教学目标
语
言
知
识 类别 内 容 课次 要求
词
汇 weather, spring,warm,season,summer,mountain,winter, cold,rain,
ground,snow 1A 掌
握
cloudy, snowy, sunny, windy, rainy, bright, quite,wet, dry, low, temperature,from...to... 1B
holiday, remember, wear, part, sun, shine, brightly, shorts, suddenly, spend, as, the same as,travel,overcoat,if,report 1C
come back to life,busy,leaf 1D
soon, hope, together, stay, places of interest,each 2A
anytime, fantastic, expensive, camera, famous, tent, raincoat, notebook, whom, prepare 2B
enter, take off, point, touch, finger, arrive, gift money, paper, pass, person, May Day, during, had, be different from 2C
greeting, foreigner, polite, into 2D
festival, Spring Festival, Christmas, get together, potato, mark, sweet, luck, riddle, stay up, honor, family get together, Mid-autumn Festival,send,believe 3A
inside, shout, chocolate, candy, grape 3B
international, labor, race, National Day,capital,flag,hang 3C
whole, greet, lucky, burn, god 3D
go hiking 1A 理
解
foggy, degree centigrade 1B
softly 1C
hopeful, heavily, crop, ripe, harvest, strongly 1D
local, Germany, France, New Zealand, Egypt,India,Russia 2A
exciting, backpack, the Palace Museum, Mount Tai 2B
custom, Brazil, Indonesia, Muslim, Thailand, Korea, Italy, wrap, Tibet, temple,Tibetan 2C
necklace, impolite, earn 2D
dragon, Thanksgiving, roast, turkey, Lantern Festival, Lunar, eve, midnight, fool, adult, mooncake, Christian, Easter, Christ, colorful 3A
Halloween, scary, broomstick, witch, ghost, apple bobbing, pumpkin, treat, trick or treat, Jewish, honey 3B
normally, decorate, stocking, fireplace, Santa Claus,exchange 3C
event 3D
语
言
知
识 类别 内 容
语
法 1. 一般过去时的特殊疑问句
How was your trip?
It was wonderful.
How long were you there?
Only five days.
What places did you visit?
We visited some famous temples.
2. 动词过去式（不规则变化）
be→was/weredo→didhave→had
buy→boughtsend→sent
get→gottell→told
hang→hung
功能和话题 1. 季节和天气及相关的活动
What’s the weather like in summer?
How is the weather in winter?
What do you think of the weather today?
What’s the temperature,do you know?
Which season do you like best,spring, summer,fall or winter?
What’s your favorite season?
It is a good season for hiking.
It’s a good time to climb moutains.
We can make a snowman in winter.
2. 旅行计划和谈论度假
I want to go to Australia.
I plan to travel around the country and take pictures of the local people.
I would like to travel to some places of interest.
I hope to get together with then.
What’s the best time to go there?
What’s the weather like in Kunming?
Is it expensive there?
What places should I visit in Yunnan?
Where did you go on holiday?
What did you do last Sunday?
How was your trip?
3. 文化、风俗习惯
When you travel in other countries,you should know the customs of those countries.
In Japan,when you enter someone’s home,you should take off your shoes.
In Brazil,people never go out with their hair wet.
In Indonesia,you mustn’t point to anything with your foot.
Don’t touch a child on the head in Thailand.
Before the Chinese New Year,many Chinese families burn the old picture of kitchen god, Zao Shen’ to bring good luck.
4. 节日庆祝
Chinese people make dumplings and perform lion and dragon dances.
People in many countries celebrate Christmas and give each other presents.
They often wear scary clothes and knock on their neighbors’doors and shout,"Trick or treat?"
Best wishes to you.
Topic 1
Section A
The main activities are 1a and 3.本课重点活动是la和3。
Ⅰ. Teaching aims and demands教学目标
1. Learn the words of seasons and the words describing the weather and activities:
weather,spring, summer, fall, winter, warm,season,cold,rain, ground, snow, go hiking, swimming, climb mountains, make a snowman
2. Learn how to describe weather:
What’s the weather like in summer?
It’s hot. We can go swimming.
How is the weather in fall?
It is cool. It’s a good time to climb mountains.
3. Learn to use the comparative and superlative forms to express preference about seasons:
I like spring better.
Which season do you like best, spring, summer, fall or winter?
I think I like summer best.
