山东省肥城市安站中学八年级英语上册 Unit 6 I’m more outgoing than my sister.Period 2导学案 人教新目标版.doc

unit 6 im more outgoing than my sister.period 2period 2step1 revisionstep2 reading and writing (3a) now we have got to know how different sam and tom are. and there are another two pictures of girls on page 33. do they look alike? maybe in some ways they look the same. here is a letter from liu li to isabel. please read it quickly and tell me what liu li tells isabel. thats right, liu li tells isabel something about her and her twin sister liu ying. ok, under the article, six statements are given. read the article again in details and write t (for true) if the statements are true, f (for false) if the statements are false or dk (for dont know) if you dont know the answer and try to give reasons why you write f or dk. now lets check your answers.1. liu li has more than one sister.dkthere is no information about another sister in the article2. liu li and liu ling have some things in common.t3. liu ying is not as good at sports as her sister.fliu ying is more athletic than her sister.4. liu ying talks more than liu li.t5. liu yings favorite subject is physics.fliu lings favorite subject is p.e.6. both girls go to lots of parties.dkthe article doesnt tell us if they go to lots of parties.next please look at these sentences on the board. we are both student. we both have black hair. they are both tall. they both like sports.please pay attention to the place of the word “both” in the sentences. does the word “both” come before or after the word “are”? does the word “both” come before or after the word “have” and the word “like”? yes, as you see, the word “both” comes after the verb be (are), and before other verbs (have, like). try to use it correctly.3. now lets read the article loudly to the tape sentence by sentence. try to imitate the pronunciation and intonation of the native reader. read the article for a second time. while reading underline the useful expressions in the article, blacken the er, ier or more and both and shadow the connectives. you should copy the expressions into your notebook after school. dear isabel, thank you/ for your last letter. here are photos/ of me and my twin sister/ liu ying. as you see, in some ways/ we look the same, and in some ways/ we look different. we both have black eyes/ and black hair, although my hair is shorter than hers. we both/ like sports, although liu ying/ is more athletic than me. shes more outgoing, and im quieter. i think/ im smarter/ than her. my favorite subjects/are physics and chemistry, and her favorite subject/ is p.e. however, we both /enjoying going to parties.please visit us soon!love,liu lido the exercises by filling in the blanks.1. liu li has more than one sister.2. liu li and liu ying have some things in common.3. liu ying is not as good at sports as her sister.4. liu ying talks more than liu li.5. liu yings favorite subject is physics.6. both girls go to lots of parties.step 3 pairwork (3b)after reading we come to know there are some things different between liu li and liu ying, and they have some things in common. do you have a twin sister or twin brother? maybe the answers are not. but i think most of you have good friends. and now please tell your partner about things that are the same and different between you and your friends. you should try to use these words and phrases: “in some ways, both, although, be good at, look the same, the same as, in common, more than”. first read the sample conversation in the box, and work together for a few minutes to make your own conversation. then ill ask some pairs to say your dialogues to the class. example: a: liu ping is my good friend. shes a little more outgoing than me and more athletic. but we have some things in common. we both like physics and chemistry, and we both enjoy going to lots of parties.b: my friend is the same as me. we are both quiet. and we both like english and chemistry. a: do you look the same?b: no, we look different. my friend is a little taller than me.step 4 reading and ranking (1a)everyone has friends in his life. some friends have some things in common with you; some friends are different from you. what kind of things is important in a friend? here are six descriptions on the page 34. open your book at page 34 and look at 1a. read each description loudly. in your opinion, which one is the most important? please rank the things (1-6). you put a 1 after the thing that is most important to you, and put a 2 after the second most important thing and so forth. now lets check which things are most important to you. ill ask a student to copy these six phrases on the board. please read them together loudly. next ill ask you some questions. if you agree, hands up please. mary, could you help me write the results after each phrase on the blackboard? ok, thank you.working with a group (1b) well, every one of you has his own idea. now please talk about what you think a good friend should be like in groups of four. first read the example dialogue, and then make your dialogue about friends using the phrases in activity 1a. a: i think a good friend likes to do the same things as me.b: thats not important for me. i think a good friend makes me laugh.c: umm, i think a good friend is good at schoolwork.d: yes, and a good friend is popular, too.step 5 listening and writing (2a)just now you gave your opinions about what you think a good friend should be like to your group. next you will hear an interviewer talking to holly and maria. what are they talking about? when i play the recording for the first time, you just listen carefully and give me the answer. have you got it? yes, they are talking about their best friends. now look at the chart, listen to the tape again and write the things that holly and maria like about their best friends. you can write only words and phrases. lets check your answers. likes about best friendthe same as best frienddifferent from best friendhollylikes to do the same things, popular, is good at sports mariagood listener, keep secretslistening and writing (2b)we are both good at sports. do you agree? ok, listen again. this time please pay attention to the similarities and differences between holly and maria and their best friends. listen carefully and fill in the blanks. ill ask some students to read your answers later on. tapescriptinterviewer: who is your best friend, holly?holly: pete.interviewer: why is he a good friend?holly: because he likes to do the same things as i do. hespopular, too, and hes good at sports.interviewer: are you good at sports, too?holly: well, i like sports, but petes more athletic than i. id saywere both pretty outgoing, though.interviewer: what else do you like about pete?holly: hes funnier than i am, and hes wilder. im a littlequieter.interviewer: how about you, maria? whos your best friend?maria: my best friend is vera. interviewer: what do you like about her?maria: well, shes a good listener, and she keeps secretsthats important to me. interviewer: is she a lot like you?maria: some people say that we look alike. were both tall, and we both have long, curly hair. but vera is much quieter than i, and shes also smarter. im more outgoing. we look alike.the answers:likes about best friendthe same as best frienddifferent from best friendhollylikes to do the same things, popular, is good at sports are both pretty outgoingpetes funnier and wilder. holly is a little quieter.