9A Unit 1 Star signs 教案
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9A Unit 1 Teaching Plan
常州市正衡中学 钱小芬 洑颖
Period (1)
教学题目：9A Unit 1 Comic strip and Welcome to the unit
教学课时：Period 1
教学部分：Page 6－7
教学课型：新授课；听说课
教学目标：了解星座的相关知识；辨别并学习不同星座的名称；了解东西方文化差异
教学内容：练习代表十二星座的标志；初步了解“It’s + adjective + of sb. to do sth.”
教学准备：录音机，多媒体，投影仪
教学步骤：
Step1 Lead-in
1. Ask students: What year is this year
2. Show students the picture of twelve animals in Chinese horoscope, and tell them different names鼠：Rat，牛：Ox，虎：Tiger，兔：Hare，龙：Dragon，蛇：Snake，马：Horse，羊：Sheep，猴：Monkey，鸡：Cock，狗：Dog，猪：Boar. Tell them this year is in the year of the Rat.
3. Ask students:
How old are you When were you born (What year were you born in )
What is your animal sign
What characters do you think it has
4. Ask students: What month were you born in (review twelve months in a year)
5. Tell students that everyone in western countries has his or her own star sign.
(T: We know that animal signs are very popular in Chinese culture, we are familiar with them. But people in western countries have their own star signs according to the birth month. It can tell you something about your abilities, talents and special qualities.)
Step 2 Welcome to the unit
1. Show students the picture of star signs. “How much do you know about them ” Let students guess different star signs. (can be in Chinese)
2. In the West, people use some creatures to represent the star signs. Can you tell me their names Teach students new words.
3. Look at the pictures and read the new words after the teacher.
4. Let students finish Part A on P7 and check the answers by reading the names.
5. Some more exercises to see if students have known the star signs.
(1) Show students 6 pictures and name the star signs.
(2) Play a guessing game: fill in the blanks by using the names of the creatures.
6. Tell students there are 6 more star signs and let them guess what they are represented by using the 6 pictures in Part B on P7.
7. Check the answers to Part B.
Step 3 Oral practice
1. Ask students: When is your birthday What is your star sign
2. Show students the twelve star signs and let them point out their own star sign in both English and Chinese. Ask the students to try to remember their own star sign.
3. Pair work: Let students ask and answer in pairs.
Step 4 Comic strips
1. Are you interested in star signs So are Eddie and Hobo. Listen to their conversation and repeat it after the tape.
2. Ask students some questions to see if they have known the dialogue.
(1) Who brings Eddie the newspaper
(2) What does Hobo ask Eddie to read Why
(3) What do Eddie’s stars say
(4) What happens to Eddie’s breakfast at the end of the story
3. Let students read the dialogue by themselves (or practice in pairs)
4. Do some more exercises after reading and check the answers together.
5. What do you think Hobo’s and Eddie’s star signs are
6. Oral practice:
Try to act out this dialogue in pairs
Ask the students to make a new dialogue by adding their own ideas.
Step 5 Homework
1. Remember the star signs.
2. Make up a new dialogue about star signs.
3. Try to find out how many classmates are under the star sign as you.
Period (2)
教学题目：9A Unit 1 Reading (1)
教学课时：Period 2
教学部分：Page 8－11
教学课型：新授课；阅读课
教学目标：通过各种阅读手段了解各星座的时间和名称；了解与性格有关的词汇
教学内容：归纳各星座的人物所拥有的性格特征，了解文章大意
教学准备：录音机，多媒体，投影仪
教学步骤：
Step 1 Revision
1. Finish some exercises.
2. Review the star signs: look at the star signs and name them. Read together after the teacher.
3. Guessing game: (Test who has the best memory) Teacher will say the Chinese name of the star sign; students try to find out the right picture and say the name in English.
Step 2 Lead-in
1. Free talk:
(1) What is your star sign
(2) Can you tell me something about yourself ( abilities, special qualities, characteristics)
(3) How many students are under the same star sign as you (Yesterday’s homework)
(4) What are they like (clever, kind, generous, hard-working, brave, patient, polite….)
(5) Do you share similar characteristics
(Let students speak out as many adjectives about characters as possible.)
2. Do you know these words They are also used to describe people. (Teach the new words, and finish Exercise B on P10.)
3. Read the new words after the teacher. Then let students read the sentences by themselves.
4. Do some more exercises to see if students have known all the words’ meanings.
Step 3 Reading
1. T: It’s said that star signs can represent a person’s characteristics. Let’s check if it is true. Please listen to the tape and learn something about them.
2. Reading task 1: After listening to the tape, do “T” or “F” questions.
3. Reading task 2: Ask students some questions to check if they have known the main idea, with the books open.
(1) Is Aries lazy
(2) Which star sign likes saving money
(3) Does Sagittarius like telling jokes
(4) Which star sign has the best imagination
(5) If your birthday is on 13th September, what is your star sign
4. Make students read the article passage by passage and try to find out the adjectives to describe people’s characteristics with the picture of each star sign. (Esp. their own star sign)
T: Whose star sign is Aries
When is your birthday
What characteristics do you have/ do this star sign have
Aries: energetic, active, impatient, selfish
Taurus: stubborn, hard-working, patient
Gemini: curious, clever, outgoing
Cancer: kind
Leo: strong, confident, generous
Virgo: modest, practical
Libra: polite, fair, elegant
Scorpio: powerful, silly
Sagittarius: humorous, lucky
Capricorn: successful, patient
Aquarius: kind, wise, strange
Pisces: generous, kind, gentle, easy-going, creative, imaginative
5.
