9A Unit1Star signs教案
● to understand the context of a horoscope, in both its written and spoken forms.
● to consolidate the information from reading and listening, then determine the facts.
teaching procedures
step 1 presenting
i will present the new lesson like this. as we have learnt, some western people believe a person’s star sign is based on his or her birthday. they believe the star sign can tell us about a person’s character. for example, a person born under the sign of pisces (between 20th feb — 20th mar) is generous, kind, gentle and easy – going. a person born under aries (between march 21 and april 20) is energetic and active.
in china, people believe the chinese horoscope describes character and can foretell future events. in the chinese horoscope, there are twelve animals. a person’s animal sign is connected to his or her birth year. every animal has a different type of character. people born in the year of the rat are friendly. those born in they year of the monkey are smart and good at making money. many people believe that the rat and monkey are a good match.
millie wants to find out what the chinese horoscope about her this month. she is reading master zhang’s forecast. now read the forecast and help millie complete her notes as much information as possible.
step 2 practicing
1. ask students to read the advertisement then information in millie’s notes as they can. remind them that they with not be able to compete all the answers. the answers for nos. 3,5 and 6 are from the advertisement.
2. i will play the tape once without stopping. if necessary, play the tape again, stopping after each answer or sentence so that students have time to fill in their answers.
3. check the answer (1. good luck 2. bad luck 3. friend 4. fun 5. success 6. money 7. wisely 8. party 9. health 10. healthy 11.sick). then ask students to read millie’s notes.
4. play the tape and ask students to finish part a3 on page 15.
5. check the answer:
( amy’s predictions: 2. bicycle 3. cooking 4. find 5. the police 6. cinema 7. seat)
master zhang’s predictions: 2. will meet a new friend 3. success at school 4. will be given some money 5. remember to spend it wisely 6. go to a party 7. problems with my health)