9A Unit1Star signs教案
unit 1 star signs
part 1: teaching design (第一部分：教学设计)
unit goals
use ‘it is’+ adjective+ ‘of”…+ ‘(not) to’- infinitive to express opinions about a person’s actions.
use the verb ‘to be’ +adjective + ‘enough’ + ‘to’-infinitive to describe a person’s characteristics and abilities.
learn different parts of a sentence.
use vocabulary to talk about characteristics and discuss which students have suitable characteristics to be the chairperson of the students’ union.
write a letter of recommendation based on characteristics.
vocabulary leader; cooking; attention; peace; energy; fault; sense; humour; match; chairperson; mark; library; quality; similar; energetic; active; patient; modest; practical; fair; silly; successful; wise; easy-going; unfair; lively; suitable; personal; divide; save; argue; forgive; dream; explain; pack; pass; celebrate; recommend; probably; without; around
expressions 1. it says i’ll have lots to eat and drink today.
2. you shouldn’t worry about not having breakfast then.
3. millie is already familiar with the 12 animal signs of the chinese horoscope.
4. a year is divided into 12 different star signs.
5. some people believe that people born under the same star sign share similar characteristics.
6. you are patient and do not give up easily.
7. you worry too much at times.
8. you are practical and you always pay attention to details.
9. do my characteristics match what my star sign says about me?
10. mr wu spends a lot of time explaining things to us.
11. sandy has been on the phone for hours.
12. for more details, please call master zhang on 5556 0678.
13. i don’t think he’d be able to organize things well.
14. we’re writing to recommend david as the new chairperson of the students’ union.
15. he is never afraid of making a speech in assembly.
16. he can do anything if he tries his best.
17. we think david has all the qualities to be a good d chairperson.
18. i’m worrying about my ability to do the extra work.
structures 1. it’s silly of you not to forgive others for their faults.
(‘it is’+ adjective+ ‘of”…+ ‘(not) to do’)
2. daniel is kind enough to help his friends at all times.
(‘to be’ +adjective + ‘enough’ + ‘to do’)
period 1 comic strip + welcome to the unit
teaching goals
● to identify the symbols that represent the star signs.
● to learn the names of 12 star signs.
teaching procedures
step 1 warming-up
first, i will use some dialogues to revise the structures ‘ it’s + adj + to do’ and ‘should (shouldn’t) do’. i will talk with my classmates about their summer holiday. for example, i will have a talk like this: how did you spend your summer holiday? how did you feel? the new term begins. what should we do? what shouldn’t we do? what is it important / necessary / useful… for us to do? what isn’t it … for us to do?共23页，当前第1页1234567891011121314151617181920212223
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step 2 presenting
after having a talk, i will say, “ok, it’s time for us to learn english with eddie and hobo. we should listen to their talk carefully. after listening, please tell me what hobo brings to eddie.”
step 3 practicing
1. play the recorder. then ask one of the students to answer the above question. (hobo brings eddie the newspaper.)
2. i will play the recorder again. then ask some more questions:
1) what do you think of hobo when he brings eddie the newspaper? (it’s nice of him to bring eddie the newspaper.)
2) what does hobo ask eddie to read? (he ask eddie to read his stars.)
3) what does the newspaper say? (it says eddie will have lots to eat and drink today.)
4) what does hobo do at last? how does eddie feel? (hobo eats up eddie’s food. eddie feels angry.)
step 4 read and act.
i will ask my students to read the dialogues after the tape and then together. before acting out the dialogue, i will ask students to read it in roles.
step 5 presenting
i will show students some cards of star signs. explain that they are western star signs. the star sign system is based on the month you were born in, rather than the year you mere born in.
step 6 practicing
1. teach student how to read the name of each star sign correctly.
2. explain to students that each picture in part a represents a star sign. ask them to complete part a.
3. ask students to complete part b. explain each star sign represents a period of time in a year.
4. ask students whether they know what their star sign is. encourage them to say the name of their star sign aloud.
step 7 consolidation exercise
translation:
1. 看墙上的标志牌，上面写着“不准吸烟”。
look at the sign on the wall. it says, “no smoking.”
2. 你这么好送我一个漂亮的礼貌。
it’s nice of you to give me such a nice present.
3. 你抄袭他作业是不对的。
it’s wrong for you to copy others’ homework.