6. Discussion:
What is your star sign
Do you have the same characteristics as the star sign says
Do you think what the star signs say about people are facts
-- So we can have a conclusion: What the star signs say about people are not facts. We can just learn about star signs for fun.
Step 4 Some More Exercises
1. What are your characteristics
Write a short description of your own characteristics.
2. Then show your description to your partner.
3. Discuss with your partner whether or not you agree with each other.
Step 5 Homework
1. Read the passage three times.
2. Remember all the adjectives which describe a person’s characteristics.
Period (3)
教学题目：9A Unit 1 Reading (2)
教学课时：Period 3
教学部分：Page 8－11
教学课型：巩固练习课；阅读课
教学目标：通过活动来熟悉掌握课文中描述性格的形容词并运用；通过练习加深课文的理解
教学内容：学习知识点和重要短语
教学准备：多媒体，投影仪
教学步骤：
Step 1 Revision
1. Ask students some questions while showing Picture 1.(超链接)
(1) How many star signs are there in a year
(2) How do you know your star sign What decides your star sign
(3) Do the people under the same star sign share similar characteristics
(4) What characteristics do the people under your star sign have
2. Explain the language points while answering the above questions. (超链接)
1) A year is divided into 12 different star signs.
2) Your date of birth decides your star sign.
3) People born under the same star sign share similar characteristics.
3. Ask more questions about Reading (超链接)
1) Which star sign doesn’t give up easily
2) Which star sign loves peace and doesn’t like to argue with others
3) Which star sign is suggested to forgive others for their mistakes
4) Which star sign likes to dream about everything
4. Teach the language points by answering the above questions. (超链接)
(1) You are patient and do not give up easily.
(2) You love peace and do not like to argue with others.
(3) Sometimes it is silly of you not to forgive others for their mistakes.
(4) You like to dream about everything.
Step2 Group work
1. Show students some pictures and passages about some famous people. Let students guess what star signs they are
2. Finish Part C2 on Page11, and then check the answers.
3. Discussion:
What kind of friend do you like to make (Why )
What is his/her star sign
(Let students talk about his or her own characteristics and his or her friend’s.)
4. What star signs are suitable for these jobs Why
Step 4 Conclusion
What star signs say about people are not facts.
We should work hard to make our dream come true.
Step 5 Homework
1. Read the passage again and again. 2. Do some exercises.
Period (4)
教学题目：9A Unit 1 Vocabulary
教学课时：Period 4
教学部分：Page 12
教学课型：新授课；词汇课
教学目标：能辨别形容词的褒贬，并在此基础上能用形容词描述性格
教学内容：形容词及其反义词
教学准备：多媒体，投影仪
教学步骤：
Step 1 Revision
1. Do some exercises to review the words which they learnt yesterday.
（1） What are your friend’s characteristics
（2） I also have many friends; do you know what kind of person he or she is
（3） What kind of person do you want to make friends best Why
2. Check the homework: Ask several students to say something about his or her star sign and characteristics.
T: I want some of you to say something about yourself to let other students know what kind of person you are, and then you can make more friends.
Step 2 Lead-in
1. Make other students listen carefully and try to find out the opposites of the adjectives when the students read their articles.
2. Give an example.
3. Try to find more opposites: Can you help them find their friends
Step 3 Vocabulary Part A
1. Open the books and show students the adjectives and their opposites.
2. Check the answers.
3. Read the words after the teacher.
4. Help students learn the new words with some sentences. (Finish the following sentences)
5. Make a conclusion: how to get the opposites (im-, un-, dis-, in-)
6. Make students try to remember the words as possible as they can.
7. Have a competition “Who has the best memory” to see if students have remembered the words and their opposites. (Positive/ Negative) (Can do it in groups/ in halves / boys VS girls)
Step 4 Vocabulary Part B
1. Let students finish the exercises B on P12.
2. Check the answers.
3. Do some more exercises.
4. Oral work: Brain storm (let one student choose one of the adjectives to make one sentence, and his or her desk-mate use the opposite to make a sentence. One pair by one pair. Which group can do the best )
Step 5 Homework
1. Remember the adjectives and the opposites.
2. Write a short passage to talk about one of your classmates. Tell why you like him or her with the adjectives and the opposites.
Period (5)
教学题目：9A Unit 1 Grammar 1
教学课时：Period 5
教学部分：Page 13-14
教学课型：新授课；语法课
教学目标：能用It is +adj. +of… + (not) to do来表达对某人行为的看法，并能与It is +adj. +for… + (not) to do进行区分；能用be+ adj. + enough + to do来描述一个人的性格和能力
教学内容：It’s + adj. + of + sb. + to do sth.；adj. + enough to do sth.
