M5U1 Word power Thoughts on the design:本单元中心话题为“与人相处”，主要探讨友谊与朋友。教材中的第一板块Welcome to the unit 要求学生能讨论自己的朋友观与择友标准，以引入 Reading 板块的教学。但要让学生充分展开讨论，他们必须具备一定量关于人的品格和个性方面的词汇，因此，笔者调整了教材中的教学顺序，把 Word power 板块 Adjectives to describe personality 的内容提前至第一课时来上,为整个单元的教学作好铺垫。本课词汇教学的设计理念是寓教于乐，通过设计各种学生感兴趣的课堂活动来调动学生参与的积极性，使词汇教学不再枯燥乏味。学生在参与各种活动的过程中，联系旧知，掌握新知，顺利掌握一定量的目标词汇并能正确加以运用。Teaching aims:The students will be able to master a number of words related to Personality by involving themselves in different activities.Teaching important points and difficult points:to master a number of words related to PersonalityTeaching procedures:Step 1 lead in (PPT 4-7)1.Students and teacher play a guessing game: Who is he/she?Students are asked to guess who the teacher is through the given description of the teacher.2. Teacher introduces the topic of today’s lesson: Adjectives to describe personality by focusing Students’ attention on the words about personalities in the descriptions.[Explanation]导入采用“猜猜他/她是哪位老师”的猜谜方式，旨在激发学生兴趣，使学生能迅速把注意力投入到课堂中来，因为大部分学生都比较喜欢谈论自己的老师。在谜面中使用有关 Personality 的词汇，自然导入本课主题。Step 2 Presentation of words describing personality (PPT 8-12)1.Students are asked to work in a group of four and discuss the personalities of famous cartoon characters. Teacher gives four choices for each group: the seven dwarfs, the evil queen, Kung Fu Panda, and Tom&Jerry. Each group is free to choose any one of the four choices.2.Representatives from each group tell the rest of the class their opinions...
