初三年级教案活页纸 主备人：陈小军 审核人：初三英语组全体老师
总课题 9A Unit 1 Star signs 总课时 10 第1 课时
课题 Welcome to the unit 课型 新授
教学目标 知识目标 1. To identify the symbols that represent the star signs
2. To learn the names of the symbols that represent the star signs
能力目标 To know about 12 different star signs
情感目标 Know about your characteristic and perfect yourselves
教学重点 Different star signs and symbols
教学难点 Different stars signs and symbols
课前预习 Preview the new words and phrases
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Step1 Warm-up
1. Ask students what animals they are in the Chinese horoscope. Ask them to describe the characteristics of that animal. For weaker classes, you can write the English names of the Chinese star signs on the board.
RatOxTigerRabbitDragonSnake HorseGoatMonkeyRoosterDogPig
For the stronger Ss, encourage Ss to say the names directly.
2. Explain that western countries use a different system of star signs. Explain that the western star sign system is based
Listen and think
12 animals in
the Chinese
Horoscope.
Think and say out the stars they know
和学生一起复习中国的12生肖，引出西方的12星座
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on the month you were born in, rather than the year you were born in.
Step 3. Welcome to the unit
1. Explain to students that each picture in Part A represents a star sign. Ask them to complete Part A, then discuss the answers as a class. Students who have made mistakes in this section will benefit from correcting their answers before proceeding to the Reading section, then read the star signs well.
2. Ask students to complete Part B. Explain that there are 12 star signs in total---- those in Part A and those in Part B. Each star sign represents a period of time in a year.
3. Ask students whether they know what their star sign is. Encourage them to say the name of their star sign aloud.
Step 4. Comic strips
1.Have a listening , then make sure what Eddie and Hobo discuss in the unit
2. Grasp the expressions in the unit , Eg
It is nice of you to bring me the newspaper,
Worry about
3. Read the paragraph below the pictures and know about
The topic of this unit.
Look at the pictures , learn new words and remember them
Listen and answer what they are discussing in the dialogue
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
教学反思
江苏省淮北中学英语学科教案
初三年级教案活页纸 主备人：陈小军 审核人：初三英语组全体老师
总课题 9A Unit 1 Star signs 总课时 10 第2课时
课题 Reading (A) 课型 新授
教学目标 知识目标 1. To understand what star signs are and what they represent
2. To recognize and understand vocabulary about characteristics
3. To use adjectives to describe someone’s characteristics
能力目标 To develop the students’ abilities of listening, speaking, reading and writing.
情感目标 Know about your own star signs and perfect your characteristic.
教学重点 To introduce more information about star signs
教学难点 To say out your star sign and describe your characteristic to everyone
课前预习 To get as much information about star signs as possible
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Step 1.Warm-up
1. revise the star signs in Period 1 , ask the Ss to say out fluently.
2. Ask the new words used to describe one’s characteristic in Period 2, check the Ss if they have previewed before this class, such as:
energetic
active
impatient
Selfish
stubborn
outgoing easygoing
confident
modest Listen to their teacher and try to spell out the star signs as much as possible
Recall the adjs to describe the characteristic
和同学们一起复习有关星座的知识为本课做铺垫
提问表人的形容词,一方面检查学生的预习
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practical
elegant, silly
businesslike, etc.
Step 2 Presentation
Brainstorm the vocabulary that is used to describe people’s characteristics. Encourage students to explain each word to their classmates.
Step3.Reading
1. Read the passage aloud to students. Ask them to listen carefully to you and follow the text on page 4 and 5.
2. Ask one student at a time to read a paragraph. After each paragraph, ask students to say which part of the text they do not understand. Less able students may find some of the names of the star signs difficult. If so, do not force them to learn them by heart because they are only used here to arouse students’ interest. It is more important for them to learn the adjectives that describe people’s characteristics. This will enable them to complete the Main Task at the end of the unit.
3. Ask some questions to check understanding.
(1) How is a year divided
(2) what decides your star signs
(3) what character do the people born in 21st-20 Apr have
(4) what characters do the people born in other time periods haveBased on these questions to be more familiar with the adjsthat are used to describe one’s chacteristics
3. Read again, then finish the exercises in C1
Step 4 Listening
After the Ss have known sth about the text, play the tape for the Ss to listen, let them try to understand it. 同时和学生一起步新课
Spell out the new words and try to be familiar with the words.