教学准备：多媒体，投影仪
教学步骤：
Step 1 Lead in
1. Read the sentences and choose the correct adjectives to describe the persons in the sentences.
T: We have learnt a lot of adjectives and their opposites, can you choose the correct adjectives to describe the persons in the sentences
2. Ask students to express the meaning in another sentence as possible as they can.
Step 2 Grammar A
1. Compare the two drills: It’s + adj. + for sb. to do sth. / It’s + adj. + of sb. to do sth.
2. Read the examples and find out the differences between them.
3. Do more exercises to practice the structures.
4. Finish the Exercises on page 13 in the book, and then check the answers to the exercises together.
5. Analyze the useful expressions.
Step 3 Grammar B
1. Learn about the examples to practice “ adj. + enough to do sth”.
2. Finish the Exercises on page 14, and then check the answers to the exercises together.
2. Do some exercises to practice Grammar A and B.
Step 4 Homework
1. Translate the sentences
2. Do some exercises in the workbook.
Period (6)
教学题目：9A Unit 1 Grammar 2
教学课时：Period 6
教学部分：Page 15-17
教学课型：新授课；语法课
教学目标：能区分句子的不同成分，并用句子的基本成分造句
教学内容：句子的不同成分
教学准备：多媒体，投影仪
教学步骤：
Step 1 Revision and lead in
3. Show students a picture of Liu Xiang and tell them that he donated 200 thousand Yuan to the people in Sichuan earthquake. Is he generous Review the sentence pattern “It’s + adj. + of sb. to do sth.” and “sb. + be + adj. + to do sth”
4. Show the sentence “Liu Xiang is generous”, teach students: subject, predicate and predicative.
5. Give them another example and teach object, direct-object and indirect-object.
6. Ask them to make up sentences like the examples and try to add something interesting.
7. Play a game: Ask students to expand a sentence one by one. Teach them attributive and adverbial.
8. Do True or False question. Teach them object complement.
Step 2 Practice
1. Show some sentences, ask the students to tell what sentence elements the underlined parts are.(指出下列划线部分在句中担任的成分)
2. Show some sentences, ask the students to tell which part of the sentence is the sentence element the teacher show them (指出下列所给成分是句中哪个部分)
3. Finish the exercises C1on Page 16 and C2on P17. Check the answers.
4. Do some exercises to practice them, check out the answers.
5. Analyze the exercises and the useful expressions together.
6. Another game.
1) Three students a group.
2). One student thinks of a word or a phrase to be the “Subject”; another thinks of a word or a phrase to be the “Predicate”; the last student thinks of a word or a phrase to be the “Object”;
3). Then form the three parts together to make up a sentence. (Write them down in your Exercise Books)
4). Let’s see which group has the most or the best sentences.( You can also add something more.)
Step 3 Homework
1. Review different parts of a sentence and be able to give some examples for each part.
2. Do some exercises in the workbook.
3. Use suitable words to complete the following sentences.
Period (7)
教学题目：9A Unit 1 Integrated skills
教学课时：Period 7
教学部分：Page 18-19
教学课型：新授课；综合技能课
教学目标：在书面和口语形式中理解星象；从阅读和听力材料中加深了解有关信息，再弄清事实；交流关于别人的信息。
教学内容：巩固所学有关星座和星运的知识
教学准备：多媒体，投影仪
教学步骤：
Step 1 Lead in
1. The teacher first says something what happened to himself or herself last month.
2. Ask students:
What happened to you last month
Do you know what will happen to you next month
T: How can we know what will happen
Maybe you can predict something about you with the help of star signs.
Step 2 What will happen to Millie？
A) Mr. Zhang’s prediction
1. Today let’s read something about Millie’s predictions.
2. Read the forecast and learn something about Millie. Practice the useful expressions.
3. Try to complete Millie’s notes with as much information as possible. (Part A1)
4. Listen to the tape and finish filling the blanks. (Part A1)
5. Check the answers by reading the notes one sentence by one sentence.
6. Finish the table on PPT
7. Read the article together.
B) Amy’s prediction
8. Amy is making some predictions for Millie as well. Listen to the tape, first answer some questions:
1). What will mainly happen to Millie this month
2). What will she get
3). What will she have fun in
4). What should Millie do with the money
5). What problems will she have when seeing a new film
9. And then complete Amy’s predictions.
10. Check the answers together, finish the table on PPT, and compare Mr. Zhang’s predictions.
Step 3 Discussion:
1. Whose prediction do you prefer, Mr. Zhang’s or Amy’s Why
2. (Divide the class into groups of four. Give each of the group a list of description about stars.
Let the students tick out the proper description of their own. )
After you read the description about stars, do you like your prediction
3. Would you like to make your own prediction
(Make and exchange their own predictions in groups.)
4. What do you think of predictions Are they believable or unbelievable
--- We make predictions just for fun.
Step 3 Speak up
1. Show students the teacher’s prediction. Help the teacher predict if he or she will be a chairperson.
2. The Students’ Union needs a new chairperson. Let’s see who may or may not be suitable for the post First, look at the first person—Peter. (Then, the second person –Suzy; the last person – David )
Qs: What kind of person is Peter/ Suzy/ David What does (not) he/ she like to do
Then finish the table.
3. Listen to the tape and repeat. Try to find out the suitable person.
4. Make a similar dialogue in pairs about Suzy and David.
5. Practice the useful expressions.
Step 4 Homework
1. Do some exercises.
2. Make a dialogue about your next month’s prediction.
Period (8)
教学题目：9A Unit 1 Study skills
教学课时：Period 8
教学部分：Page 20
教学课型：新授课；语言技能课
教学目标：辨别和了解英语口语和书面语中不同的正式程度，能在已经完成的作业中找出并改正不合适的用语错误
教学内容：问候语，结尾，俚语，笑话，缩写词和词的缩约形式等在正式和非正式用语中的合适用法
教学准备：多媒体，投影仪
教学步骤：
Step 1 Revision and Lead in
1. Ask students to act out the dialogue about their next month’s prediction.（Yesterday’s homework）
2. Just now, when they acted out the dialogue, they used formal language and informal language.
Step 2 Formal and informal language
1. Explain:
(1) What is “informal language”
Explain to the students the definitions of slang, abbreviations and contractions.
