9A Unit 1 Star signsComic strip & Welcome to the Unit（教案）教学目标1. To identify the symbols that represent the star signs2. To learn the names of the symbols that represent the star signs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教学过程：Step I Warm-up1.Free talk: I was born in 1974. My animal sign is the tiger. What’s your animalsign? Do you know the 12 animal signs?2.Ask students what animals they are in the Chinese horoscope. Ask them todescribe the characteristics of that animal. For weaker classes, you can write the English names of the Chinese star signs on the board.Rat\Ox\Tiger\Rabbit\Dragon\Snake \Horse\Goat\Monkey\Rooster\Dog\PigFor the stronger Ss, encourage Ss to say the names directly.Step II Presentation1. Explain that western countries use a different system of star signs. Explain that the western star sign system is based on the month you were born in, rather than the year you were born in.2. Present the six pictures on page 7 Part A. Explain to students that each picture in Part A represents a star sign. Present the new words: bull, centaur, crab, ram. Read them after the teacher.3. A guessing game.(1)It lives in rivers and uses its fins and tail to swim.——fish(2)It is a large, yellow and brown animal of the cat family. The male has long,thick hair. ——lion(3)It is a creature that is half—man, half—horse. ——centaur(4)It is a sea creature with a shell, eight legs and two large pointed arm forcatching things. It moves sideways on land. ——crab(5)It is a kind of male sheep. ——ram(6)It belongs to the OX family but it is different from the cow because it is male.——bullStep III Practice1. Ask the students to complete Part A, then discuss the answers in groups. 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. Present the twelve star signs. Try to remember your own star signStar sign date English name白羊座3/21—4/20 Aries金牛座4/21---5/21 Taurus双子座5/22---6/21 Gemini巨蟹座6/22—7/22 Cancer狮子座7/23---8/22 Leo处女座8/23---9/22 Virgo天秤座9/23---10/22 Libra天蝎座10/23—11/21 Scorpio人马座11/22---12/20 Sagittarius 摩羯座12/21---1/20 Capricorn 宝瓶座1/21---2/19 Aquarius双鱼座2/20---3/20 Pisces4.Ask students whether they know what their star sign is. Encourage them to say thename of their star sign aloud.5.Talk with your partner.How old are you? I’m fifteen.What’s your animal sign? My animal sign is the rooster.When is your birthday? It’s on 21st Jan.So you are an Aquarius.Step IV Presentation1.What does Eddie’s star say today? Let’s have a listening and answer morequestions.What did Hobo do for Eddie?How did Eddie feel about Hobo?What did the newspaper say about Eddie?What happened to Eddie’s breakfast?2.Grasp the expressions in the unit , Eg.It’s nice of you to bring me the newspaper.It + be +adj. +of sb. +to do sth. 形容人用ofIt + be +adj. +for sb. +to do sth 形容动作用forWorry about sb./sth./doing sth.3. Read the paragraph below the pictures and know about the topic of this unit. 4．Perform the dialogue with your partnerStep V Exercises一．根据句意，完成句子1. We always say the______ is the king of the animals._______ and _____ live in water, but the______ can come to land.2. When a ______ sees red color, it will be angry.3. The______ likes eating grass.4. A _______ is half-man, half-horse.二．选择填空( )1.Kitty is a _____ girl. She enjoys dancing and singing.A. livingB. aliveC. livelyD. live( )2. It’s generous_____ him to donate_____ money to UNICEF.A. of, so muchB. for, so manyC. of, so manyD. fro, so much（）3. I’m thankful to you for_____ the new chairperson.A. recommend me asB. recommending me asC. recommend me forD. recommending me for( ) 4. Could you tell me how much it_____ to fly to Beijing?A. costsB. spendsC. takesD. pays( ) 5. It’s too difficult. Why_____ the teacher for help?A. not to askB. not askingC. don’t askD. not ask( ) 6. What_____ our star signs? The time of your_____!A.decides, birthdayB. makes, yearC. has, monthD. takes, birthdayStep VI当堂检测题（见学案）Homework1.Recite the comic strip and the new words.2.Find more information about the star signs.9AUnit One Comic strip &Welcome to the unit（学案）教学目标1. To identify the symbols that represent the star signs2. To learn the names of the symbols that represent the star signs教学重点Different star signs and symbols教学难点Different stars signs and symbols课前预习作业一．预习生词，会拼读二．听录音，跟读comic strip三．