Starsigns教学目标知识目标1.Toidentifythesymbolsthatrepresentthestarsigns2.Tolearnthenamesofthesymbolsthatrepresentthestarsigns能力目标Toknowabout12differentstarsigns情感目标Knowaboutyourcharacteristicandperfectyourselves教学重点Differentstarsignsandsymbols教学难点Differentstarssignsandsymbols课前预习Previewthenewwordsandphrases教学过程教师活动学生活动备课札记Step1Warm-up1.AskstudentswhatanimalstheyareintheChinesehoroscope.Askthemtodescribethecharacteristicsofthatanimal.Forweakerclasses,youcanwritetheEnglishnamesoftheChinesestarsignsontheboard.Rat\Ox\Tiger\Rabbit\Dragon\Snake\Horse\Goat\Monkey\Rooster\Dog\PigForthestrongerSs,encourageSstosaythenamesdirectly.2.Explainthatwesterncountriesuseadifferentsystemofstarsigns.ExplainthatthewesternstarsignsystemisbasedListenandthink12animalsintheChineseHoroscope.Thinkandsayoutthestarstheyknow和学生一起复习中国的12生肖，引出西方的12星座教学过程教师活动学生活动备课札记onthemonthyouwerebornin,ratherthantheyearyouwerebornin.Step3.Welcometotheunit1.ExplaintostudentsthateachpictureinPartArepresentsastarsign.AskthemtocompletePartA,thendiscusstheanswersasaclass.StudentswhohavemademistakesinthissectionwillbenefitfromcorrectingtheiranswersbeforeproceedingtotheReadingsection,thenreadthestarsignswell.2.AskstudentstocompletePartB.Explainthatthereare12starsignsintotal----thoseinPartAandthoseinPartB.Eachstarsignrepresentsaperiodoftimeinayear.3.Askstudentswhethertheyknowwhattheirstarsignis.Encouragethemtosaythenameoftheirstarsignaloud.Step4.Comicstrips1.Havealistening,thenmakesurewhatEddieandHobodiscussintheunit2.Grasptheexpressionsintheunit,EgItisniceofyoutobringmethenewspaper,Worryabout3.ReadtheparagraphbelowthepicturesandknowaboutThetopicofthisunit.Lookatthepictures,learnnewwordsandrememberthemListenandanswerwhattheyarediscussinginthedialogue认识星座的符号以及英文说法，对照月份定自己的星座让学生认识到中西方的文化差异让学生认识到本单元的主题是有关星座2
