Unit4：HelpingpeoplearoundtheworldWordpower【TeachingAims】1．Tolearnmoreadjectivestodescribepersonalityandputthemintodifferentgroupssuchassynonyms,antonymsandsoon.2．Tocompletetherelevantexercisestoconsolidateit.【TeachingImportantPoints】Theusagesoftheword【TeachingImportantPoints】Howtohelpstudentsmastermorewords?【TeachingAids】1.Themultimedia2.Theblackboard【TeachingProcedures】StepOne:BrainstormingT:Wejusthavereadtwolettersaboutfriendship.Inthetwoletters,SarahandAndrewdescribetheirfriendstoAgonyAunt.NowIwantyoutodescribeyourfriendstome.NextpleasediscussthefollowingquestionswithyourdeskmateandlaterIwillasksomeofyoutogivemeyouranswers.1)Whatwordswillusetodescribeyourfriends?2)Inyouropinion,whatkindofpersoniseasytogetalongwithandmakefriendswith?3)Whatcharacteristicswouldyoulikeafriendtohave?StepTwo:VocabularyLearningT:Welldone.Wecanuseadjectivestodescribepeopleorthings.Nowpleasereadtheshortdialogueandpayattentiontothewordsinblue.Thenreadthewordslistedinfirsttable.(Encouragestudentstoguessthemeaningsofthewordsbystudyingthedifferentpartsoftheword.Iftheycan’t,letthemrefertothedictionaryandcheckformispronunciation.)T:Ok,nowpleasereadtheexplanationabovethesecondtableandanswerthetwoquestions:1)Whatisthemeaningof‘synonym’?Wordsthathavethesameorsimilarmeaningsare【Preparationforyourownclass】【作业布置】【教学后记】calledsynonyms.2)Whatisthemeaningof‘antonym’?Awordthathastheoppositemeaningofanotherwordiscalleditsantonym(Afterthisaskstudentstoreadthewordslistedinthetable.Checkforthemispronunciationandaskthemtoguesstheirmeanings.Iftimepermits,letstudentstothinkifasmanypairsofsynonymsandantonymsaspossibleandaddthemtothelistabove.)StepThree:VocabularyExtensionT:NextlookatexerciseonPartAonpage7,pleaseusethewordswehavelearntonpage6.SuggestedAnswers:(1)easy-going(2)quiet(3)shy(4)friendly(5)honest(6)hard-working(7)serious(8)strict
