9AUnit1StarsignsComicstrip&WelcometotheUnit（教案）教学目标1.Toidentifythesymbolsthatrepresentthestarsigns2.Tolearnthenamesofthesymbolsthatrepresentthestarsigns教学重点Differentstarsignsandsymbols教学难点Differentstarssignsandsymbols课前预习Previewthenewwordsandphrases教学过程：StepIWarm-up1.Freetalk:Iwasbornin1974.Myanimalsignisthe’stiger.youranimalWhatsign?Doyouknowthe12animalsigns?2.AskstudentswhatanimalstheyareintheChinesehoroscope.Askthemtodescribethecharacteristicsofthatanimal.Forweakerclasses,youcanwritetheEnglishnamesoftheChinesestarsignsontheboard.Rat\Ox\Tiger\Rabbit\Dragon\Snake\Horse\Goat\Monkey\Rooster\Dog\PigForthestrongerSs,encourageSstosaythenamesdirectly.StepIIPresentation1.Explainthatwesterncountriesuseadifferentsystemofstarsigns.Explainthatthewesternstarsignsystemisbasedonthemonthyouwerebornin,ratherthantheyearyouwerebornin.2.Presentthesixpicturesonpage7ExplainPartA.tostudentsthateachpictureinPartArepresentsastarsign.Presentthenewwords:bull,centaur,crab,Readram.themaftertheteacher.3.Aguessinggame.(1)Itlivesinriversandusesitsfinsand——tailfishtoswim.(2)Itisalarge,yellowandbrownanimalofthecatfamily.Themalehaslong,thickhair.——lion(3)Itisacreaturethat—man,ishalfhalf—horse.——centaur(4)Itisaseacreaturewithashell,eightlegsandtwolargepointedarmforcatchingthings.Itmovessidewaysonland.——crab(5)Itisakindofmalesheep.——ram(6)ItbelongstotheOXfamilybutitisdifferentfromthecowbecauseitismale.——bullStepIIIPractice1.AskthestudentstocompletePartA,thendiscussinthegroupsanswers.StudentswhohavemademistakesinthissectionwillbenefitfromcorrectingtheiranswersbeforeproceedingtotheReadingsection,thenreadthestarsignswell.2.AskstudentstocompletePartB.Explainthatthereare12starsignsintotal----thoseinPartAandthosePartinB.Eachstarsignrepresentsaperiodoftimeinayear.3.Presentthetwelvestarsigns.TrytorememberyourownstarsignStarsigndateEnglishname白羊座3/21—4/20Aries金牛座4/21---5/21Taurus双子座5/22---6/21Gemini巨蟹座6/22—7/22Cancer狮子座7/23---8/22Leo处女座8/23---9/22Virgo天秤座9/