4. 你没必要担心没有饭吃。
you don’t have to worry about not having meals.
5. 我们不应该把宠物带到学校。
we shouldn’t bring our pets to school.
step 8 doing homework
1. read and revise the name of each star sign.
2. read and recite ‘comic strip’.
3. do some more consolidation exercises
period 2 reading ((ⅰ)
teaching goals
● to understand what star signs are and what they represent.
● to get to know the main idea of the text.
teaching procedures
step 1 warming-up共23页，当前第2页1234567891011121314151617181920212223
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first, i will ask students some question: when were you born? when is your birthday? do you know what your star sign is? (if they don’t know, ask them to find their star signs on page 4 and page 5)
step 2 presenting
i will say, “there are 12 months in a year. there are 12 star signs in a year, too. we can also say: a year is divided into 12 different star signs. now. i will show you a table please find out what star signs are in a year”
date star sign characteristic
21st mar – 20th apr aries energetic, active, impatient, selfish
21st apr – 21sh may taurus stubborn, hard-working, patient
22nd may – 21st jun gemini curious, clever, outgoing
22nd jun – 22nd jul cancer kind
23rd jul – 22nd aug leo strong, confident, generous
23rd aug – 22nd sept virgo modest, practical
23rd sept – 22nd oct libra polite, fair, elegant
23rd oct – 21st nov scorpio powerful, silly
22nd nov – 20th dec sagittarius humourous,
21st dec – 20th jan capricorn businesslike, successful, patient
21st jan – 18th feb aquarius kind, wise, strange
20th feb – 20th mar pisces generous, kind, gentle, easy-going, creative, imaginative
step 3 practicing
1. ask students to read the text silently and finish the lists of “date” and “star sign” in the table.
2. read the text after the tape. then finish the list of “characteristic” in the table. if students meet new words, i’ll ask them to guess their meanings. if they can’t. i’ll explain.
3. ask students to finish part b on page 6. check the answer in class. (1. e 2. c 3. h 4. b 5. a 6. f 7.d 8. g)
step 4 doing activities
1. i will ask students some questions in order to make students get familiar with the name of each star sign and adjectives.
① kitty’s star sign is gemini. what’s she like? (she is a curious and clever person. she is outgoing. she loves to talk.)
② amy’s birthday is on december 10th. what kind of person is she? (she has a good sense of humour.)
③ simon was born on 20th march. what does she like to do? (he likes to dream about everything.)
④ jim’s star sign is libra. how is he? (he is a polite and fair person.)
⑤ when were you born? what’s your star sign?
⑥ do your characteristics match what you star sign says about you?
2. ask students to finish part c, on page 6. check the answer in class. (1. f 2. t 3. f 4. t 5.t 6. f)共23页，当前第3页1234567891011121314151617181920212223
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3. read the text together.
step 5 consolidation exercise
translation:
1. 被分成 be divided into
2. 放弃 give up
3. 时而 at times
4. 照料 take care of
5. 省钱 save money
6. 注意 pay attention to
7. 保密 keep secrets
8. 幽默感 a good sense of hummer
9. 梦想 dream about
10. 与……争论 argue with sb.
step 6 doing homework
1. read and retell the text
2. do some more consolidation exercises.
period 3 reading (ⅱ)
teaching goals
● to understand and use the expressions in the text.
● to recognize and understand vocabulary about characteristics.
● to use adjectives to describe someone’s characteristics.
teaching procedures
step 1 making a revision
i will ask my students to read the text together and then ask some questions to revise the text.
1. is aries lazy? (no. aries is energetic and active.)
2. which star sign likes saving money? (cancer)
3. a person loves to talk. he is curious and clever. what star sign may he be? (he is stubborn and doesn’t the change. he is curious and clever. what star sign may he be? (he may be gemini.)
4. jack is taurus. what is he like? (he is stubborn and doesn’t like change. he is a hard-working person. he is patient and doesn’t give up easily.)
5. amy was born on 1st september. how is she? (she is a modest person. she is a practical person)
6. does sagittarius like jokes? (yes. sagittarius has a good sense of humour.)
7. which star sign has the best imagination? (pisces.)
8. if your birthday is on 10th february. what star sign is he? (aquarius)
step 2 practicing
1. i will give students some exercises to revise the vocabulary.
a. 根据英文解释填写合适单词
1. she is an (full of energy) person.
