1、Unit 1 Friends Teaching contents:Words: honest, joy, sad, believe, teenager, good-looking, musicalPhrases: have something to drink, make somebody happy/special, keep secrets, share ones joy, believe what somebody says, talk to somebody about anything, clean and tidySentences: Do you want some?Can I
2、have something to drink?What about some milk?Can I have some more food too?Theres nothing else in the fridge.Teaching preparations:Tape recorderComputer Pictures Teaching procedures:Step1 Warm-up T: Hello everyone, glad to see you again! Did you have a nice summer holiday? Are you happy to be back t
3、o school and see all your friends?Ss talk about their summer holidays.T: This summer holiday I went to Australia with some of your classmates and friends. We took a lot of photos. Would you like to have a look?Show the pictures and introduce some places of interest and animals in Australia.T: Look,
4、we took a photo with this famous man- Batman. Hes a hero and peoples good friend because he helps people in danger. Do you agree? What do you think of him?Ss talk about Batman with the adjectives describing appearance and personality, such as friendly, helpful, kind, polite, clever, brave, etc.Step
5、2 Presentation T: There are some more words to describe people. For example, we can say Batman is good-looking. But we never say hes beautiful! We dont use beautiful to describe a boy or a man. If someone likes music or is good at music, we say he or she is musical. Teach “good-looking” and “musical
6、”. Step 3 Practice 1. Play a guessing game. Ss describe their best friends in the class and guess who are talked about.2. T: Just now we heard some of the students talk about their best friends. Could you tell me which words are used most often?Ss: friendly, helpful, politeT: So these are very impor
7、tant qualities of a best friend, do you think so? What other qualities are important to you? Ss complete the table in Part B, P7. Then work in pairs to exchange their ideas and have a debate. Sentences may be used:I think my good friend should be very becauseI agree. / I dont agree with you because
8、Its quite important for a friend to be ? Do you think so? I dont think my good friend must be very 3. T: Why do you think he/she is your best friend? What makes him/her so special to you? Can you talk to him/her about anything? Do you talk to him/her when you have problems? Do you believe what he/sh
9、e says? When you are happy or sad, do you talk to him/her? Why?Teach “sad”, “believe”, “honest” and “joy”.Ss complete Part A, P7 and report individually.4. T explains some language points.Step 4 Presentation1. T: How old is your best friend? What about you?Ss: 15/16 T: So you are teenagers. We call
10、children between 13 and 19 teenagers.Teach “teenager”.T: We have a good friend, Eddie. Is he a teenager?Ss: No.2. T: Whos Eddies good friend? Why?T plays the tape of the Comic strip and Ss try to find out the answer to the question.(Hobo is Eddies good friend because they always share things with ea
11、ch other.)3. Ss read the Comic strip and answer the questions:(1) What does Eddie give Hobo?(2) What does Hobo want?(3) Do you think Eddie is a true friend? Why?4. Ss read the dialogue in pairs.5. T explains some language points.Step 5 Practice1. Ss act out the dialogue and they are encouraged to ad
12、d in something they like.2. Discuss: Who do you like better as a friend, Eddie or Hobo? Why?3. Ss work in pairs to ask and answer about their good friends.A model dialogue:A: Whos your good friend?B: A: Whats he/she like?B: A: What do you think of your friend?B: A: What makes him/her so special to y
13、ou?B: Can you tell me something about your good friend?Step 6 SummarizeT: Today we have learned some important qualities about a good friend. It seems that we all think appearance is not so important, but a friend should be helpful and honest. And I hope everyone can be like that and you will have m
14、ore friends.Step 7 Homework1. Describe a good friend of yours with the words and phrases learnt in this lesson.2. Finish the Workbook exercises.8A Unit 1 Friends Reading () Teaching Objectives:To guess general meanings from keywords and contextTo skim text for overall meanings and scan for detailsTo
15、 identify specific information about different people form their friends descriptionsTo use adjectives to describe peoples appearance and personalitiesTeaching contents:Words: slim, shoulder-length, generous, singer, almost, eyesight, smart, truePhrases: travel around the world, have poor eyesight,
16、have a good sense of humour, knock off, a true friend, say a bad word about anyone, vote forTeaching preparations:Tape recorderComputer Teaching procedures:Step1 Leading-in T: Yesterday we learnt to talk about friends. Friends are very important in our lives. Almost everyone needs a friend and almos
17、t everyone has a friend, do you think so? Lets look at some interesting English sayings about friends. Please try to guess the meanings of them.Ss read and discuss.Step 2 Presentation T: Why do you think friends are important? What can friends do for you?Ss give different answers.T: Is your friends
18、appearance very important to you?Ss: No.T: Good. We should never judge a person by his appearance or clothes. But itll be good for you to learn some words to describe your friends appearance, right?T shows the pictures and teaches “shoulder-length”, “slim” and “poor eyesight”.Step 3 PracticeSs do Pa
19、rt B2, P9 individually. After checking the answers, T asks some Ss to give some more details about the appearance of each person in the pictures.Step 4 Presentation 1. T: As you all think that appearance is not very important, could you tell me what is important in your opinion?Ss answer with the ad
20、jectives they learnt to describe qualities, such as clean and tidy, helpful, honest, etc.T: Excellent. Now I have some good friends here. Can you use some proper words to describe them?Ss fill in the blanks to complete the sentences.T teaches “generous”, “joke”, “humorous”, “have a good sense of hum
21、our”, “a true friend” and “be ready/ willing to do sth”.2. T: Teenagers magazine is holding a writing competition about good friends. Some students have written some entries for it. Please read and find out whether the following statements are true or false.T plays the tape recorder for the Ss to re
22、peat.Ss read and do Part C1, P10.3. Ss read again and do Part B1 on their own. Tell them that they need to look for specific details, which fit each of the persons described in the articles. Step 5 Practice1. Ss have a group competition by choosing to answer the questions about Betty in the table.2.
