Ⅰ. Warming-up and Lead in
1. Greet the Ss and check the homework.
2. Watch a video program about the weather.
1. (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.
Ⅲ. Game (Hows the weather?)
1. (Showing some pictures on the big screen.) Ask Ss "Hows the weather?"
2. Ss guess and answer the question.
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, We’ll hear four conversations. Listen carefully, point out each city in the picture as it upon the tape. Play the recording a second time. Ask Ss to write the name of the city in the picture of its weather.
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?
3. Ss work in pairs. Ask and answer about the weather in the cities.
1. Work on 2a.
Lets see what Joes families are doing. Point to the 4 pictures.
2. Ask Ss tell each person is doing in each picture. More attentions should be paid
to the correct use of the Present Progressive Tense.
3. Play the recording for the Ss to listen and number the pictures [1-4].
4. Play the tape for Ss to check the answers.
5. With the whole picture, get some Ss to tell the story of it.
6. Brainstorming
Play the tape for another time. Then do a memory test.
Ask Ss: Whats Uncle Joe/Jeff/Mary/Aunt Sarah doing?
Whatre Scott and Lucy doing?
Is Jeff watching TV? etc.
7. Let Ss match the names with the activities in 2b.
Play the recording for the Ss to check the answers.
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.
1. Ask Ss to read the conversation and answer the questions:
② 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.