Period 1 Comic Strip and Welcome to the unit
Teaching Aims：
Knowledge Aims：Teaching contents:
Words: honest, joy, sad, believe, teenager, good-looking, musical
Phrases: have someth ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ing to drink, make somebody happy/special, keep secrets, share one's joy, believe what somebody says, talk to somebody about anything, clean and tidy
Sentences: Do you want some Can I have something to drink
What about some milk Can I have some more food too
There's nothing else in the fridge.
Ability Aims：1. To learn about the new adjectives and expressions
2. To describe the ap ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )pearance and character of a friend with adjectives
3 .To talk about the appearance and character
Moral Aims：Let the students talk about their friends happily.
Focal point and difficulty：
some more what about= how about nothing else make sb. + 形容词
something to drink/eat
numbers + more else
Teaching steps:
Step1 Warm-up
T: Hello everyone, glad to see you again! Did you have a nice summer holiday Are you happy to be back to school and see all your friends
Ss talk about their summer holidays.
T: This summer holiday I went to Australia with some of your classmates and friends. We took a lot of photos. Would you like to have a look
Show the pictures and introduce some places of interest and animals in Australia.
T: Look, we took a ph ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )oto with this famous man--- Batman. He's a hero and people's good friend because he helps people in danger. Do you agree What do you think of him
Ss talk about ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) Batman with the adjectives describing appearance and personality, such as friendly, helpful, kind, polite, clever, brave, etc.
Step 2 Presentation
T: There are some more words to describe people. For example, we can say Batman is good-looking. But we never say he's beautiful! We don't use beautiful to describe a boy or a man. If someone likes music or is good at music, we say he or she is musical.
Teach "good-looking"
Step 3 Practice
1. Play a guessing ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )game. Ss describe their best friends in the class and guess who are talked about.
2. T: Just now we ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) heard some of the students talk about their best friends. Could you tell me which words are used most often
Ss: friendly, helpful, polite…
T: So these are very important qualities of a best friend, do you think so What other qualities are important to you
Ss complete the table in Part B, P7. Then work in pairs to exchange their ideas and have a debate.
Sentences may be used:
I think my good friend should be very … because…
I agree. / I don't agree with you because …
It's quite important for a friend to be … Do you think so
I don't think my good friend must be very …
3. T: Why do you ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )think he/she is your best friend What makes him/her so special to you Can you talk to him/her about anything Do you talk to him/her when you have problems Do you believe what he/she says When you are happy or sad, do you talk to him/her Why
Teach "sad", "believe", "honest" and "joy".
Ss complete Part A, P7 and report individually.
4. T explains some language points.
Step 4 Presentation
1. T: How old is your best friend What about you
Ss: 15/16 …
T: So you are teenager ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )s. We call children between 13 and 19 teenagers.
Teach "teenager".
T: We have a good friend, Eddie. Is he a teenager
Ss: No.
2. T: Who's Eddie's good friend Why
T plays the t ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ape of the Comic strip and Ss try to find out the answer to the question.
(Hobo is Eddie's good friend because they always share things with each other.)
3. Ss read the Comic strip and answer the questions:
(1) What does Eddie give Hobo
(2) What does Hobo want
(3) Do you think Eddie is a true friend Why
4. Ss read the dialogue in pairs.
5. T explains some language points.
Step 5 Practice
1. Ss act ou ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )t the dialogue and they are encouraged to add in something they like.
2. Discuss: Who do you like better as a friend, Eddie or Hobo Why
3. Ss work in pairs to ask and answer about their good friends.
A model dialogue:
A: Who's your good friend
B: …
A: What's he/she like
B: …
A: What do you think of your friend
B: …
A: What makes him/her so special to you
B: … Can you tell me something about your good friend
Step 6 Summarize
T: Today we have learned some important qualities about a good friend. It seems that we all think appearance is not so important, but a friend should be helpful and honest. And I hope everyone can be like that and you will have more friends.
Step 7 Homework
1. Describe a good ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )friend of yours with the words and phrases learnt in this lesson.
2. Finish the exercises.
板书设计：Reading
Language focus
1 hold a writing competition 举行一场写作竞赛 hold a sports meeting
2 invite sb. to do sth.邀请某人做某事
3 tell sb.about sth.告诉某人关于某事
4 as slim as 和...一样苗条
5 one of my best friends我最好的朋友之一 one of +复数 ....之一
6 be willing/ ready to do sth.乐意做某事
7 help sb. with sth.帮助某人做某事
help sb. do sth
help sb. to do sth.
教后感：Most of the students understand the passages well, and most of them can read and write the new words and useful expressions correctly.