Ⅱ. Teaching aids 教具
四张教学挂图。每张的上方分别标有春、夏、秋、冬四个英语单词。挂图背面标有暖、热、凉、冷四个英语单词,下方有hiking,swimming, climb mountains, make a snowman 短语。
挂图背面的下方为四季活动的图片。图与词应是相对应的。作为教学挂图的纸张应为纸板式,有一定硬度。
Ⅲ. Five-finger Teaching Plan五指教学方案
Step1 Review 第一步 复习（时间: 5分钟）
1.（师生互动问好导入复习呈现。）
T: Good morning, class.
Ss: Good morning, teacher.
T: What day is it today?
Ss: It’s Tuesday.
T: So we will learn a new section today. But first I would like to know the date today.
2.（找一学生协助导入复习。）
T: What’s the date today?
S2: It’s June 11th.
（找学生2。）
T: When were you born?
Ss: September 21st.
（找学生3。）
T: What’s the 11th month of the year?
S3: November.
3.（活动继续,同时老师分栏板书月份名称在黑板上。）
T: There are twelve months in a year.
But there are four seasons in a year, too.
Look at the blackboard. What are the four seasons?
Listen to 1a, find the answers and tell me.
（导入下步。）
Step 2 Presentation 第二步 呈现（时间: 10分钟）
1. T: Now, tell me the answers.
Ss: Spring, summer, fall and winter.
（学生根据录音模仿,老师板书在黑板上相应位置,同时纠正。）
T: Listen to the tape again, finish lb, try to find the words describing the weather.
2.（放录音1a第二遍,学生听,完成1b。）
T: Can you find the words describing the weather?
Ss: Yes.
T: What are they?
Ss: They are warm, hot, cool and cold.
3.（学生模仿录音机发音,老师板书,纠正。）
T: Listen to the tape for the third time. Find the sentences of doing activities.
Ss: All right.
4.（放完录音,师生商讨核对答案,然后老师板书重点句型在黑板上。）
T: What are your answers?
It is a good season for hiking.
I like swimming in the river.
It’s a good time to climb mountains.
We can make a snowman in winter.
Step 3 Consolidation 第三步 巩固（时间: 5分钟）
1.（小组活动。一边看课本Page 77的四幅图画,两人互问互答,熟练掌握句型。学生重点操练句型,除了黑板上呈现的外,还有以下。）
What’s the wether like in spring?
It’s warm.
How is the weather in fall?
It’s cool.
2.（让学生不看课本,借助黑板上的关键词,复述对话内容。）
Step 4Practice第四步练习（时间: 10分钟）
1.（完成2,听对话,填表格。）
T: Listen to 2, complete the chart.
T: Here are the answers, please check it.
Name Favorite Season Favorite Activity
Zhou Weilun summer go swimming
Maria spring fly kites
2.（学生两人对话,仿照4,表达自己对季节的喜好和原因。）
T: Work in pairs. Follow the example to make a dialog.
3.（完成3。）
T: Listen to 3, read and find Kangkang’s and Jane’s favorite season. And why?
（学生听,读,找答案。）
T: Now, tell me your answers.
（找一学生检查填写情况及的短文理解程度。）
S: Jane likes summer best. Because she likes swimming very much.Kangkang’s favorite season is winter. Because when it snows, the ground is white with snow and he can make snowmen. He likes doing that very much.
4.（四人小组活动。讨论自己最喜欢的季节及原因。并且需要对本季节的天气进行描述。）
T: Now, work in four. Discuss about your favorite season.
Describe the weather and your favorite activities.
Example:
S1: I like spring best. It is warm. I can go hiking. I like hiking very much.
S2: My favoriter season is winter. It is cold. It is not very cold. It often snows in winter. All is white. I like white. I like making snowmen with snow.
S3: I like summer better. It is hot. It is not cold. I can go swimming in the river. I like swimming very much.
S4: I like fall better. It is cool, not very hot and not very cold. I can go climbing mountains. That’s my favorite activity.
Step 5 Project 第五步 综合探究活动（时间: 15分钟）
1.（班级比赛活动。全班分成男、女两组。每组一次一人。挑出自己最喜欢的季节,取出相应的教学挂图,藏在身后,不让对方看到。然后互相猜。猜中了要描述天气和适宜的活动情况。每人有三次机会。猜不中的被淘汰,记零分。最后哪组得分最多,算赢家。）
T: Now, Let’s play a game.
Boys are the first group. Girls are the second group.
