牛津译林版九年级上册Unit 1 Know yourself第1课时教案设计

牛津译林版九年级英语上册

9A Unit 1   Teaching Plan

常州市正衡中学

Period   (1)

教学题目：9A Unit 1 Comic strip and Welcome to the unit

教学课时：Period 1

教学部分：Page 6－7

教学课型：新授课；听说课

教学目标：了解星座的相关知识；辨别并学习不同星座的名称；了解东西方文化差异

教学内容：练习代表十二星座的标志；初步了解“It’s + adjective + of sb. to do sth.”

教学准备：录音机，多媒体，投影仪

教学步骤：

Step1 Lead-in

1. Ask students: What year is this year?
2. Show students the picture of twelve animals in Chinese horoscope, and tell them different names鼠：Rat，牛：Ox，虎：Tiger，兔：Hare，龙：Dragon，蛇：Snake，马：Horse，羊：Sheep，猴：Monkey，鸡：Cock，狗：Dog，猪：Boar. Tell them this year is in the year of the Rat.
3. Ask students:

How old are you? When were you born? (What year were you born in?)

What is your animal sign?

What characters do you think it has?

4. Ask students: What month were you born in? (review twelve months in a year)
5. Tell students that everyone in western countries has his or her own star sign.

(T: We know that animal signs are very popular in Chinese culture, we are familiar with them. But people in western countries have their own star signs according to the birth month. It can tell you something about your abilities, talents and special qualities.)

Step 2 Welcome to the unit

1. Show students the picture of star signs. “How much do you know about them?” Let students guess different star signs. (can be in Chinese)
2. In the West, people use some creatures to represent the star signs. Can you tell me their names? Teach students new words.
3. Look at the pictures and read the new words after the teacher.
4. Let students finish Part A on P7 and check the answers by reading the names.
5. Some more exercises to see if students have known the star signs.

(1)    Show students 6 pictures and name the star signs.

(2)    Play a guessing game: fill in the blanks by using the names of the creatures.

6. Tell students there are 6 more star signs and let them guess what they are represented by using the 6 pictures in Part B on P7.
7. Check the answers to Part B.

Step 3 Oral practice

1. Ask students: When is your birthday? What is your star sign?
2. Show students the twelve star signs and let them point out their own star sign in both English and Chinese. Ask the students to try to remember their own star sign.
3. Pair work: Let students ask and answer in pairs.

Step 4 Comic strips

1. Are you interested in star signs? So are Eddie and Hobo. Listen to their conversation and repeat it after the tape.
2. Ask students some questions to see if they have known the dialogue.

(1)    Who brings Eddie the newspaper?

(2)    What does Hobo ask Eddie to read? Why?

(3)    What do Eddie’s stars say?

(4)    What happens to Eddie’s breakfast at the end of the story?

3. Let students read the dialogue by themselves (or practice in pairs)
4. Do some more exercises after reading and check the answers together.
5. What do you think Hobo’s and Eddie’s star signs are?
6. Oral practice:

Try to act out this dialogue in pairs

Ask the students to make a new dialogue by adding their own ideas.

Step 5 Homework

1. Remember the star signs.
2. Make up a new dialogue about star signs.
3. Try to find out how many classmates are under the star sign as you.