Teaching Plan for Lesson 61

 

Teaching aims and demands

Four skills:

Spring ,summer, autumn, winter, season, January, hot, warm, cool, wear, last, from…to…

One skill:

What’s the weather like today?

What happens in spring?

Teaching tools:

some pictures

a tape recorder

Teaching Procedure

Step1.Revision

 (1).Ask the students to recite the passage “A day on the farm”

 (2).Ask the days and the dates

Step2.Presentation

Ask the students by showing some pictures:

How many months are there in a year?

What month is it now?

Who was born in January(…)?

Put up the pictures on the blackboard in four groups

Tell: There are four seasons in a year.

They are spring, summer, autumn and winter.

Spring: cold but get warmer/on holiday in February/have a rest/get ready for the Chinese New Year/have a big family party/lots of nice food/(sweet) dumplings/rice cakes/say “Happy New Year!” to each other/windy in the north in March/rainy in the south /farmers get busy/everything comes to life/trees turn green/flowers come out/best time to plant trees/go out and play /fly kites/go boating/go climbing hills

Summer: very hot in most parts of China/much more rain/grow well/wheat harvest/help with the farm work/May Day----Workers’ Day/Children’s Day/Young Pioneers’ Day/Party’s Birthday /have a rest in the summer holidays/ go to the park/zoo/sing and dance/go swimming/go to the seaside /help parents at home

Autumn: not too hot/get cool/enjoy holidays in August/new term begins/be back at school/Teachers’ Day/eat mooncakes/fruit-picking/October 1st---National Day/flowers on the streets and in the parks/very happy/rice harvest

Winter: get cold /trees turn yellow /leaves fall/windy/wear warm clothes/snow/ all white /go skating/skiing /like playing snowballs/old year is going/new year coming/have exams/very busy/winter holidays begin

Ask: (1).When is spring in China?

It’s from February to April.

It lasts from February to April.

Explain: last

1.adj. last year last October the last floor

2.v. The play lasts for two hours.

3.n. at last

(2).Who was born in spring(…)?

(3).What’s the weather like in spring(…)?

(4).What happens in spring(…)?

Explain: 1.everything

2.hot cool warm cold

It’s best to…

Wear put on

need

 

Step3.Ask and answer in pairs

Show the students some questions.Let them talk about them.

Which month is warmer in China, May or April?

Which month is hotter in China, October or July?

Which season do you like best?why?

Is it hotter in Guangzhou than in Beijing?

Is July hotter than November in Austrialia?

Step4.Consolidation

Do some exercises on the paper.

 

Step5.Homework3

Some exercises on a paper

 

Step 6 Explanation and Bb work

1. It lasts from May to July.

last  v. “延续”“持续” 后接表时间的状语adj. “最后的” 或“刚过去的'”在句中作定语，last week  the last bus.adv. “最后”最后一个, 在句是作状语。

2. Everything begins to grow.Everything为不定代词，表示“每件事、一切”。谓语用第三人称形式。

0Bb Work

Unit 16

Lesson 61

1. Our meeting is going to last two hours.

  The school sports meet lasted two days.How long does this term last?

  Today is the last day.

  Who did you see last? 你最后看见了谁？

  I’ll ask you some question last.最后我要向你们提问一些问题。

2. I hope everything goes well.