(2) How to express formally
2. Tell the students when we should use formal or informal languages:
When you speak or write, you can use formal or informal language. You use formal language with your teachers or unfamiliar people.
However, when you speak or write to your friends or parents, you can use informal language.
3. Look at the form on page 20 and explain it.
4. Show students some formal and informal phrases to practice.
5. Finish the exercises on page 20: Try to find out the mistakes in Kitty’s letter. Don’t forget to tell the reason.
Step 3 Practice
1. Show students another letter from a student to a teacher.
2. Discuss in groups. Try to find out the mistakes, tell the reason and how to correct them.
Step 4 Homework
Find some more formal and informal languages in your homework.
Period (9)
教学题目：9A Unit 1 Main task
教学课时：Period 9
教学部分：Page 21-22
教学课型：新授课；写作课
教学目标：组织观点并用例子证明其合理性，用正确的正式程度写一封正式的推荐信，包含推荐人的性格和技能
教学内容：如何用正式的文体来写一封推荐信
教学准备：多媒体，投影仪
教学步骤：
Step 1 Lead in
1. Let students act out the dialogue talking about a new chairperson.
2. Make a flow chart of Suzy.
Step 2 A flow chart of David
1. Kitty and Millie want to recommend David as the new chairperson of the Students’ Union.
-- What characteristics does David have (Let students find some words to describe David in Part A: confident, clever, hard-working …)
-- Can you help Kitty and Millie finish the flow chart Work in pairs.
2. Ask some more questions to check the answers:
(1) Is David hard-working
(2) Can you give us an example
(3) David is very clever, isn’ t he
(4) What does David do to help himself get more organized
(5) Can David make good use of his time
(6) Does David often help other students
(7) Can you give an example
(8) What do you think of David
Step 3 Kitty and Millie’s recommendation
1. Finish their letter: Part B on Page 22.
2. Check the answers.
3. Discuss how to write a formal recommendation.
4. Pay attention to what each paragraph is talking about in this letter. (Main Body)
5. Show the students some useful sentences and structures.
Step 4 Writing
1. We want to recommend one as our monitor. Each group tries to find a student in our class.
2. Discuss in groups and make a flow chart.
3. It’s time to write a recommendation. It is a formal letter.
4. Review how to write a recommendation:
Write down the purpose to write this letter in the first paragraph, the abilities in the second paragraph, the personalities in the third paragraph, what he did in the forth paragraph, and your attitude in the last paragraph.
5. Write on your own.
Step 5 Homework
Finish your recommendation.
Period (10)
教学题目：9A Unit 1 Check out
教学课时：Period 10
教学部分：Page 23
教学课型：语言知识课；复习课
教学目标：巩固本单元的知识点和语法项目，运用本单元学习的语法和词汇
教学内容：复习所学知识
教学准备：多媒体，投影仪
教学步骤：
Step 1 Review maid task “how to write a recommendation”
Questions about David: Why did they recommend David Can you tell me more about him
(1) Is David afraid of speaking in public
(2) What does he often do for the class
(3) What did he do last summer
(4) Does he do well in English
(5) He is a helpful student, isn’t he
(6) Does he often forget to do the things he needs to do
(7) Which club has he joined this year
(8) Do you think David is the most suitable person to be the new chairperson
(9) What characteristics does he have
(10) Can you guess what star sign he is
Step 2 Review star signs
1. How many star signs are there What are they Show the students the star signs and let
them name them. (What is the star sign )
2. We have learnt a lot about star signs. Different star signs have different characteristics.
Could you tell me what your star sign is and what your characteristics are
Step3 Review adjectives and opposites
1. What does your star sign say about you
2. Do you know the opposite of these words
3. Finish Part B on page 23 and check the answers.
Step4 Review Grammar A
1. Do star signs say that you can be a chairperson or a monitor
Are you confident enough to take the job
Are you brave enough to speak in front of many people
-- Show the sentences: (进行句型转换)
You are confident enough to take this job. =
You are brave enough to speak in front of many people. =
2. Do more exercises to practice “It’s + adj. + of + sb. + to do sth”.；“adj. + enough to do sth.”
(1) A word game:
Look at the following pictures, find the most suitable adjectives, and make sentences with these two structures to describe them.
1. It’s+ adj+of+sb.+to do sth. 2. Sb.+ be + adj+ enough + to do sth.
(2) Rewrite the sentences
3. David has been chosen as the new chairperson of the Students’ Union. He is thanking Millie and Kitty for recommending him.
4. Finish their conversation “Part A on Page 23”and check the answers; and then the students practice the dialogue in pairs.
Step 4 Review Grammar B
1. The star signs may say that you can be a chairperson or a monitor. But
Do star signs tell you what will happen to you next month
(The star sign says that those born in the year of Goat … )
2. Show some sentences and ask students to tell different parts of the sentence.
3. Do more exercises to practice it.
Step 5 After-class activities –A Guessing Game
Rules:
1. Four students a group, each student tries to use as many adjectives as possible to describe one of them.
2. Other students try to guess who he/ she is describing.
3. And then choose one of each group to report in front of the class, let the whole class guess who he/she is describing.
