Unit 1 Spring Is Coming

unit 1 spring is coming
functions:
talking about weather.
what’s the weather like today?
it’s rather cold/warm today, isn’t?
it’s sunny/rainy/snowy/windy/warm/hot/cold/cool.
it’s a nice day today!
what a cold day!
it’s getting warm.
grammar:
word building: sun + rise = ___
prepositions: on, in, at
structures: fall off, how /what about…?
make a loud noise, not…until…
shall…we…?
lesson 1 what’s the weather like?
learning aims:
1. the words and phrases: rather, shower, rise, set, thunder, storm, sunrise, sunset, be scared of
2. the important sentences:
① what’s the temperature? it’s ten degrees.
② it’s rather cool today, isn’t it?
③ i’m scared of thunder.
learning important and difficult points:
1. what’s the weather like today? it’s cold, cool, warm.
2. what’s the temperature? it’s ten degrees.
3. be scared of sb./sth.
4. there will be… = there is/are going to be …
learning method:
listen, say, read and write.
learning steps:
step 1. talking
talk about the weather, the weather report and the temperature.
step 2. reading
read the dialogue, and then answer the question.
what’s the temperature?
step 3. explaining
explain  1. 一般將來時  be going to do sth. = will do sth.
              2. 詢問溫度是多少要用: what’s the temperature?
step 4. practice
practice the dialogue in three.
step 5. act out
act it out in class.
step 6. do exercises
step 7. homework
lesson 2 it’s getting warmer!
learning aims:
1. the new words and language points: become, fact, daylight, melt, lightning, fascinating, go up, make a loud noise
2. the important sentences:
① what’s the date today? it’s march twenty-first.
② in spring, the weather becomes warmer.
③ the temperatures goes up.
learning important and difficult points:
ask and describe the weather of spring.
1. what is spring weather like?
2. it becomes warmer. the temperature goes up!
learning method:
listen, say, read and write.
learning steps:
step 1. check
check lesson 1: ask some students to act the dialogue out.
step 2. learning
learn the new words. read and write.
step 3. looking
look at the pictures and read it.
step 4. learning
learn it. find out the useful expressions.
step 5. practice
practice the dialogue.
step 6. exercises
step 7. homework: describe spring.
lesson 3 postcard
learning aims:
1. the words and phrases: road, outdoors, cycling
2. the important sentences:
① spring has arrived in shijiazhuang.
② i see many people in the park exercising.
③ we won’t see any flowers until may.