八年级英语Unit6 I’m more outgoing than my sister教学设计与反思

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［教材分析］

1、学习有关人物特点的单词：tall, thin, short, heavy, calm, wild, long hair, short hair, outgoing, quiet, funny, serious, smart, athletic, ect.

2、学习人物比较的重要句型：

（1）Pedro is funnier than Paul.

（2）Tina is taller than Tara.

（3）Tom is more athletic than Sam.

3、掌握语法点：the comparative and superlative degrees of adjectives (形容词的比较级和最高级)

［学生分析］

1、利用多媒体课件上英语课，学生视听感受明显，表现出极大兴趣，在欣赏和享受中学习，学习效果很明显。

2、学生以前已经学过形容词的比较级和最高级，但掌握的强度不够，对单音节和多音节形容词的比较级和最高级的表达上总是出现错误。通过对本课的学习可以巩固所学知识，掌握用正确的语言结构表达人物特点和人物比较。

［教学目标］

1、谈论学生感兴趣的话题，指导学生学习有关人物特点的单词、人物比较的表达及语法知识点“形容词的比较级和最高级”。

2、学生根据班级的真实情况，采用“名人专访”、“公众投票”、“明日之星”的游戏，培养学生的想象力、自信心和合作精神。

3、通过学习本课，增强师生、生生间的相互了解和沟通。

4、培养学生的口头表达能力、阅读理解能力和写作能力。

［教学过程］

    Step 1 Lead-in

T：I have a sister. Can you guess what she looks like and what she is like? (Show them you are waiting.)

S：She is tall. /She is thin. / She has long hair./She is easygoing./…(Students use their imagination and express themselves freely.)

T：Let’s look at our photos. (Show them on the screen.) Please talk about us.

S：She is shorter than you. /She has shorter hair than you. /She is thinner than you. /… (Students get information from the photos.)

T：I’m more outgoing than my sister.（Lead in the class subject.）


Step 2 Revision

1、 Revise the adjectives describing people’s appearance and personalities:

Divide the class into four groups and have a competition. See which group of the students can get as much as possible. Write down on a piece of paper prepared before class. (Students must collect them before class.)

2、Show some photos about famous persons and talk about their personal traits, using description words, such as short hair/long hair, curly hair/straight hair, tall/short, heavy/thin, funny/serious, outgoing/quiet, smart/foolish, beautiful/ugly, intelligent/lazy, friendly/unfriendly …etc, on the screen.


Step 3 Presentation

1、 Learn some new words about personal traits: calm/wild, athletic/weak， using the pictures of 3 pairs of twins in Section A.

T: Who is calmer, Tom or Sam?

S: Tom is calmer than Sam. Sam is wilder than Tam.

Tom is more athletic than Sam. Sam is weaker than Tom.

2、 Do Section A-1a.Match each word with the opposite. Check the answers.

3、 Get students to introduce the rules of the comparative and superlative degrees of adjectives.(Show them on the screen.)


Step 4 Listening

1、 Listen to the tape and number the pictures in 1b.

2、 Listen to the tape and complete the chat in 2a. Listen again and fill in chat in 2b.

3、 Check the answers.

Step 5 Practice

Task 1: Interview famous persons（Pair work）

1、Demonstrate the activity with one student. (Imagine he/she is a famous person. The teacher acts as a reporter.)

eg T: Hello, Susan. May I ask you some questions about your family?



   S: Yes.

   T: Do you have a brother or a sister?

   S: Yes, I have two brothers and one sister.

   T: Who is taller, your sister or you?

   S: I’m taller than my sister.

   T: Who is the most athletic of you?

   S: My oldest brother.

   (Show an example on the screen.)

2、 Ss work in pairs. Then ask some pairs to act them out in class.

Task 2: Public vote （Group work）

1、 Divide the class into 4 groups and then work in groups. Fill in the chat.

In class Name

Who is the tallest?    Who is the shortest? Who is the heaviest? Who is the thinnest? Who is the most outgoing?       Who is the most athletic?      

2、 Each group choose one student to do a report. Show the results in class.

Task 3: Super star (Individual performance)

T: Suppose you are a super star in the future. What will you look like and what will you be like?

S: I’m better than now, of course.

1、 Show an example on the screen:

I want to be a super star. Now I’m tall. Later I’m taller. Now I’m a middle school student. Later I’m a college student.…

2、Get Ss to design their future and have a free talk.

3、Ask some Ss to share with others.


Step 6 Reading and Writing

1、 Teach “look the same”、“look different”、“ be as good as”、“be not as good as”、“a little”，using some pictures and comparing some Ss in class.

2、 Ss read the article. Then read the statements (1-5) about the article. Write “T”、“F” or“DK”.

3、 Check the answers. (Ask Ss to give reasons.)

4、 Ask Ss to write another letter.

T: You are Isabel now. Write a letter to reply Liu Li. Talk about the same and different between you and one of your friends.

5、Choose two or three to share the replies with the whole class.

Step 7 Consolidation and Sum-up

1、 Give Ss a chance to sum up what have learned in this class.(Ss can talk about it freely.) Then T makes a brief sum-up.

2、 Get the Ss to do some consolidation exercises. T goes around and gives some help to Ss.


     Step 8 Homework

1、 Do Workbook Exx.1-3.

2、 Preview Section B.