Step 6 Homework
1. Please do the Guessing Game after class
2. Please write a letter to recommend other student as the new monitor.
3. Please review the whole unit and finish the given exercises.
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常州市正衡中学 钱小芬 洑颖
Period (1)
教学题目：9A Unit 1 Comic strip and Welcome to the unit
教学课时：Period 1
教学部分：Page 6－7
教学课型：新授课；听说课
教学目标：了解星座的相关知识；辨别并学习不同星座的名称；了解东西方文化差异
教学内容：练习代表十二星座的标志；初步了解“It’s + adjective + of sb. to do sth.”
教学准备：录音机，多媒体，投影仪
教学步骤：
Step1 Lead-in
1. Ask students: What year is this year
2. Show students the picture of twelve animals in Chinese horoscope, and tell them different names鼠：Rat，牛：Ox，虎：Tiger，兔：Hare，龙：Dragon，蛇：Snake，马：Horse，羊：Sheep，猴：Monkey，鸡：Cock，狗：Dog，猪：Boar. Tell them this year is in the year of the Rat.
3. Ask students:
How old are you When were you born (What year were you born in )
What is your animal sign
What characters do you think it has
4. Ask students: What month were you born in (review twelve months in a year)
5. Tell students that everyone in western countries has his or her own star sign.
(T: We know that animal signs are very popular in Chinese culture, we are familiar with them. But people in western countries have their own star signs according to the birth month. It can tell you something about your abilities, talents and special qualities.)
Step 2 Welcome to the unit
1. Show students the picture of star signs. “How much do you know about them ” Let students guess different star signs. (can be in Chinese)
2. In the West, people use some creatures to represent the star signs. Can you tell me their names Teach students new words.
3. Look at the pictures and read the new words after the teacher.
4. Let students finish Part A on P7 and check the answers by reading the names.
5. Some more exercises to see if students have known the star signs.
(1) Show students 6 pictures and name the star signs.
(2) Play a guessing game: fill in the blanks by using the names of the creatures.
6. Tell students there are 6 more star signs and let them guess what they are represented by using the 6 pictures in Part B on P7.
7. Check the answers to Part B.
Step 3 Oral practice
1. Ask students: When is your birthday What is your star sign
2. Show students the twelve star signs and let them point out their own star sign in both English and Chinese. Ask the students to try to remember their own star sign.
3. Pair work: Let students ask and answer in pairs.
Step 4 Comic strips
1. Are you interested in star signs So are Eddie and Hobo. Listen to their conversation and repeat it after the tape.
2. Ask students some questions to see if they have known the dialogue.
(1) Who brings Eddie the newspaper
(2) What does Hobo ask Eddie to read Why
(3) What do Eddie’s stars say
(4) What happens to Eddie’s breakfast at the end of the story
3. Let students read the dialogue by themselves (or practice in pairs)
4. Do some more exercises after reading and check the answers together.
5. What do you think Hobo’s and Eddie’s star signs are
6. Oral practice:
Try to act out this dialogue in pairs
Ask the students to make a new dialogue by adding their own ideas.
Step 5 Homework
1. Remember the star signs.
2. Make up a new dialogue about star signs.
3. Try to find out how many classmates are under the star sign as you.
Period (2)
教学题目：9A Unit 1 Reading (1)
教学课时：Period 2
教学部分：Page 8－11
教学课型：新授课；阅读课
教学目标：通过各种阅读手段了解各星座的时间和名称；了解与性格有关的词汇
教学内容：归纳各星座的人物所拥有的性格特征，了解文章大意
教学准备：录音机，多媒体，投影仪
教学步骤：
Step 1 Revision
1. Finish some exercises.
2. Review the star signs: look at the star signs and name them. Read together after the teacher.
3. Guessing game: (Test who has the best memory) Teacher will say the Chinese name of the star sign; students try to find out the right picture and say the name in English.
Step 2 Lead-in
1. Free talk:
(1) What is your star sign
(2) Can you tell me something about yourself ( abilities, special qualities, characteristics)
(3) How many students are under the same star sign as you (Yesterday’s homework)
(4) What are they like (clever, kind, generous, hard-working, brave, patient, polite….)
(5) Do you share similar characteristics
(Let students speak out as many adjectives about characters as possible.)
2. Do you know these words They are also used to describe people. (Teach the new words, and finish Exercise B on P10.)
3. Read the new words after the teacher. Then let students read the sentences by themselves.
4. Do some more exercises to see if students have known all the words’ meanings.
Step 3 Reading
1. T: It’s said that star signs can represent a person’s characteristics. Let’s check if it is true. Please listen to the tape and learn something about them.
2. Reading task 1: After listening to the tape, do “T” or “F” questions.
3. Reading task 2: Ask students some questions to check if they have known the main idea, with the books open.
(1) Is Aries lazy
(2) Which star sign likes saving money
(3) Does Sagittarius like telling jokes
(4) Which star sign has the best imagination
(5) If your birthday is on 13th September, what is your star sign
4. Make students read the article passage by passage and try to find out the adjectives to describe people’s characteristics with the picture of each star sign. (Esp. their own star sign)
T: Whose star sign is Aries
When is your birthday
What characteristics do you have/ do this star sign have
Aries: energetic, active, impatient, selfish
Taurus: stubborn, hard-working, patient
Gemini: curious, clever, outgoing
Cancer: kind
Leo: strong, confident, generous
Virgo: modest, practical
Libra: polite, fair, elegant
Scorpio: powerful, silly
Sagittarius: humorous, lucky
Capricorn: successful, patient
Aquarius: kind, wise, strange
Pisces: generous, kind, gentle, easy-going, creative, imaginative
5.
