Unit6NaturalDisastersPERIOD4:VOCABULARYTeachingObjectives●Tolearntotalkaboutanddescribetheweather●Toidentifythevocabularyaboutdifferentkindofweatherconditions●TounderstandtheweatherreportfromTVorradio●TohaveabetterunderstandingofthetopicoftheunitTeachingProceduresSTEP1LookingandlearningShowsomepicturesofdifferentkindsofweathercondition.Thengetthemtoelicitthenounandadjectivesandwritethemoftheboardinpairs.snow/snowyrain/rainycloud/cloudystorm/stormywind&rain/windy&rainysun/sunnyTrytousesentencestotalkabouttheweather.Donotjustwritethewordsdown.e.g.Thereiswhitesnoweverywhere.Itissnowing.Itisasnowyday.Explainhowanounischangedintoanadjective.Weadda‘-y’tomostofthenounstomakeadjectives.Pointoutthatweneedtodoublethe‘n’,whenwearechanging‘sun’intoanadjective.STEP2CompletingtheexercisesinPartAInvitethestudentstocompletetheexercisesinPartA,Page94.Andthengetthestudentstoreadthewordswell.STEP3UsingwordsincontextShowmorepicturesandofferthestudentsachancetousethesewords,asthepicturesareshowninthefollowingtable.PicturesWhat’stheweatherlike?/Howistheweather?Thereisthicksnoweverywhere.Itsnowsheavily.Theweatherissnowy.It’ssnowy.Itisastormyday.Thewindisblowingstronglyandtherainistooheavy.Itisrainingtooheavily.It’sarainyday.Theworldisallwet.Youshouldtakearaincoatoranumbrellawithyou.Thewindistoostrong.Whatawindyday!Look!TherearealotofcloudsHowcloudyitis!Itisgoingtorain.Thesunisshiningbrightly.Itisasunnyday.Wecanenjoyourselvesoutside.There’stoomuchfog.Wecan’tseeanythingclearly.It’ssofoggy.WemustdrivecarefullyThewindowiscoveredwithmuchfrost.It’sfrostyweather.Getthestudentstotalkaboutthepicturesandhelpthemtounderstandtheuseofnounsandadjectivesonweatherconditions.STEP4Elicitingtheweatherforecast/weatherreportUsesomepicturestoelicittheweatherforecast/weatherreport.Theygetthestudentstolearnaboutthesymbolsofweatherconditions.sunnysunny&cloudyrainycloudythunder&lighteningwindysnowyGetthestudentstoreadthewordsandtheninvitethemtodoPartB,Page98.Firstgetthestudentstochecktheanswersinpairsandthencheckitinclass.Gothroughthedialogueandthenhelpthestudentstounderstandthechangestotheweatherwiththehelpofthetableabove.Thetemperaturewillbearound7oC.Thetemperatureisgoingtodropalittle.Sotheweatherwon’tbetoobad.Thetemperaturewillbelower.TheweatherwillbecomeworseonFriday.Thetemperaturewilldropto-5oC.Getthestudentstoreadthedialoguetogether.Makesurethatthestudentscanreadthetemperaturewell.STEP5GivingaweatherreportShowthestudentsthelocalweatherconditionsandaskthemtogiveaweatherreportusingthegiveninformation.Forstrongerclassestheteachercandownloadsomemapsofweatherandgetthestudentstotalkaboutit.Givethemsomesentencestructures.1.Theweatherwas/is/willbe…,butitwillbe/get…2.Theweatherwillgetbetter/worse.3.Thehightemperatureis…4.Thetemperatureisaround….Itisgoingtodropto…STEP6Homeworka.WatchtheweatherforecastprogrammeonTV.AndthenwriteareportaboutitinEnglish.EncouragethestudentstolistentotheweatherreportonCCTV9.b.FinishofftheexerciseintheEvaluationHandbookandLearningEnglish.
