Step4 Ask and answer

Talk about the weather:

1. Show some pictures of different weather and learn some words through them.

2. Show the key words under each picture.

rainy windy cloudy snowy sunny

Step5 1a

1 Match the pictures with the weather.

2 Check it

Step6 1b listening

1 Get through the cities. Read it together.

2 Check the answer of listening.

3 Ask two students to work as a weather reporter.

Give them the beginning: It is raining in Toronto....

Step7 Revision of the present progressive tense.

Review some activities they have learned and learn some new words through pictures.

(1)What's he/she doing?

She is making soup.

(2)What is he doing?

He is playing computer games.

(3)What is she doing?

She is going shopping.

...

Step8 Pair work

1. Make the dialogue using the picture.

2. Ask students to work in pairs to talk about the weather and the people in the picture..

3. Give them 5 minutes to practice and recite the dialogue. Then ask some pairs to show their dialogues out in front of the class.

Step9 Moral education

Show pictures of some disasters and lead the students to protect the environment.

Step10 Homework

Make a survey. Call your friend and relatives what they are doing.

Fill in the form.

Blackboard Design:

Unit 7 It's raining

rainy windy cloudy sunny snowy

How's the weather in...?