九年级英语9A Unit1Period 2教案
教学课题 9A Unit 1 Star signs教学课时 Period 2
教学目标 1. To understand what star signs are and what they represent
2. To recognize and understand vocabulary about characteristics
教学重点与难点 To introduce more information about star signs
教学准备及手段 Teaching methods: task-based approach
Teaching aids: tape recorder, multi-media
教 学 流 程
Step1 Warm-up
1. We have learnt about the twelve star signs. Can you name some of them? Revise the star signs in Period 1.
2. Ask the students to make dialogues like this. Then act out.
S1: How old are you? S2: I'm sixteen.
S1: What's your animal sign? S2: The pig.
S1: When is your birthday? S2: It's on 10th February.
S1: Oh, you're an Aquarius.
Step2 Presentation
1. Brainstorm the vocabulary that is used to describe people's characteristics. Encourage students to explain each word to their classmates.
energetic active impatient selfish stubborn
outgoing easy-going confident modest, etc.
2. Play the tape and ask the students to listen carefully. Ask them to read after the tape .Follow the text on page 8 and 9.
3. Ask some questions to check understanding.
(1) How is a year divided?
(2) What decides your star signs?
(3) What character do the people born in 21st-20 Apr have?
(4) What characters do the people born in other time periods have?
Based on these questions to be more familiar with the adjs that are used to describe one's characteristics
4. After the students have known sth. about the text, play the tape for the students to listen, let them try to understand it.
Step 3 Practice
1. Show the whole class 12 pictures of star signs that the students draw. Teach them the names and repeat several times. Ask one student What your star sign is. Help him to answer My star sign is…….Next, What are your characteristics? Kind, generous….Ask more students the questions.
2. Divide the students into 12 groups. Then play the tape for the whole class to write down the characteristics of each star sign, each group find out their own star sign. Show them a table on the blackboard. And ask some students to fill in blanks.
3. Ask one student at a time to read a paragraph. After each paragraph, ask students to say which parts of the text they do not understand. Less able students may find some of the names of the star signs difficult. If so, do not force them to learn them by heart because they are only used here to arouse students' interest. It is more important for them to learn the adjectives that describe people's characteristics. This will enable them to complete the Main Task at the end of the unit.
4. Ask some questions to check understanding. The students can discuss in pairs to think of some questions, ask and answer in pairs.
5. Language Points:
1). A year is divided into 12 different star signs. 一年分为12个不同的星座。
be divided into… 是一个被动语态,表示"…被分成…"
e.g. Our class is divided into six groups.
All things can be divided into two.
2). Some people think that you are selfish at times. 有些人认为你有时自私。
at times 相当于 sometimes, from time to time
3). You are patient and do not give up easily. 你有耐心,不轻易放弃。
give up "放弃",表示"放弃做某事"要用 "give up doing sth."
e.g. Jacky never gives up studying. His dream is to be the leader of his country.
4). You are a curious and clever person. 你是一个充满好奇心、聪明的人。
curious "好奇的","想知道一切的"
My brother is only 5 years old, but he is very curious.
5). You like saving money and cooking. 你喜欢省钱,喜欢烹饪。
save '节省', 如 save time
6). You like to buy your friends nice gifts. 你乐意给朋友买好看的礼物。
buy sb. sth.= buy sth. for sb. 为某人买某物
上句也可写成: You like to buy nice gifts for your friends.
gift 常表示"小礼物","正规礼物"常用present 表示
7). You are practical and you always pay attention to details.
你心灵手巧,总是注意、在意细节。
e.g. Don't pay much attention to these details. It is not good for your health.
8). You love peace and do not like to argue with others.
你爱好和平,不喜欢和别人争论。
argue with sb. "和…争论"
e.g. Tom often argues with others. He needs to be more modest.
9). You are patient enough to wait without getting angry.
你足够耐心地等待别人,不生气。
be +adj.+ enough to do sth. 表示某人的个性或能力
e.g. Amy is outgoing enough to make friends easily.
This book is easy enough for an eight-year-old boy to read.
10). However, some people think that you are strange as you hate to be like anyone else and you try everything just to be different.
然而,有些人认为你很奇怪,因为你讨厌和别人一样,你总是想与众不同。
try everything just to be different 尽力使所有的事与众不同
11). You like to dream about everything. 你喜欢梦想一切。
dream about 梦想关于……
Step 4 Exercises
用所给单词的适当形式填空:
1). My cousin is a _______(practice) boy. He always pays attention to details.
2). Tom is an _____(act)man and you can find him in many school _____(act).
3). Sandy doesn't like to going fishing. She is an _______(patient)girl.
4). If you want to be a inventor, you must be _______(imagine).
5). Cheng Yanqian is a ____(success) player.
6). He is very stubborn. You can't make him give up _______(easy).
Step 5 Homework
1. Copy the new words.
2. Translate the text into Chinese.
3. Finish the exercise book.
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思 导入通过两人一组的对话,复习了有关星座的知识,为Reading进一步学习做了铺垫.我觉得通过给学生归纳一些关键词,可以方便学生记忆,这是很好的一种方法,课后要求课文分段背诵.