2. these two books are very (alike, but not the same)
3. he is very (wanting to know sth. very much)
4. he is never with his students. (not patient)
5. the man is a person. (thinking first of one’s own needs without thinking of others.)共23页，当前第4页1234567891011121314151617181920212223
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6. he is very . (relaxed in manner)
7. he is a person. (having or showing a not too high opinion of one’s abilities)
8. the boy is very . (able to make something new)
( 1. energetic 2. similar 3. curious 4. impatient 5. selfish 6. easy-going
7. modest 8. creative )
b. 选用词组的正确形式填空
be divided into, share… with, give up, t ake care of, save money
pay attention to, argue with, dream about, keep secrets, deal with
1. what can we do this matter. (to deal with)
2. please your hand writing. (pay attention to)
3. he often his parents about some problems. (argues with)
4. a year 12 months. (is divided into)
5. he is generous. he is willing things others. (to share … with)
6. he is helpful. he likes others. (taking care of)
7. don’t your dream. (give up)
8. he is imaginative. he likes everything. (dreaming about)
9. he wants to buy a nice present of his mother. (to save money)
10. i can tell him everything. because he can for me. (keep secrets)
2. read the text and ask students to finish part c2 on page 7. when students have completed all the answers, give correct answer to each question. highlight where students cam find the answers in the passage.
3. i will ask students to read the description of their star signs on pages 4 and 5. ask them to finish part d1 on page 7. then ask them to write whether the characteristics listed under their star sign match the characteristics they have listed.共23页，当前第5页1234567891011121314151617181920212223
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4. i will divide the class into pairs. ask students to write down five words that describe their partner’s characteristics in part d2.
step 3 consolidation exercise
translation:
1. 一年分成12个星座。
a year is divided into 12 different star sign.
2. 他有时很自私。
he is selfish at times.
3. 戒烟不是件容易的事。
it’s not easy to give up smoking.
4. 我们应该节约用水。
we should save water.
5. 请注意细节。
please pay attention to details.
6. 她喜欢与别人争论。
she likes to argue with others.
7. 他常原谅他人的过错。
he often for give others for their faults.
8. 他有很强的幽默感。
he has a good sense of humour.
9. 她是如此的有想象力，以致于她喜爱梦见所有东西。
she is so imaginative that she likes to dream about every thing.
10. 我的星座上说的很符合我的特征。
what my star sign says matches my characteristics very well.
step 4 doing homework
1. read and try to recite the text
2. revise the vocabulary and sentences in the text
3. do some more consolidation exercises
period 4 vocabulary
teaching goals
● to use adjectives to describe characteristics.
● to recognize whether an adjective is positive or negative.
teaching procedures
step 1 warming - up
i will help students review the twelve star signs by showing them pictures of star signs. ask students to say the names of star signs correctly and talk about each star sign. for example, “samuel was born on 5th april” someone says he is selfish and impatient at times, but i don’t think so. i think he is kind and energetic. (students can look at the passages on page 7 and talk about their friends’ characteristics according to the star signs.)
step 2 presenting
when students are talking about their friends’ characteristics, i will write down the adjectives they use. then i will ask students to tell which are good characteristics and which are bad ones. let one of the students guess the opposite of the word “fair” (fair - unfair)
step 3 practice
1. ask students to finish part a on page 8. then check the answer in class.
(1. active 2. selfish 3. proud 4. strong 5. outgoing 6. impatient
7. hard-working 8. unfair)共23页，当前第6页1234567891011121314151617181920212223
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2. explain what ‘positive’ and ‘negative’ mean and ask students to choose some of the adjectives of part a to make sentences like this:
① i’m generous, patient and modest but i’m lazy at times.
② my best friend is …, but… at times.
3. sum up the rules of forming opposites.
① fair – unfair, important – unimportant … (un-)
② honest – dishonest … (dis -)
③ polite – impolite, possible – impossible, patient – impatient … (im - )
④ correct – incorrect, active – inactive (in - )
⑤ regular – irregular … (ir -)
⑥ lazy – hardworking, easy – hard modest –proud…
4. i will show students five pictures on page 8 and let students to talk about each picture.
picture 1. what is he doing? (he is dreaming)
what is he dreaming about? (he is dreaming that he has wings, and meets up with extraterrestrial being – et) how is he? (imaginative)
picture 2. what is she doing? (dancing) what do you think of her, active or inactive? (active)
picture 3. who is he? (mt. wu) what’s he doing? (he is explaining things to the students). is he patient? (yes.)
picture 4. what’s sandy dong? (she is donating money to project hope.) how is she? (generous.)
picture 5. what does the girl’s gesture mean? (you are great. you are the best. you are clever) what does daniel’s gesture mean? (no. i’m not the best. don’t speak too highly of me. ) how is he? (he is modest.)
