Unit 1 Star signs Period 2教案，学案和配套练习

9A Unit 1
Sign stars Reading ( 1 ) （教案）
东海镇初级中学 倪春燕 94
民主初中 施为道
Teaching aims and demands:
Knowledge objects:
1. To understand what star signs are and what they represent.
2. To recognize and understand vocabulary about characteristics and other important words;
decide, believe, active, impatient, selfish, confident, generous, modest, fair(unfair)
3. To use adjectives to describe someone’s characteristics.
Ability objects:
To improve Ss’ ability of reading comprehension and use adjectives to describe someone’s characteristics freely.
Moral objects:
Set up Ss’ self-confidence
Key points:
Aims 2, 3.
Difficult points:
Aim3
Teaching aids:
A recorder
Teaching methods:
reading, listening
Step 1 Revision
1. Finish some exercises.（见学案p1）
2. Review the star signs: look at the star signs and name the others. 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.)
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.(见学案p2和p3)
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.(见学案p4)
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) 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. Discussion:
(1) What is your star sign
(2) Do you have the same characteristics as the star sign says
(3) 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.
9A Unit 1
Sign stars Reading ( 1 ) 学案
东海镇初级中学 倪春燕
民主初中 施为道
Teaching aims and demands:
Knowledge objects:
1. To understand what star signs are and what they represent.
2. To recognize and understand vocabulary about characteristics and other important words;
decide, believe, active, impatient, selfish, confident, generous, modest, fair(unfair)
3. To use adjectives to describe someone’s characteristics.
Ability objects:
To improve Ss’ ability of reading comprehension and use adjectives to describe someone’s characteristics freely.
Moral objects:
Set up Ss’ self-confidence
Key points:
Aims 2, 3.
Difficult points:
（1） Aim3
（2） 猜出表示星座的动物名称.
1. It lives in rivers and uses its fins and tail to swim.
2. It is a large, yellow and brown animal of the cat family, mainly living in Africa and parts of Southern Asia. The male has long, thick hair around its neck.
3. It is a creature in ancient Greek stories, with a man’s head, arms and upper body on a horse’s body and legs.
4. It is a sea creature with a shell, eight legs and two large pointed arms for catching things. It moves sideways on land.
（二）词义搭配.
energetic does not easily get angry
outgoing cares only about himself/ herself
confident is friendly and loves to meet people
selfish can wait without getting angry
easy–going has lots of energy
fair wants to know about everything
patient feels sure his/ her own ability
curious treats everyone equally
（三）填词游戏.
1. The child is so________. He never feels tired and keeps running around.
2. She loves parties. Because she is very ________.
3. He answered the question in a _________ way. He thinks he will win all the time.
4. My desk-mate is very _______. She never shares cakes with me.
5．He is a(n) ________ man. He always says yes to others.
6．A teacher should be ______ to every student in judging his or her performance.
7. You must be _____when talking to a young child. Don’t be angry.
8. Eddie is _______ to everything because he thinks it may be nice food.
(四) 小小律师( T或F).
1. Kitty was born on 26th March. She should be kind and wise.
2. Suzy’s birthday is on 28th April. She should be energetic and active
3. Simon’s star sign is Leo. This means he is strong and confident.
4. Sandy’s star sign is Virgo. This means she is probably a careless person.
5. Daniel was born on 7th October. He should be polite.
6. Amy’s birthday is on 2nd November. She should be a patient person.
9A Unit 1
Sign stars Reading ( 1 ) 配套练习
倪春燕 东海镇初级中学
民主初中 施为道
（一） 选择题.
( )1. A year is divided ______ 12 months.
A. into B. to C. about D. of
( )2. Sometimes teachers worry _______about their students.
A. too many B. much too C. too much D. many too
( )3. A _____ person treats everyone equally.
A. selfish B. patient C. curious D. fair
( )4. However, sometimes it is foolish _____ you _____ forgive others for their faults
A. for; to B. of; to not C. of; not to D. for; not to
( )5.She has spent _____on her study, but the result of her study isn’t______.
A. enough time ; enough good B. time enough ; good enough
C. time enough ; enough good D. enough time ; good enough
（二） 根据汉语意思完成下列单词.
