Unit 8 The seasons and the Weather
fall: after summer / the harvest season/fruit and crops are ripe / the farmers are busy harvesting / cool winter: from december to february /cold/warm clothes/the leaves fall from the trees/sometimes it snows 2.（學(xué)生自己活動(dòng),根據(jù)自己所做的筆記,不看課本,復(fù)述短文。） example: in china, spring returns and many things come back to life in march. the weather gets warm. it is a hopeful season. summer begins in june. it is very hot. fruit and crops are ripe in fall, and the farmers are busy harvesting. then winter comes. it lasts from december to february. we all wear warm clothes, and the leaves fall from the trees. sometimes it snows.step 3 consolidation 第三步 鞏固（時(shí)間: 5分鐘） 1.（完成2。） t: listen and fill in the blanks according to the information you hear. （看學(xué)生做完后。） t: now, check your answers with your partner. 2.（完成4。） t: read the chart on page 84 and complete the sentences. ss: all right. answers: today is june 2nd. the tv says the weather is sunny. the highest temperature is 30℃. june 1st was cloudy and sunny. the lowest temperature was 18℃ and the highest temperature was 26℃.
step 4 practice 第四步 練習(xí)（時(shí)間: 10分鐘） 1.（兩個(gè)小組活動(dòng)。用比較級(jí)最高級(jí)討論自己喜歡的和最喜歡的東西,季節(jié)和活動(dòng)等。） example: s1: i like t-shirts better. i like fruit best. what about you? s2: i like football better. i like computer games best. s3: i like reading books better. i like english best. and you? s4: i like physics better. i like maths better. s5: i like drawing better. i like music best. what’s your favorite season? s6: i like fall better. i like spring best. s8: hi. which do you like better, by bus or by bike? and which do you like best, on foot, by subway or by ship? s9: by bus. on foot. s10: which do you like better, red or black? which do you like best, green, blue or purple? s11: i like red better.my favorite color is purple. s12: which do you like better, beijing or kunming? which do you like best, new york, toronto or washington d.c? s13: i like beijing better.i plan to travel in toronto, so that’s my favorite city. 2.（掛出天氣預(yù)報(bào)圖。四人一組,向天氣預(yù)報(bào)員,為指定地點(diǎn)作天氣預(yù)報(bào),選出最佳預(yù)報(bào)員,向全班匯報(bào)。） example: today is june 3rd. the tv says the weather is rainy. the highest temperature is 20℃. today is june 5th. the tv says the weather will be cloudy. the highest temperature is 23℃. the lowest temperature is 15℃. today is june 6th. the tv says the weather will be snowy. the lowest temperature is -10℃. the highest temperature is 5℃.