Unit1StarSignWelcometotheunitObjectives1.Toidentifythesymbolsthatrepresentthestarsigns2.TolearnthenamesofthesymbolsthatrepresentthestarsignsTeachingprocedures1.AskstudentswhatanimalstheyareintheChinesehoroscope.Askthemtodescribethecharacteristicsofthatanimal.Forweakerclasses,youcanwritetheEnglishnamesoftheChinesestarsignsontheboard.2.Explainthatwesterncountriesuseadifferentsystemofstarsigns.Explainthatthewesternstarsignsystemisbasedonthemonthyouwerebornin,ratherthantheyearyouwerebornin.3.ExplaintostudentsthateachpictureinPartArepresentsastarsign.AskthemtocompletePartA,thendiscusstheanswersasaclass.StudentswhohavemademistakesinthissectionwillbenefitformcorrectingtheiranswersbeforeproceedingtotheReadingsection.4.AskstudentstocompletePartB.explainthatthereare12starsignsintotal----thoseinPartAandthoseinPartB.Eachstarsignrepresentsaperiodoftimeinayear.5.Askstudentswhethertheyknowwhattheirstarsignis.Encouragethemtodaythenameoftheirstarsignaloud.ReadingObjectives1.Tounderstandwhatstarsignsareandwhattheyrepresent2.Torecognizeandunderstandvocabularyaboutcharacteristics3.Touseadjectivestodescribesomeone’scharacteristicsteachingprocedures:1.Brainstormthevocabularythatisusedtodescribepeople’scharacteristics.Encouragestudentstoexplaineachwordtotheirclassmates.2.Readthepassagealoudtostudents.Askthemtolistencarefullytoyouandfollowthetextonpage4and5.3.Askonestudentatatimetoreadaparagraph.Aftereachparagraph,askstudentstosaywhichpartsofthetexttheydonotunderstand.Lessablestudentsmayfindsomeofthenamesofthestarsignsdifficult.Ifso,donotforcethemtolearnthembyheartbecausetheyareonlyusedheretoarousestudents’interest.Itismoreimportantforthemtolearntheadjectivesthatdescribepeople’scharacteristics.ThiswillenablethemtocompletetheMainTaskattheendoftheunit.4.Asksomequestionstocheckunderstanding.PartBTeachingprocedures1.BeforedoingPartB,reviewadjectivesusedtodescribecharacteristics.Askstudentstodescribetheirclassmates.2.Asklessablestudentstoworkinpairs.Tellthemtoskiptheonestheyarenotsureaboutanddotheeasieronesfirst.Checkanswersasaclass.PartCTeachingprocedures1.TellstudentstoworkinpairstocompletePartC1.Whenstudentshavecompletedalltheanswers,askthemtoraisetheirhands.Thefirstpairtocompletetheexercisecorrectlyisthewinner.2.Afterstudentshavefinished,givethecorrectanswertoeachquestion.Highlightwherestudentscanfindtheanswersinthepassage.Thiswillhelpthemwhencorrectingtheirownmistakesandprovidethemwithabetterunderstandingofwheretheywentwrong.3.Forstrongerclasses,askstudentstocorrecttheincorrectsentences.4.Reviewkeyvocabularylearntinthereadingpassage.Askmoreablestudentstodescribetheirpartnersusingtheseadjectives.5.AskstudentstodoPartC2ontheirownandchecktheiranswerswiththeirpartners.Askstudentstorefertothereadingpassageonpage4and5.Ifstudentshavedifferentanswers,askthemtodiscusstheanswers.PartDTeachingprocedures1.Forweakerclasses,writealistofcharacteristicsontheboardforstudents’reference2.AsklessablestudentstopickfivecharacteristicsthatdescribethemselvesandwritethemintheblanksinpartD1.Tellmoreablestudentsthattheycanalsousecharacteristicsthatarenotlistedontheboard.Telllessablestudentstorefertothereadingpassageonpages4and5iftheyneedhelpwithideas.3.Now,askstudentstoreadthedescriptionoftheirstarsignonpages4and5.Askthemtowritewhetherthecharacteristicslistedundertheirstarsignmatchthecharacteristicstheyhavelisted.4...