Unit 1 Reading 2
Knowledge Aims：
Words: , cho ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ose, any time ,voice, singer, almost, sense. Straight,fit, bored,sweet generous, singer, almost, eyesight, smart, true
Phrases: travel around the world, give her seat to someone in need, hae a voice,want to be a singer,wear small round glasses, make me laugh, have a good sense of humour, knock off, a true friend, say a bad word about anyone. be willing to do sth., share sth. with sb.,, help sb. with one's homework, walk past, knock sth. off sth., tell funny jokes, , think of, worry sb.
Sentences: She is willing to help people any time.
She is also helpful and is ready to help people any time.
Betty wants ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )to be a singer and travel around the world when she grows up.
His legs are very long and they do not fit under the school desks.
She is kind and never says a bad word about anyone.
Ability Aims：To le ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )arn some useful expressions and use them in different context
To learn how to describe friends
Moral Aims: To educate the students qualities of a good friends.
Teaching steps:
Step 1 Revision
1. T: For yesterday ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )'s homework I asked you who would you choose as your best friend, Now can you tell me your choice and your reason Please describe that person in details and let's guess who it is.
2. T: Yesterday we a ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )lso met three friends in 'Teenagers' Magazine. They're
Betty, Max and May. How much do you remember them
Ss have a group competition by answering questions about Max.
Step 2 Language points
T: Wonderful! You h ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ave a very good memory. Now let's move on to look at some
useful phrases and sen ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )tences in the three articles and learn to use them:
1.She is willing to share things with her friends.
be willing to do sth. 愿意做某事
我们愿意为希望工程筹集物品。We are willing to collect things for Project Hope.
2. any time随时,任何时候
如有问题，随时给我打电话。 If you have any problem, call me any time.
3. be ready to do sth./ be ready for sth. 乐于做某事；准备好做某事（状态）
雷峰总是乐于助人。 Lei Feng is always ready to help people.
我准备好考试了。 I'm ready for the exam.
get ready to do/ for sth. 为…作准备（动作）
4. someone/people in need 需要帮助的人
We are in need of water. 我们需要水。
患难朋友才是真朋友。 A friend in need is a friend indeed.
5. because of/because
because 后跟从句 because of 跟短语（sth/doing sth）
因为下大雨，我们没做早操。
We didn't do morning exercises because it rained heavily.
We didn't do morning exercises because of the heavy rain.
6. knock sth off … 把某物从……撞翻
7. bored/ boring
bored （人感觉）无聊，乏味 boring （某物）无聊乏味
乏味的会议使大家都感到很无聊。
The boring meeting made everyone feel very bored.
8.have a good sense of humour = be very humourous 很有幽默感
9. a true friend 一个忠实的朋友
10. worry sb. 使某人担忧
11. keep a secret 保密
12. say a bad word about sb. 说某人坏话
说人坏话是不礼貌的。 It's not polite to say bad words about others.
Step 3 Exercises-show on the screen.
1. Fill in the blanks:
1) Are you _______ (will) to sing an English song for us
2) Maybe she is ready _________ (dance).
3) He will watch TV when he feels _____ (bore) at home.
4) He is ________(help). He always gives seats to people in need.
5) He tells jokes and makes us _____ (laugh).
6) He plays the piano well. He's ________(music).
7) Maybe he will grow into a ________(sing).
2. Complete the sentences:
1) 我们都喜欢历史老师因为他很有幽默感。
We all like our history teacher because he _____________________.
2) 这本书很乏味，它让我觉得无聊。
This book is ______ and it makes me _____.
3) 当你经过我的桌子时，请别撞掉我的杯子。
Don't _______ my cup ______ the table when you ___________ my table.
4) 长长的直发使她看上去很漂亮。
Her straight long hair ________________________.
5) 我长大了想周游世界。
I want to ______________________ when I ____________.
Step 4 Summarize
T: Today we wen ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )t over some details about the three friends we met yesterday. We also learnt some useful phrases and sentences to describe friends. Friends are important to every one of us. Let's cherish friendship and be nice to our friends. If we all have good friends and try to be true friends, our lives will be better and better! Now let's enjoy an English poem together as the end of this class.
