Module 3 The natural elements
unit 2 windy weather
华师大实验中学 钱平
pre-task preparation
1. review the content of page 42.
teacher may ask:
what can you see when there is a gentle breeze?
what can you see when there is a strong wind?
what can you see when there is a typhoon?
2. introduce new words.
teacher may ask:
what can you see when there is a typhoon in the park/in the sea?
to elicit: fall, sink, clean-up
while-task procedure
1. review the past forms of verbs. write the verbs on the board and divided them into two columns
move-moved be-was/were
stay-stayed blow-blew
pass-passed fly-flew
watch-watched become-became
fall-fell
break-broke
go-went
sink-sank
begin-began
2. introduce the adverbs. show four pictures on page44 to students and ask:
how did the wind blow? — the wind blew _______. (fierce)
how did the clouds in the sky move? — the clouds in the sky moved _______. (quick)
how did kitty and ben go home? — kitty and ben went home ________. (immediate)
how did the wind become stronger? — _______, (sudden) the wind became stronger.
how did the wind blow? — the wind blew _______. (light)
how did the leaves blow in the wind? — the wind blew _______. (slight)
how did they flow their kite in the gentle breeze? — they flew their kite _______ (happy) in the gentle breeze.
how did the typhoon pass? — the typhoon passed _______. (quick)
how did the big clean-up begin? — the big clean-up began __________. (immediate)共2页，当前第1页12
Module 3 The natural elements
3. show four pictures again and ask students to put them in the correct order.
4. learn the first passage. students answer the following questions:
where were kitty and ben? — in the countryside
how did the wind blow? — lightly
how did the leaves blow in the wind? — slightly
how did they flow their kite in the gentle breeze? — happily
5. learn the second passage. students read the passage and answer “t” or “f”
the wind became stronger slowly. — f (suddenly)
the clouds in the sky moved fast. — t
the wind blew the sting away. — f (kite)
kitty and ben went home immediately because it became dark. — t
6. learn the third passage. students listen and fill in the blanks.
kitty and ben stayed ___________. they watched tv. the wind became much ________. it blew _________. it became a __________. ________ fell down. ships and boats sank in the big _______.
7. learn the fourth passage. show the picture and ask students to describe it.
typhoon/ pass/ quickly
wind/ become/ gentler
clean-up/ begin/ immediately
go out
post-task activity
1. ask students to read the story after the teacher. then ask each group to read one passage of the story.
2. do pair work. students may choose one picture and ask questions and answer in pairs according to the content of each picture.
s1: how did kitty and ben fly kite in the countryside?
s2: they flew kite happily.
s1: how did the clouds in the sky move?
s2: it moved quickly.
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