9A Unit One Star SignsPeriod One Comic strips and Welcome to the unitLearning ActivitiesLearning aims1. To identify the symbols that represent the star signs.2. To learn the names of the symbols that represent the star.Teaching procedures Activity One PreviewI. New words (写出下列单词的划线部分的音标、词义和词性)1. star sign ______________________ 2.bull ______________________3. centaur______________________ 4. crab ______________________5. ram ______________________II. The usage of some important phrases and sentences 1. What’s your star sign?star sign中文意思___________, 和中国的十二生肖相似，只不过它是按照出生的日期来划分，而中国的十二生肖是根据出生的年份来决定的。另外，star 常用复数stars 来表示人的“星宿，命星”。You should read your stars. 2. It’s nice of you to bring me the newspaper, Hobo. It’s +adj. + of sb. to do sth. 这种句型用来表示 ________________________。与It’s +adj. +for sb. to do sth. 不同的是：It’s +adj. + of sb. to do sth. 这种句型sb 和 adj.之间存在一种_____________，而It’s +adj. +for sb. to do sth. 这种句型sb 和 adj.之间不存在_______________。 It’s very kind _______ you to help me with my English. It’s necessary _______ you to take an umbrella with you. 3. You shouldn’t worry about not having breakfast.worry about (not) doing sth. 意思为_______________________We worry about not __________ (catch) the early train to Nantong.The students are worried about ___________ (lose) the match.Activity Two Welcome to the unitStep One Free talk 1. Which animal do you like best? What animal sign are you?2. Do you know all animal signs? What are they?3. But in western countries, people use a different way. Do you know what it is?Animal sign is based on the ______ that you were born in, but star sign is based onthe ______ that you were born in.Step Two Finish Part A on P 7 and check themPlay a game: Guess what the animal is.1. It lives in rivers and uses its fins and tail to swim. ____________


2. It is large, yellow and brown animal of the cat family, mainly living in Africa and parts of Southern Asia. The male has long, thick hair around its neck. ____________ 3. It is a creature in ancient Greek stories, with a man’s head, arms and upper body on a horse’s body and legs. ___________ 4. It is a sea creature with a shell, eight legs and two large pointed arms for catching things. It moves sideways on land. ______________ 5. It is a fully-grown male sheep. ______________ 6. It is the male form of cattle (牛), kept on farms to be the parent of young cattle._____________ Step Three Finish Part B on P 7 (Join the dots and colour the pictures)Explain that there are ________ star signs in total—those in Part A and those inPart B. Each star sign represents a period of time in a year.star signdatestar signdateAriesLibraTaurusScorpioGeminiSagittariusCancerCapricornLeoAquariusVirgoPiscesStep Four Work in groupsTalk about the star signs, tell the others when you were born and what your ownstar sign is.Find out when your friends were born and what their star signs are.A: How old _________?B: He is/ I am ________.A: What’s your animal sign?B: ___________.A: When is your birthday?B: It’s on ____________.A: So you are a (an) ______. / Your star sign is ___________.Activity Three Presentation of comic stripsStep One Listen to the tape and answer the following questions 1. Who brings Eddie the newspaper?2. What does Hobo ask Eddie to read? Why?3. What happens to Eddie’s breakfast at the end of the story?Step Two Read and try to act it outActivity Four Fill in the blanks


One morning, Eddie was having his________when he asked Hobo to bring himthe_________. Hobo told Eddie to read his stars in the newspaper because it was very__________. Eddie got a piece of good news from the newspaper. It was he could have_______to eat and drink. But Hobo brought him a piece of ________ news. It was hisbreakfast had been eaten by______.Exercises一、请根据空格后的中文提示、英文释义或句意，写出句中所缺单词，使句子通顺。 1. I’m __________, could you give me something to eat? 2. In Chinese culture, we use 12 animal signs while people in the West use ________signs. 3. There are many beautiful _________ (鱼) swimming in the river. 4. Don’t __________ (担心) about not catching the early bus, it’s still early. 5. Don’t forget to _________ (带来) your homework here tomorrow.二、翻译下列各句。 1. 在老师的帮助下，你不必担心你学不好英语。You needn’t_______ ________ not _______your English well _______ theteacher’s help. 2. 你帮助我带来我的报纸太好了。It’s so nice ________ you to ________ me the newspaper. 3. 我很饿，我要很多东西吃喝。 I’m _________, I’ll have ________ to eat and drink.


