Unit 1 Getting along with others●Welcome to the UnitTeaching Aims:1. Students participate in a discussion to find out ways to solve common problems with friendship.2. Develop students' speaking ability by expressing their opinions in the discussion.3. Students learn proverbs related to friendship.Teaching Important Point:Develop students' speaking ability; Different types of discussions.Teaching Methods:Pair or group discussion to make every student work in class.Step 1: BrainstormingFirst, let's look at some pictures. Discuss in groups and decide which one among the four is the most important in our daily life.（Most of you think friendship is the most important. I also agree with you. Friendship is important to everyone. If you want to make friends with others, you must learn how to get along with others. This unit will tell you something about it.）Step 2 :Sharing informationStudy the four pictures one by one. Think about what the proverbs reveal about friendship and getting along with others.Answer the following questions.Picture 1Where are the two girls?What are they doing there?How long do they spend speaking to each other?What do you think "Friends are thieves of time." means?Picture 2What do we use a mirror for?What's the girl on the left doing?Do you think the girl on the right is a good friend? Why?What do you think the proverb "The best mirror is an old friend." means?Picture 3What is the taller boy doing? Why does he do so?Do you think the shorter boy should take the money from the taller boy? Why?In your opinion, what is the base of a good friendship?Picture 4Should friends be the same age and share the same hobbies and interests?What do you think "True friends have heats that beat as one" means ?(True friends have heats that beat as one means friends should share same hobbies, interests and characteristics, just as Aristotle once said, "A true friend is one soul in two bodies.")Step 3: Discussion1 Friends are important to everyone. So we all need friends. But different people have different criteria. Discuss in your groups and decide what your criteria are.Reference:I think a friend is someone who:*is trustworthy*is honest, affectionate and loving*shares happiness and sorrow*is loyal to me*can point out my mistakes sincerely*is not selfish2. We value friendship today and through the history the ancient people also treasured it very much. They left us many valuable proverbs and sayings. Here are some:1. 多个朋友多条路。
Unit 1 Getting along with othersWord powerTeaching aims:1. Enlarge students’ vocabulary about personalities.2. let them recognize positive and negative adjectives that describe personality.3. make a list of synonyms and antonyms about the adjectives describing personality Teaching important points:1.Remember these words2.try to use these adjectives that describe personality. freely.Teaching difficult points:how to make them to describe a person with these adjectives that we have learnt today Teaching methods:Students-centered. (Discussion to make every student work in class.)Teacher and students’ interaction (Talking to improve the students’ speaking ability.) Multimedia way.( Practice to get the students to master what they’ve learnt.) Discussion to make every student work in class.Teaching aids:the multimediathe blackboard.Teaching procedures:Step 1 Revision and lead inLet students guess who is heHe was a soldier and died at an early age after the founding of PRC.He is ----helpful -----warmhearted------ unselfish/selflessChairman Mao encouraged us to learn from him on March 5th.In March every year, we learn from him to offer help to othersHe was Lei FengStep 21. Have you paid attention the adjectives?All these adjectives are used to describe Personalities.2. Let’s have a tryUse some adjectives to describe people’s personalities1) What kind of person is “Dae Jang Geum”?Smart Strong-willed Helpful Kind Friendly Hardworking/diligent Creative Warm-hearted2) try to describe other people3) exercise(1) Match these adjectives to their meaningstreating people as his friends 1. dependable/reliable spending more time in study or work 2. friendlydeserving trust 3. hardworkinghaving or showing that someone has good manners 4. considerablealways has consideration for others 5. helpfulproviding help or always being willing to help others 6. well-mannered(2) fill in the blanksgenerous talkative moody timid(胆怯的) determined1. When you talk to my cousin, Tommy, I am sure your topic will never dry up because he is quite fond of talking. That is to say my cousin is t_______.2. He is not mean with his money but willing to share or ready to give others freely. So he is ________.3. It is difficult to get on well with Mr. Smith because his feeling or mood is always changing quickly. So Mr. Smith is _______.4. He is so t____ that he quite easily got frightened.5. D on’t waste time to persuade him to give up his plan he has make the decision firmly. So he is a d_________ person.Step 3 Read the dialogue on the text book1.Positive:generous warm-hearted reliable open-minded honesthelpful polite friendlyNegative:dishonest narrow-minded stubborn bad-tempered moody impolite unkind boring2.strong-minded---determinedshy ------timidfriendly------kindhappy-----cheerfulTry to tell the synonymsBrave-------courageousSmart-----cleverLoyal-----faithfulDiligent ------hard-workingPassionate----enthusiasticStep 4 synonyms and antonyms1. Having the same or similar means------synonymsHaving the opposite meaning-----antonyms2. ExerciseTry to tell the synonyms and antonyms3. discuss(1) read the story(2) Can you describe the personalities of the prince(3) What your decision will be if you were the old king?Step 51. Keys to page7Answers1. easy-going2. quiet3. shy4. friendly5. honest6. hard-working7. humorous8. strict2. CompetitionTry to speak highly of your friends with as many positive adjectives as you can to make the others believe that your friend is the best.3. DiscussionIn your opinion, what kind of person is easy to get along with and make friends with? What characteristics would you not like a friend to have.Homework1. Try to find more adjectives that describe personalities2. Choose one of your friends to describe with some of the words that we have learned today.。
