Unit 11 Dates, months and seasons
本單元教學目標
一、語音
1、字母n，kn讀[n] 2、字母ng讀[N]或[Ng]
3、字母nk，nc讀[Nk] 4、字母th讀[W]或[T]
二、重點詞匯
1 write down寫下，記下 2 come out發芽，長出 3 all the year round一年到頭 4 at this time of year一年的這個時候 5 turn green變綠，轉綠 6 in spring在春天 7 be different from 與……不同
三、日常交際用語
1、Which is the second month of the year?一年的第二個月是幾月？
2、When is spring/summer/autumn/winter in China? 中國的春/夏/秋/冬是什么時候？
3、What is the date today? It’s December 20th, 2003. 今天是幾月幾號？是2003年12月20日。
4、What’s the weather like in spring in your hometown? 你家鄉春天的天氣怎么樣？
5、Which season do you like best? 你最喜歡哪個季節？
四、語法
1、學習反意疑問句。
2、表示時間的介詞in, on和at的用法。
五、語言運用
運用所學語言知識，圍繞春、夏、秋、冬這一題材，完成教科書和Workbook中規定的聽、說、讀、寫的任務。讓學生了解不同地區的春夏秋冬有很大的差別，鼓勵學生們創造性的用英語復述這些差別，盡量避開母語干擾，把重點句子、難點句子放到語言情景中讓他們去體會，這樣大大地提高了學生運用語言的能力。
Lesson 41
一、聚焦重點、難點
（一) The months of the year
January February March April May June July August September October November December
（二）句型
1、Which is the second month of the year?
2、What day is it today?
3、What’s the date today?
(三)詞組
be from, last from, from…to…
二、掌握交際用語
1、When is summer in China? It lasts from June to August.
2、What was the date yesterday? It was November the twentieth, two thousand and three.
三、教與學師生互動
Step 1: Ask the students to answer the following questions like
What's the date today?
Step 2: Listening
I SB page 51, part 3 and request students to master how to answer the questions like: What day was it yesterday?
Step 3: Practise the dialogue many times until most of the students can answer the questions correctly.
四、課堂跟蹤反饋
（一）用括號所給單詞的適當形式填空。
1、He was the _________(one) to come to school this morning.
2、The _________(two) skirt looks very nice.
3、December is the _______(twelve) month in a year.
4、The spring in China ______(last) only a few months.
5、______(eight) is a lucky number, I think.
Answers: 1 first 2 second 3 twelfth 4 lasts 5 Eight
（二）根據實際情況完成句子
1、________is New Year’s Day.
2、________is Wemen’s Day.
3、________is International Labour Day.
4、________is Children’s Day.
5、________is Teachers’ Day.
6、________is Christmas Day.
Answers: 1 January lst 2 March 8th 3 May 1st 4 June 1st 5 September 1oth 6 December 25th
五、教學后記
這一課日常用語多，我平時上課習慣找一個學生用英語作簡單的值日匯報，所以這課學生學得輕松，教師也教得輕松。
Lesson 42
一、聚焦重點、難點
（一）詞匯
ask…about…, get warm/long, turn green, come out, be good for, go swimming/skating, help…with/do, enjoy doing…, all the year round
（二）講解書信的格式
二、重點句型及講解
1、What’s the weather like in spring/summer/autumn/winter?
句中“be like”相當于“look like”看起來像
eg: He looks like his father.
He is like his father.
2、What sports do people like to play in different seasons?
sport是名詞，體育運動，常用作復數
eg: ①He’s fond of sports
②We often have sports after school
3、The weather gets warmer and the days get longer.
句中“get”用作系動詞，后面跟形容詞，表示“逐漸變得”
get older變老get bigger變大，類似的系動詞還有be（是），seem（似乎），look（看來），become（變成），get（變得），grow（生長），feel（感到）turn（變得，變成），keep（保持）
eg:① The children look very healthy.這些孩子們看起來很健康。
② His hair turned white.他的頭發變白了。
4、I hope you are well。我希望你身體很好。
well為形容詞，健康，健全的，安好的
You look well today.你今天看起來氣色很好。
I don’t feel well this morning.我今天早晨感覺不大舒服。
5、We really enjoyed working on a farm.
enjoy后面接動名詞
eg: He enjoys skating in winter
6、We help them with the harvest.
help…… with/help……do
eg: I often help him with his English
I often help him study English
三、教與學師生互動
Step 1: New-word teaching
Use flashcards and teach the students how to read the new words and tell them how to use these words.
