unit 7 what does he look like?
taught by zhang shuhui yang jinquan ge yanxia li songling liu mei
i. language goal:
key words: short, curly, long, tall, straight hair, a medium build, thin, heavy, bald;
brown, blonde;
glasses, hair, beard, mustache.
new language:
what do you look like? i’m short. and i have curly hair.
what do they look like? they’re medium height. and they have short hair.
what does he look like? he’s heavy and he wears glasses.
what does she look like? she’s thin and she has long hair.
ii. importance: describing people. such as tall or short… and who has long hair and short hair…
difficulties: use the sentences correctly to describe the physical appearance.
iii. teaching steps:
section a
step 1 greetings
step 2 ask some students to name some ways of describing people. start students off with examples such as tall and short. point out various students in the class and ask students to say if they are tall or short.
step 3 some new words about this part
(1a) this activity introduces the key vocabulary. ask students to read the list of words. point to the letters next to the people in the picture. point out the sample answer. at last, check the answers.
(1b) this activity provides guided listening and writing practice the target language.
play the recording the first time, then , play it again, this time, students fill in the blanks in the speech bubbles.
correct the answers.
language points: 1.he’s the tall boy with the curly hair.
(1c)this activity provides guided oral practice using the target language. ask the students to ask and answer the questions. then have students work in pairs. as they talk, move around the room monitoring their work.
language points:
2.what does your friend look like?你的朋友长得什么样?
look like “看起来像,看起来是……的样子”like 作介词,意为“像….”
eg. what’s he like?
jack is very like his father.
look like 看起来像 the girl look like her mother.
look 看起来 后加形容词作表语 his sister looks happy.
look the same 看起来很像 the twins look the same.