Unit1FriendsVocabularyTeachingObjectives:TouseadjectivestodescribeappearanceTouseappropriateadjectivestodescribetheappearancesofboysandgirlsTeachingContents:Words:thin,strong,tall,short,smalleyes,bigeyes,roundface,squareface,beautiful,pretty,lovely,handsome,good-looking,smart,slimGirls：beautiful,pretty,lovely,slimBoys：handsome,good-looking,smartTeachingpreparations:ComputerPicturesTeachingprocedures:Step1Warm-upT:Let’splayaguessinggame,OK?Youwillsee6sentencesdescribingapersonontheTVscreen.Ifyoucanguesswhosheisafteryoureadthefirstsentence,youwillget10points.Afterthesecondsentenceyoucanget8points.Butafterthelastsentenceyou’llgetazero.Doesitmakesense?Ssfindouttheanswerwithoutmuchdifficulty.T:It’seasy,right?Youhaverememberedthethreefriends’appearancesandthewordstodescribethem.Nowlet’shavealookatthesewordsagain.Step2Presentation1.T:Look!Hereisatable.Whenwedescribepeople’sappearances,weusuallytalkaboutthesedifferentparts:build,height,legandhairincludingthestyleandlength.Teach“build”and“height”.T:Nowpleaseputthewordsintothetable.2.T:Asthefirstguessinggameissoeasy,shallweplayoncemore?Ss:OK.Ssfailtofindoutwhosheis.T:Haha,it’sme!Whyisitnotsoeasythistime?Becauseyouhaven’tlearntthisbeforeandtheinformationIgaveyouisnotenough.Weneedtolearnmoretodescribepeople’sappearances,right?Sslookatthepicturesandlearnmorewordstodescribeappearance.Theytrytofindoutwhatthewordsareusedfor---build,height,etc.Step3Practice1.SsdoPartA,P11.2.Ssfindoutmoretodescribe---eyes,face,etc.3.Ssdescribethepeopleinthepictureswiththewordstheyhavejustlearntandeachtimethere’ssomethingnewaddedin.Step4Presentation1.T:You’vejustdescribedtheappearancesofalittlegirl,apopsinger,asportsstarandaclassmateofyours.Whatdoyouthinkofthem?Ss:Handsome,smart,good-looking,beautiful,pretty,lovely…T:Welldone!You’velearntalot.Butdoyouknowthatsomewordsaresuitableforgirlsonlyandsomeareforboysonly?Ofcoursethere’realsosomeforbothgirlsandboys.Let’sputthemintherightplaces.Girls：beautiful,pretty,lovely,slimBoys：handsome,good-looking,smartSsdoPartB,P11.2.T:Nowwe’velearntalotofwordstodescribegirlsandboys,faceandhair,etc.Let’shaveagroupcompetition.Pleasewritedownasmanywordsaspossibleinthegiventimeaccordingtomyinstructions.Youmustlistencarefullyandmakesureyou’rewritingtherightwords.Forexample,ifIaskyoutowritesomewordstodescribehair,youcan’twriteroundorsquare,OK?1)Wouldyoupleasewritesomewordswhichareusedonlyforboys?2)Wouldyoupleasewritesomewordswhichdescribeaperson’sface?3)Wouldyoupleasewritesomewordswhichdescribeaperson’sbuild?4)Wouldyoupleasewritesomewordswhichareusedforbothgirlsandboys?Ssworkingroups.Fourgroupscometotheblackboard.Eachtimeonlyoneofthemwritesandtheotherscanshoutloudlytohelp.Step5Practice1.T:Nowlet’scheckhowwellyouhavelearnt.Couldyoudescribetheappearanceofthepersonyouknowbest?It’sYOUSELF!Getsomestudentstocometothefrontoftheclassroomtodescribetheirownappearances,trytouseasmanyadjectivesthey’velearntaspossible.2.T:Asthere’sstillsometimeleft,wecanplayonemoregamecalled“TwentyQuestions”.PleasetrytoguesswhoIamthinkingaboutbyaskingmequestionsabouthisorherappearance.Youcan’taskspecialquestionsandIcanonlyanswer“Yes”or“No”.Ifyouaresmartenough,youmaynotneedtoask20questions!Thenyoucanplaythisgamewithyourclassmates.Hereisamodel:T:I’mthinkingaboutaboyinthisclass.S1:Ishetall?T:Yes.S2:Ishestrong?T:No.S3:Isheourmonitor?T:No.S4:Doeshehavebigeyes?T:Yes.……Ssaskquestionsandguess.Thentheonewhogetstherightanswercomestothefrontandtheotherstudentsaskhim/herquestionstocontinuethegame.Step6HomeworkDescribetheappearanceofsomeoneyoulikeverymuch.Heorshemaybeyourfriend,yourparentoryourfavoritestar.Trytobringaphotoofhisorhersheretomorrow.Let’sseehowwellyoucanusethewordsyou’velearnt.