Step2: Read and act
Ⅰ Give the students some questions: 1 How is the weather in your hometown? 2 Which season is the warmest season? 3 Do you like winter? 4 How many seasons are there in your country?
Ⅱ Play the tape again and let the students follow the tape.
Step 3:Presentation
Ⅰ Say winter is coming. Do you know what’s the weather like? Now let’s learn the differences between spring, summer, autumn and winter.
Ⅱ Play the tape for the students twice and discuss the questions about weather.
Step 4:Consolidation
Ⅰ Look at the statements below, let the students say whether they are true or false and correct the mistakes.
Ⅱ Do some paper work.
Step5: Exercises
1、Do Ex 1 and Ex 3 orally.
2、Do Ex 2 as written work.
四、課堂跟蹤反饋
（一）根據圖示內容完成下列句子。（用flashcards呈現春夏秋冬四幅圖。）
1、_______is the best season of the year. Everything begins to ____.
2、It is very hot in ______. Swimming is the best_______ in this season.
3、_______is a harvest season._______ are usually very________ in this season.
4、It is very _______in winter People need to_______ more clothes. We like to_____ _____on the ice.
Answers: 1 Spring, grow 2 Summer, sport 3 Autumn, Farmers, busy 4 cold, wear, go skating.
（二）、根據所給首字母填寫單詞
1、Some children like winter much b______ than summer. They enjoy s______.
2 What a good h ______they had last October!
3、Look at the h______ rain, It’s raining so h_______.
4、Autumn is the b_______ season of the year.
Answers: 1 better, skating 2 harvest 3 heavy, heavily 4 busiest
五、教學后記
在這一課里設置了春夏秋冬四幅圖，在朗讀課文的同時配上了畫面，栩栩如生，學生們從中獲得了豐富的感性材料，從而展開了想象的翅膀，想象春天一片生機盎然的景象，秋天農民們忙于收獲的情景等等，他們急于用英語表達他們的思想，激發了學生的好學熱情，人人參與了課堂，群體智慧的潛能在這堂課上得到了充分地發揮，存在這樣一個問題：學生回答問題時像炸開了花，顯得組織課堂不夠嚴密。
Lesson 43
一、聚焦重點、難點
（一）重點詞匯
be from, at a bad time of year, be afraid, be very different from…, at this time of year, be like
（二）重點句型
1、The weather here is very cold, isn’t it?
2、Jim knows the way Australians speak, doesn’t he?
3、What’s the weather like in Sydney?
（三）語法知識
反意疑問句的用法
二、剖析重點詞匯、句型
1、The weather here is very cold, isn’t it?這兒天氣很冷，是嗎？
2、Lucy can’t swim, can she?露西不會游泳，是不是？
以上反意疑問句由兩部分構成，前一部分對事物的陳述，后一部分作簡單的提問。如果前一部分用肯定形式，后一部分用否定形式，前一部分用否定形式，后一部分則用肯定形式，兩部分的人物和時態一致。
3、He isn’t going to the meeting, is he? 他不去參加會議，是嗎？
Yes, he is. 不，他要去的。
No, he isn’t. 對，他不去。
以上反意疑問句的回答，若事實是肯定的，用yes，事實是否定的，就要用no，要注意。
三、教與學師生互動
Step 1: Revision
Get the students to tell the teacher about the seasons
Step 2:Pre-reading
Have the students discuss the questions!
①Is the weather here very different from Australia?
②Does the weather get warmer in spring?
Step 3: Reading
①Play the tape for the students
②Ask and answer each other according to the text.
Step 4: Workbook
①Do Ex 1 as written work
②Do Exx 2 and 3 orally
四、課堂跟蹤反饋
（一）完成下列反意疑問句
1、Jack does his homework every day, ________ ?
2、Kate knows little about China, ___________ ?
3、Your sister can speak Japanese? __________ ?
4、Let's go for a walk, _______ ?
5、You didn't buy the fruit, __________?
6、There's a little water in the bottle, _________?
