Teaching Objectives:

 掌握谈论天气的词汇和用语；

 掌握感叹句和一般将来时的用法。

Properties: Recorder, Overhead Projection

Teaching Procedures:

Step 1 Revision

 Revise the vocabulary of direction.（可利用学生互相的位置进行表达）

 Revise how to express the weather

 Step 2 Read and act

 Play the tape for the students to listen and repeat.

 Have students read and act out the dialogue in pairs.

 At last, let several pairs act it out.

 Step 3 Read and learn

 Play the tape for the students to listen and repeat.

  Pay attention to the followings: play football, on our school playground, climb the mountain, have to do, stay home, do some reading. It’s better to do sth, on rainy days. I'm afraid… ,go roller-skating, would you like to do sth? play with sb, make a snowman.

Now encourage the students to make some different dialogues with the patterns given in students Book.

For Example:

Example 1

A: What a fine day today!

B: Yes, it’s sunny and not very hot. Will you go to Beihai Park with me?

 A: Ok. Let s go and row a boat there.

 B: That’s a good idea!

 Example 2

 A: Look! How heavy it rains!

 B: Anna, you can't take a walk outside today, I'm afraid. What will you do?

 A: I have to stay home and do some cleaning.

 B: Good. It s better to do some cleaning on rainy days.

 Example 3

 A: Wow! What a heavy snow! I'm afraid you can't play football. Jack. What will you do?

B: I can go skiing. Would you like to go with me, Jim?

A: Certainly! Let’s carry our skiing-gears!

B: OK./Come on!

Step 4 Listening

Play the tape and ask What will the weather be like for Taiyuan?

Make sure the students get the answer. Then play the tape again and have the student write down the temperatures of the cities on Page 139.

Play the third time. Make sure the students finish the exercises. Then check the answer with the whole class.

 Step 5 Exercises in class

 Rewrite the following sentences.

 1. He goes to school on foot every day. ( by bike tomorrow)

 2. They don't have a meeting every Friday, (next Friday)

 3. Does Polly often help his friends? Yes, he does. (tomorrow)

 4.I play basketball with my classmates every afternoon. ( tomorrow afternoon)

 5. Do you keep a diary in English this year? ( next year) No, I don’t.

 Keys:

 1. He will go to school by bike tomorrow.

 2. They won’t have a meeting next Friday.

3. Will Polly help his friends tomorrow? Yes, he will.

4.I will play basketball with my classmates tomorrow afternoon.

5. Will you keep a diary in English next year? No, I won’t.

Step 6 Homework

1. Finish off the workbook exercises.

 2. Make three different dialogues according to Exercise Two.