8A Unit 1 Friends 教案
8a unit 1 friends comic strip & welcome to the unit
teaching objectives:
to identify the words and phrases to describe the appearance and personality of a person
to talk about the important qualities of a good friend
teaching contents:
words: honest, joy, sad, believe, teenager, good-looking, musical
phrases: have something to drink, make somebody happy/special, keep secrets, share one’s joy, believe what somebody says, talk to somebody about anything, clean and tidy
sentences: do you want some?
can i have something to drink?
what about some milk?
can i have some more food too?
there’s nothing else in the fridge.
teaching preparations:
tape recorder
computer
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 to 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, we took a photo with this famous man--- batman. he’s a hero and people’s 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 2 presentation
t: there are some more words to describe people. for example, we can say batman is good-looking. but we never say he’s beautiful! we don’t 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”.
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, polite…
t: so these are very important 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 … because…
i agree. / i don’t agree with you because …
it’s quite important for a friend to be …? do you think so? 共15页，当前第1页123456789101112131415
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i don’t 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/she 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 presentation
1. t: how old is your best friend? what about you?
ss: 15/16 …
t: so you are teenagers. we call children between 13 and 19 teenagers.
teach “teenager”.
t: we have a good friend, eddie. is he a teenager?
ss: no.
2. t: who’s eddie’s good friend? why?
t plays the tape of the comic strip and ss try to find out the answer to the question.
(hobo is eddie’s good friend because they always share things with each 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 practice
1. ss act out the dialogue and they are encouraged to add 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: who’s your good friend?
b: …
a: what’s he/she like?
b: …
a: what do you think of your friend?
b: …
a: what makes him/her so special to you?
b: … can you tell me something about your good friend?
step 6 summarize
t: 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 more friends.
step 7 homework
1. 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 (ⅰ)
teaching objectives:
to guess general meanings from keywords and context
to skim text for overall meanings and scan for details
to identify specific information about different people form their friends’ descriptions
to use adjectives to describe people’s appearance and personalities
teaching contents:
words: slim, shoulder-length, generous, singer, almost, eyesight, smart, true
phrases: travel around the world, have poor eyesight, have a good sense of humour, knock off, a true friend, say a bad word about anyone, vote for
teaching preparations:共15页，当前第2页123456789101112131415
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tape recorder
computer
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 almost everyone has a friend, do you think so? let’s 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 friend’s appearance very important to you?
ss: no.
t: good. we should never judge a person by his appearance or clothes. but it’ll 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 practice
ss do part 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 adjectives 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 humour”, “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 repeat.
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 practice
1. ss have a group competition by choosing to answer the questions about betty in the table.
2. fill in the blanks to complete the description about max.
3. complete the brief introduction about may.
step 6 summarize
t: 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: and 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 practice
1. 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 and answering in pairs ‘who will amy/ simon/ sandy vote for?’共15页，当前第3页123456789101112131415
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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 then vote for one of them. explain why they vote for that particular person.
step 8 homework
1. 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 expressions and use them in different context
to learn how to describe friends
teaching contents:
words: slim, shoulder-length, generous, singer, almost, eyesight, smart, true, joke, fit,
off, advertisement
phrases: be willing to do sth., share sth. with sb., in need, help sb. with one’s homework, walk past, knock 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 at 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:
computer
teaching procedures:
step 1 revision
1. t: for yesterday’s homework i asked you to vote for a best student in your class. now can you tell me your choice and your reason? please describe that person in details and let’s guess who it is. then we can vote for him or her, ok?
2. t: yesterday we also met three friends in ‘teenagers’ magazine. they’re betty, max and may. how much do you remember them?
ss have a group competition by answering questions about max.
step 2 language points
t: wonderful! you have a very good memory. now let’s 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 isn’t as tall as i .
他做作业和我一样认真。 he does homework as carefully as i do.
我昨天到家不如我姐姐早。 i didn’t 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）共15页，当前第4页123456789101112131415
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雷峰总是乐于助人。 lei feng is always ready to help people.
我准备好考试了。 i’m 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/because
because 后跟从句 because of 跟短语（sth/doing sth）
因为下大雨，我们没做早操。
we didn’t do morning exercises because it rained heavily.
we didn’t do morning exercises because of the heavy rain.