23、 Fill in the blanks to complete the description about Max.3. Complete the brief introduction about May.Step 6 SummarizeT: What do we usually write about when we describe our friends?Ss: Appearance, personalities T: Yes, in which paragraph do we usually write about the appearance?Ss: Paragraph 1.T: A
24、nd in Paragraph 2?Ss: Personalities.T: Right. We also call it personalities. In the 3rd paragraph we can write about their behaviors or future plans.Step 7 Practice1. Ss do Part C2, P10 and find out who each of the personalities will vote for and fill in the blanks. Then check the answers by asking
25、and answering in pairs Who will Amy/ Simon/ Sandy vote for?2. Ss vote for one of the best friends described in the articles and tell the reason why. 3. Ss do a class vote for a best friend. Write a brief description about a person they consider as a best friend. Read some of the descriptions and the
26、n vote for one of them. Explain why they vote for that particular person.Step 8 Homework1. Retell about the three best friends.2. Recommend a best student in your class and tell the reason why you vote for him or her.8A Unit 1 Friends Reading ( II )Teaching Objectives:To learn some useful expression
27、s and use them in different contextTo learn how to describe friendsTeaching contents:Words: slim, shoulder-length, generous, singer, almost, eyesight, smart, true, joke, fit, off, advertisementPhrases: be willing to do sth., share sth. with sb., in need, help sb. with ones homework, walk past, knock
28、 sth. off sth., tell funny jokes, make sb. laugh, think of, worry sb.Sentences: She is as slim as I am.She is also helpful and is ready to help people any time. Betty wants to be a singer and travel around the world when she grows up.He has poor eyesight because of working on the computer too much a
29、t night.His legs are very long and they do not fit under the school desks.She is kind and never says a bad word about anyone.Teaching preparations:ComputerTeaching procedures:Step 1 Revision1. T: For yesterdays homework I asked you to vote for a best student in your class. Now can you tell me your c
30、hoice and your reason? Please describe that person in details and lets guess who it is. Then we can vote for him or her, OK?2. T: Yesterday we also met three friends in Teenagers Magazine. Theyre Betty, Max and May. How much do you remember them?Ss have a group competition by answering questions abo
31、ut Max.Step 2 Language pointsT: Wonderful! You have a very good memory. Now lets move on to look at some useful phrases and sentences in the three articles and learn to use them:1. She is as slim as I am.她和我一样苗条。as+形容词/副词的原级+as他不如我高。He isnt as tall as I .他做作业和我一样认真。 He does homework as carefully as
32、I do.我昨天到家不如我姐姐早。 I didnt get home as early as my sister yesterday.2. be willing to do sth. 愿意做某事我们愿意为希望工程筹集物品。We are willing to collect things for Project Hope.3. any time随时,任何时候如有问题，随时给我打电话。 If you have any problem, call me any time.4. be ready to do sth./ be ready for sth. 乐于做某事；准备好做某事（状态）雷峰总是乐于助
33、人。 Lei Feng is always ready to help people.我准备好考试了。 Im ready for the exam.get ready to do/ for sth. 为作准备（动作）5. someone/people in need 需要帮助的人We are in need of water. 我们需要水。 患难朋友才是真朋友。 A friend in need is a friend indeed.6. because of/becausebecause 后跟从句 because of 跟短语（sth/doing sth）因为下大雨，我们没做早操。We di
34、dnt do morning exercises because it rained heavily.We didnt do morning exercises because of the heavy rain.7. knock sth off 把某物从撞翻8. bored/ boringbored （人感觉）无聊，乏味 boring （某物）无聊乏味乏味的会议使大家都感到很无聊。 The boring meeting made everyone feel very bored.9.have a good sense of humour = be very humourous 很有幽默感10
35、. a true friend 一个忠实的朋友11. worry sb. 使某人担忧12. keep a secret 保密13. say a bad word about sb. 说某人坏话说人坏话是不礼貌的。 Its not polite to say bad words about others.Step 3 Exercises1. Fill in the blanks:1) Are you _ (will) to sing an English song for us?2) Maybe she is ready _ (dance).3) He will watch TV when he