Read the text after the teacher, and have a general impression about it , then read it carefully grasp the details about it .do some exercises to check its comprehension
遵循学生的思维规律,层层深入,同时注意阅读课的要旨是强调阅读,真正地达到提高学生的阅读能力.
教学反思
江苏省淮北中学英语学科教案
初三年级教案活页纸 主备人：陈小军 审核人：初三英语组全体老师
总课题 9A Unit 1 Star signs 总课时 10 第3课时
课题 Reading (B.C.D) 课型 新授
教学目标 知识目标 1.To recognize and understand vocabulary about characteristics
2. To use adjectives to describe one’s characteristics
3.Grasp and use the expressions in it.
能力目标 Describe others’ characteristic using the Adjs they learned
情感目标 Know about your own star signs and perfect your characteristic.
教学重点 Use the phrases and expressions fluently.
教学难点 Describe one person using the adjs they learned
课前预习 the addings of positive to negative
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Step1.Revision
1. Before doing Part B, revise adjectives used to describe characteristics. Ask students to describe their classmates.
2. Ask less able students to work in pairs. Tell them to skip the ones they are not sure about and do the easier ones first.
Step2 Consolidation
Part B.
Remind Ss that the vocabulary listed in Part B appears in the text. If Ss are not sure what a word means, it may help them to read the words in context on those pages, then choose the correct definitions. Check answers in class. Ask the Ss to understand them indeed
Think of the adjs that describe one’s character and try to describe their classmates
Finish the exercises in Part1 and check with teacher. 本课的重点是描写人的形容词,所以先和学生简单的复习一下,为本课的作业及口头介绍作准备.
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Part C
1. Review key vocabulary learnt in the reading passage. Ask more able students to describe their partners using these adjectives.
2. Ask students to do Part C2 on their own and check their answers with their partners. Ask students to refer to the reading passage on page 4 and 5. If students have different answers, ask them to discuss the answers.
For weaker classes, write a list of characteristics on the board for students’ reference
3. Read this part carefully and more familiar with this part.
Part D1. Ask less able students to pick five characteristics that describe themselves and write them in the blanks in part D1. Tell more able students that they can also use characteristics that are not listed on the board. Tell less able students to refer to the reading passage on pages 4 and 5 if they need help with ideas.
3. Now, ask students to read the description of their star sign on pages 4 and 5. Ask them to write whether the characteristics listed under their star sign match the characteristics they have listed.
4. Ask all those who think their characteristics match their star sign to raise their hands. Then ask all those whose characteristics do not match to raise their hands.
Step 3 Make a survey
Do a class survey. Ask students whether they believe in star signs. Count how many say ‘yes’ and how many say ‘no’. Write the numbers on the board. For more able students, ask them to say why they believe or do not believe in star signs. Divide the class into pairs. Ask students to write down five words that describe their partner’s characteristics in Part D2. Finish the exercise in C2, make sure they are more familiar with the adjs and can use them
Know about their own star signs and describe their character with right adjs and compare it with the information in Page3 and Page4 表示人的形容词是本课及本单元的重点,所以一要学习二要口头操练他们自己的性格特征,让学生更加熟悉这些形容词.
教学反思
江苏省淮北中学英语学科教案
初三年级教案活页纸 主备人：陈小军 审核人：初三英语组全体老师
总课题 9A Unit 1 Star signs 总课时 10 第4 课时
课题 Vocabulary 课型 新授
教学目标 知识目标 1. To use adjectives to describe characteristics
2. To recognize whether an adjectives is positive or negative
能力目标 Grasp the addings of changing adjs into its negative
情感目标 Be a happy , lively teenagers after learning this unit
教学重点 Grasp the positive and negative of adjs and the adjs describing a person
教学难点 Grasp positives and negatives of adjs
课前预习 Structure :
(1)It is + adjective +of +(not) to do sth
(2)…..to be +adjective+enough +to do sth
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教 师 活 动 学 生 活 动 备课札记
Step1.Revision
Revise the phrases and expressions in Reading
energetic and active
a curious and clever person
a strong and confident person
a modest person
pay attention to details
a polite and fair person
argue with others
a powerful person
it is silly of you not to forgive others for their faults
have a good sense of humour
patient enough to
creative and imaginative ,etc.