Period Two Reading ILearning ActivitiesLearning aims1. To make the students know more about star signs.2. Let the students know some words about the characteristics.3. To make the students know the knowledge about describing people’s abilities,special qualities and characteristics.Teaching procedures Activity One PreviewI. New words (写出下列单词的划线部分的音标、词义和词性)1. divide ______________________ 2. similar______________________3. characteristics _________________ 4. energetic ____________________5. active ______________________ 6. impatient ___________________7. leader ______________________ 8. selfish______________________9. stubborn _____________________ 10. patient______________________11. curious ______________________ 12. outgoing ____________________13. save ________________________ 14. cooking_____________________15. confident_____________________ 16. modest_____________________17. envy ______________________ 18. jealous _____________________19. practical _____________________ 20. fair ______________________21. elegant ______________________ 22.peace ______________________23. argue ______________________ 24.silly ______________________ 25. forgive ______________________ 26. mistake______________________27. humorous ___________________ 28.differently ____________________29. easy-going __________________ 30.creative ______________________ 31.imaginative __________________ 32.dream______________________33. equally ____________________ 34. probably ____________________II. New Phrases (翻译下列短语)1. be divided into _______________ 2. at times ____________________3. give up easily ________________ 4. take care of ___________________5. pay attention to details ___________ 6. argue with us ____________________7. keep secrets _________________ 8. forgive others for their mistakes________ 9. without getting angry____________10. dream about everything______________III. New sentences (翻译下列句子)1. A year is divided into 12 different star signs.___________________________________________________________________


2. Some people believe that people born under the same star sign share similarcharacteristics.___________________________________________________________________3. However, sometimes it is silly of you not to forgive others for their mistakes.___________________________________________________________________4. You are patient enough to wait for a long time without getting angry.___________________________________________________________________Activity Two Lead-in1. What is your star sign?2. Can you tell me something about yourself? (abilities, special qualities,characteristics)3. How many students are under the same star sign as you in your group? 4. What are they like? (clever, kind, generous, hard-working, brave, patient,polite….)5. Do you share similar characteristics?Activity Three Reading and understandingStep One Read the whole passage quickly and silently, then finish Part C1 on P10Step Two Read the passage again while listening to the tape and answer the followingquestions 1. Is Aries lazy? 2. Which star sign likes saving money?3. Does Sagittarius like telling jokes?4. Which star sign has the best imagination?5. If your birthday is on 13th September, what is your star sign?Step Three Read the article for a third time and try to find out the adjectives to describepeople’s characteristics of each star signAries:___________________________ Taurus:___________________________Gemini: ________________________ Cancer: _________________________Leo: ___________________________ Virgo: __________________________Libra: __________________________ Scorpio:________________________Sagittarius: _____________________ Capricorn: _______________________Aquarius: ______________________ Pisces: _________________________Step Four Finish Part B on P 10, check, read and try to recite itActivity Four PracticeStep One Write an adjective to describe the person 1. Li Ming is ______. He never shares things with others, he only thinks of himself.2. Tom is a (n) ________ person. He enjoys meeting people and making friends.3. The leader is __________. He has a lot of energy and never feels tired.4. How _________ he is! He always thinks he will win all the time.


5. What a (n) _________ teacher he is! He can wait without getting angry.6. He is a (n)_________ person, because he never gets angry with others easily.7. Mr. Wu is a _________ teacher, he treats everyone equally.8. The little girl is ________ about everything. She wants to know everything.Step Two Finish Part C2, check and read itStep Three Finish Part D, and have a discussionWhat is your star sign? Do you have the same characteristics as the star sign says? Do you believe what the star signs say about people are facts?So we can have a conclusion: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________