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Unit 9   What does he look like?

Period 1 (Section A: 1a—2b)

Teaching aim

Learn the words about describing persons’ appearance. Learn how to describe people’s looks.

Language points

A: What do you look like?                  B: I am…, and I have….

  A: What does he/she look like?              B: He/She is…, and He/She has….

Teaching difficulties

How to make students describe people’s looks correctly.

Teaching procedures:

Step 1 Leading-in

T: How many people are there in your family?          S1: There are…They are my…

T: Can you say something about them?                S1:…

 (Then the teacher asks another three students to answer the questions like this.)

T: I think you all have a happy family. Me, too. I also have a happy family. Do you want to know them?     Ss: Yes.

T: Do you know what they look like?   Ss: No.

T: Look, this is my family photo. Let’s meet them one by one.  (Show a photo of my family.)

Step 2 New words

1. Present new words.

T: Look, who’s this woman? Can you guess?  (Show my picture to the students.)

Ss: Is this your mother?

T: Yes, she has long hair. Read after me, long hair, H-A-I-R, hair.    Ss: H-A-I-R, hair.

(Then look at the pictures of my father and my sisiter and teach the other new words in the same way such as “short hair, curly hair and straight hair.”)

T:I have long, straight hair. What about you?   (The teacher points at a student.)

S1: I have short, straight hair.

(The teacher asks some moer students to practice. Then show a photo to the students.)

T: Look at this man. He is my father. He is very tall. Read after me, tall, T-A-L-L, tall.

Ss: T-A-L-L, tall.

(Teach the other new words in the same way such as “short, medium height, thin, heavy, medium build”.)

2. Practice the new words.

T: Look at1a. Match the new words with the pictures as quirkily as you can.

(Then check the answer.)

Step 3 listening.

 T: I have a good friend. Her name is Amy. Look, this is Amy. Now she comes to the station to meet her friend. But there are so many people. She can’t find her friend. Can you help her?

Ss: Yes.

T: Listen to the tape. Work on 1b. Help Amy find her friend, Ok?      Ss: OK.

(The teacher plays the recording. Then check the answers.)

Step 4 New drills

1. Present the drills

 T: I have long, sraight hair. I’m medium height and I’m medium build. What do you look like?

 S:I have …And I’m….     (Ask three more students to practice.)

2.Practice the drills

 A: What do you look like?       B: I am…, and I have….

 A: What does he/she look like?   B: He/She is…, and He/She has….

Step5 Homework

Copy each word in1aone line.  

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