Eddie and Hobo, and then find out the answer. He wants Hobo to bring him clothes.Does Eddie look cool with the clothes? Hobo thinks hell look cool and feel cool with nothing on.Step2 DrillsListen to the tape and repeat after it. Pay attention to the pronunciation and intonation.These two teams will read Eddies part and these two will read Eddies part and these two will read Hobos part.Step3 DisplayWork in pairs and read the conversation between Eddie and Hobo. You can add your ideas.Step4 HomeworkRecite the comic strip and Part BTeaching notes