【设计意图；简要总结如何描写人物的思路，同时拓展更多相关词汇，形成文章脉络并锻炼学生的总结能力。】
Step 2 Presentation
1. Show pictures of the six students and tell their names.
T: Eddie and Hobo are our new friends, and we have some other friends from Beijing Sunshine School. Do you still remember them? They are Millie, Simon, Kitty, Amy, Sandy and Daniel. Would you like to know more about them? Now let them us read the text on P8. 2. Watch the video about Millie, Simon, Sandy and Daniel, and finish the exercises of Part B1. 【设计意图】读课文，看视频，掌握课文大意，为下面细节理解做铺垫。
Step 3 Detail reading
1. Read the passage together with the video and answer questions about Millie. (1) How old is Millie? (2) Does she like reading?
2. Show the profile of Millie, and ask students to retell Millie’s self-introduction. Millie: a new student at … /12 years old/have short hair/love reading
3. Boys read the passage about Simon together, and finish the true or false exercises. (1) Simon is short. (F) (2) Simon likes sports. (T)
4. Show the profile of Simon, and ask a boy student to introduce Simon with the help of the key words.
Simon: tall/like sports/play football after school
5. Girls read the passage about Sandy, and answer questions. (1) Is Sandy tall and slim? (2) Does she like music?
6. Show the profile of Sandy, and ask a girl student to make a report about her. Sandy: tall and slim/long hair/music
7. Read the passage about Daniel together and fill in the blanks of a short passage. Show the profile of Daniel, and make a report to introduce Daniel.
Daniel: Nanjing/short/Maths 8. Exercise.
Read the whole passage together with the tape, and finish the exercise of Part B3.
T: Boys and girls, we know a lot about the four students. And Mr Wu is writing about his new students. Let’s help him finish the report.
【设计意图：通过完成不同的教学任务，训练学生的阅读方法和阅读速度，在熟悉课文的同时，也为介绍自己和他人做好文本输入。】
Step 4 Practice
1. Play a game “welcome to Hogwarts School”.
T: Have you watched Harry Potter? In the movie, we can find our new friend, Hermione. She is a new student at Hogwarts School of Witchcrafts and Wizardry. And do you want to know more about her friends in the movie? Welcome to Hogwarts School. Each group can choose a number. Behind the number you choose, there’s some information about one of Hermione’s friends. You can discuss with your partners. And then one student in your group should make a report to introduce him or her.
Harry potter: 15 years old/short and thin/brown hair/wear glass/clever/like sports/be good at
magic
Ron Weasley: 15 years old/red hair/blue eyes/be from the UK/play chess/brave and helpful Dumbledore: principal/tall and thin/long white hair/blue eyes/music/nice and kind 2. Make a report to introduce yourself.
T: Today we meet so many new friends, from Millie to Daniel at Sunshine Middle School, and from Hermione to Harry Potter at Hogwarts School. Let’ come back to our school. Here are some sentences about yourself. Please finish these sentences with your own information. And try to make a report to introduce yourself to your classmates. If you need any help, you can discuss in pairs. My name is _________. I am a new student at ________. I am _______years old. I am from ________.
I am _______. I have ________ hair. I love __________. I am good at ________,
【设计意图：以游戏的形式开展活动，利用关键词让学生分组介绍人物，达到复现课文重点内容的目的。之后进入自我介绍的环节，充分发挥语言的语用功能。以小组合作学习的方式，培养学生与他人合作的能力。】
V. Homework
1. Write a passage to introduce your new classmate; 2. Recite the passage on the textbook.
英语（七年级上册） Unit 1 This is me! Reading (II)
I. Teaching aims and learning objectives By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:
1. fluently retell the passage about the four students at Sunshine Middle School; 2. master the important language points; 3. learn how to introduce oneself and others.
II. Teaching contents
1. New words and phrases: grade, student, reading, classmate, after school, be good at 2. New structures: I’m 12 years old.
I’m tall. This is Sandy. Her hair is long. He is from Nanjing.
He is good at Maths.
III. Focus of the lesson and predicted area of difficulty Learn how to introduce others and oneself.
IV. Teaching procedures Step 1 Lead-in
T: Recently, we have made lots of new friends from Sunshine Middle School. Do you still remember their names? Here is some information about some of these students. I’d like you to talk about one of them together, and then guess who he/she is.
S1: The student is 12 years old. She has short hair, and doesn’t wear glasses. Her hobby is reading. (Millie)
S2: The student also doesn’t wear glasses. He is tall. He likes sports. (Simon)
S3: The student wears glasses. She is tall and slim. Her hair is long, and she likes music.
(Sandy)
S4: The student is short. He wears glasses. He is good at Maths. (Daniel)
【设计意图：以小游戏形式，让学生根据所给信息描述人物特点并猜出是谁，达到复述、回顾课文内容并预热课堂气氛的目的。】
Step 2 Presentation
1. Explain “12 years old” and “12-year-old”. (1) A: How old is Kitty?
B: She is 11 years old. She is an 11-year-old girl. (2) A: What’s Amy’s age?
B: She is 12 years old. She is a 12-year-old girl. 2. Explain “be from” and “come from”. A: Where is Kitty from?
B: She is from Nanjing. /She comes from Nanjing. 3. Explain “enjoy sth.” and “enjoy doing sth.”. (1) Show some sentences and summarize.
a. Simon likes sports. Simon enjoys sports. /Simon enjoys doing sports. b. Sandy likes music. Sandy enjoys music. /Sandy enjoys listening to music. (2) Translation.
a. 我喜欢听音乐但是他喜欢听收音机。
I like/enjoy listening to music, but he likes/enjoys listening to the radio. b. 我热爱跑步但是我堂兄热爱游泳。
I love/enjoy/like running, but my cousin loves/enjoys/likes swimming. 4. Explain how to combine two sentences by using “with” or “verb-ing”. (1) Show some sentences and summarize.
a. The girl is Millie. She has a hair clip on her head.
= The girl with/wearing a hair clip on her head is Millie. b. We all know the boy. He wears glasses. = We all know the boy with/wearing glasses. (2) Translation.
a. 留着长发的那个女孩喜欢读漫画书。
The girl with long hair enjoys reading comic books. b. 穿蓝色牛仔裤的那个男的是我们的历史老师。 The man in/wearing blue jeans is our history teacher. c. 你认识那个戴项链的女士吗？
Do you know the lady with/wearing a necklace?
【设计意图：先由老师自问自答引入同一意思的两种表达形式，再由学生演绎总结，让学生轻松融入知识点的讲解环节。】
Step 3 Game time
Play a game to finish exercises.
T: You all did a great job. Now it’s the game time. I’ll divide you into three groups. Which group is the best of the class? Please choose one box, and finish the exercises behind it. If you can correctly finish one exercise, your group gets one point. The group which gets the most points can win the game. Are you ready to have a challenge? Let’s go! 1. Exercise 1: Fill in the blanks.