初中英语人教版七年级下册unit 7 Its raing.docVIP

Unit 7: Its raining! 贾家营兴华中学 程翠英 Language goals In this unit students learn to talk about the weather and talk about what people are doing. New language What are you doing? Im watching TV Whats he doing? Hes playing basketball. Whats she doing? Shes cooking. What are they doing? Theyre studying. Hows the weather? Its raining. Section A 1 a This activity introduces the key vocabulary. 1. Focus attention on the Pictures on the screen. Ask, What’ s the weather like? If they cant answer, Show the word and ask the class to repeat it. Say a sentence or two about each kind of weather. For example, Its raining. Is it raining here today? 2. Focus attention on the cities in the picture. Ask the questions and students answer. 3. Point out the numbered list of words. Say each one and ask students to repeat the words again. Then ask students to match each word with one of the cities in the picture. Say, Write the letter of each city next to one of the words. Point out the sample answer. 4. Check the answers. 1 b This activity gives students practice in understanding the target language in spoken conversation. 1. Play the recording the first time. Students only listen. Say, You will hear four different conversations. Each one is about the weather in a different city. Point to each city in the picture as it comes up on the tape. 2. Play the recording a second time. Ask students to write the name of the city in the picture of its weather. Say, The first one has been done for you. Beijing is written in the picture of sunny weather. It is sunny in Beijing. 3. Correct the answers. 1 c This activity provides guided oral practice using the target language. 1. Point out the example conversation. Ask two students to read the dialogue to the class. Say, now work with a partner. Make your own conversations about the weather in these five places. 2. As the pairs talk, move around the room monitoring their work. Offer language or pronunciation support as needed. 3. Ask several