Answers: 1 doesn't he? 2 does she 3 can't she 4 shall we 5 did you 6 is there
（二）介詞專練
1、The flowers start to come out _______ spring.
2、He came here ______ a bad time _____ year.
3、My brother was born _____ a cold winter morning.
4、What's the weather ______ in Nanjing in summer?
Answers: 1 in 2 at, of 3 on 4 like
五、教學后記
反意疑問句在上一課簡單地給同學們作了介紹，通過這一節課的加強，同學們大多數能掌握，有少數同學會出錯，主要是他們把never, few, little hardly等當成了肯定的含義。
Lesson 44
一、聚焦重點、難點
（一）重點
A 詞匯用法
like best, What about …?/How about… ? last from, go on, need to do…, be from, from…to
B 講解語法
表示時間的介詞in, on和at的用法。
in表示某年，某季節，某月，一天中的某段時間。
in2001/in spring/in March/in the afternoon/in a year/in a month/in a week等。
on表示具體的某一天或某一天的上午、下午或晚上。
on Monday, on Monday morning, on the evening of April lst等。
at表示具體的時刻。如：at nine o’clock, at half past eight, at this time, at the moment等。
二、剖析重點詞匯、詞組、句型
1、In much of China在中國大部分地區。
eg: In much of Hubei, it’s very hot in summer夏天湖北大部分地區很熱。
2、Last from持續、延續。
eg: The meeting lasted for two hours.
3、Autumn starts in August, and goes on to October.
go on to表示“持續到…”go on 是“持續”，go on doing something/go on with sth繼續做某事，go on to do sth 繼續做別的事。
eg: She finished her work, then she went on to go shopping.她做完了作業，接著去買別的東西。
4、You need to wear lots of warm clothes.你必須多穿些暖和的衣服。
wear是“穿著”，表持續性動作；put on“穿上”，指短暫動作。dress“給…穿衣”；be in“穿著…衣服”。
eg: ①She’s wearing a coat.她穿著一件外套。
②Put on your jacket, please.請穿上你的夾克。
③The child can drees himself.這個小孩現在可以穿衣了。
④She’s in a red coat.她穿著一件紅外套。
5、But unlike much of China and the USA….
unlike是介詞，“不像，和…不一樣”，反義詞是“like”，un是否定前綴，構成反義詞，如unhappy不高興的，unusual不平常的。
三、教與學師生互動
Step 1:Revision
Revision Tag questions in Lesson 43 by asking questions like:
1、Wang Lin did his homework well, didn't he?
2、My sister never gets up late, does she?
3、Jim was from America, wasn't he?
Step 2: Listening
I SB page 54, Part 4, Listening cassette Lesson 44, tell the students: Today we're going to listen to “Different countries, different weather”, Play the tape once or twice as necessary. Discuss the questions in the text
eg: In which country is the weather most like China's, the USA, England or Australia? Deal with any problems that arise.
Step 3: Read and act
Ask one or two students to repeat the text orally according to the phrases given by teachers. Show flashcards to the students and let them know the differences between Australia and China, especially the weather.
Step 4: Checkpoint
Go through Checkpoint 11. Revise the Tag questions and the prepositions in, on and at.
四、課堂跟蹤反饋
完成句子
1、The weather here _____ that in Australia.(不同于)
2、I saw Jane just now, she _____.（長高多了）
3、Do you know ________（美國的講話方式）？
4、Everything ______（開始生長）in spring.
5、It often ______（下雨）,sometimes quite heavily.
6、Last Sunday we _____ the farmers ______ their rice harvest.（幫助某人做某事）
7、It’s _______ to wear warm clothes.（最好）
8、You ______ ______ get up early.（最好）
Answers: 1 is different from 2 is much taller 3 the way
Americans speak 4 begins to grow 5 rains 6 helped…with 7 best 8 had better
五、教學后記
這一節課的內容主要談論了不同的國家有不同的氣候，澳大利亞的季節正好與我們相反，課堂上我為學生展示了幾個畫面，為他們的學習創造了一個開放和諧的語言環境。教師與學生之間展開了學習語言的競爭，他們積極地用英語表達自己的思想，整個課堂充滿了活力。這一節課也存在著這樣的問題：學生們在語言表達方面有些欠缺，以后要注意抓好基礎訓練，有了扎實的基本功，語言表達自然流暢。