【正文】 反 思 備課日期 ____年 ____月 ____日 上課時間 ____年 ____月 ____日 課題 Unit 1 Star signs Reading () 總第 23 課時 教學 目標 To recognize and understand vocabulary about characteristics 本課第 3 課時 To use adjectives to describe one’s characteristics 課型： New Describe others’ characteristic using the adjectives they learned 重點 Use the phrases and expressions fluently. 教具： Recorder 難點 Describe one person using the adjectives they learned 教學環(huán)節(jié)與內容 (預習 展示 反饋 ) 方法指導與拓展評價 Preview the addings of positive to negative 1. Before doing Part B, revise adjectives used to describe characteristics. Ask students to describe their classmates. 2. Ask less able students to work in pairs. Tell them to skip the ones they are not sure about and do the easier ones first. Step2 Consolidation Part B. 1. Remind Ss that the vocabulary listed in Part B appears in the text. If Ss are not sure what a word means, it may help them to read the words in context on those pages, then choose the correct definitions. Check answers in class. Ask the Ss to understand them indeed Part C 1. Review key vocabulary learnt in the reading passage. Ask more able students to describe their partners using these adjectives. 2. Ask students to do Part C2 on their own and check their answers with their partners. Ask students to refer to the reading passage on page 4 and 5. If students have different answers, ask them to discuss the answers. For weaker classes, write a list of characteristics on the board for students’ reference 3. Read this part carefully and more familiar with this part. Part D 1. Ask less able students to pick five characteristics that describe themselves and write them in the blanks in part Think of the adjectives that describe one’s character and try to describe their classmates Finish the exercises in Part1 and check with the teacher. Finish the exercise in C2, make sure they are more familiar with the adjectives and can use them D1. Tell more able students that they can also use characteristics that are not listed on the board. Tell less able students to refer to the reading passage on pages 4 and 5 if they need help with ideas. 3. Now, ask students to read the description of their star sign on pages 4 and 5. Ask them to write whether the characteristics listed under their star sign match the characteristics they have listed. 4. Ask all those who think their characteristics match their star sign to raise their hands. Then ask all those whose characteristics do not match to raise their hands. Step 3 Make a survey Do a class survey. Ask students whether they believe in star signs. Count how many say ‘yes’ and how many say ‘no’. Write the numbers on the board. For more able students, ask them to say why they believe or do not believe in star signs. Divide the class into pairs. Ask students to write down five words that describe their partner’s characteristics in Part D2. Step 4 Homework: 《課時練》 P36 Know about their own star signs and describe their character with right adjectives and pare it with the information in Page3 and Page4 教 學 反 思 備課日期 ____年 ____月 ____日 上課時間 ____年 ____月 ____日 課題 Unit 1 Star signs Vocabulary 總第 24 課時 教學 目標 To use adjectives to describe characteristics 本課第 4 課時 To recognize whether an adjectives is positive or negative 課型： New Grasp the addings of changing adjectives into its negative 重點 Grasp the positive and negative of adjs and the adjs describing a person 教具： Recorder 難點 Grasp positives and negatives of adjs 教學環(huán)節(jié)與內容 (預習 展示 反饋 ) 方法指導與拓展評價 (1)It is + adjective +of +(not) to do sth (2)… ..to be +adjective+enough +to do sth Revise the phrases and expressions in Reading energetic and active a curious and clever person a strong and confident person a modest person pay attention to details a polite and fair person argue with others a powerful person it is silly of you not to five others for their faults have a good sense of humour patient enough to creative and imaginative ,etc. Ask the Ss to retell the content of describing 12 different star signs one by one. Part A 1. Revise the usual addings of changing the positive into the negative, such as in, im, un, less and so on., and do some exercises. 2. Divide the class into groups of four. Each group works together to plete Part A. One student in each group writes down the answers on a piece of paper. Groups raise their hands when they have finished. 3. When all the groups have finished, each group must give their answers to another group to mark. Remind students to put the name of their group at the top of the paper. 4. Read out the correct to the class. Each group marks another group’s answers. The group with the most correct answers will win. Part B 1. Ask students to work on their own to do Part B. Remind them to look at the pictures and the words provided. 2. Ask students to pare their answers with their n