Unit 2 What’s the weather like?
Step 1 Lead in:
1. Review the text of Unit 1.
2. Show some pictures, ask the students to look at the pictures, then talk something about the pictures.
3. Introduce the new words.
Step 2 Vocabulary study:
1. Show some pictures by PPT.
2. Ask and answer:
What’s the weather like today?
3. Learn the new words.
4. Read the new words.
Step 3 Listen and repeat.
1. Ask the students to read the words in Activity 1 silently.
2. Play the recording and ask the students to listen and read the words.
① spring ② summer ③autumn ④ winter
⑤ warm ⑥ hot ⑦ cool ⑧ cold
Step 4 Listen and match.
1. Ask the students to look at the pictures in Activity 2.
2. Read the words in Activity 2 silently.
1. It’s cool in autumn. 2. It’s hot in summer.
3. It’s cold in winter 4. It’s warm in spring.
3. Look through the words in Activity1.
① spring ② summer ③autumn ④ winter
⑤ warm ⑥ hot ⑦ cool ⑧ cold
4. Play the recording and ask the students to listen and read the words.
5. Call back the answer from the whole class and check the answer.
Step 5 Listen and point.
1. Ask the students to look at the pictures in Activity 3.
2. Ask and answer like this:
1) —What’s the weather like in spring?
—It’s warm.
2) —What’s the weather like in winter?
—It’s cold.
3) —What’s the weather like in autumn?
—It’s cool.
4)—What’s the weather like in summer?
—It’s hot.
3. Listen again and say.
4. Work in pairs.
Step 6 Write.
1. Ask the students to read the words in Activity 6.
2. Fill in the blanks in Activity 5.
1.—What’s the ____________ like in London in autumn?
—It’s cool.
2.—What’s the weather _____________ in New York in __________?
—It’s cold.
3.—_____________________ in Hong Kong in summer?
—It’s hot.
4.—_____________________ in Beijing in spring?
—__________________