6. Discussion:
What is your star sign
Do you have the same characteristics as the star sign says
Do you think what the star signs say about people are facts
-- So we can have a conclusion: What the star signs say about people are not facts. We can just learn about star signs for fun.
Step 4 Some More Exercises
1. What are your characteristics
Write a short description of your own characteristics.
2. Then show your description to your partner.
3. Discuss with your partner whether or not you agree with each other.
Step 5 Homework
1. Read the passage three times.
2. Remember all the adjectives which describe a person’s characteristics.
Period (3)
教学题目：9A Unit 1 Reading (2)
教学课时：Period 3
教学部分：Page 8－11
教学课型：巩固练习课；阅读课
教学目标：通过活动来熟悉掌握课文中描述性格的形容词并运用；通过练习加深课文的理解
教学内容：学习知识点和重要短语
教学准备：多媒体，投影仪
教学步骤：
Step 1 Revision
1. Ask students some questions while showing Picture 1.(超链接)
(1) How many star signs are there in a year
(2) How do you know your star sign What decides your star sign
(3) Do the people under the same star sign share similar characteristics
(4) What characteristics do the people under your star sign have
2. Explain the language points while answering the above questions. (超链接)
1) A year is divided into 12 different star signs.
2) Your date of birth decides your star sign.
3) People born under the same star sign share similar characteristics.
3. Ask more questions about Reading (超链接)
1) Which star sign doesn’t give up easily
2) Which star sign loves peace and doesn’t like to argue with others
3) Which star sign is suggested to forgive others for their mistakes
4) Which star sign likes to dream about everything
4. Teach the language points by answering the above questions. (超链接)
(1) You are patient and do not give up easily.
(2) You love peace and do not like to argue with others.
(3) Sometimes it is silly of you not to forgive others for their mistakes.
(4) You like to dream about everything.
Step2 Group work
1. Show students some pictures and passages about some famous people. Let students guess what star signs they are
2. Finish Part C2 on Page11, and then check the answers.
3. Discussion:
What kind of friend do you like to make (Why )
What is his/her star sign
(Let students talk about his or her own characteristics and his or her friend’s.)
4. What star signs are suitable for these jobs Why
Step 4 Conclusion
What star signs say about people are not facts.
We should work hard to make our dream come true.
Step 5 Homework
1. Read the passage again and again. 2. Do some exercises.
Period (4)
教学题目：9A Unit 1 Vocabulary
教学课时：Period 4
教学部分：Page 12
教学课型：新授课；词汇课
教学目标：能辨别形容词的褒贬，并在此基础上能用形容词描述性格
教学内容：形容词及其反义词
教学准备：多媒体，投影仪
教学步骤：
Step 1 Revision
1. Do some exercises to review the words which they learnt yesterday.
（1） What are your friend’s characteristics
（2） I also have many friends; do you know what kind of person he or she is
（3） What kind of person do you want to make friends best Why
2. Check the homework: Ask several students to say something about his or her star sign and characteristics.
T: I want some of you to say something about yourself to let other students know what kind of person you are, and then you can make more friends.
Step 2 Lead-in
1. Make other students listen carefully and try to find out the opposites of the adjectives when the students read their articles.
2. Give an example.
3. Try to find more opposites: Can you help them find their friends
Step 3 Vocabulary Part A
1. Open the books and show students the adjectives and their opposites.
2. Check the answers.
3. Read the words after the teacher.
4. Help students learn the new words with some sentences. (Finish the following sentences)
5. Make a conclusion: how to get the opposites (im-, un-, dis-, in-)
6. Make students try to remember the words as possible as they can.
7. Have a competition “Who has the best memory” to see if students have remembered the words and their opposites. (Positive/ Negative) (Can do it in groups/ in halves / boys VS girls)
Step 4 Vocabulary Part B
1. Let students finish the exercises B on P12.
2. Check the answers.
3. Do some more exercises.
4. Oral work: Brain storm (let one student choose one of the adjectives to make one sentence, and his or her desk-mate use the opposite to make a sentence. One pair by one pair. Which group can do the best )
Step 5 Homework
1. Remember the adjectives and the opposites.
2. Write a short passage to talk about one of your classmates. Tell why you like him or her with the adjectives and the opposites.
Period (5)
教学题目：9A Unit 1 Grammar 1
教学课时：Period 5
教学部分：Page 13-14
教学课型：新授课；语法课
教学目标：能用It is +adj. +of… + (not) to do来表达对某人行为的看法，并能与It is +adj. +for… + (not) to do进行区分；能用be+ adj. + enough + to do来描述一个人的性格和能力
教学内容：It’s + adj. + of + sb. + to do sth.；adj. + enough to do sth.