One boy and one girl work in a small group.
They must guess the other’s favorite season, then describe the weather and activities. Each can guess three times.
Let’s see which group can be the winner.
Example:
（第一小组）
A1: Is your favorite season spring?
B1: No.
A1: Is your favorite season summer?
B1: No.
A1: Is your favorite season fall, either?
B1: Yes.
A1: It is cool in fall. It’s a good time to climb mountains.
（换过来）
B1: What is your favorite season? Is it winter?
A1: No.
B1: Is it fall?
A1: No.
B1: Is it winter?
A1: Yes.
B1: It is cold. We can make a snowman in winter.
（第二小组）
A2: Which is your favorite season? Spring or fall?
B2: I don’t like spring. I don’t like fall, either.
A2: Is it summer?
B2: Yes.
A2: It is hot. It is a good season for swimming.
（换过来）
B2: I guess your favorite season is summer, too.
A2: Yes. It is right.
B2: It is hot. It is a good time to go swimming.
（第三小组）
A3: Your favorite season is summer?
B3: No.
A3: Spring?
B3: No.
A3: Winter?
B3: No.
（A3被淘汰。换过来问。）
B3: Which is your favorite season, spring, summer, fall or winter?
A3: Spring.
（B3出乎意料地运用妙计一次性猜中。）
（活动继续,直到完成。）
2.（完成Page 78 5）
T: Now, Let’s chant.
（全班同学一齐大声朗读歌谣The Seasons。教室里一片欢快的气氛。）
3.（留作业。写一篇不少于五句的短文,和天气、季节有关。）
T: This is your homework.
Write a short passage about weather. You should have five sentences or more in your passage.
（附本课板书: ）
Unit 8 The seasons and the Weather
Tpoic 1 What’s the weather like today?
Section A
March
April
May
↓
spring
↓
warm
↓
It’s a good season
For hiking June
July
August
↓
summer
↓
hot
↓
I like swimming
in the river. September
October
November
↓
fall
↓
cool
↓
It’s a good time
To climb mountains. December
January
February
↓
winter
↓
cold
↓
We can make a
Snowman in winter.
What’s the weather like in spring?
How is the weather in winter?
It is warm.
It is cold.
Section B
The main activities are 1a and 2a. 本课重点活动是1a和2a。
Ⅰ. Teaching aims and demands教学目标
1. Learn words of describing weather:
cloudy, snowy, foggy, sunny, windy, rainy,bright, quiet, wet, dry, low, temperature
2. Review the simple past tense and present continuous tense:
How was the weather yesterday?
It was cloudy all day.
What are they doing?
They are flying kites and a boy is riding a bike over there.
3. Learn to understand weather reports:
What’s the temperature, do you know?
The lowest temperature is 20℃ and the highest temperature is 25℃.
Ⅱ. Teaching aids教具
课前要求学生将1c各词制作成卡片。卡片上尽量显示图画和单词两部分。教师制作天气预报简图。简图上标明北京当天的天气及最高温度和最低温度。
Ⅲ. Five-finger Teaching Plan五指教学方案
Step 1 Review第一步 复习（时间: 5分钟）
1.（男,女生各一人作英语课堂值日报告,复习上节课关于季节,天气和活动的描述。）
S1: Good morning, everyone. Today is Tuesday, June 10th.It’s summer now. I like summer best. Because it is hot. I can go swimming in the river.（面向全班同学）What’s your favorite season, everyone?
Ss: Spring／Summer／Fall／Winter.
S1: Why?
Ss: Because spring is warm. It is a good season for hiking.／Because Fall is cool. It’s a good time to climb mountains.／Because it is cold in winter. I can make a snowman in winter.
S2: Hello, everyone. I like spring better. It’s nice and warm,and I can fly kites in spring.
2.（学生作完报告举起一张画有一男孩正在放风筝的图片,同时标有fly kites的词导入下
步。）
Step 2 Presentation 第二步 呈现（时间: 10分钟）
T: What’s the weather like in spring?
（指着图片复习进行时,图片上有多云和下雨的图片,呈现另一类描述天气的词。例: rainny, snowy等,导入用一般过去时询问天气的句型。）
Ss: It’s warm.
T: What’s the boy doing?
Ss: He is flying a kite.
T: What’s the weather like in summer?
（老师指着学生3举起的图片。图片上有夏日一群孩子在湖里划船和一小孩在湖边公路上骑车的场面,图片上标有row boats, ride a bike, hot, dry词。）
Ss: It’s very hot. It is dry, too.
