2019-2020年八年级英语Unit 1 Friends(III)VOCABULARY.doc

2019-2020年八年级英语Unit 1 Friends(III)VOCABULARYTeaching Goals To use adjectives to describe peoples physical features To use adjectives to describe general appearance of people To select and use adjectives that are appropriate to describe the appearance of boys and girls To make up more sentences talking about ones appearanceTeaching ProceduresSTEP 1 A guessing gameTake an exercise book to the classroom. Tell the students that one of them has done well in yesterdays homework. Can you guess who he/she is? Remember that you can only ask me some Yes or No questions like A girl? Does she have long, black hair? etc. In this way, the students attention is drawn to describing a person. They will surely get the right person. If not, I will give them some hints. STEP 2 Talking about ones appearanceIt is important to learn to describe ones appearance. When we see a person, we dont pay attention to his facial appearance at the first sight. We can only tell his/her general appearance. Can you think of words that talk about ones general appearance? tall, short, strong, fat, thin, slim, tidy, clean, beautiful, good-looking, handsome, lovely, pretty, smart, lovely, cute Here we should pay attention to some of the words. For example, we seldom us thin or fat to talk about people, because they sounds impolite, sometimes it may hurt that people. STEP 3 Boys or girls?Some of the words can only be used to talk about boy, while some only with girls. So it is also very important to make it clear. a. Have the students finish Part B in two or three minutes.b. Discuss the answers with the students. Make sure they feel confident in using these words. Boys: good-looking, handsome, smartGirls: beautiful, good-looking, handsome, lovely, pretty, smart It must be stated very clear that handsome can not only go with boys but also with girls. But when it describes girls, it means having an attractive appearance with large strong features, sometimes it means 端庄的 in Chinese. But, beautiful and pretty are not the same. Usually, pretty is used to modify girls who are small but beautiful. STEP 4 Talking of something special about ones appearanceHowever, it is not enough that we describe peoples general appearance. For example, when I say My friend is good-looking, do you know whom I am talking about? No. So it is really important for us to learn to describe ones facial appearance and learn to talk about something special about someone. First. Lets talk about ones hairstyle. have black hair in a ponytail/in bunches, wears a modern hair style, have straight, shoulder-length hair, with short, straight hair on the foreheadSecond, lets talk about ones face. round, square, oval, small, bigThird, lets talk about ones eye.have big, bright and smiling eyes, round, big, small, have poor eyesight, wears (small, round) glasses (with black frames)Fourth, lets talk about ones nose.big, small, flat, hookedFifth, lets talk about ones ear.big, small, look like two small fansFinally, lets talk about one s mouth. big small, wideWell, it may seem a little bit boring if we only name and write the words on the blackboard. So it is important for me to do something to take control of the class.I think it is good way to describe the students in the class, as I am teaching the words. The students will be well-motivated to describe the students around them. They will surely have fun this way. STEP 5 ActivityNow, we can easily write about someones appearance. Can your write about one of your classmates? Let the others guess who he /she is? You need to write at least 5 sentences. Give the students 5-6 minutes to write the passage. Get some of the students to read aloud his/ her article, while the others are trying to guess. STEP 6 A summaryMake a general summary. Read the words on the blackboard. General appearance: slim, thin, fat, strong, tall, short, beautiful, smart, good-looking, handsome, pretty, tidy, cleanFace: long, short, round, squareEyes: big, small, round, bright, smilingNose: long, short, big, smallHair: black, dark brown, long, short, shoulder-length, straight, ponytailIt is necessary to tell the students that they dont need to write about all the aspects. First learn to observe and pare, then start to speak or write. Dont write about everything. Also, it will be useful, if the students can follow a certain order to speak or write. Dont speak or write in a mess. STEP 7 Homeworka. Read and learn these words by heart. b. Write about one of your best friends. c. Finish off the exercises in the Evaluation Handbook and Learning English.