Class Three Grade Seven Teacher: Lucy Xue

What’s the weather like today? It will be winter. Which season will it be in several weeks/ a month?

Game Look at the letters in the pictures and write eight words about winter weather. The words are all in the wrong pictures. Write each word under the correct picture. It’s freezing. (It’s raining.) It’s windy. (It’s cloudy.) It’s cloudy. (It’s sunny.)

It’s sunny. (It’s snowing.) It’s foggy. (It’s cold.) It’s raining. (It’s freezing.) It’s cold. It’s foggy. It’s snowing. (It’s windy.)

Win d Can you list all kinds of winds? 1. breeze 微风 2. strong wind 3. typhoon 4. hurricane 飓风 5. tornado 龙卷风

What is the film about? Typhoon/ Strong wind. Is it harmful or harmless? Why? It is harmful. It is even horrible. It can make people lose their lives and homes.

What may happen when there is a typhoon?

A strong wind may blow heavy objects from buildings and hurt people. Heavy objects may fall onto cars in the streets. A strong wind may break windows. Big waves in the sea may sink fishing boats. A strong wind may blow away flower pots outside our flats. A strong wind may blow down trees in the street and this may cause accidents. The rain may go into the cars in the streets. All the rubbish bins may fall and the rubbish may fly everywhere.

What should we (not) do when there is a typhoon?

the windows tapewindows flower pots at home/ in our flats/ inside park carscar parks Fishing boats ( 避风所 )

Situation: Suppose there will be a typhoon in Shanghai. Mr. Lis listen to the weather forecast and know about the information. They talk about the coming typhoon. What may happen when there is a typhoon? What should they do when there is a typhoon? Work in groups. One student in the group assumes a role as the weatherman( 气象预报 员 ),the others role play the family members. Please use the sentence structure in your dialogue: We should do sth. because sth may do sth. E.g. We should lock the windows because a strong wind may break windows. You may refer to P46,47 on your text books. Role Play:

Vote for the best group 语音 (2) 语法错误 (2) 内容 (2) 表演 (2) 声音 (2) 总分 (10) (pronunciation) (grammatical (content) (performance) (voice) (total mark) mistakes) Group1 Group2 Group3 Group4

Summary 1.New words & phrases: blow… from 从 … 吹走 ; fall onto 掉落在上面 ; sink 使 ( 船 ) 沉没 ; blow away 吹走 2. Sentence structures: What may happen when there is a typhoon? What should we do when there is a typhoon? 3. Grammar points: modals (may, should) + do sth.

Homework 1.Workbook P21,22 2.Grammar Book P41,43,44,46 3.Finish “Typhoon Safety Precautions”

Topic Discussion: During the summer holidays, Typhoon Haitang and Maisha has passed Shanghai. They have caused some accidents and injured some people. How can we make our city safer than before if we meet with( 遇到 ) a typhoon?

What can you see on a windy day? We can see people ____________________________ when there is a gentle breeze. ________________________________________ when there is a gentle breeze. We can see people ____________________________ when there is a gentle breeze. … flying kites in the countryside We can see the leaves blowing slightly in the parks going sailing

We can see people _____________________________ when there is a strong wind. ___________________________________ when there is a strong wind. _________________________________________ when there is a strong wind. … going windsurfing on the sea We can see pinwheels moving quickly in the toy shops We can see leaves falling from trees in the parks leaves/fall/trees/parks

We can see people _________________________________________ when there is a typhoon. We can see people ____________________________________ when there is a typhoon. __________________________________________ when there is a typhoon. … putting tape on large windows in the shops holding hats and raincoats tightly in the streets We can see the strong winds blowing down trees in the street

Think about: 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?