Lesson 1: Whats the Weather Like?Teaching Content:Mastery words and expressions: rather, shower, rise, rose, risen, setOral words and expressions: thunder, storm, sunrise, sunsetTeaching Aims: Talking about weatherTeaching Important Points:1. Describe the weather in spring;2. Talk about the temperature.Teaching Difficult Points:Describe the nature phenomenon.Teaching preparation: the pictures of springTeaching Aids: audiotape; flashcards; picturesType of lesson: new lessonTeaching Procedure:Step1. Free talk1.What weather do you like? Why or why not?2.What sports can you do in this season?Step2. Come to “THINK ABOUT IT”Let the students work in groups and answer the following questions:1. Look outside. Whats the weather like today?2. How does this weather make you feel?Step3. Listen to the tape and answer the following questions:1. Whats the weather like today?2. It is snowing, isnt it?3. whats the temperature?4. is it going to rain today, isnt it?Step4. Read the text and check the answers. Read the text in roles.Step5. PracticeWork in three students. Suppose you are a weather reporter. Now report todays weather to the others in your group. Then report it to the class.Step6. PracticeMake up a dialogue between two or three students in class. It is about the weather in spring. Let some students act it out before the class.Step7. Homework1. Find something that represents spring and show it to the class next time.2. Finish off the activity book.Lesson 2: Its Getting Warmer!Teaching Content:Mastery words and expressions: become, became, become, factOral words and expressions: daylight, melt, lightning, fascinatingTeaching Aim:1. Know something more about spring;2. The compound words.Teaching Important Points:1. When does spring begin?2. How many hours of daylight are there on March 21st?3. What is the weather like?Teaching Difficult Points:the compound wordsTeaching Preparation: some pictures of springTeaching Aids: audiotape, flashcards, some picturesType of lesson: new lessonTeaching Procedure:Step1. Let the students on duty reports the weather to the class. The others listen and decide it is right or wrong.Step2. Listen to the tape and answer the following questions:1. Whats the date today?2. How many ways can you write dates?3. How many hours of daylight are there on March 21st?4. What is spring weather like?5. What is the temperature of the air near lighting?Step3. Read the text and check the answers. Step4. Listen to the tape again and imitate after it until they can read it fluently and correctly.Step5. Ask the students to ask other questions according to the text. You can begin like this:1. When does the sun rise in the morning and when does it set in the evening?2. Does it snow in early spring?3. What is sometimes with thunder and lighting?Step6. Come to “LETS DO IT”.Work in groups and discuss these questions. Then let them report it to the class.Step7. Homework1. Finish off the activity book.2. Write a composition about spring.Summary: We are enjoying spring now. We can feel it is warmer than before. But not all of us know when the sun rises in the morning and sets in the evening. Let the students observe after class, write it down and report it to the class. It can cultivate the students interests of learning English.Lesson 3: Postcards!Teaching Content:Mastery words and expressions: roadOral words and expressions: outdoorsTeaching Aim:1. Grasp how to write a letter and the address.2. Know more about the spring in China and Canada.Teaching Important Points:1. Find the differences between China and Canada in spring. 3. Find the differences between the clothes that we wear in winter and in spring.Teaching Difficult Points:1. Whats the weather like in Edmonton?2. How to express ones idea easily in a letter?Teaching Preparation: a postcardTeaching Aids: audiotape, flashcards, postcardsType of lesson: new lessonTeaching Procedure:Step1. Free TalkLet the students work in three and talk about the sports that we often do in spring. Then give a talk for the class.Step2. Have a matchRead the text and see who read it best. Remember to encourage the students who preview the new lesson.Step3. Listen to the tape and read after it. Play the tape for several times until they can read it fluently and correctly.Step4. Ask the students to find questions and solve them. They can ask the questions like this:1. How did Li Ming go to school on March twenty-first?2. Whats the temperature that afternoon?3. What time does the sun rise this morning?4. Is it snowing in Canada?5. When does it often snow in w