教学准备：多媒体，投影仪
教学步骤：
Step 1 Lead in
1. Read the sentences and choose the correct adjectives to describe the persons in the sentences.
T: We have learnt a lot of adjectives and their opposites, can you choose the correct adjectives to describe the persons in the sentences
2. Ask students to express the meaning in another sentence as possible as they can.
Step 2 Grammar A
1. Compare the two drills: It’s + adj. + for sb. to do sth. / It’s + adj. + of sb. to do sth.
2. Read the examples and find out the differences between them.
3. Do more exercises to practice the structures.
4. Finish the Exercises on page 13 in the book, and then check the answers to the exercises together.
5. Analyze the useful expressions.
Step 3 Grammar B
1. Learn about the examples to practice “ adj. + enough to do sth”.
2. Finish the Exercises on page 14, and then check the answers to the exercises together.
2. Do some exercises to practice Grammar A and B.
Step 4 Homework
1. Translate the sentences
2. Do some exercises in the workbook.
Period (6)
教学题目：9A Unit 1 Grammar 2
教学课时：Period 6
教学部分：Page 15-17
教学课型：新授课；语法课
教学目标：能区分句子的不同成分，并用句子的基本成分造句
教学内容：句子的不同成分
教学准备：多媒体，投影仪
教学步骤：
Step 1 Revision and lead in
3. Show students a picture of Liu Xiang and tell them that he donated 200 thousand Yuan to the people in Sichuan earthquake. Is he generous Review the sentence pattern “It’s + adj. + of sb. to do sth.” and “sb. + be + adj. + to do sth”
4. Show the sentence “Liu Xiang is generous”, teach students: subject, predicate and predicative.
5. Give them another example and teach object, direct-object and indirect-object.
6. Ask them to make up sentences like the examples and try to add something interesting.
7. Play a game: Ask students to expand a sentence one by one. Teach them attributive and adverbial.
8. Do True or False question. Teach them object complement.
Step 2 Practice
1. Show some sentences, ask the students to tell what sentence elements the underlined parts are.(指出下列划线部分在句中担任的成分)
2. Show some sentences, ask the students to tell which part of the sentence is the sentence element the teacher show them (指出下列所给成分是句中哪个部分)
3. Finish the exercises C1on Page 16 and C2on P17. Check the answers.
4. Do some exercises to practice them, check out the answers.
5. Analyze the exercises and the useful expressions together.
6. Another game.
1) Three students a group.
2). One student thinks of a word or a phrase to be the “Subject”; another thinks of a word or a phrase to be the “Predicate”; the last student thinks of a word or a phrase to be the “Object”;
3). Then form the three parts together to make up a sentence. (Write them down in your Exercise Books)
4). Let’s see which group has the most or the best sentences.( You can also add something more.)
Step 3 Homework
1. Review different parts of a sentence and be able to give some examples for each part.
2. Do some exercises in the workbook.
3. Use suitable words to complete the following sentences.
Period (7)
教学题目：9A Unit 1 Integrated skills
教学课时：Period 7
教学部分：Page 18-19
教学课型：新授课；综合技能课
教学目标：在书面和口语形式中理解星象；从阅读和听力材料中加深了解有关信息，再弄清事实；交流关于别人的信息。
教学内容：巩固所学有关星座和星运的知识
教学准备：多媒体，投影仪
教学步骤：
Step 1 Lead in
1. The teacher first says something what happened to himself or herself last month.
2. Ask students:
What happened to you last month
Do you know what will happen to you next month
T: How can we know what will happen
Maybe you can predict something about you with the help of star signs.
Step 2 What will happen to Millie？
A) Mr. Zhang’s prediction
1. Today let’s read something about Millie’s predictions.
2. Read the forecast and learn something about Millie. Practice the useful expressions.
3. Try to complete Millie’s notes with as much information as possible. (Part A1)
4. Listen to the tape and finish filling the blanks. (Part A1)
5. Check the answers by reading the notes one sentence by one sentence.
6. Finish the table on PPT
7. Read the article together.
B) Amy’s prediction
8. Amy is making some predictions for Millie as well. Listen to the tape, first answer some questions:
1). What will mainly happen to Millie this month
2). What will she get
3). What will she have fun in
4). What should Millie do with the money
5). What problems will she have when seeing a new film
9. And then complete Amy’s predictions.
10. Check the answers together, finish the table on PPT, and compare Mr. Zhang’s predictions.
Step 3 Discussion:
1. Whose prediction do you prefer, Mr. Zhang’s or Amy’s Why
2. (Divide the class into groups of four. Give each of the group a list of description about stars.
Let the students tick out the proper description of their own. )
After you read the description about stars, do you like your prediction
3. Would you like to make your own prediction
(Make and exchange their own predictions in groups.)
4. What do you think of predictions Are they believable or unbelievable
--- We make predictions just for fun.
Step 3 Speak up
1. Show students the teacher’s prediction. Help the teacher predict if he or she will be a chairperson.
2. The Students’ Union needs a new chairperson. Let’s see who may or may not be suitable for the post First, look at the first person—Peter. (Then, the second person –Suzy; the last person – David )
Qs: What kind of person is Peter/ Suzy/ David What does (not) he/ she like to do
Then finish the table.
3. Listen to the tape and repeat. Try to find out the suitable person.
4. Make a similar dialogue in pairs about Suzy and David.
5. Practice the useful expressions.
Step 4 Homework
1. Do some exercises.
2. Make a dialogue about your next month’s prediction.
Period (8)
教学题目：9A Unit 1 Study skills
教学课时：Period 8
教学部分：Page 20
教学课型：新授课；语言技能课
教学目标：辨别和了解英语口语和书面语中不同的正式程度，能在已经完成的作业中找出并改正不合适的用语错误
教学内容：问候语，结尾，俚语，笑话，缩写词和词的缩约形式等在正式和非正式用语中的合适用法
教学准备：多媒体，投影仪
教学步骤：
Step 1 Revision and Lead in
1. Ask students to act out the dialogue about their next month’s prediction.（Yesterday’s homework）
2. Just now, when they acted out the dialogue, they used formal language and informal language.
Step 2 Formal and informal language
1. Explain:
(1) What is “informal language”
Explain to the students the definitions of slang, abbreviations and contractions.
