Unit 7 What does he look like
Period 1
Teaching aims:
1. Learn the new vocabulary words:
2. Target language:
What does he look like
He is really tall. And he has curly hair.
3. Be able to use “is” and “has”.
4. Learn to describe the people’s looks.
Teaching procedures:
Step 1.Warm-up
Talk about your classmates’ builds and heights:
“Is Lucy tall ” “Yes/No …”
“Is Jim fat ” “Yes/No …”
“Does he have long hair ” “Yes/No …”
Step 2. Learning the new vocabulary words
1. Prepare some pictures of famous singing/movie stars who have different kinds of hair, and who are in different builds.
Show them to the students. Ask and answer.
2. Practice reading the new words:
3. Remember the new words.
Step 3. Presentation
1. Show a famous star’s picture. Ask “What does he/she look like Does
he/she have long/curly hair Is he/she tall Is he/she heavy ”
3. Make a new conversation with your classmates.
Step 4. 1a Look and match
1. The teacher reads the instructions to the students. Get the students to
complete it by themselves.
2. Check up the answers.
Step 5. 1b Listening practice
1. The teacher reads the instructions to the students.
2. Get the students to read the conversation in the picture in 1a first.
4. Play the tape again. And check up the answers.
Step 6. 1cPair work
1. The teacher explains the instructions to the students.
2. The students try to describe the people in the picture.
3. Describe your friend, your partner or your parents. Then tell it to the class.
Step 7. 2a Listening practice
2. Play the tape, listen and try to circle the words you hear.
3. Replay the tape and check up the answers.
Step 8. 2b Listening practice
1. Students read the chart first.
2. Play the tape. Listen and try to fill in the chart.
3. Check up the answers.
4. Play the tape again. Get the students to repeat after the tape.
Step 9. Pair work Part 3
1. Get the students to read the conversation and look at the picture first.
2. Try to complete the conversation by themselves.
3. Ask two students to read it, and check up the answers.
Step 10.Grammar focus
The students read the sentences. And find if there are some questions. If have, explain them.
Step 11. Summary
1. The new vocabulary words.
2. The new target language.
Step 12.Homework
1. Revise the vocabulary words.
2. Write a passage to describe a person.
Period 2
Teaching aims:
1. Learn the new vocabulary words and useful expressions.
2. Learn to describe the people’s looks.
Teaching Procedures:
Step 1.Warm-up
1. Check up the homework.
2. Get some students to read their passages about describing people’s looks.
3. Talk about your classmates with your desk mate.
Step 2. Learning the new vocabulary words
1. (A) Ask a few students to read the new words. And see if they can read them correctly.
(B) Ask the class to repeat the new words after the teacher.
(C) Practice reading the new words: read them together/in parts/one by one.
2. Read and remember the new words.
Step 3. Presentation
1. Show a picture of Yao Ming. Ask the students to describe with the words they learned.
2. Ask more students to describe their favorite singer/actor/athletic.
Get them to read in class.
Step 4. 3a Reading practice
1. The teacher reads the instructions to the students. Get the students to match by themselves.
2. Check up the answers.
Step 5. 3b Pair work
1.The teacher reads the instructions to the students.
2. Get the students to work it .Practice asking and answering. Describe the people’s looks.
3. Get the students to work in class.
Step 6. Pair work
1. Choose one classmate or a friend to describe.
2. Write your description.
3. Read your description to the class.
Step 7.Game mystery student
1. The teacher reads the instructions to the students.
2. The students write the descriptions.
Step 8.Summary
1.The new vocabulary words.
2.The useful expressions.
Step 9.Homework
1. Remember the words and expressions.
2.Write a passage to describe a person.
Period 3
Teaching aims:
1. Learn the new vocabulary words and useful expressions.
2. Learn to talk about the famous people’s looks.
Teaching procedures:
Step 1.Warm-up
1. Check up the homework.
2. Get some students to talk about people’s looks.
A: What does … look like
B: He is … He has…
Step 2. Learning the new vocabulary words
1. There are only two new words: beard; glasses. The teacher may teach them with the objects. Then practice reading and remember them.
2. Explain the new words: have a beard; wear glasses
Step 3. 1a1b Matching
1. Get the students to look at the pictures and try to match.
2. Look at the pictures and check up the answers.
Step 4. 2a 2b Listening and writing practice
1. The teacher reads the instructions to the students. Get the students to look at the picture and read the chart first. Try to fill in the jobs by listening to the tape.
2. Play the tape, fill in their jobs in the chart.
3. Play the tape again and check up the answers.
6. Play the tape and try to fill in the chart.
7. Play the tape again and check up the answers.
8. Play the tape and repeat after the tape.
Step 5. 2cGroup work
1.The teacher reads the instructions to the students.
2. Get the students to read the passage in the circle.
4. Let a few students read their passage.
Step 6.Summary
Summarize the new words and the useful expressions.
Step 7.Homework
1. Remember the words and expressions.
2. Write a passage to describe a famous person’s look.
Period 4
Teaching aims:
1. Learn the new vocabulary words and useful expressions.
2. Learn to talk about people’s looks.
3. Train the reading and writing abilities.
Teaching procedures:
Step 1.Warm-up
1. Check up the homework.
2. Talk about people’s looks in pairs.
A: What does … look like
B: He is … He has…
Step 2. Learning the new vocabulary words
1. Get all the students to look at the vocabulary words. Try to read the new words by oneself. Then the teacher gets one student to read the new words.
3. Read the new words and remember them.
Step 3. 3aReading practice
1.The teacher reads the instructions to the students. Get them to read the chart first. Look at the two pictures of Johnny Dean. Attentions to his hair and glasses.
2. Ask the students to read the magazine article. Try to fill in the chart
individually.
Step 4. 3b Writing practice
1. The teacher reads the instructions to the students. Get the students to look at the two pictures first. And then read the article
2. Students try to fill in the blanks on their own with the help of the pictures.
3. Check up the answers.
Step 5. 3cWriting practice
1. The teacher reads the instructions to the students. Get each student to choose a family member to write a short description of his/her look.
3. Get a few students to read their passage to the class.
Step 6.Game Listening and speaking practice
1. The teacher explains the instructions to the students. Be sure they can
understand how the game plays.
2. Ask each student to draw a picture of a person. Don’t let anyone see it.
Step 7. Review the words
1. Students read the words in the box and check all the words they know.
They can circle the words they don’t know. Then ask them.
Step 8.Self—check Part 3
The teacher reads the instructions to the students.
1. The students look at the picture and read the questions.
2. Ask the students to work individually.
3. Ask some students to read their answers and check up the answers.
Step 9.Summary
Summarize the new words and the useful expressions.
Step 10.Homework
1. Remember the words and expressions.
2. Prepare for the next lesson.