T: What are they doing?
Ss: They are rowing boats. A boy is riding a bike over there.
（老师手指窗外。）
T: What’s the weather like today?
Ss: It’s raining. It’s rainning heavily.
T: So it is rainy today. What a cool day! It is wet, too.
（老师让作下雨图片的学生举起,可结合实际情况变换。图片上标有rain,wet词。）
T: Today is Tuesday. What day was it yesterday?
Ss: It was Monday.
T: What was the weather like yesterday?
Ss: It was cloudy.
（老师分别让学生举起下雪,有雾,晴朗,有风,多云的图片。）
T: What was the weather like yesterday?
Ss: It was snowy.
It was foggy.
It was sunny
It was windy.
（师生互动练习。）
Step 3 Consolidation 第三步 巩固（时间: 10分钟）
1.（完成1b。）
T: Look at the picture in your textbook. Listen and match the words on the right of the box with the correct picture.
（两分钟后老师和学生核对答案。）
T: Here are the answers.／Tell me your answers.
（或者）Discuss with your partner to find the correct answers.
snowy-e foggy-b cloudy-a
sunny-d windy-f rainy-c
2.（完成1c。）
T: Practice the conversation in 1a with the words in the box with your partner.
3.（做游戏,快乐中巩固复习。）
T: Let’s play a game.
There are three sections in 1c.
If you have the card with words of section 1, please stand on the left.
If you have the card with words of section 3, please stand on the right.
If you have the card with words of section 2, please stand in the middle.
Now, there are three groups.
The first student of each group, please come to the front of class. Hold up your cards.
Then the whole class can make a sentence.
Example:
（1）It was rainy yesterday. Today is wet.
They are climbing mountains.
（2）It was windy yesterday.
Today is dry.
We are rowing boats.
（3）It was sunny yesterday.
Today is foggy.
We are flying kites.
（4）Yesterday was nice and bright.
Today is rainy.
We are making snowmen.
（5）Yesterday was wet.
Today is windy.
We are going hiking.
（有些句子可能很不符合逻辑,学生大笑,同时巩固复习句型,培养交际能力。）
Step 4 Practice 第四步 练习（时间: 10分钟）
1.（老师出示北京天气预报简图呈现关于湿度的词,句型。）
T: Now, look at the picture. Listen, read and say after the tape.
（老师板书关键词。）
city weather lowest temperature highest temperature
Beijing nice, sunny 28℃ 37℃
（模仿读三遍,纠正发音,语调。）
T: Now, look at the words in the box.
What do you think of the weather today?
Ss: It’s nice and sunny.
T: What’s the temperature,do you know?
Ss: The lowest temperature is 28℃. The highest temperature is 37℃.
2.（两人对话练习。）
T: Work in pairs. Practice 2a and discuss about the weather of other cities.
3.（完成2b。）
T: Now, look at the picture of weather report on Page 80, answer my questions.
What’s the weather like in Toronto?
Ss: It’s snowy.
T: What’s the temperature?
Ss: It is from-10℃ to -4℃.
T: What’s the highest temperature?
Ss: It is -4℃.
（完成后换成纽约市让学生提问老师答。师生互动,增强交际性培养。）
Ss: What is the weather like in New York?
T: It is sunny.
Ss: What’s the temperature?
T: It is from 3℃ to 7℃.
Ss: What’s the lowest temperature?
T: It is 3℃.
Ss: What’s the highest temperature?
T: It is 7℃.
4. Practice the conversation in 2a with the words in the box with your pantner.（活学活用。）
Harbin sunny quite cool from 5℃ to 15℃ go hiking
Xi’an windy hot,dry from 8℃~20℃ fly kites
Guangzhou rainy hot, wet from 10℃~30℃ take an umbrella
Step 5 Project 第五步 综合探究活动（时间: 10分钟）
1.（放松学习。）
T: Boys and girls, let’s do an activity with all classmates together.
Turn to Page 80. Look at 4.
Let’s read the rhyme"The Light Rain."
（然后分组朗诵比赛。）
2. （分成七人一组。每人做一天的天气预报。扩展什么天气里注意什么等,关于注意事项的描述。弹性课堂,知识迁移。）
Survey th e weather in your area for a whole week in June,work in group of seven. Each makes a weather report of one day.
