Module 1 Unit 1 People around us
Reading
period 1 教案
一.Teaching aims
1. Knowledge aims:
1) New words and expressions：
person, cheerful, hard-working ,patient ,smart ,probably, forget, smell, care, miss, joke, laugh, remain, strict, encourage, support successful, member, paragraph，give up ,take care of,(be) strict about...
2) learn how to describe a person
2. Ability aims:
1) Be able to describe a person
2) Improve Ss’ reading skills (guessing, skimming, scanning...)
3. Emotion aims: Enable the students to care about people around us and get on well with them
二. Teaching key and difficult points：
1).Key words and expressions
2).Enable Ss to understand the articles and master how to describe a person.
三．Teaching methods：
Task-based teaching method. Cooperative and communicative learning methods. Trying method.
四． Teaching aids：PPT
五． Teaching Procedures：
Step 1. Leading in
Use the cartoon on page1 and some famous people to lead in the topic of this lesson.
Step 2. Vocabulary
1. New words learning.
2. Lead Ss to sum up the adjective words about describing people (Let students think of some adjective words about describing people and write them. Divide 3 groups to write, and let us see which group can write them best.)
3. Finish A1 to test students’ learning result of new words
4. Do a pair work like this: (Finish A2) S1: What do you think of your friend S2: He is very smart. S1: Why do you think that S2: Because he can always answer the teacher’s questions correctly.
Step 3. Reading
Before-reading:
Ask Ss to look at the pictures and the titles on page 3. Then circle the correct answers to complete the sentences below.(finish exercise B on page 2 )
2. While-reading:
1). Get ss to read the three articles on page 3 .Then complete the charts on the screen.
2).Explain some language points and write them on the blackboard
3) Finish C1
4) Reading practice
5). Test students’ learning result of the understanding of the articles. Exercise: Find the right phrases for the right person.(show on the screen) 3.Post- reading
1. Ask Ss to try to retell the articles.
2. Ask students to describe their family members to their partners. Use the words and phrases that we have learnt. Then ask some students to show up. 3. Play a game.( Ask one student of every group to describe one classmate \a teacher\an idol and other students of the other groups to guess who he\she is.) (从外貌、性格、职业、能力等来描述）
Step4 Summary.
1. First have Ss summarize what they have learnt in this class. Then the teacher give them additions.
2. Tell Ss: we should care about people around us.
Step 6 Homework
1. 模仿录音的语音、语调，朗读课文。
2. 抄写单词和短语：cheerful，encourage， forget， hard-working，miss，patient，probably，remain，smart，successful，support；give up，(be) strict about，take care of。
3.描述你的家人或者同学或者明星并附上照片。（运用课堂所学知识）(共27张PPT)
Unit
1
Module 1 People and places
People around us
Unit 1 People around us
Reading第一课时
Leading in
1. Where are Hi and Lo
2. What are they doing
At a concert
Listening to a concert.
Besides famous people, who else do we care about
1、掌握以下单词和短语：
person ,cheerful ,hard-working ,patient ,smart ,probably,forget,smell,care,miss,joke,laugh,
remain,strict,encourage,support,successful,
member,paragraph,give up ,take care of,(be) strict about...
2、掌握主阅读篇章的事实信息，学习如何描述人物的外貌，性格特征等
3.关心我们身边的人，友好相处。we should care about people around us and get on well with them
Learning aims
Words and expressions:
person
cheerful
hard-working
patient
smart
probably
forget
smell
care
miss
joke
laugh
人
快乐的；高兴的
工作努力的；勤勉的
耐心的
聪明的；机敏的
很可能
忘记
气味
照顾；照料
想念；怀念
玩笑
笑
Words and expressions:
remain
strict
encourage
support
successful
member
paragraph
仍然是；保持不变
严格的；严厉的
鼓励
支持
获得成功的
成员
段落
My sister is beautiful.
My mum is patient.
How to decribe a person
A1 Do you know these words for describing people Complete the sentences with the correct words from the box.
Tom is very _____________.
He can always answer the teacher’s questions.
Jim and David are
__________. They are
always happy.
These are ____________students.
They study hard.
She is a ____________mum.
She takes time to help her child.
cheerful hard-working patient smart
cheerful
smart
hard-working
patient
Can you think of some words about describing people .
Adjective (adj.)形容词
happy
sad
strong
smart
kind
thin
tall
short
hard-working
clever
cheerful
patient
In pairs, practise using the words about people. Follow the example.
S1: What do you think of your friend/father/mother/sister/teacher...
S2: He is very smart.
S1: Why do you think that
S2: Because he can always answer the teacher’s questions correctly.
Before you read
Look at the pictures and the titles of the three articles on page 3. Then circle the correct answers to complete the sentences below.
