牛津英语9Aunit1 star sign教案
第1课时： Welcome to the unit and comic strip 主备：吴燕 审核： 初三备课组 2012.09
一．教学目标： 1知识与技能目标：
（1） To identify the symbols that represent the star signs
（2）. To learn the names of the symbols that represent the star signs 2.过程与方法：
know about 12 different star signs 3.情感态度和价值观：
Know about your characteristic and perfect yourselves 二．重点难点：
（1）Different star signs and symbols （2）Different stars signs and symbols 三．教学过程： 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.
2.Rat\\Ox\\Tiger\\Rabbit\\Dragon\\Snake \\Horse\\Goat\\Monkey\\Rooster\\Dog\\Pig For the stronger Ss, encourage Ss to say the names directly.
Explain that western countries use a different system of star signs. Explain that the western star sign system is based Step 2. 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 3. 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,
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3. Read the paragraph below the pictures and know about The topic of this unit. Step4 homework
1. remember the new words and important phrases. 2. read the dialogue in comic strip. 板书设计：
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牛津英语9Aunit1 star sign教案
第2课时：Reading (1)
主备：吴燕 审核： 初三备课组 2012.09
一．教学目标： 1知识与技能目标：
（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 2.过程与方法：
To develop the students’ abilities of listening, speaking, reading and writing. 3.情感态度和价值观：
Know about your own star signs and perfect your characteristic. 二．重点难点：
1. To introduce more information about star signs
2. To say out your star sign and describe your characteristic to everyone 三．教学过程 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, 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
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(4) what characters do the people born in other time periods have Based on these questions to be more familiar with the adjs that are used to describe one’s chacteristics 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. Step 5 homework
1. remember the new words and phrases 2. read the article and recite it. 板书设计：
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牛津英语9Aunit1 star sign教案
第3课时：Reading (2)
主备：吴燕 审核： 初三备课组 2012.09
一．教学目标： 1知识与技能目标：
（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. 2.过程与方法：
Describe others’ characteristic using the Adjs they learned 3.情感态度和价值观：
Know about your own star signs and perfect your characteristic. 二．重点难点：
（1）Use the phrases and expressions fluently.
（2）Describe one person using the adjs they learned 三．教学过程 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
1.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
2. Review key vocabulary learnt in the reading passage. Ask more able students to describe their partners using these adjectives.
3. 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 4. Read this part carefully and more familiar with this part.
5. 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.
6. Now, ask students to read the description of their star sign on pages 4 and 5. Ask
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