Unit1StarSignWelcometotheunitObjectives1
Toidentifythesymbolsthatrepresentthestarsigns2
TolearnthenamesofthesymbolsthatrepresentthestarsignsTeachingprocedures1
AskstudentswhatanimalstheyareintheChinesehoroscope
Askthemtodescribethecharacteristicsofthatanimal
Forweakerclasses,youcanwritetheEnglishnamesoftheChinesestarsignsontheboard
Explainthatwesterncountriesuseadifferentsystemofstarsigns
Explainthatthewesternstarsignsystemisbasedonthemonthyouwerebornin,ratherthantheyearyouwerebornin
ExplaintostudentsthateachpictureinPartArepresentsastarsign
AskthemtocompletePartA,thendiscusstheanswersasaclass
StudentswhohavemademistakesinthissectionwillbenefitformcorrectingtheiranswersbeforeproceedingtotheReadingsection
AskstudentstocompletePartB
explainthatthereare12starsignsintotal----thoseinPartA