认读并写出星座名称1.Aries2.Taurus3.Gemini4.Cancer5. Leo6. Virgo7.Libra 8.Scorpio9.Sagittarius 10.Sapricorn11.Aquarius 12.Pisces四．用所给动词的适当形式填空13.It’s nice of her (help) the old.14.The young should (sleep) nine hours a day to keep healthy.15.Fangfang is interested in (collect) pictures of the star signs.16.The girls are worrying about (have) nothing to drink.课堂训练题一．根据句意，完成句子1. We always say the______ is the king of the animals._______ and _____ live in water, but the______ can come to land.2. When a ______ sees red color, it will be angry.3. The______ likes eating grass.4. A _______ is half-man, half-horse.二．选择填空( )1.Kitty is a _____ girl. She enjoys dancing and singing.A. livingB. aliveC. livelyD. live( )2. It’s generous_____ him to donate_____ money to UNICEF.A. of, so muchB. for, so manyC. of, so manyD. fro, so much（）3. I’m thankful to you for_____ the new chairperson.A. recommend me asB. recommending me asC. recommend me forD. recommending me for( ) 4. Could you tell me how much it_____ to fly to Beijing?A. costsB. spendsC. takesD. pays( ) 5. It’s too difficult. Why_____ the teacher for help?A. not to askB. not askingC. don’t askD. not ask( ) 6. What_____ our star signs? The time of your_____!A. decides, birthdayB. makes, yearC. has, monthD. takes, birthday当堂检测题一．词组翻译1. 星座2.吃早饭3. 担心4. 带给我报纸5. 在九月一日6. 不应该做某事二，选择填空1．Thanks for your . You’re so to me.A. kind, kindlyB. kindless, kindC. kindness, kindD. kindful, kindness2. Do you have to say?A. something otherB. other somethingC. anything elseD. else anything3. It ’ s important_____ a foreign language.A. of us to learnB. for us to learnC. of us learningD. for us learning4. Tom with his parents______ to America. They_____ back in two weeks.A. have gone; will comeB. has gone; will comeC. have been; have comeD. have been; come三．句型转换1 Maybe he is late for school. He ______ _______ late for school. (同义句)2 I’d like to play basketball this afternoon. （一般疑问句）_____ ______ ______ to play basketball this afternoon?3 I think you are right. （否定句）I ____________ you ________ right.4 He can carry the box. (同义句)He _____ _____ _____ carry the box.5. Daniel was born on 7th October.（对划线部分提问）6. We should do your homework at once. (一般疑问句)9A Unit One 第一课时配套练习一．词汇a. 首字母填空1.The water in the river is so clear that we can even see f swimming down there.2. I didn’t have anything for breakfast this morning,so I’m h now.3. A c is a creature that is half-man, half horse.4.You s not watch so much TV, Tommy. It’s bad for your eyes.5. A b doesn’t produce mi lk, while a cow can.6. When you go out on a clear night and look up, you will see thousands of s twinklingin the black sky.7.The l is sometimes regarded as the king of the animal world.8 .It was such an i film that everybody enjoyed it very much.9.Sandy,would you please b me today’s paper?I’d like to read some latest news.10.When evening comes and it’s getting dark, some c come out of water and take a walkon the beach.b. 用所给词的适当形式填空1. It’s nice of her (help) the old.2. The young should (sleep) nine hours a day to keep healthy.3. Fangfang is interested in (collect) pictures of the star signs.4. The girls are worrying about (have) nothing to drink.5. David is worrying about his_____________(able) to do all the extra work.c.用所给动词的适当形式填空1. If she ______(have) time, she will come and see you.2. - What ______ your father ______(plan) at the moment?- Something about the party next week.3. – When _____the plane ______off? (take)- About ten minutes ago.4. - _____your father _______(come) back from France?- Yes, already. He got home last night.5. Policeman: Where _____ you ______(exercise) at ten yesterday morning?A man: In the Beijing Park.二．单项选择1. -It’s _______ _______ you to donate so much money for the ch arity show.- It’s my duty.A. nicely; forB. nice; ofC. nice; toD. nicely; of2. It is important ________the children to get on well with their friends.A. forB. toC. ofD. with3. I will need to get_____ and eat_____ if I’m feeling weak.A. lots of rest, healthyB. lots of rest, healthilyC. a number of rest, healthilyD. a lot of rest, healthy4. He hates to______ means” he always wants to be different from others.”A. be like anyone elseB. like anyone elseC. be like else anyoneD. like else anyone5.You_____ worry about her. She will be all right soon.A. needn’t toB. don’t needC. don’t have toD. not need三．完成句子1. Hobo 把所有食物都吃了真是太自私了。
