2019學(xué)年八年級英語上冊Module10TheweatherUnit2Theweatherisfineallyearround教案（新版）外研版.docx

Unit 2 The weather is fine all year round.Teaching modelReading and writing. Teaching method Bottom-up approach Teaching aims1. Listening and understanding familiar topics (weather) 2. Giving weather forecast based on clues; predicting about future weather using probably.3. Reading and finding specific information.4. Writing a short passage about the best time to visit your town, using because, so and but. Teaching Objectives 1. Key vocabulary: mile, northwest, umbrella, southeast, from time to time 2. Keys sentences: 1) Whens the best time to visit the US?2) The US is a very big country to visit.3) So choose carefully the places to see and the time to go. 4) Bring a map because you may want to travel around.5) New York and Washington DC are good places to visit in May or October.6) The best time to visit New England is in September. 7) The weather gets cooler and the green leaves start to go gold, then brown. 8) Its a good idea to bring your camera so you can take photos of autumn trees.9) Take your swimming clothes because you might want to go swimming in the sea, even in December.10) So whens the best time to visit the US?Teaching aidsRecorder, OHP, video Teaching StepsStep 1 RevisionTalk about the weather.1) Show a China weather map.2) Ask and answer:What will the weather be like in ?Step 2 Warming upWork in pairs. Whens the best time to visit your town or country? Why?Step 3 Reading and vocabulary1. Talk about what you can see in the pictures.2. Learn the words and expressions.3. Show the map of The United States of America.4. Read the passage and fill in the blanks. 1) New York and Washington DC are good places to visit in _ or _, but in winter theres a lot of _.2) The best time to visit New England is in _. The weather gets _, and the green leaves start to turn _, then _. Bring your _ so you can take photos of the autumn trees.3) In California, the weather is _ all year round. Take your swimming clothes because you might want to go _ in the sea, even in _.4) In Seattle, in the northwest, it isnt very _ but it _ a lot, so bring an _. 5) In Alaska, the days are long and warm in _, but may be _ in the evening, so bring a warm _. Dont go in winter. Itll be very cold. 6) In Texas and the southeast, its usually very _ and _ compared to other places. There are _ from time to time in summer and autumn. 5. Complete the table.1) Read the passage again.2) Complete the table in Activity 3.Places WeatherBest time to visitNew YorkWinter: 1. _2._New England3. _4. _California5._6. _AlaskaSummer: 7. _Winter: 8._9. _3. Check the answers.Step 4 Language points1. The best time to visit New England is in September. 九月是去新英格蘭游覽的最佳時間。這里的New England (新英格蘭) 指的是美國東北部的一個地區(qū)，他包括六個州：緬因州（Maine）、新罕布什爾州（New Hampshire）、佛蒙特州(Vermont )、馬薩諸塞州(Massachusetts)、羅得島州(Rhode Island) 和康涅狄格州(Connecticut) 。這里的小鎮(zhèn)非常美麗，每年秋天都會有大批游客來此游玩。1614年英國探險家約翰史密斯 ( John Smith ) 給這個地方起名為新英格蘭。2. Bring your camera so you can take photos of the autumn trees.帶上你的照相機(jī)以便可以拍攝秋天的樹木。take photos of 的意思是“給拍照”。如：我給琳達(dá)拍了一張照片。I took a photo of Linda.她給孩子們拍了許多照片。 She took a lot of photos of the kids. 【運(yùn)用】請將下面漢語句子翻譯成英語。我能給這些大型動物照相嗎？_Can I take photos / pictures of these big animals?3. In Texas and the southeast, its usually very hot and sunny compared to other places. 和其他地方對比，得克薩斯州和東南部地區(qū)通常天氣很熱，陽光燦爛。compared to 意為“和比較”， 表示此意也可以用compared with。例如：和我們的小房子相比，比爾的房子就像一座宮殿。Compared to our small house, Bills house seemed like a palace. 和我們（附近）的馬路相比，這條馬路（交通）非常繁忙。 This road is quite busy compared to/ with ours.4. There are storms from time to time in summer and autumn. 但是夏秋季節(jié)時常有暴風(fēng)雨。from time to time 表示“有時, 間或”, 常在句中作狀語。如: 約翰間或會去體育場打籃球。 John goes to the stadium to play basketball from time to time.Step 5 Complete the sentences.1. Ask the students to read the words in the box in Activity 4.brown mile storm sweater umbrella2. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words from the box.1) In autumn the leaves turn gold and then _.2) Its about 3,000 _ from the east coast to the west coast.3) You might need a(n) _ in the evening.4) Sometimes there are _ in summer and autumn on the southeast coast.5) You will need a( n) _ in Seattle because it rains a lot.3. Check the answers Step 6 ExercisesStep 7 Writing.1. Match the two parts of the sentences.1) You can come any time you like, but 2) It often rains in spring, so 3) Bring a coat because 4) Our plan is to walk in the countryside, so 5) Sydney is a big city, but 6) Lets stay for a long time because a) it will soon become cool.b) there are lots of things to see.c) the best time to visit England is in spring.d) its a good idea to bring an umbrella.e) wear comfortable shoes.f) we will fin