1、unit5新编实用英语课堂设计Unit Five Our Weather and ClimateClass Work Design: Three Sessions Six Contact HoursSession No. Unit Sessions Involved Focal PointsSession 1(90-100 minutes)Section I Talking Face to Face1. Understanding the forecast of global or local weather condition2. Talking about weather changes
2、(temperature, wind, rain, snow etc.)3. Talking about the weather to start a conversation4. Making comments on weather conditions and showing likes or dislikes5. Writing a weather report 6. Basic sentence structure7. Key words and expressions:weather forecast, gentle, a couple of, stuffy, drop, comme
3、nt on, agreeable, awfulSection II Being All YearsSection III Trying Your Hand1. Practicing Applied Writing2. Writing Sentences and Reviewing GrammarSession 2(90-100 minutes)Section IV Maintaining A Sharp EyePassage 1 We Can Make a Difference 1. Some measures to reduce greenhouse gases2. Key words an
4、d expressions:make a difference, through with, take action, care aboutSession 3(90-100 minutes)Section IV Maintaining A Sharp EyePassage IIThe British Like Talking About the Weather1. British peoples habits: talking about the weather to start a conversation2. Key words and expressions:similarly, cus
5、tom, frequentlySuggested Teaching Procedures and Class ActivitiesSECTION I Talking Face to Face1 Lead-in activities:Imitating Mini-Talks1. Warm-up questions: 1) Do you often listen to a weather forecast Why or why not2) Whats the use and importance of a weather forecast 2. Class Activities:1. The st
6、udents read the Mini-Talks after the teacher, and then try to recite them within five minutes in pairs.2. Ask the students to recite and perform the mini talks in class. 3. The students discuss in groups, summarizing the words, phrases and sentences frequently used according to the following topics
7、with the help of the teacher. The students speak out the sentences under the guidance of the teacher, paying attention to the pronunciation and the intonation. 1) Sentences for a weatherman to present weather forecasts: (1) Good morning. This is the local weather report.(2) Here is the national fore
8、cast.(3) Now lets look at the weather across the country.(4) Rains will be expected tomorrow from the south to the north.(5) Snow is going to continue through tomorrow in this area.(6) The weatherman says that frost is on its way.2) Sentences for talking about weather changes: A. About wind: (1) Itl
9、l be mild, and later turn to partly cloudy, with the southeast wind.(2) Light to no winds with little changes of the temperature.(3) A little northeast wind is expected for the next two days. B. About rain:(1) Today will be cool and partly cloudy, with a chance of rain this afternoon.(2) Tomorrow th
10、ere will be light/heavy rain with a high of 30 degrees.(3) Tomorrow will be overcast with drizzle.C. About snow:(1) Itll get colder in the afternoon with a heavy snow.(2) In the evening theres good chance that well get some snow.(3) Itll be dull tomorrow with a light snow.D. About the temperature:(1
11、) Today is a cloudy and cool day with a low of 12 degrees.(2) The weather will change overnight with a high temperature of zero degrees.(3) Its going to warm up. 3) Sentences about weather for starting a conversation:(1) Whats the weather like today(2)Whats the weather going to be like tomorrow(3) W
12、hats the weather report(4) Whats the temperature(5) Whats it like outside(6) Will it be a nice day(7) Its nice to see the sun again.(8) Lovely day, isnt it(9) What do you think of the weather here 4) Sentences for talking about weather conditions and showing peoples likes or dislikes:(1) What a love
13、ly/beautiful/awful/terrible/nice/sunny/terribleday! (2) The heat is killing me. (4) Its all right, but it rains a lot. (5) A perfect day to play outside. (6) Its cold for November.(7) We are going to enjoy a lot of sunshine. Studying Weather Forecasts 1. Warm-up questions:1) What can we know from a
14、weather forecast 2) Do you know the differences between Celsius and Fahrenheit2. The students read and translate the two sample dialogues under the guidance of the teacher. 2 Act-out activities:Sample dialogues 1. The students read the sample dialogues after the teacher, trying to imitate the teache
15、rs pronunciation and intonation.2. Ask the students to read the sample dialogues in pairs.3. Groups work: Ask the students to categorize the useful sentences in the sample dialogues into two groups.1) Sentences asking questions about the weather:(1) Whats the weather like today (2) Will it be a nice
16、 day(3) How is the weather like there(4) Whats the temperature(5) Is that about 10 2) Sentences for describing the weather conditions: (1) Today will be cold and partly cloudy with a chance of rain this afternoon.(2) Not exactly. Its 62 and theres a chance of rain. (3) It is warm and sunny.(4) It is
