Unit 7 Days and Months
ss: it was wednesday, december 14th. (remind them to pay attention to “was”.)
t: how was the weather yesterday?
ss: it was rainy.
pay attention to the answer with the correct day of the week, then the month and the ordinal number.
ss practise it with the calendar. they present it to the whole class:
s1: what day is it?
s2: it is monday, may 18th.
s3: what day is it?
s4: it is friday, august 26th.
step v competition
what day is it?
it’s a game to review days of the week, months and ordinal numbers.
put your cards for numbers (not ordinals) from one to thirty-one, months of the years and days of the week in the front of the class. divide the class into two teams. ask for a volunteer from each team. the volunteer from team 1 indicates, in any order, a month, a day of the week and a number. this volunteer then asks “what day is it?” the volunteer from team 2 tries to answer with the correct day of the week, then the month and the ordinal number. two more volunteers come forward.
keep score. give a point for each part of the answer that is correct and another point for putting all parts of the answer in the correct order (for a maximum of four points).
step vi reading
play the audiotape. let ss read after it.
language points:
1. the wind is blowing the tree’s leaves.
leaves 是leaf 的復數形式。 英語中以f, fe 結尾的名詞變復數時，要將f, fe變成ves. e.g. knife—knives.
2. this is a cloud and rain.
cloud 常做不可數名詞，表示“云”，也用作可數名詞，前面用不定冠詞a，表示“一片云”。
step vii homework
show a short passage about yesterday, today and tomorrow’s dates and weather.
exercises:
i. write down the proper words.
1. hot(反義詞) ______ 2. sun (形容詞) _______ 3. leaves (單數) _______
4. is (過去式) ______ 5. twelve (序數詞) _______ 6. snowy (名詞) ______
7. blow(現在分詞) ______ 8. twenty-three (序數詞) ______ 9. above (反義詞)_______
ii.complete the dialogue.
10. 風正在刮著樹葉。
the wind ______ ______ the ______ ______.
11. 今天是10月13 號星期二。
today is ______, ______ ______.
12. 昨天很冷而且有雨。
yesterday ______ very ______ and _______.
13. 明天是星期幾？星期三。
______ day is ______ ? it’s ______.
14. 天多云。
the weather is ______.
suggested answers:
1.cold; 2.sunny; 3.leaf; 4.was; 5.twelfth; 6.snow; 7.blowing, 8.twenty-third; 9.below; 10.is blowing, tree’s leaves; 11.tuesday, october 13th; 12.was, cold and rainy; 13.what, tomorrow,wednesday; 14. cloudy