Unit 1 Know yourself Welcome to the unit 教案

9AUnit 1 Know yourself
Comic strip and Welcome to the unit
I. Teaching aims and learning objectives
By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:
1. use the right words to describe people’s personalities;
2. talk about their own personalities and the job they like or dislike;
3. learn to cooperate with others and respond to the teacher’s instructions actively.
II. Teaching contents
1. New words and phrases: eat up, creative, curious, energetic, modest, organized, order, keep … in order, show off, grammar, come up with, neither, nor, accountant
2. New structure: Neither my parents nor I think I can make a good accountant.
III. Focus of the lesson and predicted area of difficulty
1. Talk about people’s personalities;
2. Talk about jobs and personalities.
IV. Teaching procedures
A Comic strip
Step 1 Lead in
Free talk.
T: Today we’ll learn Unit 1 Know yourself. In this period we will talk about Know Yourself. What kind of person are you
【设计意图：通过认识自己的问题导入新课，使学生迅速进入本课话题。】
Step 2 Presentation
1. Show the pictures of Eddie and Hobo.
T: Do you remember our friend, Eddie What do you think of him
S: He is lazy./ He loves eating …
T: Let’s watch a video and answer the question:
What does Eddie think of himself
S: He thinks he is generous.
T: Watch the video again and answer the following questions:
What makes generous people feel good
What happens to Eddie’s breakfast in the end
Check the answers.
T: Does Eddie know himself well
2. Role-play.
T: Now, let’s act out the dialogue. Please pay attention to the pronunciation and intonation.
【设计意图：让学生观看动画片段，讨论Eddie的自我认识程度，参与角色扮演，使其身临其境体会人物个性，激发学习热情。】
B Welcome to the unit
Step 1 Lead in
Show some pictures of cartoon characters.
T: Do you know them What do you think of them
Step 2 Presentation
1. Listen to the self-introduction of some cartoon characters, and learn the new words and phrases.
(1) T: First, let’s listen to what Pleasant Sheep say and fill in the blanks.
Pleasant Sheep: I am Pleasant Sheep. I am clever, friendly and humorous. I like playing sports with my friends. I spend a lot of time exercising every day. Yeah, I am full of energy.
full of energy—energetic
(2) T: Listen to what Big Big Wolf say and fill in the blanks.
Big Big Wolf: I am the cleverest wolf in the world. I want to know about everything so that I can think of different new ideas to catch sheep. I’ll eat up all the sheep. Do you think I can
want to know about everything—curious
come up with different new ideas—creative
think of—come up with
(3) T: Let’s listen to the following tape script carefully.
Slow Sheep: I have more inventions than Big Big wolf. But I never tell others about it. I’ll try
my best to beat him and protect my children.
Question 1: Who is he/she (He is Slow Sheep.)
Question 2: What do you think of him
(He is clever, creative. And he never tells others about his abilities.)
never tell others about his abilities; never show off—modest
(4) T: Finally, let’s listen to Red Wolf’s self-introduction.
Red Wolf: I love my husband and son very much. So, I always keep everything in good order at home.
Question: Is she a good housewife Why or why not
(Yes. Because she loves her husband and son and she always keeps everything in good order.)
keep everything in good order—organized
2. T: Read the new words according to the phonetic symbol. If you have questions, you can ask your partners or me for help.
T: We have learned some new words about personalities. And I think some of you are creative, some are modest, and some are careful. Do you know other words about personalities Who would like to write them down on the blackboard. Be active please.
【设计意图：通过学生熟悉的卡通人物的自我介绍，引出生词和词组，使学生在自然状态下带着兴趣进入学习，并通过肯定学生的方式，复习更多描写人物性格的单词，为下面的活动做好铺垫。】
Step 3 Practice
1. Finish the exercises on Page7.
2. Talk about people around you with the words of personalities.
Model: My younger brother is very energetic. He often plays basketball for a whole afternoon
without a rest.
3. Listen to the conversation of part B and fill in the blanks.
Millie is _______ and she doesn’t get angry easily. She thinks she can be a good _______ or a good _______. Paul is ________ sometimes. His parents don’t think he can be a good _________. Sandy often has ________ ideas. She likes _______ jobs. David is _____ and he loves talking with people.
4. Discussion: What job do you think is suitable for Sandy or David
5. Talk about jobs and personalities.
Useful words and expressions:
Doctor—careful, friendly, helpful Inventor—creative, clever, hard-working
Policeman—brave, friendly, energetic
6. Group work.
Talk about the personalities and jobs in groups. Use the conversation on Page 7 as a model.
【设计意图：从课本练习过渡至谈论身边的人物，学生合作学习解决难点，教师通过适时点拨，使其积极主动学习，发挥语言的语用功能。】
Step 4 Summary
Some useful words and phrases about personalities we learned in this class.
【设计意图：让学生总结所学内容，使其主动回顾本课重点，对学习内容了然于胸】
Step 5 Production
Show time.
Make a report about yourself. Try to use as many new words and structures as you can.
Model: I am active, outgoing and energetic. I always play football for hours. My friend Amy is modest and creative, but she is a little careless. Neither she nor I can be a good teacher. I think she can be an artist and I can be a player in the future.
T: You all do a good job in class. We know that it is important to know ourselves. But sometimes it’s difficult. Let’s try together.
【设计意图：让学生尽量使用本课学习内容编写关于自我个性的报告，使其能初步认识自己，并对自己适合的职业做猜想。】