7. knock sth off … 把某物从……撞翻
8. bored/ boring
bored （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. 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。 it’s not polite to say bad words about others.
step 3 exercises
1. 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 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. he’s ________(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。
don’t _______ 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 summarize
t: today 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. let’s cherish friendship and be nice to our friends. if we all have good friends and try to be true friends, our lives will be better and better! now let’s enjoy an english poem together as the end of this class.共15页，当前第5页123456789101112131415
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step 5 poem
we are always together in our hearts
we have many secrets to share
when i need you, you are there
your sense of humour
can always make me laugh
thank you for being so generous
let nothing come between us
even when we are far apart
you are always in my heart
step 6 homework
write 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 use appropriate adjectives to describe the appearances of boys and girls
teaching contents:
words: thin, strong, tall, short, small eyes, big eyes, round face, square face, beautiful, pretty, lovely, handsome, good-looking, smart, slim
girls：beautiful, pretty, lovely, slim
boys：handsome, good-looking, smart
teaching preparations:
computer
pictures
teaching procedures:
step 1 warm-up
t: let’s 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 8 points. but after the last sentence you’ll get a zero. does it make sense?
ss find out the answer without much difficulty.
t: it’s easy, right? you have remembered the three friends’ appearances and the words to describe them. now let’s have a look at these words again.
step 2 presentation
1. t: look! here is a table. when we describe people’s 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: ok.
ss fail to find out who she is.
t: haha, it’s me! why is it not so easy this time? because you haven’t learnt this before and the information i gave you is not enough. we need to learn more to describe people’s appearances, right?
ss look at the pictures and learn more words to describe appearance. they try to find out what the words are used for--- build, height, etc.
step 3 practice
1. 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 there’s something new added in.
step 4 presentation
1. t: you’ve 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?共15页，当前第6页123456789101112131415
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ss: handsome, smart, good-looking, beautiful, pretty, lovely…
t: well done! you’ve learnt a lot. but do you know that some words are suitable for girls only and some are for boys only? of course there’re also some for both girls and boys. let’s put them in the right places.
girls：beautiful, pretty, lovely, slim
boys：handsome, good-looking, smart
ss do part b, p11.
2. t: now we’ve learnt a lot of words to describe girls and boys, face and hair, etc. let’s 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 you’re writing the right words. for example, if i ask you to write some words to describe hair, you can’t write round or square, ok?
1) would you please write some words which are used only for boys?
2) would you please write some words which describe a person’s face?
3) would you please write some words which describe a person’s build?
4) would you please write some words which are used for both girls and boys?
ss work in groups. four groups come to the blackboard. each time only one of them writes and the others can shout loudly to help.
step 5 practice
1. t: now let’s check how well you have learnt. could you describe the appearance of the person you know best? it’s youself!
get some students to come to the front of the classroom to describe their own appearances, try to use as many adjectives they’ve learnt as possible.
2. t: as there’s still some time left, we can play one more game called “twenty questions”. please try to guess who i am thinking about by asking me questions about his or her appearance. you can’t ask special questions and i can only answer “yes” or “no”. if you are smart enough, you may not need to ask 20 questions! then you can play this game with your classmates. here is a model:
t: i’m thinking about a boy in this class.
s1: is he tall?
t: yes.
s2: is he strong?
t: no.
s3: is he our monitor?
t: no.
s4: does he have big eyes?
t: yes.
……
ss ask questions and guess. then the one who gets the right answer comes to the front and the other students ask him/ her questions to continue the game.
step 6 homework
describe the appearance of someone you like very much. he or she may be your friend, your parent or your favorite star. try to bring a photo of his or hers here tomorrow. let’s see how well you can use the words you’ve learnt.
