Teaching aims and demands

Four skills:

Spring ,summer, autumn, winter, season, January, hot, warm, cool, wear, last, from…to…

One skill:

What’s the weather like today?

What happens in spring?

Teaching tools:

some pictures

a tape recorder

Teaching Procedure

Step1.Revision

 (1).Ask the students to recite the passage “A day on the farm”

 (2).Ask the days and the dates

Step2.Presentation

Ask the students by showing some pictures:

How many months are there in a year?

What month is it now?

Who was born in January(…)?

Put up the pictures on the blackboard in four groups

Tell: There are four seasons in a year.

They are spring, summer, autumn and winter.

Spring: cold but get warmer/on holiday in February/have a rest/get ready for the Chinese New Year/have a big family party/lots of nice food/(sweet) dumplings/rice cakes/say “Happy New Year!” to each other/windy in the north in March/rainy in the south /farmers get busy/everything comes to life/trees turn green/flowers come out/best time to plant trees/go out and play /fly kites/go boating/go climbing hills

Summer: very hot in most parts of China/much more rain/grow well/wheat harvest/help with the farm work/May Day----Workers’ Day/Children’s Day/Young Pioneers’ Day/Party’s Birthday /have a rest in the summer holidays/ go to the park/zoo/sing and dance/go swimming/go to the seaside /help parents at home

Autumn: not too hot/get cool/enjoy holidays in August/new term begins/be back at school/Teachers’ Day/eat mooncakes/fruit-picking/October 1^st---National Day/flowers on the streets and in the parks/very happy/rice harvest

Winter: get cold /trees turn yellow /leaves fall/windy/wear warm clothes/snow/ all white /go skating/skiing /like playing snowballs/old year is going/new year coming/have exams/very busy/winter holidays begin

Ask: (1).When is spring in China?

It’s from February to April.

It lasts from February to April.

Explain: last

1.adj. last year last October the last floor

2.v. The play lasts for two hours.