Unit 7 It’s raining! Teaching aims: Knowledge aims: (1)New vocabulary:::rain, windy, cloudy, sunny, snow, weather, Moscow, Boston, how’s (2)Target language: How’s the weather? It’s raining/windy/cloudy/sunny/snowing. Ability aims: Train Ss’ listening, speaking, Talk about the weather Key points: How to talk about the weather Difficult points: A new way of greetings and the description words about the weather. Teaching procedure Step 1: Warming-up and Lead in 1. Ask the Ss randomly: What’s the date today? What day is it today? How are you? 2. Give a new expression which has the same meaning as How are you? : How’s it going? But the new one has more answers. Step 2. Presentation 1. (Show some pictures of the weather) Let Ss look at the pictures and ask them how the weather is. Ss learn the new words and expressions with the help of the pictures. 2. Look at the pictures in 1a. Then read the new words on the right. Ask the Ss to match the words with pictures. 3. Check the answers. Step 3.Game (How's the weather?) 1. (Showing some pictures on the big screen.) Ask Ss "How's the weather?" 2. Ss guess and answer the question. Step 4: Listening 1. Now let's look at the city names in the box in 1b. Please read after me. Ss read the cities after the teacher. 2. Now, We’ll hear four conversations. Listen carefully, point out each city in the picture as it comes upon the tape. Play the recording a second time. Ask Ss to write the name of the city in the picture of its weather. 3. Check the answers. Step 5: Pair w ork 1. Tell the Ss: If you are in one of the places in the picture above. Talk about the weather with your friends in another city on the phone. 2. Make a...