Unit 9 What does he look like Section A (1a-2c)
Teaching aims:
1. Learn to describe people’s looks.
2. Learn to use is and has.
3. Learn to evaluate objectively people and respect people and not to judge
people by their looks.
Teaching important and difficult points:
1.Words: n. height build
adj. curly straight tall medium thin heavy
2. Sentences: What does he / she look like
He/ She is ...
He / She has ...
Teaching aids:
Multi-media teaching
Teaching procedures:
Step 1. Warming -up
T: Do you like English songs
Ss: Yes.
T: Do you want to listen to them
Ss: Of course.
T: Let’s enjoy an English song ---The family.
Ss:...
T: Speak out some description words in the song.
Ss: tall , sweet, small, kind and dear.
T: Yeah, this is a happy family.How many people are there in your family
S1: There are three people in my family.
T: Who are they
S1: They are my father , my mother and me.
T: Is your mother tall or short
S1: She is tall.
T: Is she beautiful / good-looking
S1: Yes, she’s very beautiful.
T: Today we’ll learn how to describe people’s looks.
Step 2. Objectives
1.Learn to describe people’s looks.
2. Learn to use is and has.
3. Learn to evaluate objectively people and respect people and not judge
people by their looks.
Step 3. How to describe a person.
T: Do you know how to describe a person We can describe people in different ways.
Step 4. Presentation and teach
T: First look at height. (Do actions!) Which girl is tall in our class Which girl is short Come in front. What about Miss he ... Yes, I’m not tall or short. I’m of medium height.
T: Next build. (Do actions!)
Get three boys to come in front. Describe them.
SA is heavy. SB is thin. SC is of medium build.
T: Hair. Look at the screen and speak out.
long hair curly hair blonde hair
T: We can say long curly blonde hair. What about this one
short hair straight hair black hair
We can say short straight black hair.
T: Read after me together.
Step 5. Match the words with the people in the picture (1a).
Ss do first. Then check answers quickly.
Step 6. Listen and fill in the blanks in the picture above.(1b)
T: Can you find Amy’s friend
Ss: Yes.
T: He is tall. He has curly hair.
Step 7. How to describe yourself
T: (板书)
S1: . . .
S2: . . .
S3: . . .
. . .
Step 8. Presentation and practice
T: Look at these people. What do they look like
Ss: ...
Step 9. Pairwork
T: Do you know this person
Ss: Liu Yifei.
T: What does she look like
Ss: She is thin. She is tall. She has long curly hair.
T: Next talk about some famous people in pairs.
Ss: . . .
Then get several pairs to act out.
Step 10. Listening test.
T: There are three friends. They are David, Sally and Peter. Do you want to know
what they look like Let’s listen and answer the questions.
Q: 1. Is David tall or short
2. Does Sally have long or short hair
3. Is Peter short or tall
T: Lister again and fill in the chart.
Ss: . . .
T: Let’s check the answers.
Step 11. Play a guessing game
T: We know how to describe people’s looks. Next let’s describe someone in our class.
Listen carefully. I describe. You guess. OK
Ss: OK.
eg. 1. This person is tall. He has short straight black hair. He is thin. He doesn’t
wear glasses.He has a white face. He knows computer well. Who’s
this person
2.This person is short. She wears white glasses. She has short straight hair.
She likes drawing very much. Who is she
. . .
Then get students to describe and the others guess.
Step 12. Describe your teachers
1. Describe one or two teachers on a piece of paper.
2. Then share them together.
3.Get some of them to read the writing.
Step 13. Summary
What have you learned today
Step 14. A poem for you Maybe
A poem for you Maybe…
Maybe you are short now,
Maybe you are thin now,
Don’t worry,
Don’t worry,
As long as you work hard,
As long as you play sports,
You may be great one day,
You may be strong one day.
Step 15. Share some sayings.
Don’t judge people by their looks!
不要以貌取人!
Everyone is important!
人人都很重要!
Everyone is special!
人人都很特别!
Blackboard Design
Unit 9 What does he look like
What do you look like I am / I have...
What does he / she look like
He/ She is tall/ of medium height/ short.
heavy/ of medium build/ thin.
He/ She has long straight blonde hair.
short curly black hair
build
decoration(饰物)
clothes
hair
height
looks
相貌
face
eye
ear...
eye