Unit Four Science in English

Lesson Two Seasons

1.      Talk about seasons

2.      Patterns:

(1)    So / Neither am / do / have I.

(2)    What’s your favorite season?

(3)    I like summer better than spring.

(4)    I like winter best.

3.      Comparisons

Daily talk

Learning the new words and phrases by questions and answers.

1.       How many people are there in your family?

2.       How many students are there in your class?

3.       How many days ate there in a week?

4.       What are they?

5.       How many months are there in a year?

6.       How many seasons are there in a year?

7.       What are they?

8.       What’s the weather like in spring / summer / autumn / winter?

9.       What’s your favourite season?

10.   Why do you like spring / summer / autumn / winter best?

11.   Is it warm in spring?

hot in summer?

cool in autumn?

cold in winter?

will

So       am          I

do         they

have

Neither    did

does        she / he / it

12.   I like sports in winter.  What about you?  (So do I.)

13.   He is a teacher.  (So am I.)

14.   You won’t go to school on Sunday.  (Neither will I.)

15.   You have two books.  (So have we.)

16.   We often go to the beach and swim in the sea.  And you?

(So do I. / Me too.)

17.   We can make snowman in winter.  What about you?  (So can we.)

18.   You can go skiing in winter.  (So can we.)

19.   We can’t swim in winter.  (Neither can we.)

20.   Is it a good time for outdoor activities in spring or in autumn? 

21.   What is spring / summer / autumn / winter like?

22.   Are birds singing in spring?

23.   Flowers are blooming, aren’t they?

24.   What are your favorite outdoor activities?

25.   Do you like summer better than spring?

26.   You prefer summer to spring, don’t you?

27.   Who can tell me how many long holidays we have in a year?

28.   What are they?

29.   You can go sightseeing during the long holidays, can’t you?

30.   Where do you go for the holidays?

31.   Have you been to Harbin for holidays?

32.   What is the weather like there?

33.   What is the highest / lowest temperature there?

34.   Christmas day is coming, isn’t it?

35.   Will you have a long Christmas holiday?

36.   Where will you go for the holiday?

37.   I will go to Guilin for this holiday.  What about you?  (So will I.)

38.   Can you tell us something about Li Hui, Linda, Li Jin and Julia’s talk?

Reading the new words after the tape.

Reading the text

Dialogue:

   Can you have a discussion about your plan for the long Christmas holiday?

Comprehension check (p143)

1.       Recite the text and talk about seasons

2.       Copy the new words and text and discovering language

Daily talk

Review the text by questions and answers.

1.       How many people are there in our text?

2.       Who are they?

3.       Where are they?

4.       What are they doing?

5.       Which season does Li Hui like best?

6.       What’s Li Hui’s favorite season?

7.       What’s your favorite season?

Now let’s talk about seasons in groups, shall we?

1.       I like spring.

2.       I am a student.

3.       I went to the park yesterday.

4.       I don’t like English.

5.       I didn’t go to school yesterday.

6.       I am not a teacher.

7.       I haven’t seen the film yet.

8.       What kind of verbs do we use after “so” and “neither” in the above sentences?

9.       Do we put the verbs before or after the subjects in the above sentences?

10.   Do we use “so” in response to a positive sentence?

11.   Do we use “neither” in response to a negative sentence?

12.   How to use “so” and “neither”?

Developing skills

Now let’s talk about all there clothes

Where to put them, in shop window 1 or 2?

When to wear these clothes in winter or in summer?

Filling in the blanks:

1.       How many months are there in winter?

2.       What’s the weather like in these months?

3.       What kinds of clothes do we wear in these months?

4.       What kinds of activities do we have?

5.       How many months are there in summer?

6.       How is the weather in these months?

7.       What kinds of clothes do we usually wear in these months?

8.       What kinds of activities do we have?

Give responses to what you have heard with so… I or neither… I.

1.       My cousin is very interested in outdoor games and sports.

2.       I’m not going sightseeing during my summer holidays.

3.       I often go to the beach in summer.

4.       I don’t like making snowman.

5.       I’ve booked a package tour for my winter holidays.

6.       I haven’t surfed the Internet for a long time.

1.       Ex. 4 5  (p146)

2.       Reading

3.       Write a composition

Warming-up

Daily talk

1.       New words of Part II.

2.       Where is New Zealand?

3.       Where is Britain?

4.       Where is China?

5.       How many months are cold in Britain?

6.       What about New Zealand?

7.       What do the people in New Zealand do in December and January?

8.       Where do they go for their holidays?

9.       In which season does it snow?

10.   What kind of clothes do the people in New Zealand wear in June, July and August?

11.   Now let’s do task 1, task 2 in pairs, shall we?

Writing on the blackboard.

Check up the “Comprehension” in workbook

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Check up Ex.1 of language focus.

Homework

Exs in WB

Daily talk

Check up Ex 2 3 of language focus

Skill focus

Listening 1

Work in pairs and talk about your favorite activities for different seasons.

Conduct a survey.

Ex 4 5

Daily talk

Preview the next text

Daily talk

“Christmas is coming”

Go over the text