36、 feels _ (bore) at home.4) He is _(help). He always gives seats to people in need.5) He tells jokes and makes us _ (laugh).6) He plays the piano well. Hes _(music).7) Maybe he will grow into a _(sing).2. Complete the sentences:1) 我们都喜欢历史老师因为他很有幽默感。We all like our history teacher because he _.2) 这本书很
37、乏味，它让我觉得无聊。This book is _ and it makes me _.3) 当你经过我的桌子时，请别撞掉我的杯子。Dont _ my cup _ the table when you _ my table.4) 长长的直发使她看上去很漂亮。Her straight long hair _.5) 我几乎和我父亲一样高。 I am _ my father.6) 由于打电脑游戏太多,他眼睛很差。He _ playing computer games too much.7) 我长大了想周游世界。I want to _ when I _.Step 4 SummarizeT: Today
38、 we went over some details about the three friends we met yesterday. We also learnt some useful phrases and sentences to describe friends. Friends are important to every one of us. Lets cherish friendship and be nice to our friends. If we all have good friends and try to be true friends, our lives w
39、ill be better and better! Now lets enjoy an English poem together as the end of this class.Step 5 PoemWe are always together in our heartsWe have many secrets to shareWhen I need you, you are thereYour sense of humourCan always make me laughThank you for being so generousLet nothing come between us
40、Even when we are far apartYou are always in my heartStep 6 HomeworkWrite an article about your best friend. These should be covered in the article: name, age, appearance, personality, etc. (60 words at least)8A Unit 1 Friends Vocabulary Teaching Objectives:To use adjectives to describe appearance To
41、 use appropriate adjectives to describe the appearances of boys and girlsTeaching Contents:Words: thin, strong, tall, short, small eyes, big eyes, round face, square face, beautiful, pretty, lovely, handsome, good-looking, smart, slimGirls：beautiful, pretty, lovely, slimBoys：handsome, good-looking,
42、smartTeaching preparations:Computer Pictures Teaching procedures:Step 1 Warm-upT: Lets play a guessing game, OK? You will see 6 sentences describing a person on the TV screen. If you can guess who she is after you read the first sentence, you will get 10 points. After the second sentence you can get
43、 8 points. But after the last sentence youll get a zero. Does it make sense?Ss find out the answer without much difficulty.T: Its easy, right? You have remembered the three friends appearances and the words to describe them. Now lets have a look at these words again.Step 2 Presentation1. T: Look! He
44、re is a table. When we describe peoples appearances, we usually talk about these different parts: build, height, leg and hair including the style and length.Teach “build” and “height”.T: Now please put the words into the table.2. T: As the first guessing game is so easy, shall we play once more?Ss:
45、OK.Ss fail to find out who she is.T: Haha, its me! Why is it not so easy this time? Because you havent learnt this before and the information I gave you is not enough. We need to learn more to describe peoples appearances, right?Ss look at the pictures and learn more words to describe appearance. Th
46、ey try to find out what the words are used for- build, height, etc.Step 3 Practice1. Ss do Part A, P11.2. Ss find out more to describe- eyes, face, etc.3. Ss describe the people in the pictures with the words they have just learnt and each time theres something new added in.Step 4 Presentation1. T:
47、Youve just described the appearances of a little girl, a pop singer, a sports star and a classmate of yours. What do you think of them?Ss: Handsome, smart, good-looking, beautiful, pretty, lovelyT: Well done! Youve learnt a lot. But do you know that some words are suitable for girls only and some ar
48、e for boys only? Of course therere also some for both girls and boys. Lets put them in the right places.Girls：beautiful, pretty, lovely, slimBoys：handsome, good-looking, smartSs do Part B, P11.2. T: Now weve learnt a lot of words to describe girls and boys, face and hair, etc. Lets have a group competition. Please write down as many words as possible in the given time according to my instructions. You must listen carefully and make sure youre writing the right words. For example, if I ask you to write some words to describe hair, you cant write round or square, OK?1) Would you ple
