Unit 1 Friends
Reading (I)
I. Teaching aims and learning objectives
By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:
1. find out the names, looks and personalities about the friends in the text;
2. describe their friends with proper expressions.
II. Teaching contents
1. New words and phrases: generous, helpful, straight, any time, a sense of humour
2. New structure: She is also helpful and ready to help people any time.
He is the tallest boy in our class.
She is taller than I am.
III. Focus of the lesson and predicted area of difficulty
Describe people’s qualities with simple and proper words.
IV. Teaching procedures
Step 1 Lead-in
1. Questionnaire
Let the students do a questionnaire about “Who will you talk to when you are in such situations?”
Situations
Teachers
Parents
Friends
1. You are very happy.
2. You are very sad.
3. You have a secret and you want to tell someone.
4. You have problems.
5. You want to go shopping.
2. Free talk
T: A life without friends is a life without a sun. What makes good friends?
T: Friends …
【设计意图】先以一个简短的问卷调查来引出朋友的话题。接着让学生谈论他们心目中好朋友应有的品质，既复习了前一课的话题，又为接下来的学习做了铺垫。
Step 2 Presentation
1. Read and answer
T: Today I’ll introduce some friends to you. They are teenagers like you. Let’s see who they are. Open your books at Page 8. Read the text quickly and tell me their names.
2. Listen and choose
T: We know Betty and May are both girls. Look at two pictures. Let’s listen and choose who Betty is and who May is.
Ask the students to read sentences about the looks of Betty and May.
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3. Read and answer
T: How is Betty? How is May? Please read the short passage about Betty and May. Can you find the adjectives about their personality?
Betty: generous and helpful
May: sweet and true
T: Why do we say Betty is generous and helpful? Please read and find the sentences in the first passage.
T: Why do we say May is sweet and true? Please read and find the sentences in the third passage.
4. Read and fill in the table
Name
Looks
Personality
Other information
Betty
May
5. Listen and repeat
Listen to the record of Part 1 and Part3 and repeat sentence by sentence. Pay attention to the pronunciation and intonation.
6. Listen and repeat
(1) Listen to the record and repeat sentence by sentence.
(2) Retell the passage according to the table above.
7. Read and answer
Read Part 2 and answer the following questions.
How tall is Max?
Does Max look lovely when he wears small round glasses?
How do we feel when we are with Max? Why?
Do Max’s legs fit well under his desk?
What happens to him when Max walks past the desk?
8. Listen and repeat
(1) Listen to the record and repeat sentence by sentence of Part.
(2) Retell the part about Max’s personality with the clues.
【设计意图】快速浏览全文，让学生找出文中的三个主要人物，了解文章的中心意思。接下来利用找关键词及问题引导带领学生细读课文，让学生对课文有更深层次的理解，从而进一步把握文章的结构和细节。跟读录音是为了让学生在理解的基础上来朗读，更好地模仿标准的语音语调。
Step 3 Extension
1. Pair work
Have a discussion about “Who do you want to choose as your best friend, Betty, Max or May? Why?” in pairs.
2. Summary
Teacher gives a short summary.
【设计意图】通过对问题的讨论来复习巩固本节课的重点知识，让学生将短文转换成对话的形式展示出来，可以更好地了解学生的学习情况。最后教师进行本节课的总结，可以让学生对照自评本节课的目标达成度。
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V. Homework
1. Listen to the tape and repeat after it three times.
2. Finish the exercises B1 and B2 on Page 9.
3. Write a passage about your best friend.
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