8a unit 1 grammar (ⅰ)
teaching objectives
to use an adjective before a noun or after a linking verb to describe someone or something 共15页，当前第7页123456789101112131415
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to use comparatives to compare two people or things
to use superlatives to compare three or more people or things
teaching contents:
words: cheerful, printer, better, worse, worst, height, competition, test, be, become, feel, get, grow, keep, look, seem, smell, sound, taste, turn
phrases：in the drawing competition
sentences：this is the most expensive printer in the shop.
millie is the slowest swimmer of the six students.
sandy’s drawing is the most beautiful in the drawing competition.
teaching preparations:
computer
pictures
teaching procedures:
step 1 lead-in
t: yesterday i asked you to describe a person you like and bring his or her photo here. now would you please show me your work?
some ss come to the blackboard and describe.
t shows one of the descriptions and underlines some adjectives in the description.
step 2 presentation
t: these underlined words are called adjectives. please look at the pictures and the sentences. can you tell me the use of adjectives in them?
show a picture of a woman with short hair and a sleeping cat.
she has short hair.
her hair is short.
this is a lazy cat.
this cat is lazy.
ss find out that adjectives are used to describe people or things and are used before nouns or after linking verbs.
t: can you think of any linking verbs we’ve learnt before?
show ss some of the linking verbs which are often used.
step 3 practice
ss do part a, p12. rearrange the words to form complete sentences.
millie has short hair.
sandy wears round glasses.
amy is funny and cheerful.
millie does not like long hair.
sandy is tall and has long hair.
t helps ss find out the use of adjectives in each sentence--- before a noun or after a linking verb.
step 5 presentation
1. t: look at these two girls. can you find out the difference between the two sentences?
emphasize that an adjective is used with a noun or a linking verb while an adverb is used with a verb.
2. show ss more pictures. help them say sentences to compare the things with comparatives and superlatives.
ss find out that comparatives are used to compare two people or things while superlatives are used to compare three or more people or things. also find out some words and phrases which indicate the use of comparatives or superlatives.
comparative: than, much, even, still, a little, of the two, which/who is …, a or b?
superlative: the, of…, in …, which/who is …, a, b or c?
3. ss look at the table and find out how to form comparatives and superlatives.共15页，当前第8页123456789101112131415
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we add -er / -est to short adjectives.
(short adjectives are adjectives of one or two syllables).
we use more/ most for long adjectives.
(long adjectives are adjectives of three or more syllables.)
step 6 practice
1. ss do part b1, page 13. write the comparatives and superlatives of the adjectives.
2. ss have a group competition. each member of a group should read and spell the comparative and superlative of an adjective below. the group that can do it most quickly with all the answers correct will be the winner.
1) light old healthy cheerful
2) safe thirsty slim bad
3) bright new much bored
4) sad heavy straight clearly
3. ss do part b2, p14. complete the sentences according to the profile.
4. ss make up a dialogue in pairs to compare people or things. they can choose any topic of the following: animals, sports, food and drinks, people in this classroom.
t provides some pictures, words, phrases and sentences which may be useful to ss.
5. ss do some multiple choice and translation work.
step 7 summarize
t: this class we learnt the use of adjectives, comparatives and superlatives. now let’s read an interesting english poem as the end of this lesson.
good, better, best,
never let it rest,
till your good is better,
and your better is best!
step 8 homework
revise the use of adjectives, comparatives and superlatives
complete the exercises in the workbook
总 课 题 8a unit 1 friends 总课时 10 第 6 课时
课 题 grammar（二） 课型 新授课
教学目标 1. to compare two people/ things using ‘(not) as’+ adjective+ ‘as’
2. to use superlatives to compare three or more people/ things
3. review to use comparatives to compare two people/ things
教学重点 (not) as’+ adjective+ ‘as, language points
教学难点 (not) as’+ adjective+ ‘as
课前预习 1. preview the new words.
2. revise some verb phrases.
课前准备 录音机、多媒体课件
教学过程
教 师 活 动 学 生 活 动
step 1 brainstorming
show picture
t: please look at this boy. what do you want to say about him?共15页，当前第9页123456789101112131415
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s: ……(write the adjectives which students will be mentioned on the blackboard.)
t: all of you described him very well with these words.
today, we’ll talk about adjectives.
sentences: liu xiang is a tall boy.
he is sporty.
he has big eyes.
t: who can tell me where we usually put adjs?
we use an adjective before a noun or after a link verb to describe someone/ something.
show picture 2,3
t: what about daniel? is he tall?
t: look at these girls, who is the tallest ?
t: not as…as = not so…as 不如……
比较级 + than 比……
t: tommy likes music, and dainel likes outdoor activities. can you say their names?
ask students to look at the table on page 11 and complete the conversations with ‘(not) as...as’
step 2 practice using ‘… than’, ‘the most…’, ‘as…as’, ‘not as … as’.
t: amy thinks diving is the most interesting outdoor activity.
it’s more interesting than swimming and hiking.
hiking is as interesting as camping. but they are not as interesting as skiing and swimming….
step 3 practice it in another way.
now can you understand another kind of diagram?