Example:
S1: Today is Monday. It’s nice and bright. The temperature is from 10℃ to 27℃. It’s a good day to work and study in school.
S2: Today is Tuesday. It’s cloudy. It’s hot. The lowest temperature is 9℃. The highest
temperature is 31℃.It will be rainy this afternoon. If you go out in the afternoon, please
take your umbrella.
S3: Today is Sunday. It’s sunny. It will be nice and warm all day. The lowest temperature is 10℃.The highest temperature is 25℃. It’s a good time to go hiking.
3.（调查两个城市近五天天气情况。分别做一份天气预报。写到作业本上,为下一节课作准备。）
T: Find two cities. Make a survey of the past two days and future two days, and today’s
weather. Make a weather report for each city。
Write your weather reports down.（学了就用。）
And that is your homework.
Get ready for next section.
Section C
The main activities are 1a, 2 and3. 本课重点活动是 1a,2和3。
Ⅰ. Teaching aims and demands 教学目标
1. Learn some useful words amd expressions:
holiday, remember, wear, part, sun, shine, brghtly, shorts, suddenly, spend, as, travel, overcoat, if, report
2. Review how to use the highest and lowest to express temperature:
The highest temperature is 5℃.
The lowest temperature is 2℃.
3. Learn to make weather report and suggestions for travelling.
Here is the weather report on February 20th for some big cities in the word.
It is a good place to spend your holidays.
Ⅱ. Teaching aids教具
一张世界天气预报图／一个旅行包／一顶太阳帽／一幅太阳镜／一把雨伞／一条冬天用的毛围巾／一架照相机／12幅教学单词卡
Ⅲ. Five瞗inger Teaching Plan 五指教学方案
Step 1 Review 第一步 复习（时间: 5分钟）
1.（男,女生各一人扮演天气预报员作天气预报,完成英语课堂值日报告。报告的依据是
上节课的作业。）
S1: Here is Xi’an. In the past two days,it was windy and cloudy. The temperature was from 10℃ to 23℃. But today is sunny and very hot. The highest temperature can be 35℃. For the future two days, it is the same. This afternoon, there is a little rain. It can be cool.
S2: Here is Chengdu. Today is foggy. The temperature is from 15℃ to 25℃. It was rainy in the past two days. But it is sunny for the future two days. It is a good time for traveling.
2.（老师可以根据以上报告向全班同学提问,巩固复习句型。）
T: What’s the weather like today in Chengdu?
What about Xi’an?
Ss: It’s fine and sunny in Chengdu.
In Xi’an it is sunny and hot.
T: How was the weather in the past two days in Xi’an?
How about Chengdu?
Ss: It was windy and cloudy in Xi’an.
It was rainy in Chengdu.
T: What’s the highest temperature in Xi’an?
And What’s the temperature in Chengdu?
Ss: It is 35℃ in Xi’an.
In Chengdu it is from 15℃ to 25℃.
（导入下步。）
Step 2 Presentation 第二步 呈现（时间: 10分钟）
1.（老师设问导入阅读）
T: Summer holidays are coming. If you plan to go traveling, which city do you want to go, Xi’an or Chengdu?
Ss: Chengdu.
T: Why?
Ss: It is not very hot. It is cool.
T: Right. Good idea. But there are better places to travel.
Now turn to Page 81. Read the passage in 1a.
Find your favorite place for traveling on summer holidays.
Ss: OK.
2.（学生阅读,老师挂上世界天气预报图。）
T: First, please finish 1b.
（5分钟后老师和学生共同商讨核对答案。）
T: Number 1, is the weather in England the same as that in Australia?
Ss: No.
T: Number 2, what’s the weather like in England in August?
Ss: It is hot and rains a lot.
T: Number 3, what season is it in Australia in August?
3.（老师找一学生3回答。）
S3: It is winter.
Ss: Right.
T: Number 4,does it rain a lot in China?
（老师找另一学生4回答。）
S4: No, sometimes it rains.
Ss: Right.
4.（完成1c,两人讨论暑假去哪里度过？需要注意什么问题？依据1a的短文。）
T: Talk with your partner about where you are going for your holidays and why.
5.（学生结对讨论。）
T: Now, report your favorite place to our class.
S5: My favorite place is Kunming,China. Because the weather is fine there. The wind blows
softly. It is a good place to spend holidays.
S6: My favorite place is Australia. Because it is sunny and not very cold there. It is winter now. I like winter very much.
