江苏省徐州市黄山外国语学校九年级英语上册 Unit 1 Star signs Reading（A）教案 牛津版.doc

Unit 1 Star signs Reading（A）
教学内容
9A Unit 1 Star signs
Reading (A)
年级学科
九年级
教学课时
共 10 课时 第 2 课时
课 型
新授
教学目标
1. To understand what star signs are and what they represent
2. To recognize and understand vocabulary about characteristics
3. To use adjectives to describe someone’s characteristics
教学重点
To introduce more information about star signs
教学难点
To say out your star sign and describe your characteristic to everyone
教学准备
Tape recorder
教 学 过 程
二次备课
Step 1.Warm-up
1. revise the star signs in Period 1 , ask the Ss to say out fluently.
2. Ask the new words used to describe one’s characteristic in Period 2, check the Ss if they have previewed before this class, such as:
energetic
active
impatient
Selfish
stubborn
outgoing\ easygoing
confident
modest
practical
elegant, silly
Step 2 Presentation
Brainstorm the vocabulary that is used to describe people’s characteristics. Encourage students to explain each word to their classmates.
Step3.Reading
1. Read the passage aloud to students. Ask them to listen carefully to you and follow the text on page 4 and 5.
2. Ask one student at a time to read a paragraph. After each paragraph, ask students to say which part of the text they do not understand. Less able students may find some of the names of the star signs difficult. If so, do not force them to learn them by heart because they are only used here to arouse students’ interest. It is more important for them to learn the adjectives that describe people’s characteristics. This will enable them to complete the Main Task at the end of the unit.
3. Ask some questions to check understanding.
(1) How is a year divided
(2) what decides your star signs
(3) what character do the people born in 21st-20 Apr have
(4) what characters do the people born in other time periods
have
Based on these questions to be more familiar with the adjs
that are used to describe one’s chacteristics
3. Read again, then finish the exercises in C1
Step 4 Listening
After the Ss have known sth about the text, play the tape for the Ss to listen, let them try to understand it.
Exercises
一、请根据空格后的中文提示、英文释义或句意，写出句中所缺单词，使句子通顺。
1. A year is ___________ (划分) into four seasons and twelve months.
2. Tom is my best friend, we have the ___________ (相似的) characteristics.
3. The more careful you are, the fewer ___________ you will make.
4. We walked around and saw many people raising up the signs with the words “No war, just _________!” on them.
5. He is an ___________（随和的）teacher, and we all like to make friends with him.
二、请根据句意从方框中选用合适的词，并用其适当形式填空，使句子通顺。
humour active patient energy different
1. The little boy is ________ in class, he seldom puts up his hand .
2. He is so ___________ that he can’t wait for a long time.
3. The student hates to be like others. He often tries to do everything ____________.
4. The foreign teacher is __________, he often makes his class lively and interesting.
5. He is an _________ person, he can continue working for ten hours without a rest.
三、请根据句意从方框中选用合适的动词，并用其适当时态填空，使句子通顺。
argue not forgive cook save dream
1. —Why do you look so worried?
—Because my best friend _____________ me for my mistake.
2. —Who _________ meals for you every day?
—My grandmother does.
3. My mother is hard-working and __________ a lot of money.
4. My sister ___________ of becoming a scientist when she grows up.
5. When I got there, the children __________ about the serious problems.

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