Mr Li is _____.
a a Maths teacher
b an Art teacher
Alice probably likes_____.
a playing table tennis
b drawing pictures
Grandma was always _____.
a sad b cheerful
My grandma
My grandma was a short woman with grey hair. She was always cheerful. She was a very good cook. Her dishes were probably the best in the world! I will never forget the taste, and the smell as well.
Grandma took care of my family. She was really kind and patient. She died two years ago and I miss her very much.
— Ben
Alice
Alice is my best friend. She is a tall girl with glasses. She often tells me jokes to make me laugh, but she never makes fun of others.
Alice is a smart girl. She is good at Maths. We often study and play table tennis together. I hope we will always remain friends.
— Joyce
Mr Li
Mr Li is my Maths teacher. He is tall and thin. His classes are always full of fun. He uses lots of games in his teaching.
Mr Li is strict about our studies, but he always encourages us and gives us support. He often says, “Never give up and you’ll be successful.”
— Amy
Go through the text quickly to find specific information.
Main character（主要人物）
Relationship（关系） with the writer
Appearance（外貌）
Character（性格特征） Example(s)（举例）
Writer's feeling about the character
Grandma
his grandma
a short woman with grey hair
cheerful
kind and patient
she took care of his family
He misses her very much
Main character（主要人物）
Relationship（关系） with the writer
Appearance（外貌）
Character（性格特征） Example(s)（举例）
funny
smart
friendly
Writer's feeling about the character
Alice
her best friend
a tall girl with glasses
She often tells Jokes to make her laugh
She is good at Maths
.She never makes fun of others.
.They often study and play table tennis together.
Joyce hopes they will always remain friends.
Main character（主要人物）
Relationship（关系） with the writer
Appearance（外貌）
Character（性格特征） Example(s)（举例）
full of fun
strict
kind
Writer's feeling about the character
Mr Li
her Maths teacher
tall and thin
He uses lots of games in his teaching
He is strict about their studies
he always encourages them and gives them support
She likes him.
C1 The words in italics are from the three articles on page 3. Circle the correct answers to complete these sentences.
Vocabulary
My grandma
My grandma was a short woman with grey hair. She was always cheerful. She was a very good cook. Her dishes were probably the best in the world! I will never forget the taste, and the smell as well .
Grandma took care of my family. She was really kind and patient. She died two years ago and I miss her very much.
— Ben
Alice
Alice is my best friend. She is a tall girl with glasses. She often tells me jokes to make me laugh , but she never makes fun of others.
Alice is a smart girl. She is good at Maths. We often study and play table tennis together. I hope we will always remain friends.
— Joyce
Mr Li
Mr Li is my Maths teacher. He is tall and thin. His classes are always full of fun. He uses lots of games in his teaching.
Mr Li is strict about our studies, but he always encourages us and gives us support . He often says, “Never give up and you’ll be successful.”
— Amy
Find the right phrases for the right person .
a short woman with grey hair
a tall girl with glasses
tall and thin
always cheerful and patient
always encourages us and gives us support
strict about our studies
took care of my family and cooked well
good at Maths
Retell the text(复述课文）
In groups, retell the text with the help of the following table.
Main character（主要人物） Grandma
Relationship（关系） with the writer his grandma
Appearance（外貌） a short woman with grey hair
Character（性格特征） Example(s)（举例）
cheerful
kind and patient she took care of his family
Writer's feeling about the character He miss her very much
Main character（主要人物） Alice
Relationship（关系） with the writer her best friend
Appearance（外貌） a tall girl with glasses
Character（性格特征） Example(s)（举例）
funny
smart She often tells Jokes to make her laugh
She is good at Maths
friendly .She never makes fun of others.
.They often study and play table tennis together.
Writer's feeling about the character Joyce hopes they will always remain friends.
Main character（主要人物） Mr Li
Relationship（关系） with the writer her Maths teacher
Appearance（外貌） tall and thin
Character（性格特征） Example(s)（举例）
full of fun He uses lots of games in his teaching
strict
kind He is strict about their studies
he always encourages them and gives them support
Writer's feeling about the character She likes him.
summary
1. Do you know how to describe a person
2. We should care about people around us and get on well with them
Homework
1. 模仿录音的语音、语调，朗读课文。
2. 抄写单词和短语：cheerful，encourage， forget， hard-working，miss，patient，probably，remain，smart，successful，support；give up，(be) strict about，take care of。
3.描述你的家人或者同学或者明星并附上照片。（运用课堂所学知识）
You can describe one classmate in our class \a teacher\an idol(偶像） and other students of the other groups to guess who he\she is.
(从外貌、性格、职业、能力等来描述）
