Unit 6 It’s raining!

unit 6 it’s raining!

language goals
in this unit students learn to talk about the weather and talk about what people are doing.

new language
what are you doing? i'm watching tv
what's he doing? he's playing basketball.
what's she doing? she's cooking.
what are they doing? they're studying.
how's the weather? it's raining.

section a
write the question. what are you doing? on the board.read the question and ask the class to repeat it. then act out an activity students are already familiar with, point to the question and have students repeat it. answer the question using the target language.
for example, you might pretend to be reading a book,playing soccer, playing the guitar or writing your name.when the class asks, what are you doing?, you answer,i'm reading a book, and so forth.
1 a    this activity introduces the key vocabulary.
focus attention on the cities in the picture. ask, what s the weather like here? if they can't answer, supply theword and ask the class to repeat it. say a sentence or two about each kind of weather. for example, it's raining.is it raining here today?
point out the numbered list of words. say each one and ask students to repeat the words again.
then ask students to match each word with one of the cities in the picture. say, write the letter of each city next to one of the ivords. point out the sample answer.
check the answers.
1 b    this activity gives students practice in understanding the target language in spoken conversation.
play the recording the first time. students only listen.say, you will hear four different conversations. each one is about the weather in a different city. point to each city in the picture as it comes up on the tape.
play the recording a second time. ask students to write the name of the city in the picture of its weather. say, the first one has been done for you. beijing is written in the picture of sunny weather. it is sunny in beijing.
correct the answers.
1 c    this activity provides guided oral practice using the target language.
point out the example conversation. ask two students to read the dialogue to the class.
say, now work with a partner. make your own conversations about the weather in these five places.
as the pairs talk, move around the room monitoring their work. offer language or pronunciation support as needed.
ask several pairs to present their conversations to the class.
2a    this activity gives students practice in understanding the target language in spoken conversation.