Teaching Plan for Unit 2 the Seasons

In the book Go for It for Grade 5 ( 30 students;40mimutes)

Teaching contents:

New Words: warm sunny hot cold cool windy

Sentence Structure: What’s the weather like in spring/summer/ autumn/winter? It’s warm and windy in spring/ sunny and hot/ … Teaching aims: Through the study of this period, students are able to (1) use appropriate words to describe the weather in different seasons (2) ask and answer the questions about the weather of four different seasons (3) know the features of different seasons and learn to enjoy the beauty of our natural world

(4) learn to learn English by communication and exchange information with others Teaching focus and the difficult points:

(1) Asking and answering questions about weather with appropriate words and sentences

(2) Learning English by communicating with others Teaching methods：PPP teaching methods group work Teaching aids: computer projector ppt Teaching Procedures:

Revision: Review words and sentences learnt in this unit by asking the whole class questions. It goes in this way

T: How are you doing, my dear children? Ss: Fine, Betty/Just so-so/…

T: Well, we have leant seasons, right? So, Can you tell me how many words can you speak now?

Ss: Spring, summer, autumn …

T: Wonderful, but can you tell me which season do you like best? Ss: Sure. I like …best. Presentation:

Words Presentation: Present the new words by showing pictures on ppt and let the students guess the meaning firstly. As follows

T: Now let’s look some pictures. They are beautiful and they show us some meamings. Let’s guess now.

T: Wow, It’s in spring. So, what does this picture show us? Ss: ……

T: Great! Warm. Read after me. Warm, warm, warm.. The rest words will the shown in the same way.

After the presentation, a little game --- Say and Show it will be done to practice the new words.

Teacher says the new words, and students show the meaning of it by their own ways. Sentence Presentation:

The sentence will be shown in the form of question.

in spring? It’s windy and warm. Teacher gives the answer at last.

T: You are right! Follow me. What’s the weather like in spring? Practice

Presentation is followed by two activities to practice and consolidate what learnt Activity 1 Ask and answer.

Teacher asks and students answer, then change role For example

T: What’s the weather like in spring? Ss: It’s windy and warm.

Ss: What’s the weather like in spring/ summer / autumn / winter ? T: It’s warm and windy/… Activity 2 Listen and Judge

Students listen to the teacher and judge weather it’s right. For instance. T: In Spring, It’s windy and cold. Ss: NO, it’s windy and warm. Production: Group work

Work in group and complete the following chart by interviewing your group members.

Name Favorite season Weather What do you

To reduce its difficult, a example should be given to the students, but not all the students are required to follow this way. A: Hi, Tom... What’s your favorite season? B: My favorite season is summer.

A:( May I know/ Could you tell me )what’s the weather like in spring in your opinion？

B: (In my opinion/ I think) it’s windy sometimes, but warm. / It’s a little cold. A: And, what do you usually do in spring？

B: I do sports outside with friends. Play football, badminton ,and so on . A: Sound interesting. Home work：

Complete the above chart by interviewing your family members. Reflection：It will be finished soon after this lesson.