Whats the weather like

　　　 2. It s rainy and windy.

　　　 3. It’s sunny and hot.

　　　 4. It s very snowy, but quite warm.

　　　 5. It s very rainy, but quite hot.

　　　 6. It s very dry, but quite cold.

Presentation

　　1．放一段明天全国各地天气预报的动画，引导学生注意其中的时态：一般将来时的构成。比较其与一般现在时的不同。

　　2．引导学生分析感叹句的构成。

　　Remember the structures:

　　1. How + adj. + subject + verb！

　　2. What + adj. + noun(singular or plural) + subject + verb!

　　　 e.g. How cold it is today!

　　　　What a cold day (it is today)!

Practice

　　1. Look at the chart below and ask the students to make sentences using the simple future tense.

Notes:

　　1) Mark “√” refers to affirmative sentences.

　　Mark “×” refers to negative sentences.

　　Mark “?” refers to general questions and make answers to all these questions.

　　2) Add a future time to the end of each sentence if necessary, eg. tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, tomorrow morning/afternoon/evening, next Sunday/year/month, later on, soon, …

　　2. Let the students do some translations.

　　1. 她是一位多么善良的女孩呀！

　　2. 这是一部多么有趣的电影呀！

　　3. 他们是多么有耐心的医生呀！

　　4. 这些书是多么新呀！

　　5. 今天天气是多么好呀！

Keys:1. How kind the girl is! = What a kind girl she is!

　　 2. How interesting the film is! = What an interesting film is!

　　 3. How patient the doctors are! = What patient doctors they are!

　　 4. How new these books are! = What new books they are!

　　 5. How fine it is today! = What a fine day (it is today) !

　　3. Dialogue Practice

　　T: Look at Exercise Two. Listen to the tape and repeat after it.

　　Now let the students use the patterns to practise more.

　　At last, try to ask them to make some new sentences. For example:

　　1.A: How dry it is today!

　　　B: Yes, but it’ll be wetter later on.

　　2.A: What a dry day!

　　　B: Yes, and it’ll get drier, I’m afraid.

Exercises in class

Fill in the blanks

A. Exclamatory sentences practice.

　　1. ______ nice ties they are!

　　2. ______ lovely weather it is!

　　3. ______ funny the joke is!

　　4. ______ a good idea this is!

　　5. ______ clever you are!

　　6. ______ terrible that is!

　　7. ______ handsome actors they are!

　　8. ______ wonderful it is!

B. The simple future tense practice.

　　1. I ______ the museum tomorrow, (not visit)

　　2. It ______soon. (rain)

　　3. ______ I ______ for Julia at the school gate tomorrow morning? (wait) Yes, you ______.

　　4. They______ care of the children next Sunday, (take)

　　5. ______ you ______ to university next year? (go)

　　No, I ______. Because I m not old enough.

　　6. Peter______ us the truth this evening, (not tell)

Keys: A: l. What 2.What 3.How 4.What 5.How 6.How 7.what 8.How

　　　B: 1.won’t visit  2.will rain  3.Shall/wait/will 4.will take  5.Will/go/won’t 6.won’t tell

Homework

　　1. Remember the adjectives of weather and make a dialogue.

　　2. Make three exclamatory sentences and another three sentences using the simple future tense.

The design of the blackboard

Lesson 46 教学设计方案

Teaching Objectives: Learn how to telephone sb. and how to use the simple future tense.

Properties: Recorder, Overhead, Projector, Video

Language FOCUS: the simple future tense.

Teaching Procedures:

I. Organizing the class

　　Teacher: What will you tell us today, student A?

　　Student A: Today I'll tell you a funny story. Please listen to me carefully. I’ll ask you some questions after the story.

　　T: OK.

　　I. Revision

　　T: What's the date today?

　　Ss: It's December 15th.

　　T: What s the weather like?

　　Ss: It’s very cold, but quite sunny.

　　T: How cold it is today!

　　Ss: Yes, but it’ll be warmer later on.

　　T: What a cold day!

　　Ss: Yes, and it'll get colder, we' re afraid.

IIII. Leading in

　　T: Let's watch the video, it's about how to make a phone. Then you'll watch several conversations by telephone. You II learn how the foreigners telephone the others in English.

　　T: All right. When you call somebody and introduce yourself, you should say “This is or This is sb. speaking.” When you want to know who picks up the phone, you should ask “Who s that?”

IV. Presentation

　　T: Now listen to the tape and try to understand it.

Language Points

　　I. ring up, get into communication with sb by telephone.

eg. I’ll ring you up this evening.

　　ring up = call up(us)

　　2. hike [haik] V. go for a long walk in the country, taken for pleasure or exercise.

eg. They are going to hike tomorrow.

　　—hiker n. person who hikes.

V. Practice

　　T:0pen your books and read the dialogue.

　　T: Answer the following questions according to the dialogue

　　1. What s the relationship between Bruce and the person whom she is speaking to?

　　2. Where is Bruce now and where is Dad?

　　3. What ' s the weather like in Xinjiang and in Sydney?

　　4. How about Bruce ' s health, and what about his father?

　　5. What kinds of fruit does Bruce like very much?

　　6. What are his parents going to do?

　　7. Are they very happy to talk by telephone? How do you know?

Keys:

　　1.