Step 5 Poem
We are always together in our hearts
We have many secrets to share
When I need you, you are there
Your sense of humour
Can always make me laugh
Thank you for being so generous
Let nothing come between us
Even when we are far apart
You are always in my heart
Step 6 Homework
Write an article about your best friend. These should be covered in the article: name, age, appearance, personality, etc. (60 words at least)
板书设计： Unit 1 Friends Reading2
1. She is as slim as I am.她和我一样苗条。
as+形容词/副词的原级+as
2. be willing to do sth. 愿意做某事
3. any time随时,任何时候
4. be ready to do sth./ be ready for sth. 乐于做某事；准备好做某事（状态）
5. someone/people in need 需要帮助的人
6. because of/because
because 后跟从句 because of 跟短语（sth/doing sth）
7. knock sth off … 把某物从……撞翻
8. bored/ boring
bored （人感觉）无聊，乏味 boring （某物）无聊乏味
9.have a good sense of humour = be very humourous 很有幽默感
10. a true friend 一个忠实的朋友
11. worry sb. 使某人担忧
12. keep a secret 保密
13. say a bad word about sb. 说某人坏话
教后感：
After revision, m ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ost students can retell the text and write an article
about their students.1 some more food 再一些食物
2 what about= how about .....怎么样？
3 nothing else 再没有东西
4 make somebody happy 使某人开心
5 share one's joy 分享某人的欢乐 share sth. with sb.与某人分享某物
6 make sb. + 形容词
7 Can I have something to drink, please 请问，我可以喝些东西吗？
something to drink/eat 一些喝/吃的东西
8There's nothing else in the fridge. 冰箱里面再没有东西了.
这是一个there be 句型，不可用there have/has 来表示有
else接在something 和nothing 的后面，表示“还，再”的意思。
9 what about the pizza in your bowl 你碗里的披萨怎么样？
What about= how about用于询问对方的意见，后接名词或者动名词
教后感：Most of the s ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )tudents understand the passages well, and most of them can read and write the new words and useful expressions correctly.
Unit 1 Reading I
Knowledge Aims：
Words: , choose, any time ,voice, singer, almost, sense. Straight,fit, bored,sweet generous, singer, almost, eyesight, smart, true
Phrases: travel ar ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ound the world, give her seat to someone in need, hae a voice,want to be a singer,wear small round glasses, make me laugh, have a good sense of humour, knock off, a true friend, say a bad word about anyone.
Ability Aims：1. To ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )learn more about the adjectives to describe the appearances and characters
2 .To learn the expressions about the quality
3. To understand and grasp language focus of the passage
Moral Aims：Get the students learn English happily and actively.
Focal point and difficulty：
1.have a good ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )sense of humour, knock off, a true friend, say a bad word about anyone, make me laugh
2.To use adjectives to describe people's appearance and personalities
Teaching steps:
Step1 Leading-in
T: Yesterday we learnt to talk about friends. Friends are very important in our lives. Almost everyone needs a friend and almost everyone has a friend, do you think so Let's look at some interesting English sayings about friends. Please try to guess the meanings of them.
Ss read and discuss.
Step 2 Presentation
T: Why do you think friends are important What can friends do for you
Ss give different answers.
T: Is your friend's appearance very important to you
Ss: No.
T: Good. We s ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )hould never judge a person by his appearance or clothes. But it'll be good for you to learn some words to describe your friends' appearance, right
Step 3 Practice
Ss do Part B2, P9 individually. After checking the answers, T asks some Ss to give some more details about the appearance of each person in the pictures.
Step 4 Presentation
1. T: As you all thin ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )k that appearance is not very important, could you tell me what is important in your opinion
Ss answer with the adjectives they learnt to describe qualities, such as clean and tidy, helpful, honest, etc.
T: Excellent. Now I have some good friends here. Can you use some proper words to
Step 5 Practice
1. Ss have a group com ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )petition by choosing to answer the questions about Betty in the table.
2. Fill in the blanks to complete the description about Max.
3. Complete the brief introduction about May.
Step 6 Summarize
T: What do we usually ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )write about when we describe our friends
Ss: Appearance, personalities …
T: Yes, in which paragraph do we usually write about the appearance
Ss: Paragraph 1.
T: And in Paragraph 2
Ss: Personalities.
T: Right. We a ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )lso call it personalities. In the 3rd paragraph we can write about their behaviors or future plans.
Step 7 Practice
Ss do PartB4, P1 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )0 and find out who each of the personalities will vote for and fill in the blanks.
Check the answers.
Explain “ Who would y ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ou choose as your best friend ，Then get students to answer it and tell the reason at the same time.
Invite some students to asks and answer it.
Step 8 Homework
1. Retell about the three best friends.
2. Recommend a best ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) student in your class and tell the reason why you vote for him or her.
板书设计：Knowledge Aims：
Vocabulary: square, s ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )miling handsome, fat, hard-working patient, unhappy, excellent.
Language focus: d ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ark brown, both --and, have a round face, smiling eyes, look really pretty and kind. Have a smile on her face work with children.