1. Tom is a ________(好奇的) student. He often asks some strange questions.
2. As we know, Chen Peisi has a good _________（感觉） of humour.
3. Timmy always believed himself, and he was a _________ （自信的）boy.
4. People, born on Feb 28 might be _________（有创造力的）and imaginative.
5. She took an __________ (积极的) part in the sports meeting.
（三） 句型转换.
1. Tom always wears a pair of glasses . （一般疑问句）
________ Tom always ________ a pair of glasses.
2. Mr Wang divided us into 4 groups. （改被动语句）
We ________ ________ into 4 groups _________ _________ _________.
3. How stubborn the boy is ! （同义句）
________ ________ _________ _________ he is!
4. We found that she was an honest girl. （改为含有“宾语”+“宾补”结构的单句）
We found _________ __________ __________ __________.
5. She has been at the factory since 10 years ago. （划线部分提问）
__________ _________ has she been at this factory
(四) 完型填空.
Two hundred years ago, people in the West did not know coffee(咖啡) or tea. They were ___1___to drink them because they thought coffee or tea could kill a person. Once the king of England decided to find out ____2____ it was true or not.
At that time there were two brothers in prison(监狱),. They would _____3_____in a few days because they did wrong(犯罪). The king said: ”I shall let them live but they must drink coffee or tea to the end of their _____4_____. One brother must drink coffee and ____5_____ must drink tea every day. ” And they ___6____the king’s words.
They ____7_____lived many years. At last, the elder brother ____8_____when he was eighty-three years old. The younger one died a few years _____9_____. After that, people ____10____ that coffee and tea were not bad to man.
( ) 1. A. happy B. afraid C. strong D. rich
( ) 2. A. when B. what C. if D. because
( ) 3. A. be free B. be home C. be caught D. be killed
( ) 4. A. life B. live C. lives D.living
( ) 5. A. one B. another C. other D. the other
( ) 6. A. heard B. listened to C. followed D. did
( ) 7. A. both B. each C. neither D. all
( ) 8. A. killed B. lived C. died D.dead
( ) 9. A. ago B. old C. later D. before
( )10. A. shouted B. spoke C. kept D. knew
（五） 阅读理解.
On New Year’s Eve, people in Italy(意大利) throw out all the old things. So there are chairs, beds, clothed and plates in the streets. In Spain(西班牙), the new year comes in more quietly. In the evening people come together to the streets. Each holds a bag of grapes(葡萄). When twelve o’clock comes, people start eating the grapes.
In Japan, people eat noodles on New Year’s Eve. This food is said to bring long life. Early the next morning, some families climb Mount Fuji. There they watch the first sunrise(日出) of the new year.
( ) 1. This story is about New Year’s Eve in ________.
A. Italy B. Spain C. Japan D. All of the above
( ) 2. People in Spain welcome New Year by _________after twelve.
A. eating grapes B. eating noodles
C. throwing the old things D. watching the sunrise
( ) 3. People in both Spain and Japan________ to bring in the new year.
A. throw things away B. get together
C. eat some food D. climb a mountain
( ) 4. Japanese climb Mount Fuji to __________.
A. look at the stars B. look for New Year’s wishes
C. see the sun coming up D. have a rest
( ) 5. The people in ________hope to get long life from their New Year’s food
A. Japan B. China C. Spain D. Italy
（六） 书面表达.
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9A Unit 1 Reading ( 1 )学案参考答案
一 1. fish 2. lion 3. centaur 4. crab
二 energetic does not easily get angry outgoing cares only about himself/ herself
confident is friendly and loves to meet people
selfish can wait without getting angry
easy–going has lots of energy
fair wants to know about everything
patient feels sure his/ her own ability
curious treats everyone equally
三 1. energetic 2. outgoing 3. confident 4. selfish 5. easy-going 6. fair 7. patient 8. curious
四 1- 5 F F T F T F
9A Unit 1 Reading ( 1 )配套练习参考答案
The keys:
一 1- 5 A B D C D
二 1. curious 2. sense 3. confident 4. creative 5. active
三 1. Does, wear 2. were, divided, by, Mr, Wang 3. What, a, stubborn,
Boy 4. her, an, honest, girl 5. How, long
四 1- 5 B C D C D 6- 10 C A C C D
五 1- 5 D A C C A
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He is very polite, and likes to meet people. He often helps other students to solve problems. He is kind and has lots of friends, he often takes an active part in all kinds of activities.
He is clever, creative and imaginative.
If Li Ping can be our monitor, we will be very happy.
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