外研版 (新标准)八年级上册Unit 1 It might snow.教案

Module 10 Unit 1 It might snow

一、学习目标:

A. 单词和短语：

cloud, shower, snow, storm, cloudy, rainy, snowy, sunny, windy, skate, thick, ice, joke, might, temperature, minus, degree, although, wet, terrible, wish, probably, come on, mile, northwest, umbrella, southeast, from time to time

B. 交际用语：

1. You’re joking!

2. Sounds great!

3. Come on!

4. When is the best time to visit your country?

5. What clothes should she bring?

6. What’s the temperature?

7. Where are you going?

8. It’ll probably be cold tomorrow.

9. It might be rainy.

10. It’s probably sunny and hot there.

11. Bring a map because you may want to travel around.

二、教学目标

1. Function: Describing the weather.

2. Structure: may, might, probably (for possibility)

3. Skills:

1) Listening and understanding familiar topics (weather).

2) Giving weather forecast based on clues; predicting about future weather using probably.

3) Reading and finding specific information.

4) Writing a short passage about the best time to visit your town, using because, so and but.

4. Around the world: The wettest place

5. Task: Preparing some advice on the best time to visit China

三、重点及难点:

1. Describing the weather.

2. Grammar: The using of may, might, probably (for possibility)

四、教学设计:

Unit 1 It might snow.

ⅠTeaching model

Listening and speaking 

ⅡTeaching method

 Interactive approach

Ⅲ Teaching aims

1. To understand conversations about the weather;

2. To get specific information from the listening material;

3. To talk about possibilities

Ⅳ Teaching Objectives

1. Key vocabulary: cloud, shower, snow, storm, cloudy, rainy, snowy, sunny, windy, skate, thick, ice, joke, might, temperature, minus, degree, although, wet, terrible, wish, probably, come on

2. Key structures: may, might, probably (for possibility)

3. Key sentences:

1) — What’s the temperature?

— It’s between minus five and minus two degrees!

2) — What’s the weather like in …? = How is the weather in …?

— It’s snowy (cloudy, rainy, sunny, windy ...).

3) … although this year it snowed a lot.

4) Come on, better get going!

5) It’s probably sunny and hot there.

It’ll probably be cold tomorrow.

Ⅴ Teaching aids

Tape recorder, OHP, video

Ⅵ Teaching Steps

Step 1 Warming up

Weather report:

1) Show some pictures of the weather.

2) Ask and answer: What's the weather like in …?

Step 2 Work in pairs.

1. Show some pictures of the weather. Ask the students to talk about the weather.

2. Introduce the new words.

1) sun  n. 太阳 → sunny adj. 晴朗的

2) rain  n. 雨 → rainy adj. 多雨的；下雨的

3) cloud  n.云 → cloudy adj. 多云的

4) snow  n.雪；  v. 下雪 → snowy   adj.多雪的；下雪的

5) wind  n.风 → windy   adj.多风的；刮大风的

6) storm  n. 暴风雨 → stormy   adj.有暴风雨的

7) shower  n. 阵雨； → showery   adj.有雷阵雨的

3. Learn the new words.

4. Read the new words.

5. Exercises:

边学边练：根据句子意思，用适当的词填空：

1) It rains a lot in summer in Beijing. It’s often ________.

2) There’re a lot of clouds. It’s _________.

3) The weather is snowy and there’s a lot of __________ in the park.

4) The sun is out. It’s very ____________ and hot today.

5) The wind is very strong. It’s so __________ that it’s difficult to walk.

6. Ask the students to check with a partner.

7. Check the answers:

Keys: 1. rainy 2. cloudy  3. snow  4. sunny  5. windy

8. Learn the new words.

Step 3 Listening

1. Listen and check ( √ ) the correct information in the box.

2. Ask and answer like this:

What’s the weather like in Beijing / Shanghai …?

3. Play the recording and ask the students to listen to the recording carefully.

4. Listen and check ( √ ) the correct information in the box.

5. Ask the students to check their answers with a partner.

6. Call back the answer from the whole class and check the answer.

7. Work in pairs. Correct the wrong information in the table.

Step 4 Listen and read.

1. Show some pictures, and ask the students to talk about them.

2. Ask the students to read the conversation silently.

3. Play the recording and ask the students to listen and read the conversation.

4. Read the conversation.

Step 5 Check ( √ ) the true sentences.

1. Ask the students to read the conversation again.

2. Now check ( √ ) the true sentences.

1) Tony and Daming are going to skate.

2) Winter is colder in Beijing than in England.

3) It sometimes snows in England in winter.

4) It usually snows in New York in winter.

5) It is not hot in the US in summer.

6) Tony doesn’t like windy weather.

3. Ask the students to check with a partner.

4. Check the answers:

Keys:

1. × 2. √ 3. √ 4. √ 5. × 6.√

Step 6 Complete the passage.

1. Ask the students to complete the passage with the words in the box.

When it’s very cold, it might be safe to (1) ____________ on lakes, but be very careful!  Although it (2) ___________ feel cold, it might not be safe. The (3) ___________ has to be at least (4) ___________ one or two (5) ___________ or even lower for several weeks, and the ice will be thick enough. Falling through the ice is (6) _____________. I’m not (7) ____________!

2. Check with a partner.

Keys: 1. skate 2. may  3. temperature 4. minus  5. degree 6. dangerous 7. joking

5. Read the passage by yourself.