Unit 7 Days and Months

it’s tuesday, october 27th.
how is the weather today?
is it snowy / windy / sunny?
ability goals 能力目標
enable students to talk about weather and what day it is.
learning ability goals 學能目標
help students learn how to describe the weather and how to answer “what day is it?” correctly.
teaching important and difficult points 教學重難點
how to describe the weather.
teaching methods 教學方法
speaking and competition.
teaching aids 教具準備
pictures, cards, a chinese calendar and tape recorder.
teaching procedures & ways 教學過程與方式

step i lead-in
ask several ss who are good at drawing to draw “the sun, rain, cloud, wind, leaves, snow” on the bb. (if ss can’t understand you, maybe you can say them in chinese.) then:
t: (point to the picture of the sun.) this is the sun. (write it in the middle of the bb. ss read it.) the sun is hot. how is the weather?
ss: it’s sunny.
t: is it hot?
ss: yes, it is.
t: (point to the picture of the wind.) this is wind. (write it in the middle of the bb.)the wind is blowing the tree’s leaves. (have ss repeat them.) how is the weather?
ss: it’s windy.
t: is it cool?
ss: yes, it is.
learn the words “rain, cloud, snow” with the same way.
pay attention to: (n.—adj.)
sun — sunny; wind — windy; rain — rainy; snow — snowy; cloud — cloudy.
the last five words all end with “y”.

step ii presentation
show some pictures on the screen one by one. ss make up dialogues in pairs.
s1: look at the snow! how is the weather?
s2: it’s snowy / cold.
s1: is it cold / snowy?
s2: yes, it is.
s3: look at the cloud! how is the weather?
s4: it’s cloudy. (maybe ss can say it’s going to rain.)
s3: is it windy?
s4: no, but it’s cool.

step iii vocabulary practice
t: look at ex. 1 (c) on page 69. here are five sentences with blanks. fill in the blanks with the words given.
students work alone to fill in the blanks. when they’ve finished, ask some students to read these sentences. correct any mistakes they may have. then let students make their own sentences with these words.

step iv presentation
at first, ss review days of the week together.
then show ss a chinese calendar.
t: look here! what is the date today?
ss: it’s december 15th.
t: what day is it today? (write it on the bb and explain it to the class. help ss to answer it with “it is……”)
ss: it’s thursday.
t: good. what day is it today? it’s thursday, december 15th. is it windy today?
ss: no, it isn’t.
t: is it cloudy?
ss: no, it isn’t.
t: how is the weather today?
ss: it’s fine /sunny today.
t: what day was it yesterday?