S7: I like England best. Because it is hot. It rains a lot there. I plan to go there. I can bring my umbrella there. I like rainy days very much.
S8: My favorite place is China. It’s near. Travelling in China is not expensive.
Step 3 Consolidation 第三步 巩固（时间: 10分钟）
（全班分成四组。每组抽出来一人组成新的四人小组。对照天气预报图。第一人选择自己最佳旅游城市。第二人为其做天气预报。第三人宣布注意事项。第四人拿上正确的所带物品,做好旅游准备。老师取出所有教具。）
T: Here are the things you have to take when you travel. Please work in four.
T: The first one tells the class his／her favorite place to travel.
The second one makes a weather report for him／her.
The third one makes suggestion for him／her.
The last one, please get ready for traveling.
（学生对照世界天气预报图,随意发挥表演。全班同学观看。一边获取信息,一边核实活动情况是否真实。）
Group 1
S1: My favorite place to travel is Washington D.C.
S2: It’s sunny and hot.
S3: You should wear your sunglasses.
S4: OK.
（学生4戴上太阳镜背上旅行包准备出发。）
Group 2
S1: My favorite place to spend my summer holdays is Canada.
S2: It’s not very hot. The temperature is from 15℃ to 25℃.
S3: It is a good place for traveling.
（学生4背上旅行包出发,犹豫了一会儿拿上了照相机。因为没有得到明确指示。）
Group 3
S1: I want to go to Japan.
S2: It is rainy and wet.
S3: You should take your umbrella with you.
S4: OK.
（学生4背上旅行包,带上伞准备出发。）
Group 4
S1: My favorite place is Australia.
S2: It is very cold and sunny.
S3: You should take warm clothes with you.
S4: OK.
（学生背上旅行包戴上毛围巾开始出发。）
Group 5
S1: I want to travel in Cuba.
S2: It is sunny and hot.
S3: You should wear your cap.
S4: OK.
（学生4背上旅行包,戴上太阳帽准备出发,突然想到还应戴上太阳镜。突然听到S3发话。）
S3: But suddenly it snows.
（学生4匆忙转身拿上毛围巾,还没出发,又听S3说。）
S3: Now it rains heavily.
（学生4又匆忙转身拿上雨伞,要出发,又听S3说。）
S3: In the afternoon,it’s nice and bright. It is sunny.
（学生4干脆转身把照相机也带上。）
（活动结束。全班同学兴致昂然,意犹未尽。）
（此活动中遇到生词,老师可拿教具实物做提示。例: sunglasses）
Step 4 Practice第四步 练习（时间: 10分钟）
1.（老师取出上节课学生做的单词卡片等教具,上面有描述天气的词。）
T: Look at the card in my hand.Read the word, please.
Ss: Snow.
T: Make a sentence with it.
Ss: It snows in winter.／There is snow on the ground.
T: Now, read this one, please.
（老师取出另一张。）
Ss: Snowy.
T: Give me a sentence.
Ss: Sometimes it is snowy in winter.
T: Right. Snow is a noun. Snowy is an adjective.
T: It is the same. Now, read this one, please.
（老师取出另一张。）
Ss: Sun.
T: A sentence, please.
Ss: The sun shines brightly.
T: This one, please.
Ss: Sunny.
T: A sentence, please.
Ss: It’s sunny today.
T: Right.Sun is a noun.Sunny is an adjective.
（至此,学生心领神会。配合老师学完构词法,关于天气的词,由名词变形容词的规则。）
2.（读的过程中,老师可引导学生不断扩充句子,复习天气预报所用句型,为下一环节天气预报写作打基础。）
Example:
T: Read it, please.
Ss: Cloud. There is a lot of cloud in the air.（老师订正为in the sky。）
Cloudy. It was cloudy yesterday.
T: And the temperature?
Ss: The lowest temperature is 10℃.
The highest temperature is 20℃.
（老师可用天气预报图作提示。）
T: Next one, please.
Ss: Fog. There is a little fog today.
T: This one, please.
Ss: Foggy. It is often foggy in Chengdu.
T: What was the weather like yesterday in Beijing?
Ss: It was sunny.
T: What’s the date today?
Ss: It’s June 15th.
T: Tomorrow is June 16th. What will the weather be like in Beijing?
Ss: It will be sunny, too.
T: What day is it today?
Ss: It is Thursday.
T: It will be Friday tomorrow.
And the weather will be hot.