Ability Aims：1.To plan ideas for writing
2.To learn the proper and easy ways to write something;
3.To review what they have learnt in this unit;
4.To assess their understanding and correct use of adjectives, comparatives and superlatives.
Moral Aims: What kind of friends is a friend indeed.
Focal point and difficulty：
learn the proper and easy ways to write something, Identify keywords
review what they have learnt in this unit
Step 1 Revision and Presentation
T: In this unit, we ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) have learnt a lot about friends and how to describe friends. Today, my question is : What can friends do
T: Friends are important to us. We can't live without friends.
Step 2 Free Talk -------talk about your best friend
What's his/her name
What's he/she like？
What's his/her quality of a good friend (personality)
What does he/she like doing
What would he/she like to do in the future
Step 3 Listen and Read
T: Would you like to write an article about your best friend
Now, let's see how Daniel describe his best friend.
Questions:
1.Who is Daniel's best friend
2.What does she look like
3.What is she like
4.What would she ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) like to be when she grows up
T: Read the articl ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )e slowly by yourselves.Close your books. Let's think it over
1. Introduction. 2. Main body 3. Conclusion
Step 4 Write
(1) Ask students to write down the key words on the lines in Part B
(2) Write a r ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ough draft using their notes in Part B, Daniel's article as a model
(3) Encourage students ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) to use a variety of adjectives to avoid repetition.
(4) In pairs, students read, check and correct their partners' drafts. Encourage
more able students to comment on their partners' drafts.
(5) Ask volunteers to read out their articles in class.
Step 5. Brainstorming
the useful vocabulary about how to describe the best friend
1. tell funny stories
3. knock over our books
4. make sb do sth
5. think of a social worker
6. worry me
7. straight and
8. shoulder-length hair
9. walk past our desk
10. have problems with study
11. has a sense of humour
12. keep secrets
13. feel bored / nervous
14. be popular with sb
15. because of too much
puter work
17. travel around the world
18. say a bad word about sb
19. give advice
20. wear a smile on one's face
Homework
1)句子翻译
1.他长得怎样
2.Jim是一个慷慨大方的人,他总是乐于助人.
3.Betty长大后想周游世界.
4.Amy很有幽默感.
5.我能告诉她任何事,因为她能保守秘密.
6. Max 很有幽默感.他讲有趣的笑话,总使我发笑.
2）Finish some exercises on Exercise Book,(课时作业)
板书设计：Unit1 Friends Task
My best friend
Think about your best friend and prepare some notes. Take out your paper, and write down the notes, then read them to your partner.
These are your own answers.
My best friend
Name: ________________
Face: _________________
Eyes: _________________
Nose: _________________
Hair: _________________
General appearance: ____
Personality: ____________
Abilities: ______________
教后感：Most of the students can grasp the items in this unit well, but they need to practice writing.Knowledge Aims：
Vocabulary: plan ,social,social wroker,shy future
Language focus: meet different people, make friends, listen to people carefully,
help people with their problems. Travel around the world.
Our future plans, be a social worker, learn more about art.
Ability Aims：1.To get specific information from a listening material;
2.To talk about a friend.
3.To talk about future plans
4.To find the main points of a passage in order to understand and memorize it more easily.
Moral Aims: Let the students learn English happily.
Teaching process：
Step 1 Warm-up
T: Who is he Can you describe him
T: Would you like to be another Jack Chen Why
Step 2 Free Talk
T: What does … like doing
What would … like to do in the future
Step 3 Listening
T: Millie is talking to Amy about her future plans. Can you find out what she would like to do in the future You can listen to their conversation and put a 'Smile face' in the correct boxes in the table.
T Check the answers.
Step 4 Discussion
T: .Discuss with your partner 'What is Millie like ' and 'What does she want to do '
Step 5 Blank-filling
Step 6 Practise
Task 1 Suppose you are Millie. A reporter from NJTV is interviewing you. Please make a dialogue with your partner, talking about your future plan.
Step 7 Speak-up
T: Listen and answer:
1.Whom are they talking about
2.What would Peter like to do in the future
Task 2 Practice in pairs, talking about their appearance and their own plans
Step8. Revision:
T: 1. Do you have any future plans
2. What are you going to do when you grow up
3. Why
4. What will you do to fulfill your aims
Step 9 Story telling
T: Ask two Ss to ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) repeat the story, and find out which parts are different.
T: Make a conclusion, ask Ss to pay attention to the details.
What is it about
Who is it about
What happened
Where did it happen
When did it happen
Why did it happen
How did it happen
Step 3 Reading
T: Ask Ss to write down the keywords which refer to the most important information
Read the lett ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )er, underline the main points and circle the keywords in the letter.
