Unit 1 Friends 教案

1 Unit 1 Friends 教案

Welcome to the unit

Teaching aims:

1. To arouse the students’ interests in talking about one’s best friend.

2. To learn some expressions about describing one’s best friend.

Step 1 Lead-in

Ask Ss the following questions to draw their attention to the topic in this lesson.

Do you have a friend?

Why do you like being friends with him/her?

Step 2 Presentation

Present some adjectives with pictures: honest, good-looking, polite, tidy, true, thirsty.

Then read all the new words in this lesson.

Step 3 Listen and answer

1. Listen to Eddie and Hobo’s conversation for the first time and answer:

Is Eddie kind to Hobo?

2. Listen again and answer:

1) How does Hobo feel?

2) Is there anything else in the fridge?

3) What else does Hobo want to eat?

Step 4 Read and act

Read aloud the conversation then act it out in pairs.

Step 5 Talk in pairs

Ask: What are your friends like? Let Ss talk about the qualities of their good friends

by using some expressions in Part A on page 7. Then complete Part A.

Step 6 Listening

Listen to the conversation in Part B, then fill in the form.

What makes good friends?

Amy honest and helpful She can trust them because they never tell lies.

Daniel interesting and helpful They can tell him funny jokes. 2

Step 7 Work in pairs

Make a similar conversation to talk about their ideas about good friends.

Step 8 Discussion

Have a discussion on the qualities of a good friend with the help of the following

questions:

1. Who is your best friend? Why do you think he/ she is your best friend?

2. When you are happy or sad, who do you talk to? Why?

3. Can you talk to your friend about anything? Why?

4. When you have problems, who do you talk to? Why?

5. Do you believe what your friend says? Why?

Step 9 Language points

1. I’m hungry, Eddie.

I’m thirsty too.

be hungry 感到饿

be thirsty 感到渴

e.g. Are you thirsty after a long walk?

2. Can I have something to drink?

something to drink 一些喝的东西

something to eat 一些吃的东西

e.g. Would you like something to drink?

Is there anything to eat in the fridge?

★不定代词

something 通常用于肯定句和表示请求、建议的问句中，anything 常用于否定句、疑问句和表示强调的肯定句中。nothing在句中表示否定 = not anything

--- Is there __________ to eat in the fridge?

--- No, there’s ________ to eat, but we have ____________ to drink.

3. Can I have some more food?

some或数词 + more + 名词 3 表示在原基础又增加了一定数量。如：

Do we need some more water?

He wants to eat two more apples.

4. Does he/she care about you when you are sad?

care about 关心，关怀

e.g. Good friends should care about each other.

5. keep a secret (for sb.)

(为某人）保守秘密

e.g. Lily, will you keep a secret for me?

6. makes me happy

（1）make sb. + adj. 使某人……

e.g. I like my dog because it can make me happy.

（2）make sb. do sth. 使某人做某事

（3）make 系动词，“成为，算得上”

--- What makes good friends?

--- Well, good friends should be honest and helpful.

(4) make friends 交朋友

7. share my joy (with sb.)

（和某人）分享快乐

e.g. Listen to my song of life and share my joy.

8. You can trust them because they never tell lies.

trust them 信任他们

e.g. He will never trust you again.

tell lies 说谎

e.g. It’s wrong to tell lies.

9. They can also tell you funny jokes.

tell funny jokes 讲滑稽的笑话

e.g. He tells funny jokes and always makes me laugh.

Step 10 Exercise

Step 11 Homework 4 1. Remember the new words and language points in this lesson.

2. Preview the new words in Reading.

Reading I

Teaching aims:

1. Practise reading skills by reading three articles about best friends.

2. Complete some exercises about the three articles.

Step 1 Lead-in

Ask Ss to say something about their friends, using the expressions learned in the last

lesson.

Step 2 Presentation

Present some new words and expressions: generous, have a good sense of humour,

helpful, generous. Then read aloud all the new words.

Step 3 Reading

1. Read and complete the passage about Betty.

Betty is a _______ girl with ______ hair. She is very __________ and _________.

She always gives her seat on the bus to someone in _______.

She has a good _______ and wants to be a _________ when she grows up.

2. Read the second passage about Max and answer the questions:

1) What does Max look like?

2) What kind of person is he?

3) What happens when he walks past the desks?

3. Read the third passage about May and fill in the form:

Name May

Looks Has big, bright eyes and long, straight hair.

Personality Sweet and never says a bad word about anyone.

Can keep a secret.

4. Read aloud the three articles then complete B 2 on page 9.

1. Betty is kind to old people only. ______