Unit 9 What does he look like? (Section B 2a-2c)

Period 1 : Section B (2a-2c)

I. The analysis of teaching material

The teaching material is the reading part in this unit. The topic of this unit is how to talk about physical appearance. The topic is not new to the students，it is very important and difficult for students to learn what question and alternative questions . After the class, the students read the important adjectives of description and articles about people’s look.

II. The analysis of the students

Most students from the rural school have an average English level, and they are not good at reading. This unit is for the students who are from Grade1 in junior high school. As junior high school students, they may feel curious or worried about English learning, so I design different kinds of activities to help them to understand and learn the language points. That can not only help them to overcome their fear, but also can make them enjoy the success in English grammar. In this way, I think the students can learn more from my class and have lots of fun.

III. Teaching objectives

According to the curriculum standard of English, the teacher sets the following objectives.

A. Knowledge objectives:

Through the explanation of the reading material, 80% of the students can read those key words, phrases and sentence structures:

New words: artist, put, each, way, describe, differently, another, end, real

New sentences:

1. The police put it in newspapers and on television to find him.

2. Many people don’t always see things the same way so they may describe the same person differently.

3. In the end, the real criminal is a short and heavy old man, and he has short black hair.

B. Ability objectives:

After the learning of reading materials and practicing the article in pairs,

1. Students will be able to read those sentences fluently and correctly.

2. 80% of students will be able to answer some questions about this article. 50% of students can retell this article fluently.

3. Through learning this article, 90% of the students can find the real criminal.

C. Moral objectives:

Through the process of talking about people’s physical appearance, students can know how to describe people’s looks.

IV. Key points & difficulties

A. Key points:

1. Students can pronounce the words and sentences in 2b fluently and correctly. Meanwhile, they can understand the meaning of this passage.

2. Students can find some key points to answer the questions.

B. Difficulties:

1. Students can read this passage fluently and correctly.

2. Some middle level students can understand a little bit long conversations.

3. Some students can retell this passage fluently.

V. Teaching methods & aids

A. Teaching methods

(1) Task-based Language Teaching Approach (Through the activities, students will finish the tasks.)

(2) Communicative Approach (Through the pair work, students will be encouraged to communicate with the teacher and their partners.)

B. Teaching aids

Picture & PPT

VI. Teaching procedure

Step 1 Lead-in

1. Greeting to the class.

2. Play a game (draw a picture as you can)

According to the description of five people, students should draw five pictures as soon as they can.

【Purpose】This step is based on the Communicative Approach and Task-based Teaching Method. By greeting to the students, they can get ready in class quickly, and through playing a game, students can take part in this class actively.

Step 2 Presentation

1. Show time (Students should show their pictures in class)

2. Conclusion (Some words about describing people’s look)

【Purpose】This step can attract students’ attention, and students can be interested in this class and have a deep impression of those words about describing people’s look.

Step 3 Work on 2a

1. Students will complete the chart with words of the opposite meaning.

2. Students will fill in the blanks.

【Purpose】This step is based on the Task-based Teaching Method. Designing an activity just like 2a, students can know those words about describing people’s appearance.

Step 4 Work on 2b

1. Read the newspaper article. Which picture shows the real criminal?

2. Read the article again and answer following questions:

1) What’s Joe Brown’s job?

2) Is his work easy or difficult? Why?

 3) What does the real criminal look like? Which picture shows the real criminal?

【Purpose】This step is based on Task-based Teaching Method. Students need to read this article clearly, and then they should find answers of those questions in ppt.

Step 5 Exercise

1. Read the article again and write what the words in bold refer to.

2. Some students should retell this passage fluently according to the picture of the real criminal.

【Purpose】This step is based on the Task-based Teaching Method. Students will do more exercises to understand those sentences of this passage. And then retell it.

Step 6 Summary

1. Students should say what did they learned in this lesson.

2. Students summarize the important words and sentences by using the blackboard design.

【Purpose】This step is based on the Task-based Teaching Method. It can help students to improve their ability of summing up.

Step 8 Homework

1. Remember the key sentences in reading.

3. Finish the exercises in the workbook.

Level A students: 1. Recite the describing sentences in reading.

2. Draw a picture of your classmates and write something to introduce him or her  

Level B students: 1. Copy the key sentences in reading.

2. Read the passage fluently and correctly.

【Purpose】Reciting the language points is good for students to accumulate the expressions, and it’s necessary to do exercises to check if students understand the language of the class.

Blackboard design

Unit 9 What does he look like? (Section B 2a—2c)     Who is the real criminal?           He is a short and heavy old man, and       he has short black hair.