Unit7It'srainingSectionAWritethequestion.Whatareyoudoing?ontheboard.Readthequestionandasktheclasstorepeatit.Thenactoutanactivitystudentsarealreadyfamiliarwith,pointtothequestionandhavestudentsrepeatit.Answerthequestionusingthetargetlanguage.Forexample,youmightpretendtobereadingabook,playingsoccer,playingtheguitarorwritingyourname.Whentheclassasks,Whatareyoudoing?,youanswer,I'mreadingabook,andsoforth.1aThisactivityintroducesthekeyvocabulary.Focusattentiononthecitiesinthepicture.Ask,Whatstheweatherlikehere?Iftheycan'tanswer,supplythewordandasktheclasstorepeatit.Sayasentenceortwoabouteachkindofweather.Forexample,It'sraining.Isitrainingheretoday?Pointoutthenumberedlistofwords.Sayeachoneandaskstudentstorepeatthewordsagain.Thenaskstudentstomatcheachwordwithoneofthecitiesinthepicture.Say,Writetheletterofeachcitynexttooneoftheivords.Pointoutthesampleanswer.Checktheanswers.1bThisactivitygivesstudentspracticeinunderstandingthetargetlanguageinspokenconversation.Playtherecordingthefirsttime.Studentsonlylisten.Say,Youwillhearfourdifferentconversations.Eachoneisabouttheweatherinadifferentcity.Pointtoeachcityinthepictureasitcomesuponthetape.Playtherecordingasecondtime.Askstudentstowritethenameofthecityinthepictureofitsweather.Say,Thefirstonehasbeendoneforyou.Beijingiswritteninthepictureofsunnyweather.ItissunnyinBeijing.Correcttheanswers.1cThisactivityprovidesguidedoralpracticeusingthetargetlanguage.Pointouttheexampleconversation.Asktwostudentstoreadthedialoguetotheclass.Say,Nowworkwithapartner.Makeyourownconversationsabouttheweatherinthesefiveplaces.Asthepairstalk,movearoundtheroommonitoringtheirwork.Offerlanguageorpronunciationsupportasneeded.Askseveralpairstopresenttheirconversationstotheclass.2aThisactivitygivesstudentspracticeinunderstandingthetargetlanguageinspokenconversation.Pointtothefourpictures.Askstudentstotellwhateachpersonisdoingineachpicture.Forexample,Thisboyistalkingonthephone.Thismanisplayingbasketball.Supplyvocabularywordsasneeded.Playtherecordingthefirsttime.Studentsonlylisten.Playtherecordingasecondtime.Thistime,askstudentstolistentotherecordingandnumberthepictures1through4toshowwhateachpersonisdoing.Correcttheanswers.2bThisactivityprovideslisteningpracticeusingthetargetlanguage.Pointoutthelistofnamesandthelistofactivities.Askadifferentstudenttoreadeachlisttotheclass.Say,NowIwillplaytherecordingagain.Thistime,pleasematcheachnamewithanactivity.Writetheletterofanactivityinfrontofeachname.Pointoutthesampleanswerfornumber1.Playtherecordingandhavestudentsfillintherestoftheanswers.,Correcttheanswers.2cThisactivityprovidesguidedoralpracticeusingthetargetlanguage.Callattentiontothefourpeopleinthepictureinactivity2a.Askstudentstosaysomethingabouteachperson.Guidestudentstousethewordsandphrasesplayingbasketball,cooking,ivatchingTV,andplayingcomputergames.Pointoutthesampleconversationinthespeechbubblesandhaveapairofstudentsreadittotheclass.Say,Nowpleaseworkwithapartner.Makeconversationslikethisone.TalkaboutthepeopleintheIpictures.Asstudentsworkinpairs,movearoundtheroommonitoringprogressandofferingassistance,ifneeded.Asksomepairstopresenttheirconversationstotheclass.3aThisactivityintroducesmorekeyvocabulary.Callattentiontothefaces.Askstudentstopointtoanddescribeeachfaceusingwhatevervocabularytheycan.Helpstudentstoidentifyhoweachpersonisfeeling.Forexample,askastudent.Lookatthisf...