(very interesting--★★★★★, not interesting--★)
step 4 task
look at the diagram on p11. talk about it in groups. then practise as the four children
step 5 exercises
step 6 rhyme:
homework
1. 他脸上常常带着笑容。
2. 汤姆每天花太多的时间玩电子游戏。
3. 患难朋友才是真正朋友。
4. 和他在一起总是让我很快乐。
5. 他的幽默从未使我感到无聊。
6. 别说别人坏话。
7. 她和我一样苗条。
8. 她从不告诉别人好朋友的秘密。
s: liuxiang (write the adjectives which students will be mentioned on the blackboard.)
s: daniel is as tall as tommy.
tommy is as tall as jason.
s: lily is not as tall as mickey.
judy is not so tall as lily.
mickey is taller than lily.
judy is shorter than mickey
s: swimming, skiing, diving, camping, hiking, cycling
ss repeat after the teacher first, and then practise in halves.
完成情况教学反思 课时任务全部完成, 对于as…as…用法的掌握, 基本达到80%. reading部分的语言点有所遗忘, 所以在homework中加强训练
总 课 题 8a unit 1 friends 总课时 10 第 7 课时
课 题 integrated skills 课型 新授课
教学目标 1. to get specific information from a listening material;
2. to talk about a friend.
3. to talk about future plans
教学重点 describe the future plans, language points
教学难点 describe the future plans.
课前预习 1. preview the new words.共15页，当前第10页123456789101112131415
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2. revise some verb phrases.
课前准备 录音机、多媒体课件
教学过程
教 师 活 动 学 生 活 动
step 1 warm-up
t: who is he ? can you describe him?
t: would you like to be another jack chen? why?
step 2 free talk
t: what does … like doing?
what would … like to do in the future?
step 3 listening
t: millie is talking to amy about her future plans. can you find out what she would like to do in the future? you can listen to their conversation and put a ‘smile face’ in the correct boxes in the table.
t check the answers.
step 4 discussion
t: .discuss with your partner ‘what is millie like?’ and ‘what does she want to do?’
step 5 blank-filling
step 6 practise
task 1 suppose you are millie. a reporter from njtv is interviewing you. please make a dialogue with your partner, talking about your future plan.
step 7 speak-up
t: listen and answer:
1.whom are they talking about?
2.what would peter like to do in the future?
task 2 practice in pairs, talking about their appearance and their own plans
homework
1、我认为野营不是危险的户外活动。
2、我不知道怎样解决这个问题。你能给我一点建议吗？
3、攀登比潜水更有益于健康
4、双胞胎对这三个强盗的总体外貌十分了解 s: brave, kind, honest, pleasant…,an actor
s: because he is famous and popular.
s: famous, popular, editor, social worker, solve problems, hard-working, handsome, cheerful, a social worker
ss check the answers
完成情况教学反思 课时任务全部完成, 同学们对于’未来计划’这一话题很感兴趣,可以在课外的社团活动中参与这一话题的探究
总 课 题 8a unit 1 friends 总课时 10 第 8 课时
课 题 study skills 课型 新授课
教学目标 1. to find the main points of a passage in order to understand and memorize it more easily.
2. to identify keywords in order to develop general understanding of a passage.
3. to guess meaning and generate mental pictures.
教学重点 identify keywords, find the main points of a passage
教学难点 find the main points of a passage
课前预习 1. preview the new words.
2. revise some verb phrases.
课前准备 录音机、多媒体课件
教学过程
教 师 活 动 学 生 活 动
step1. revision:
t: 1. do you have any future plans?
2. what are you going to do when you grow up?
3. why?
4. what will you do to fulfill your aims?
step 2 story telling
t: ask two ss to repeat the story, and find out which parts are different.
t: make a conclusion, ask ss to pay attention to the details.
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