（由此导入用将来时询问天气的句型。）
Step 5 Project 第五步 综合探究活动（时间: 10分钟）
1. T: Turn to Page 82. Read the chart and the weather report.
Use six sentences or more to write a new weather report.
（学生写完后,小组活动,互相阅读,批改,挑出最好的,向班级汇报。）
Example:
Here is the weather report on February 21st for Sydney. It will be foggy. The highest temperature is 20℃. The lowest temperature is 15℃. It’s a good place to travel. You can take your cap and camera with you.
Here is the weather report on February 22nd for Toronto. It will be snowy. The lowest temperature is -10℃. The highest temperature is -4℃. It will be very cold. You must take your warm clothes with you. It is not a good place for traveling.
Here is the weather report on February 23rd for New York. It will be cloudy. The lowest temperature is 3℃. The highest temperature is 7℃. If you go there, please take your umbrella with you.
2.（完成3。）
T: If your friend wants to go on a trip in a big city, please try to find the information about the weather and give him／her suggestions.
3.（要求学生把建议写下,通过e瞞ail发给朋友。此项活动为本节课后用。）
Write your suggestions down. Send it to your friend by e瞞ail.
(附板书。)
Section D
The main activities are 1a and 5. 本课重点活动是1a和5。
Ⅰ. Teaching aims and demands教学目标
1. Learn some useful words and expressions:
hopeful, heavily,crop, ripe, busy,havest, leaf （p1. leaves）strongly,come back to life
2. Learn some useful sentences:
Which season do you like best, spring, summer, fall or winter?
It is a good season for hiking.
It’s a good time to climb mountains.
3. Learn to describe the differences between seasons:
It is a hopeful season.
It is the harvest season.
...many trees and flowers come back to life in March.
Winter lasts from December to February.
Ⅱ. Teaching aids教具
四幅反映四季自然界不同变化的教学挂图／几幅有天气图标的中国天气预报图
Ⅲ. Five-finger Teaching Plan 五指教学方案
Step 1 Review 第一步 复习（时间: 10分钟）
1.（分组活动。收集描写四季不同之处的句子在黑板上。）
T: There are four words on the blackboard:
2.（全班按座位分成四组。）
T: There are four seasons in a year, but they are all different. Now, Let’s see how they are different.
Group 1, please write down the sentences describing spring.
Group 2, please write and tell us what summer is like.
Group 3, please work for fall.
Group 4, please describe how winter is different from others.
Ss: OK.
（学生开始分组活动。老师在旁边观看,指点和纠正一些必要的错误。）
（活动结果板书预计如下。）
spring summer fall winter
（1）It’s warm. （1）It’s hot. （1）It’s cool. （1）It’s cold.
（2）It’s from December to February. （2）It’s from March to May. （2）It’s from June to August. （2）It’s from September to November.
（3）It’s a good season for hiking. （3）It’s a good season for swimming. （3）It’s a good season for climbing mountains. （3）It’s a good season for making snowmen.
（4）It’s often sunny. （4）It sometimes rains. （4）It is often windy. （4）It sometimes snows.
（5）Spring is green. （5）Summer is bright. （5）Fall is yellow. （5）Winter is white.
（6）I can fly kites. （6）I can wear sunglasses and shorts. （6）
I can eat apples. （6）I can skate.
（7）When it rains,it is wet. （7）It’s dry. （7）We can go traveling. （7）We can wear warm clothes.
(8）We can wear light clothes. （8）We can have summer holidays. （8）We can begin our new term. （8）We can have winter holidays.
（9）Trees come back to life. （9）The highest temperature can be 37℃ sometimes. (9) We can eat different kinds of fruit. (9)The lowest
temperature can be -17℃ sometimes.
（10）The wind blows softly. （10）Sometimes it rains suddenly. （10）Leaves begin to fall from the trees. （10）Farmers are not busy.
（导入下步。）
Step 2 Presentation 第二步 呈现（时间: 10分钟）
1.（完成1a,1b。）
T: Turn to Page 83, read the passage in 1a and finish 1b.
（学生独自阅读。老师个别指点,辅导速度慢的同学。8分钟后核对答案。）
T: Now, let’s see what your answers are.
