3.Know about skimming.
4.Learn to skim an article and find all the information.
5. To write about a person’s characteristics and abilities.
6. To organize ideas and build a justification for those ideas.
You maybe true in some ways.
In fact, that’s not the case.
He isn’t afraid of making a speech in front of many people.
He thinks he can do anything if he tries his best.
重点句型
In the Chinese lunar calendar, there are 12 animal signsin all.
Each of them represents a lunar year.
They appear in a fixed order.
The cycle repeats every 12 years.
9.在听说的基础上发展学生的写作能力。
教学方法
本单元表示性格的形容词的拼写、短语及句子是初中英语必须掌握的重要知识，对话或写作方式出现内容与学生的个人发展息息相关，平时要注意加强语言的积累与写作能力的训练。
利用多媒体，如音乐、影片、图片、录音等，创设相关的情境进行教学，围绕本单元的教学目标，设计一些贴近学生实际的教学任务，针对目标语言设计课堂教学，同时在教学中培养学生形成优良品质。本单元的教学内容设计层层推进，词、词组、句子、文章由易到难。知识由浅入深。通过学生了解自己的性格入手，谈到将来适合的职业。在听说读写四个方面都有操练，着重于学生语言技能的培养以及学生掌握语言实际运用的能力。
(Ask students to say out the animal signs, andread the words.)
2.T:What do you think of monkeys/ dogs…?
(Encourage students to say They are clever/ loyal…)
Step 3. Speak up
1.T: Is it true that people born under the same animal sign or star sign my have similar personalities? It may be true, but we shouldn’t believe in them. Let’s listen to a conversation between Millie and her neighbor Joe. Then answer these questions:
Step 2. Listening
1.Ask students to read Part A1 and fill in the information in A2 as much aspossible.
2.Listen to the tape and ask students notto write down the answers.
课题
9上Unit1 Know yourselfIntegrated---Task
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目标
1. To know the difference between animal signs and star signs
2.To communicate with each other about animal signsand star signs and what characteristics they represent.
课题
9上Unit1 Know yourselfIntegrated---Task
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教材概述
1.Integrated skills部分用中国传统的属相及西方的星座谈论性格的不同。
2.Study skills部分介绍Skimming的阅读技巧。
3.Task部分让学生用本单元的知识进行写作能力的训练，即根据自己的性格特点，适合的职业或职位用英语写推荐信。
2. T helps students to review words, born\ brave\in some ways\ that’s not the case\ gentle\ believe in and so on.
3.T plays the tape again and ask students to read after tape. Read the dialogue in pairs.
2. Let students源自discuss with their partners about the above questions.
3. Guide students to read part B carefully. Tell them to recommend a classmate to be This year’s Best student. Ask them to write a recommendation letter and they can use part B as a model. They can use the expressions onpage 18 to help.
People born under the same animal sign may have similar personalities.
It is said that people born in the Year of the Dragon are brave and powerful.
A year is divided into a cycle of 12 star signs.
Your star sign depends on your date of birth.
We read about these just for fun instead of believing in them.
He is lively, practical and loyal.
It is you whoshapeyour life and your future.
He was absent from school last Monday.
He has many strong qualities for the position.
He is the most suitable person to be our monitor.
We hope that you agree with us.
Step6. Presentation
1. T: When skimming, read the title, the main headings, the first and last paragraphs, and the first sentence of each paragraph. This will give you a good ides of what the text is about. You don’t need to read and understand each word.
教学目标
1.能够说出十二生肖的英文名称的单词及相关的单词和短语。
2.初步了解中国的生肖和西方的星座，但不迷信生肖论。
3.复习运用that所引导的宾语从句。
4.能够初步掌控速读技巧。
5.运用速读阅读报纸、杂志和旅游指南。
6.理解性格形成的科学因素、不盲从属相说、星座说。
7.能够读懂网状说明图。
8.能够初步认知如何用英文写推荐信。
T: So you read newspapers and magazines in your spare time?
How do you get the information from them?Do you read every character or word?
2.T: Skimming means reading the text quicklyto get the main idea.
2. T: Millie has found an article in a magazine. Skim the article to find the main idea. Use the questions to help you.
Read the questions, and find out the key words of each question.
3.T teaches new words and phrases: divide\divide…into…\shape
4.Listen to the tape again and ask students to complete the article in A3.
5.Read the article.
Step7. Practice
1. Ask the students to findout the answers in the paragraph
2. Ask them to read the answers out.
T: You don’t need to read and understand each word.
Step8.Lead-in
1 Ask them to say something about different classmates and different personalities.