Unit 9 What does he look like? (Section A 1a--2d)

Period 1 : Section A (1a-2d)

I. The analysis of teaching material

The teaching material is the listening and speaking 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 interesting and useful, but there are some new words and phrases in the passage. After the class, the students should remember the new words and new sentence patterns.

II. The analysis of the students

Most students from the rural school have an average English level, and they are not good at listening and speaking. 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 by speaking and listening. 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:

1. Through the explanation of the new words, 80% of the students can pronounce and read those new words.

2. Through the explanation of the new sentences and the role play, 90% of the students can read the new words and sentences fluently and correctly.

3. 80% of students can use the new words and sentence structure to make their own dialogues. And some lower students can modify the sentences by changing the key words.

New words: straight, tall, height, thin, heavy, build, tonight, little, cinema, glasses, later.

New sentences:

What does he look like?  He is… / She is…

B. Ability objectives:

After the learning of new words and sentences and practicing the listening and speaking in pairs,

1. Students will be able to know how to find the key words while listening.

2. 70% of students will be able to make short dialogues about asking and answering people’s physical appearance.

3. Through the role play and the exercises, 80% of the students can learn how to use the new words and sentences to talk about others’ physical appearance correctly, meanwhile, through the listening practice and the conversation, most students can improve listening and speaking skills.

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 new words correctly. Meanwhile, they can understand the meaning and usage of those words.

2. Students can use the sentence pattern “What does he/she look like?” “She/He is…”  to asking and answering people’s physical appearance.

3. Students can improve their listening skills by finding key words.

B. Difficulties:

1. Students have difficulties in What questions and adjectives of description.

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

3. As the students have a limited vocabulary, so they may have some difficulties in communicating with others about describing people’s looks fluently and freely by using the new sentence structure.

V. Teaching method & 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.)

(3) Audio-Visual Method (Through tasks of listening and speaking, students will improve their skills of oral English. )

B. Teaching aids

Picture & PPT

VI. Teaching procedure

Step 1 Warm-up

1. Greeting to the class.

2. T: Daily greetings to the students.

S: Get ready for the class. (Open the textbook and say hello to teacher.)

【Purpose】This step is based on the Communicative Approach. This step is based on the Communicative Approach. By greeting to the students, they can get ready in class quickly.

Step 2 Presentation

1. Play a game of changing the outfit.

T: Let’s play a game of changing the outfit.

2. Through the game of changing the outfit, Students should know some words that describing physical appearance.

【Purpose】This step can attract students’ attention, and students can be interested in this class and have a deep impression of some new words.

Step 3 Work on 1a

1. Students will match the words with the people in the picture.

2. Students will share their answers with their classmates.

【Purpose】This step is based on the Task-based Teaching Method. Designing an activity just like 1a, students can say some usual words about describing people’s appearance. And it can set up a good base on the listening tasks.  

Step 4 Listening

1) Listen to the radio and check the answer.

2) Listen again and finish the task.

A: Is that your friend?

B: No, it isn’t.

A: What does he look like? Is he short or tall?

B: Well, he’s really_____. And he has_________.

3) Work on 1c (pair work: describe your friend)

A: What does your friend look like?

B: She’s of medium height, and she has long straight hair.

4) Exercise

1. Guessing game: Who are these people?

2. One student comes to the blackboard, and the other students describe him/her.

【Purpose】This step is based on the Audio-Visual approach. Students need to fill in blanks with the key points and do the pair work after listening, so they can further practice the intensive listening skills and learn how to put out new words and new sentences.

Step 5 Work on 2a-2c

1) Listening tasks

1. Listen to 2b and answer some questions..

2. Check answers one by one.

2) Work on 2c (Listen again. Fill in the chart.)

【Purpose】This step is based on the Audio-Visual approach and Task-based Teaching Method. From finding the key words to listening to tapes, it will gradually help students to learn how to find tips before listening. And doing an exercise after listening is to help students to put out the target language.

Step 6 Exercise

1. Work in pairs

A: What does he look like?

B: He’s of medium build.

A: Is Sally thin or heavy?

B: She’s thin and of medium height.

A: Does she has long hair?

B: Yes, she has long straight hair.

2. Work on 2d (Role-play the conversation)

【Purpose】This step is based on the Task-based Teaching Method. Students will do exercises to practice the language points.

Step 7 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 words and expressions.

2. Finish the exercises in the workbook.

Level A students:1. Make two short dialogues based on the information in 1b, 2b

2. Recite the dialogue of 2d.

Level B students: 1. Copy the 1c, 2c .

2. Read the dialogue of 2d skillfully.

【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