SpringSummerAutumnWinter7AUnit3Seasons

Listening&Cross-curricularconnectionTolearnthenewwords:NewZealand,Auckland,daytime,gohikingTograspthefeaturesofthefourseasonsinAucklandToexplorethereasonsfordifferentseasonsindifferentpartsoftheworldLearningaims:Lastterm,Kellycametoourschoolasanexchangestudent.Thisyear,weareinvitedtovisitherhometown---Auckland.DoyouknowaboutAuckland?No?

Don’tworry!Kellywillhelpyou!

Beforeclass

1.HereisavideosentbyKelly.Afterwatchingthevideo,therearesomequestionsforyou.What’sthenicknameofAuckland?WhereisAuckland?IsAucklandthebiggestcityinNewZealand?1.HereisavideosentbyKelly.Afterwatchingthevideo,therearesomequestionsforyou.What’sthenicknameofAuckland?thecityofsailsIsAucklandthebiggestcityinNewZealand?Yes,itis!WhereisAuckland?2.HereisatapefromKellyandsheistellingabouttheweatherinAuckland,NewZealand.Listentothetapeandcompletethetablebelow.SeasonStartsinEndsinWeatherSpringSeptemberNovemberrainy,startsgettingwarmerSummer(1)_____________(2)______________warmduringthedaytimeand(3)_______________________AutumnMarch(4)

______________(5)_______________________Winter(6)_____________August(7)_______________________DecemberFebruarycoolatnightsunnyanddryMayJunenotverycold(1)WhatdoesKellyoftendoinsummer?(2)WhichseasondoesKellylikebest?(3)WherecanKellyandherfriendsgoskiing?(4)WhichseasonisthebesttimetodooutdooractivitiesinAuckland?3.Listenagainandanswerthequestionsbelow.Sheoftenspendsthedayatthebeach.Autumn.InthemountainsnearAuckland.Spring.4.RetellingTimeListentothespringpartintheradioagainandtrytoretellthespringinAucklandbasedonthemind-mapbelow.

Possibleversion:

1.SpringinAucklandisfromSeptembertoNovember.2.Theweatherstartsgettingwarmerbutitcanbeveryrainy.3.SpringisthebesttimeforoutdooractivitiesinAuckland.4.Thelandscapeisverybeautifulatthattime.5.Soitisreallyfuntogohiking.6.Kellyoftengoesoutonweekendhikeswithherfamilyinspring.5.LinkingMomentAreseasonsinAucklandthesameasthoseinShenzhenandmostcitiesinChina?YesorNo?Howaretheydifferentfromeachother?SeasonsAuckland,NewZealandShenzhen,ChinaSpringSeptember-November

SummerDecember-February

AutumnMarch-May

WinterJune–

August

March-MayJune–AugustSeptember-NovemberDecember-FebruaryYoucanbeginwiththistable:whendoeseachseasonstartandendinshenzhen?So,whenitissummerinChina,itiswinterinNewZealand.

SeasonsonEarthcanbeDIFFERENT!Doyouknowwhy?

ReadthepassageonP48.6.Afterreading,fillT(true)orF(false)ineachblank.(1)ThesunmovesaroundtheEarth.()(2)Whenthereismoresunlightinsomeplaces,therewillbelesssunlightinothers.()(3)Lesssunlightmeanslongerdaysandwarmerweather.()(4)ChinesepeopleexperiencesummerfromDecembertoFebruary.()(5)Thecoldestpartsoftheworlddon’thavefourseasons.()FTFTFMoreTheEarththeSunJuneAugust123451.Earthmovesaroundthe______Thelightfromthesun_________ontheEarthfrom_______________directionsSeasons2.Help______moresunlightlesssunlight3._________days__________weather4._________days__________weather5.FromJunetoAugust:China:__________Australia:_____________whenthesunlightfallsonthenorthofequator6.placesclosetotheequatorarecalled_____________NorthandSouthPoles8.avery,very_____winterandalesscold________7.a_________seasonanda________seasonSunfallsdifferentcreatelongerwarmershortercoldersummerwintertropicsrainydrycoldsummer7.Groupwork:discuss，fillinblanksandtrytoretellthewholepassageaccordingtothismind-map

Self-assessment

ChecklistIcanunderstandandgraspthenewwordsandexpressionsinthislesson.IcanintroducethefourseasonsinAuckland.IcanretellthespringinAuckland.IcanexplainthereasonsfordifferentseasonsindifferentplacesonEarth.

Homework

Required:Basedonw