初三英语集体备课.doc

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-----中学〔 初三 〕年级 〔 英语 〕 学科集体备课
课题〔教学容〕
Unit1 Star signs
总课时
 10
备课时间
8月 30日
主备人
2. To recognize and understand vocabulary about characteristics
3. To use adjectives to describe someone’s characteristics
重点: To introduce more information about star signs
难点: To say out your star sign and describe your characteristic to everyone
教学准备: Tape recorder
教学过程：
revise the star signs in Period 1 , ask the Ss to say out fluently.
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.
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 plete the Main Task at the end of the unit.
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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
(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, pla