Ask the Ss to retell the content of describing 12 different star signs one by one.
Listen , think ,and try to say out the phrases and expressions, and have a deep impression about them 提问并请人来复述课文，巩固我们所学的内容，加深我们对这些形容词的理解
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Step2.presentation Part A
1. revise the usual addings of changing the positive into the negative, such as in,im, un,less and so on., and do some exercises.
2. Divide the class into groups of four. Each group works together to complete Part A. One student in each group writes down the answers on a piece of paper. Groups raise their hands when they have finished.
3. When all the groups have finished, each group must give their answers to another group to mark. Remind students to put the name of their group at the top of the paper.
4. Read out the correct to the class. Each group marks another group’s answers. The group with the most correct answers will win.
Part B
1. Ask students to work on their own to do Part B. Remind them to look at the pictures and the words provided.
2. Ask students to compare their answers with their neighbours and discuss the differences.
3.When the discussion is finished, ask a student for the answer to No.1. Ask all students who agree to raise their hands. If a student gives an incorrect answer, ask other students what the correct answer should be.
Exercises所给根据首字母填写单词。
1. Many actors and sports players are e_______ and a_____ .
2.Tom can’t sit there quietly. He is i______________ .
3. The top student in our class is the most h__________ .
4. Though he is one of the most famous writers in China, he is m_______.
5. The person whose star sign is Capricorn is patient and p_______ . Recall the adding of negative together and learn this lesson
复习，导入并附以一定的练习巩固我们所学的内容
教学反思
江苏省淮北中学英语学科教案
初三年级教案活页纸 主备人：陈小军 审核人：初三英语组全体老师
总课题 9A Unit 1 Star signs 总课时 10 第5课时
课题 Grammar (A,B) 课型 新授
教学目标 知识目标 1. To use ‘it is’+ adjective + ‘of’… + ‘(not) to’-infinitive to express opinions about a person’s actions.
2. To use the verb ‘to be’ + adjective + ‘enough’ + ‘to’-infinitive to describe a person’s characteristics and abilities.
3. To use the basic sentence elements to make up a sentence
能力目标 Enable the Ss to grasp the structures
情感目标 Be a happy , lively teenagers after learning this unit
教学重点 Enable the Ss to grasp the two structures
教学难点 Enable the Ss to grasp the two stuctures
课前预习 Preview the different parts of a sentences
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Step 1. Revision
完成句子，
1．一年被划分成十二个月。
A year _______ __________ __________ twelve months.
2．当你陷入困境时，请不要放弃梦想。
Please don’t ___________ ________ ____________ when you are in trouble.
3．他有时注意细节。
He ___________ __________ ____________ details ________ __________ .
4．我的叔叔经常讲笑话，很有幽默感。
My uncle often _________ __________ and have _______ ________ ________ __________ Look and complete the exercises in class 练习来巩固所学的内容
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.Step2 Part A
1. Tell students that we use the ‘it is’+ adjective + ‘of’… + ‘(not) to’-infinitive structure to talk about our feelings towards people and what they do.
2. Ask three students to read the three sentences in the grammar table at the top of page 9. Encourage students to ask questions if they are unsure of the meaning.
3. Ask students to complete the exercise on their own. Students have to write the correct words form the box in the blanks without making any changes.
4. Ask a pair of students to read out what they have written.
Pay attention to some expressions in it.
Step 3 Part B
1. Tell students that we can also use the verb ‘to be’ + adjective + ‘enough’ + ‘to’-infinitive structure to talk about a person’s personality and abilities.
2. Explain the difference between the structure in Part A and the structure in Part B. In part A, students learn to express what they think about someone else’s actions. In Part B, students learn to express what they think about a person’s personality and abilities.
3. Ask three different students to read the sentences in the grammar table at the top of page 10, and understand them.
4. Ask students to read out their sentences. Check for mistakes and mispronunciation.
Step 4 consolidation
Do some exercises (同义句转换) to consolidate they learn.
Listen ,and be familiar with the two structures, then practice them
先和同学们熟练这两句型，然后操练
教学反思
（小周）