备课日期____年____月____日上课时间____年____月____日课题Unit1StarsignsWelcometotheunit总第21课时教学目标Tolearnthenamesofthesymbolsthatrepresentthestarsigns本课第1课时Toknowabout12differentstarsigns课型：NewKnowaboutyourcharacteristicandperfectyourselves重点Differentstarssignsandsymbols教具：Recorder难点Differentstarssignsandsymbols教学环节与内容(预习展示反馈)方法指导与拓展评价PreviewthenewwordsandphrasesStep1Warming-up1.AskstudentswhatanimalstheyareintheChinesehoroscope.Askthemtodescribethecharacteristicsofthatanimal.Forweakerclasses,youcanwritetheEnglishnamesoftheChinesestarsignsontheboard.Rat\Ox\Tiger\Rabbit\Dragon\Snake\Horse\Goat\Monkey\Rooster\Dog\PigForthestrongerSs,encourageSstosaythenamesdirectly.2.Explainthatwesterncountriesuseadifferentsystemofstarsigns.Explainthatthewesternstarsignsystemisbasedonthemonthyouwerebornin,ratherthantheyearyouwerebornin.Step2.Welcometotheunit1.ExplaintostudentsthateachpictureinPartArepresentsastarsign.AskthemtocompletePartA,thendiscusstheanswersasaclass.StudentswhohavemademistakesinthissectionwillbenefitfromcorrectingtheiranswersbeforeproceedingtotheReadingsection,thenreadthestarsignswell.2.AskstudentstocompletePartB.Explainthatthereare12starsignsintotal----thoseinPartAandthoseinPartB.Eachstarsignrepresentsaperiodoftimeinayear.3.AskstudentswhethertheyknowwhattheirstarsignListenandthink12animalsintheChineseHoroscope.ThinkandsayoutthestarstheyknowLookatthepictures,learnnewwordsandrememberthemis.Encouragethemtosaythenameoftheirstarsignaloud.Step3.Comicstrips1.Havealistening,thenmakesurewhatEddieandHobodiscussintheunit2.Grasptheexpressionsintheunit,E.g.Itisniceofyoutobringmethenewspaper,worryabout3.ReadtheparagraphbelowthepicturesandknowaboutThetopicofthisunit.Step4Homework:《课时练》P1-2Listenandanswerwhattheyarediscussinginthedialogue教学反思备课日期____年____月____日上课时间____年____月____日课题Unit1StarsignsReading(A)总第22课时教学目标Tounderstandwhatstarsignsareandwhattheyrepresent本课第2课时Torecognizeandunderstandvocabularyaboutcharacteristics课型：NewTouseadjectivestodescribesomeone’scharacteristics重点Tointroducemoreinformationaboutstarsigns教具：Recorder难点Tosayoutyourstarsignanddescribeyourcharacteristictoeveryone教学环节与内容(预习展示反馈)方法指导与拓展评价TogetasmuchinformationaboutstarsignsaspossibleStep1.Warm-up1.RevisethestarsignsinPeriod1,asktheSstosayoutfluently.2.Askthenewwordsusedtodescribeone’scharacteristicinPeriod2,checktheSsiftheyhavepreviewedbeforethisclass,suchas:energeticactiveimpatientselfishstubbornoutgoingeasygoingconfidentmodestpracticalelegantsilly,etc.Step2PresentationBrainstormthevocabularythatisusedtodescribepeople’scharacteristics.Encouragestudentstoexplaineachwordtotheirclassmates.Step3.Reading1.Readthepassagealoudtostudents.Askthemtolistencarefullytoyouandfollowthetextonpage4and5.2.Askonestudentatatimetoreadaparagraph.Aftereachparagraph,askstudentstosaywhichpartofthetexttheydonotunderstand.Lessablestudentsmayfindsomeofthenamesofthestarsignsdifficult.Ifso,donotforcethemtolearnthembyheartbecausetheyareonlyusedheretoarousestudents’interest.Itismoreimportantforthemtolearntheadjectivesthatdescribepeople’scharacteristics.ThiswillenablethemtocompletetheMainTaskattheendoftheunit.3.Asksomequestionstocheckunderstanding.(1)Howisayeardivided(2)whatdecidesyourstarsigns(3)whatcharacterdothepeoplebornin2...