5. after talking about each picture, ask students to finish part b on page 8. then check the answer in class. (1. imaginative 2. active 3. patient 4. generous 5. modest .)
6. let students describe one of their friend or family members according to part b. for example: my father is willing to help others any time. he is helpful.
step 4 consolidation exercise
根据句意填入合适的词
1. he is . he never gets angry. it’s easy to make friends with him.
2. she likes talking to others. she is very .
3. the boy is full of energy. he is .
4. he often thinks of himself instead of other. he is .共23页，当前第7页1234567891011121314151617181920212223
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5. she is . when she meets a stranger, her face will turn red at once.
(1. easy-going 2. out-going 3. energetic 4. selfish 5. shy)
step 5 doing homework
1. revise the adjectives
2. write a short passage to describe your friends’ characteristics.
period 5 grammar (ⅰ)
teaching goals
to use ‘it is’+ adjective+ ‘of”…+ ‘(not) to’- infinitive to express opinions about a person’s actions.
● to use the verb ‘to be’ +adjective + ‘enough’ + ‘to’-infinitive to describe a person’s characteristics and abilities.
teaching procedures
step 1 warming - up
i will help students review the sentence pattern: ”it is + adj + ‘for ’… + ‘ (not) to - infinitive”. i will ask students some questions to practice this sentence pattern. for example :”is it necessary to learn english?” help students answer :”it’s necessary for us to learn english.” write down the sentence pattern on the blackboard. (practice more sentences)
step 2 presenting.
i will say, “if sandy helps you with your homework, what do you think of sandy? ” (he is kind.) so you can say, “it’s kind of sandy to help me with my homework.” then i will ask students to read the two sample sentences on page 9 and write down the sentence pattern “it’s + adj + of sb + to do sth”. then i will ask students to say the difference between ‘for’ and ‘of’ in these two sentence patterns.
step 3 practicing
1. make new sentences with these two sentence patterns.
① 你这么做太自私了。 it’s selfish of you to do so.
② 你这么做没必要。 it’s not necessary for you to do so.
③ 学习游泳对我来说很难，你教我学真是太好了。 it’s hard for me to learn how to swim. it’s kind of you to teach me how to do it.
2. i will say, “we know different people have different characteristics, so they do different things. now, let see what our friends at a birthday party.” ask students to finish part a on page 9.
check the answer
(1. it is 2. to make 3. of 4. generous 5. to give 6. selfish
7. to eat 8. to organize)
3. tell students we can use this sentence pattern to express what we think of someone’s actions. let students look at the words in the tip box : careless, clever, foolish, good, kind, nice, polite, selfish, silly, wrong, let students make sentences.共23页，当前第8页1234567891011121314151617181920212223
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step 4 presenting
i will say : “i think you’re very hard-working students. you have learnt so much knowledge today. and you are still sitting here. you are all patient. you are patient enough to study for hours. write down this sentence pattern ‘to be + adj + ‘enough’ + ‘to do’ on the black board. tell students we can use this pattern to describe a person’s personality and abilities. let students read the sample sentence on page 10.”
step 5 practicing
before we do the exercise on page 10, i will ask students to cover the adjectives on the right and work on their own to write the sentences for part b. remind them that they need to rearrange the order of the words and choose a proper adjective for each sentence. then check the answer in class.
step 6 consolidation exercise
translation:
1. 你能帮我学英语真是太好。
it’s kind of you to help me with my english.
2. 他太好了，总是想到别人。
he is kind enough to think of others.
3. 学习英语对我们来说很必要吗？
is it necessary for us to learn english?
4. 这么做你太傻了。
it’s silly of you to do so.
5. 他有足够的自信在全校师生面前做了报告。
he is confident enough to give a talk in front of the whole school.
step 7 doing homework
1. revise the two sentence patterns
2. do some more consolidation exercises
period 6 grammar (ⅱ)
teaching goals
● to distinguish the different parts of a sentence.