Step 10. Exercises
用所给单词的适当形式填空
1. My best friend has a good sense of __________(humorous)
2. Betty is _________ (friend) to old people only.
3. We have _______ (little) snowfall this year than last year.
4. I think Mary is __________ (good) girl in our class.
5. Peter is __________ (heavy) than Mille.
6. Millie's drawing is ___________ (beautiful) than other six students.
7. What do I have to do if I want to be _____ (thin)
8. She want to be a _____(sing) when she grows up.
Homework
Finish the Exercises on Exercise Book.(课时作业)
板书设计：8A Unit 1 Friends Integrated Skills and Study Skills
1 vote for sb.为某人投票
2 solve problems 解决问题
3 give sb. some advice 给某人一些建议
4 in the future 在将来
5 wear a smile on one's face 某人脸上带着笑容
6 answer questions correctly 正确回答问题
教后感：Most of the s ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )tudents can listen to the tape well, and complete the passage
by themselves.Knowledge Aims：
Words: better, worse, worst, height, competition, test, be, become,
Phrases：in the drawing competition
Sentences：This is the most expensive computer in the shop.
My book is more interesting than his.
He is the tallest boy in our class.
Ability Aims：To use an adjective before a noun or after a linking verb to describe someone or something
To use comparatives to compare two people or things
To use superlatives to compare three or more people or things
Moral Aims: Let the students compare people or things happily.
Focal point and difficulty：
To use comparatives to compare two people or things
To use superlatives to compare three or more people or things
Teaching process：
Step 1 Lead-in
T: Yesterday I asked you to describe a person you like and bring his or her photo here. Now would you please show me your work
Some Ss come to the blackboard and describe.
T shows one of th ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )e descriptions and underlines some adjectives in the description.
Step 2 Presentation
1. T: Look at thes ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )e two girls. Can you find out the difference between the two sentences
Emphasize that an adjective is used with a noun or a linking verb while an adverb is used with a verb.
2. Show Ss more p ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ictures. Help them say sentences to compare the things with comparatives and superlatives.
Ss find out that comparatives are used to compare two people or things while superlatives are used to compare three or more people or things. Also find out some words and phrases which indicate the use of comparatives or superlatives.
Comparative: ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) than, much, even, still, a little, of the two, Which/Who is …, A or B
Superlative: ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )the, of…, in …, Which/Who is …, A, B or C
3. Ss look at th ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )e table and find out how to form comparatives and superlatives.
We add -er / -est to short adjectives.
(Short adjectives are adjectives of one or two syllables).
We use more/ most for long adjectives.
(Long adjectives are adjectives of three or more syllables.)
Step3 Practice
1. Ss do Part A, Page 12. Write the comparatives and superlatives of the adjectives.
2. Ss have a group competition. Each member of a group should read and spell the comparative and superlative of an adjective below. The group that can do it most quickly with all the answers correct will be the winner.
1) light old healthy cheerful
2) safe thirsty slim bad
3) bright new much bored
4) sad heavy straight clearly
3. Ss do Part B, ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )P12. Complete the sentences according to the profile.
4. Ss make up a di ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )alogue in pairs to compare people or things. They can choose any topic of the following: animals, sports, food and drinks, people in this classroom.
T provides some p ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ictures, words, phrases and sentences which may be useful to Ss.
5. Ss do some multiple choice and translation work.
Step 7 Summarize
T: This class we learnt the use of adjectives, comparatives and superlatives. Now let's read an interesting English poem as the end of this lesson.
Good, better, best,
Never let it rest,
Till your good is better,
And your better is best!
Step 8 Homework
Revise the use of adjectives, comparatives and superlatives
Complete the exercises in the workbook
板书设计：
8A Unit 1Friends Grammar
比较级和最高级的构成
大多数形容词后加-er/-est
clever---cleverer----cleverest
以不发音字母e结尾的形容词加-r/-st
fine---finer----finest
以辅音字母加y结尾，先把y改成i，然后再加-er/-est
healthy---healthie ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )r----healthiest(happy,sunny,easy,heavy,busy,early,lucky....)
以重读闭音节结尾的形容词，先双写最后一个辅音字母，然后再加-er/-est
big--bigger---biggest(fat,sad,wet,red,thin,slim,hot....)
部分双音节单词和多音节单词，在原级前加more/most
lovely--morelovely--most lovely
(slowly,tired,interesting,famous,beautiful,important.....)
不规则变化
much/many--more/ ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )most bad/ill---worse---worst good/well---better---best
little---less---least far---farther---farthest( further---furthest)
教后感：Most of ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )the students understand how to use the comparatives and superlatives of the adjectives.