17、 50 . (5) That is cold for November.4. Group work: Each group member is supposed to talk/describe the weather conditions in their hometowns to the other members of the group. 5. Pair work: Make a dialogue talking about the weather today. Perform it in class.6. Do Exercises 5 and 6 in pairs.3 After-c
18、lass activities: 1. Pair work: Each pair makes a dialogue according to the tips in one of the five tasks in Speak and Perform. There will be a class presentation in the next class period.2. Group work: Have a discussion about which seasonal weather you like best and give out the reasons. There will
19、be a group presentation in the next class period.3. Pay a visit to the website to watch the video about weather conditions.SECTION II Being All Ears1 Learning Communicative Sentences1. Give the students a few minutes to read through the printed materials for each listening item.2. Listen to the tape
20、 for the first time by looking at the corresponding Chinese version. While listening to the English sentences, the students try to remember the meaning of each of the sentences they have heard. The focus here is on cross-reference of the English sentences and their Chinese meanings.3. Play the tape
21、for a second time, and ask the students to do the exercises in this section. 4. Play the tape for the third time with a pause after each sentence, and ask the students to repeat the sentence during the pause.2 Handling a Dialogue1. Give the students a few minutes to read through the printed material
22、s for each listening item.2. Listen to the tape for the first time without looking at the book.3. Play the tape for a second time, and ask the students to answer the following questions orally: 1) What was held last night 2) Why didnt Pat go to the party last night 3) What did Li Hong suggest they s
23、hould do that afternoon 4) What is the temperature outside now 5) What was the weather like last winter4. Play the tape for the third time, and the students read the dialogues following the tape simultaneously and trying to catch up the speed and simulate the speakers tones.5. Do the exercises in th
24、is section.3 Understanding a Short Speech/Talk1. Give the students a few minutes to read through the printed materials for each listening item.2. Listen to the tape for the first time without looking at the book.3. Play the tape for a second time, and ask the students to do the exercises in this sec
25、tion. 4. Play the tape for the third time with a pause after each sentence, and ask the students to take notes of the key words. SECTION III Trying Your HandPracticing Applied Writing1 Sample analysis: The teacher summarizes briefly the format and language used in weather forecasts. The teacher may
26、show the following passage with PPT (If there is no PPT prepared, ask the students to take a dictation of the passage.). Afterwards, ask the students to read it and translate it into Chinese orally.A weather report or forecast is a very useful aid in our daily life. Knowing the usual format for givi
27、ng a weather forecast helps us a lot in understanding a weather forecast in English. Figures, measurement units, graphics, weather terms, and broken short passages are often used to forecast weather conditions. In general, the language used to forecast weather should be concise, clear, familiar and
28、vivid. 2 Simulated writing: 1. The students read and translate these two sample weather forecasts into Chinese.2. Do Exercises 2 and 3 in groups. Writing Sentences and Reviewing Grammar1 The teacher gives a brief summary of the basic rules of simple past tense and present perfect tense. The simple p
29、ast tense is used to refer to a past action that did not continue, while the present perfect tense is used to show actions which started in the past and are still continuing, or actions which happened in the past, but have an effect till the present. 2 Do Exercises 4, 5 and 6 in groups.3 Assignment
30、for this section:Group work: Search online about the weather forecast of the city where you are studying for the coming week and make a report with PPT. There will be a Weather Report Show in the next class period.SECTION IV Maintaining a Sharp Eye Passage 1 We Can Make a Difference1 Warm-up questio
31、ns:1. How much do you know about the environmental problems of the world2. What actions can we take to prevent the earth from becoming even warmer2 Guided reading aloud of the passage:The students read the passage after the teacher for the first time, trying to imitate the teachers pronunciation and
32、 intonation, and then read it in class individually. The teacher should pay attention to correcting the students pronunciation and intonation.3 Explanation of difficult words and expressions:The students are required to have a discussion in groups to pick out the difficult words and expressions in the who