● to use the basic sentence elements to make up a sentence.
teaching procedures
step 1 presenting.
i will say, “everyone has a body. we have all parts we need, so we are healthy. in the same way, a sentence must have some parts. then it can be a complete sentence. it can express certain meaning. this period, we will learn different parts of a sentence. i will write down a sentence on the blackboard, e.g. ‘the boy under the tree likes to play football after school very much.’ then i will ask students to shorten the above sentence to give the main idea of it, e.g. ‘the boy likes to play football.’ i will explain to students that a sentence can be divided into different parts. we can add or remove the different parts of a sentence to clarity the meaning of it.”
step 2 practicing
1. ask students to read the sample sentences on page 11. tell students that each sentence part has its own name and tell them the names of different parts of a sentence. explain to students that the basic parts of a sentence are the subject and the predicate. to make a sentence richer in meaning, we can add predicative, objects, attributives and adverbials to the sentence with additional information.共23页，当前第9页1234567891011121314151617181920212223
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2. ask students to finish part c1 on page 12 using the table on page 11 as a guide.
check the answer. (1. a 2. a 3. a 4. c 5. b 6. a 7. c 8. c)
3. ask students to find a sentence from their english book, then ask them to identify the different parts of the sentence.
4. ask students to complete the sentences in part c2 on page 13, and choose the correct sentence element in brackets. check the answer. (1. the football, direct object 2. for hours, adverbial 3. andy, subject 4. is packing her school bag, predicate 5. hungry, predicative
6. hard – working, attributive)
step 3 consolidation exercise
找出一个语法功能相当于前一句中划线部分的内容，并在句子上用模线划出。
1. our school is very beautiful.
there was a heavy rain yesterday.
2. we like sports very much
i have a lot of friends.
3. he is a clever students.
there are many apple trees in the garden.
4. they want to play football after school.
do you like cooking?
5. you must stay at home.
i have learnt 3.000 english words so far.
6. do you feel happy every day?
i got angry when i heard the news.
7. he found the place easily.
they are lonely from time to time.
8. he didn’t come to school because of his inures.
we had a meeting for farther discussion yesterday.
(1. a heavy rain 2. a lot of friends 3. apple 4. cooking 5. have learnt 3.000 english words 6. angry 7. from time to time 8. for further discussion)
step 4 doing homework
1. revise different parts of a sentence.
2. do some translation exercises to understand different parts of a sentence better.
period 7 integrated skills
teaching goals 共23页，当前第10页1234567891011121314151617181920212223
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● to understand the context of a horoscope, in both its written and spoken forms.
● to consolidate the information from reading and listening, then determine the facts.
teaching procedures
step 1 presenting
i will present the new lesson like this. as we have learnt, some western people believe a person’s star sign is based on his or her birthday. they believe the star sign can tell us about a person’s character. for example, a person born under the sign of pisces (between 20th feb — 20th mar) is generous, kind, gentle and easy – going. a person born under aries (between march 21 and april 20) is energetic and active.
in china, people believe the chinese horoscope describes character and can foretell future events. in the chinese horoscope, there are twelve animals. a person’s animal sign is connected to his or her birth year. every animal has a different type of character. people born in the year of the rat are friendly. those born in they year of the monkey are smart and good at making money. many people believe that the rat and monkey are a good match.
millie wants to find out what the chinese horoscope about her this month. she is reading master zhang’s forecast. now read the forecast and help millie complete her notes as much information as possible.
step 2 practicing
1. ask students to read the advertisement then information in millie’s notes as they can. remind them that they with not be able to compete all the answers. the answers for nos. 3,5 and 6 are from the advertisement.
2. i will play the tape once without stopping. if necessary, play the tape again, stopping after each answer or sentence so that students have time to fill in their answers.
3. check the answer (1. good luck 2. bad luck 3. friend 4. fun 5. success 6. money 7. wisely 8. party 9. health 10. healthy 11.sick). then ask students to read millie’s notes.
4. play the tape and ask students to finish part a3 on page 15.
5. check the answer:
( amy’s predictions: 2. bicycle 3. cooking 4. find 5. the police 6. cinema 7. seat)
master zhang’s predictions: 2. will meet a new friend 3. success at school 4. will be given some money 5. remember to spend it wisely 6. go to a party 7. problems with my health)共23页，当前第11页1234567891011121314151617181920212223