英语人教版七年级下册Unit NineWhat does helook like.doc

Language goalIn this unit students learn to describe people.New languageWhat do you look like? Im short. And I have curly hair.What do they look like? Theyre medium height.And they have short hair.What does he look like? Hes heavy and he wears glasses.What does she look like? Shes thin and she has long hair.Section A Ask students to name some ways of describing people. You can start students off with examples such as tall and short. Point out various students in the class and ask students to say if they are tall or short.Continue with examples of students who have long hair and short hair. Write the words on the board and ask students to repeat these words. Then point at different students hair and ask the class, Long hair or short hair?Culture notesome cultures, it is impolite to point at other people or to touch other people, particularly on the head.l This activity introduces the key vocabulary.Focus attention on the words. Ask students to read the list of words. Then say each word and ask students to repeat it.On the board, make a simple drawing to illustrate each of the words. As you complete each drawing, point to it and ask students what it shows. If they dont know, say the word and ask students to repeat it. For example,draw a stick figure with very long legs and a long body,When you point to the figure, students say tall.Call attention to the picture. Point to the letters next to the people in the picture.Say, Use the letters to match the people in the picture with one of the numbered words. Write each letter next to a numbered word. You can use some letters more than once. Point out the sample answer.Check the answers. This activity provides guided listening and writing practice using the target language.Call attention to the speech bubbles in the picture.Read the dialogue, saying blank when you come to a blank line.Say, You will hear a conversation between Amy and her friend. Fill in the blank lines in their conversation.Then look at the picture and find the boy Amy is talking about.Play the recording the first time. Students only listen.Play the recording a second time. This time, students fill in the blanks in the speech bubbles.Say, Who are they talking about?Correct the answers. This activity provides guided oral practice using the target language.Call attention to the various people in the picture.Say, One of these people is your friend.Point out the sample conversation. Ask two students to read it to the class. Then ask the class to point to the girl in the picture who has long hair and a medium build.Say a dialogue with a student. Have the student ask you the question. You then answer it using a description of one of the people in the picture. Ask the student to point out the person you described.Say, Now work with a partner. Ask and answer the questions.Then have students work in pairs. As they talk,move around the room monitoring their work.Offer language or pronunciation support as needed. This activity provides guided listening practice using the target language.Point to the list of nine phrases and ask a student to read them to the class.Say, Now you will hear three conversations. The people are talking about friends. They are using these words to describe their friends. Some of these words go with has and some go with is.Point to the circle around the word circle. Say, Circle the correct word, either is or has, when you hear it in the conversation.Play the recording the first time. Students only listen.Point out that there are three different conversations about three different people.Play the recording a second time. This time say, Circle has or is. You may wish to play the recording a third time to allow slower students to complete their work and to let other students check their answers.Correct the answers. This activity provides listening and writing practice using the target language.Point at the chart with space for two words used with is and two words used with has after each nameCall attention to the sample answers. As you point to the word is, say a sentence using the sample answer tall:Hes tall. Point to the word has and say a sentence using the sample answer curly hair: He has curly hair.Play the recording. Ask students to listen to the descriptions and write the words in the correct column after cad persons name.This activity provides guided writing practice using the target language. JCall attention to the dialogue in the box and the picture. Explain that students have to complete the dialogue with words to describe Nancys appearance.Have students do the activity individually. As they work, move around the classroom offering help as necessary.This activity provides reading practice using the target language.Draw attention to the pictures and the descriptions.Explain that students have to match the pictures with the correct descriptions.Point out the example. Have a student read the first description.Students do the activity individually.This activity provides oral practice using the target language Call attention to the picture and the names in the box. Say, Student A has to write the names in the box next to the people in the picture. Then Student B has to ask questions to find the people. Remind students that they should not look at each others textbooks when they do this activity.Have two students read out the example dialogue in the speech bubbles. Then ask students to do the activity in pairs. As students talk, walk around the classroom listening and offering assistance as necessary.After several minutes, stop the activity and have several pairs present their dialogues to the class. This activity provides open-ended oral practice using the