Unit 7 Its raining!Teaching aims:Knowledge aims: （1）New vocabulary:：:rain, windy, cloudy, sunny, snow, weather, Moscow, Boston, hows(2)Target language: Hows the weather? Its raining/windy/cloudy/sunny/snowing.Ability aims: Train Ss listening, speaking, Talk about the weather Key points: How to talk about the weatherDifficult points:A new way of greetings and the description words about the weather.Teaching procedureStep 1: Warming-up and Lead in 1. Ask the Ss randomly: Whats the date today? What day is it today? How are you?2. Give a new expression which has the same meaning as How are you? : Hows it going? But the new one has more answers.Step 2. Presentation1. (Show some pictures of the weather) Let Ss look at the pictures and ask them how the weather is. Ss learn the new words and expressions with the help of the pictures. 2. Look at the pictures in 1a. Then read the new words on the right. Ask the Ss to match the words with pictures. 3. Check the answers. Step 3.Game (Hows the weather?)1. (Showing some pictures on the big screen.) Ask Ss Hows the weather?2. Ss guess and answer the question. Step 4: Listening 1. Now lets look at the city names in the box in 1b. Please read after me. Ss read the cities after the teacher. 2. Now, Well hear four conversations. Listen carefully, point out each city in the picture as it comes upon the tape. Play the recording a second time. Ask Ss to write the name of the city in the picture of its weather. 3. Check the answers. Step 5: Pair work 1. Tell the Ss: If you are in one of the places in the picture above. Talk about the weather with your friends in another city on the phone. 2. Make a model with a student like this:T: Hi! Hows the weather in Beijing?S1: Its sunny. 3. Ss work in pairs. Ask and answer about the weather in the cities.Step 6.Homework1. Remember the new words and expressions.Section A1Hows the weather in Beijing/Moscow/boston/shanghai? Its sunny/cloudy/sunny/.Unit 7 Its raining!Teaching aims:Knowledge aims: （1）New vocabulary: cook, bad, park, message, take a message, could, back, problem (2) Target language: Hows the weather in Beijing? Its sunny. Can I take a message for him? Yes. Could you just tell him to call me back? Sure, no problem. Ability aims: Talk about the weather and greet each other with a new structure.Key points:The vocabulary and useful expressions. Master the conventional phrases Difficult points: 运用目标语言来对天气进行问答，并且会问答其他人正在进行的活动。Teaching procedureStep 1 .Lead-in1. Greet the Ss as usual. 2. Check the homework Step 2. Listening 1. Work on 2a. LetsseewhatJoesfamiliesaredoing.Pointtothe4pictures. 2. AskSstelleachpersonisdoingineachpicture.Moreattentionsshouldbepaid tothecorrectuseofthePresentProgressiveTense. 3. Play the recording for the Ss to listen and number the pictures 1-4. 4.PlaythetapeforSstocheck the answers. 5.Withthewholepicture,getsomeSstotellthestoryofit.6. BrainstormingPlaythetapeforanothertime.Thendoamemorytest. AskSs:WhatsUncleJoe/Jeff/Mary/AuntSarahdoing?WhatreScottandLucydoing?IsJeffwatchingTV? etc. 7. Let Ss match the names with the activities in 2b. Play the recording for the Ss to check the answers. Step 3. Pair work 1. Look at the pictures and talk about the people in 2a with a partner. 2. Ask a student the questions as a model:T: Whats Uncle Joe doing? S1: Hes playing basketball.3. Ss work in pairs. Ask and answer about the pictures. Step 4: Role-play 1. Ask Ss to read the conversation and answer the questions: Whats Steve doing? Whats Ricks brother doing? Ss read the conversations and answer the questions. Then check the answers together. 2. Let Ss role-play the conversation in pairs. Step 5.HomeworkSection A Whats Uncle Joe doing? Hes playing basketball. Whats Aunt Sally doing? Shes cooking. Whats Mary doing? Shes watching TV. What Jeff doing? Hes talking on the phone. Whats Steve doing? Whats Ricks brother doing?Unit 7 Its raining!Teaching aims:Knowledge aims: 1) 继续练习运用描述天气情况、描述正在发生的动作。2) 通过多种形式的练习方式来让学生们熟练掌握描述天气情况及描述正发生的事情。Ability aims: Ask and answer the Present Progressive Tense, and describe the activities people are doingKey points: 1) 总结掌握询问及描述天气所用的语言及句子结构。2) 会运用所学的知识在实际对话中描述天气及他人正做的事情。Difficult points: 能根据情境提示来描述天气或他人正在做的事情。Teaching procedure:Step 1 : Warming- up and revision1. Have a dictation of the new words and expressions in period 1.2. Ask some pairs to role-play the conversation in 2d. Step 2: Grammar Focus.1. 学生阅读Grammar Focus中的句子，然后做填空练习。 天气怎么样？ _ 天气多云。/天气晴朗。/天在下雨。 _