Spring: March, April, May/ come back to life ／warm／ a hopeful season
Summer: in June／hot／often rains,sometimes it rains heavily
Fall: after summer ／ the harvest season／fruit and crops are ripe ／ the farmers are busy harvesting ／ cool
Winter: from December to February ／cold／warm clothes／the leaves fall from the trees／sometimes it snows
2.（学生自己活动,根据自己所做的笔记,不看课本,复述短文。）
Example:
In China, spring returns and many things come back to life in March. The weather gets warm. It is a hopeful season.
Summer begins in June. It is very hot.
Fruit and crops are ripe in fall, and the farmers are busy harvesting.
Then winter comes. It lasts from December to February. We all wear warm clothes, and the leaves fall from the trees. Sometimes it snows.
Step 3 Consolidation 第三步 巩固（时间: 5分钟）
1.（完成2。）
T: Listen and fill in the blanks according to the information you hear.
（看学生做完后。）
T: Now, check your answers with your partner.
2.（完成4。）
T: Read the chart on Page 84 and complete the sentences.
Ss: All right.
Answers:
Today is June 2nd. The TV says the weather is sunny. The highest temperature is 30℃. June 1st was cloudy and sunny. The lowest temperature was 18℃ and the highest temperature was 26℃.
Step 4 Practice 第四步 练习（时间: 10分钟）
1.（两个小组活动。用比较级最高级讨论自己喜欢的和最喜欢的东西,季节和活动等。）
Example:
S1: I like T-shirts better. I like fruit best. What about you?
S2: I like football better.
I like computer games best.
S3: I like reading books better.
I like English best. And you?
S4: I like physics better.
I like maths better.
S5: I like drawing better.
I like music best. What’s your favorite season?
S6: I like fall better.
I like spring best.
S8: Hi. Which do you like better, by bus or by bike?
And which do you like best, on foot, by subway or by ship?
S9: By bus. On foot.
S10: Which do you like better, red or black?
Which do you like best, green, blue or purple?
S11: I like red better.My favorite color is purple.
S12: Which do you like better, Beijing or Kunming?
Which do you like best, New York, Toronto or Washington D.C?
S13: I like Beijing better.I plan to travel in Toronto, so that’s my favorite city.
2.（挂出天气预报图。四人一组,向天气预报员,为指定地点作天气预报,选出最佳预报员,向全班汇报。）
Example:
Today is June 3rd. The TV says the weather is rainy. The highest temperature is 20℃.
Today is June 5th. The TV says the weather will be cloudy. The highest temperature is 23℃. The lowest temperature is 15℃.
Today is June 6th. The TV says the weather will be snowy. The lowest temperature is -10℃. The highest temperature is 5℃.
Step 5 Project 第五步 综合探究活动（时间: 10分钟）
1.（复习巩固本topic要点。）
T: We have learned all the Sections of this topic.
Please go back to Section A, Section B and Section C.
Review all the words and sentences of seasons and weather.
Don’t forget the favorite activities.
Write them down in your notebook.
Then report to the class what we learned in this topic.
Ss: OK.
（学生埋头复习,巩固,总结本topic重难点,作好报告准备。）
T: Now, time is up.
Who would like to be the first to make your report to our class?
SA: We know words of seasons.
Spring, summer, fall and winter.
SB: We know words of weather.
They are warm, hot, cool and cold.
SC: We have other words of weather.
Snow, rain, fog, wind.
SD: Sunny, rainny, snowy, foggy, windy, cloudy.
SE: There are sentences:
What’s the weather like in spring?
It’s warm.
SF: How is the weather in summer?
It’s hot.
SG: How was the weather yesterday?
It was cloudy.
SH: It is a good season for hiking.
SI: It is a good time for swimming.
SJ: Look! what are they doing?
They are rowing boats and a boy is riding a bike.
SK: What is the temperature?
It is from 15℃25℃.
SL: The highest temperature is 35℃.
The lowest temperature is 5℃.
SM: What’s your favorite season?
Which do you like better?
SN: Spring returns and many things come back to life in March.
SO: This is a hopeful season.
Summer begins in June.
SP: Fall comes after summer. This is the harvest season. Fruit and crops are ripe.
SQ: It lasts from December to February.
We all wear warm clothes, and the leaves fall from the trees. Sometimes it snows.
2.（小组活动。讨论不同季节不同的服装穿戴,和各种喜欢的运动。也可把活动画出来,和同学谈论。）
3. Homework:
（把自己一年四季不同的所喜欢的衣服和活动写成一篇短文。不少于6句话。）
T: Here is your homework. Write down a passage about your favorite clothes and activities in different seasons.