(2) How to express formally
2. Tell the students when we should use formal or informal languages:
When you speak or write, you can use formal or informal language. You use formal language with your teachers or unfamiliar people.
However, when you speak or write to your friends or parents, you can use informal language.
3. Look at the form on page 20 and explain it.
4. Show students some formal and informal phrases to practice.
5. Finish the exercises on page 20: Try to find out the mistakes in Kitty’s letter. Don’t forget to tell the reason.
Step 3 Practice
1. Show students another letter from a student to a teacher.
2. Discuss in groups. Try to find out the mistakes, tell the reason and how to correct them.
Step 4 Homework
Find some more formal and informal languages in your homework.
Period (9)
教学题目：9A Unit 1 Main task
教学课时：Period 9
教学部分：Page 21-22
教学课型：新授课；写作课
教学目标：组织观点并用例子证明其合理性，用正确的正式程度写一封正式的推荐信，包含推荐人的性格和技能
教学内容：如何用正式的文体来写一封推荐信
教学准备：多媒体，投影仪
教学步骤：
Step 1 Lead in
1. Let students act out the dialogue talking about a new chairperson.
2. Make a flow chart of Suzy.
Step 2 A flow chart of David
1. Kitty and Millie want to recommend David as the new chairperson of the Students’ Union.
-- What characteristics does David have (Let students find some words to describe David in Part A: confident, clever, hard-working …)
-- Can you help Kitty and Millie finish the flow chart Work in pairs.
2. Ask some more questions to check the answers:
(1) Is David hard-working
(2) Can you give us an example
(3) David is very clever, isn’ t he
(4) What does David do to help himself get more organized
(5) Can David make good use of his time
(6) Does David often help other students
(7) Can you give an example
(8) What do you think of David
Step 3 Kitty and Millie’s recommendation
1. Finish their letter: Part B on Page 22.
2. Check the answers.
3. Discuss how to write a formal recommendation.
4. Pay attention to what each paragraph is talking about in this letter. (Main Body)
5. Show the students some useful sentences and structures.
Step 4 Writing
1. We want to recommend one as our monitor. Each group tries to find a student in our class.
2. Discuss in groups and make a flow chart.
3. It’s time to write a recommendation. It is a formal letter.
4. Review how to write a recommendation:
Write down the purpose to write this letter in the first paragraph, the abilities in the second paragraph, the personalities in the third paragraph, what he did in the forth paragraph, and your attitude in the last paragraph.
5. Write on your own.
Step 5 Homework
Finish your recommendation.
Period (10)
教学题目：9A Unit 1 Check out
教学课时：Period 10
教学部分：Page 23
教学课型：语言知识课；复习课
教学目标：巩固本单元的知识点和语法项目，运用本单元学习的语法和词汇
教学内容：复习所学知识
教学准备：多媒体，投影仪
教学步骤：
Step 1 Review maid task “how to write a recommendation”
Questions about David: Why did they recommend David Can you tell me more about him
(1) Is David afraid of speaking in public
(2) What does he often do for the class
(3) What did he do last summer
(4) Does he do well in English
(5) He is a helpful student, isn’t he
(6) Does he often forget to do the things he needs to do
(7) Which club has he joined this year
(8) Do you think David is the most suitable person to be the new chairperson
(9) What characteristics does he have
(10) Can you guess what star sign he is
Step 2 Review star signs
1. How many star signs are there What are they Show the students the star signs and let
them name them. (What is the star sign )
2. We have learnt a lot about star signs. Different star signs have different characteristics.
Could you tell me what your star sign is and what your characteristics are
Step3 Review adjectives and opposites
1. What does your star sign say about you
2. Do you know the opposite of these words
3. Finish Part B on page 23 and check the answers.
Step4 Review Grammar A
1. Do star signs say that you can be a chairperson or a monitor
Are you confident enough to take the job
Are you brave enough to speak in front of many people
-- Show the sentences: (进行句型转换)
You are confident enough to take this job. =
You are brave enough to speak in front of many people. =
2. Do more exercises to practice “It’s + adj. + of + sb. + to do sth”.；“adj. + enough to do sth.”
(1) A word game:
Look at the following pictures, find the most suitable adjectives, and make sentences with these two structures to describe them.
1. It’s+ adj+of+sb.+to do sth. 2. Sb.+ be + adj+ enough + to do sth.
(2) Rewrite the sentences
3. David has been chosen as the new chairperson of the Students’ Union. He is thanking Millie and Kitty for recommending him.
4. Finish their conversation “Part A on Page 23”and check the answers; and then the students practice the dialogue in pairs.
Step 4 Review Grammar B
1. The star signs may say that you can be a chairperson or a monitor. But
Do star signs tell you what will happen to you next month
(The star sign says that those born in the year of Goat … )
2. Show some sentences and ask students to tell different parts of the sentence.
3. Do more exercises to practice it.
Step 5 After-class activities –A Guessing Game
Rules:
1. Four students a group, each student tries to use as many adjectives as possible to describe one of them.
2. Other students try to guess who he/ she is describing.
3. And then choose one of each group to report in front of the class, let the whole class guess who he/she is describing.
Step 6 Homework
1. Please do the Guessing Game after class
2. Please write a letter to recommend other student as the new monitor.
3. Please review the whole unit and finish the given exercises.
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