Unit 7 What does he look like?Language goal: l In this unit students learn to describe peoples looks. New languages: 1. Master the new words about looks. 2. New sentences to describe peoples looks. What does he look like? Hes tall. He is medium build. Do you know David? No, what does he look like? Hes short and he has straight hair. He wears sunglasses. Difficult points: 1. Adjectives of general description. 2. Using of “is” and “has”. 3. How to describe peoples looks. Teaching aids: RecorderSome famous peoples pictures Teaching periods: l Period 1: Section A1a3 l Period 2: Section A3a4 l Period 3: Section B 1a3a l Period 4: Section B 3bSelf-check Period 1 Teaching aims: 1. Learn the new vocabulary words: 2. Target language: What does he look like? He is really tall. And he has curly hair. 3. Be able to use “is” and “has”. 4. Learn to describe the peoples looks. Teaching procedures: Step 1.Warm-up Talk about your classmates builds and heights: “Is Lucy tall?” “Yes/No ” “Is Jim fat?” “Yes/No ” “Does he have long hair?” “Yes/No ” Step 2. Learning the new vocabulary words1. Prepare some pictures of famous singing/movie stars who have different kinds of hair, and who are in different builds. Show them to the students. Ask and answer. Learn the new words “hair; curly; straight; tall; medium; height; thin; heavy; like” 2. Practice reading the new words: (A) Get a student to read the new words. (B) Ask the class to repeat the new words after the teacher. (C) Then read them together/in parts/one by one. 3. Remember the new words. 4. Explain some opposite words: curlystraight; thinheavy; longshort; tallshort Step 3. Presentation 1. Show a famous stars picture. Ask “What does he/she look like? Does he/she have long/curly hair? Is he/she tall? Is he/she heavy?” 2. Ask some students to answer the questions. The teacher writes the answers on the blackboard. “What does he look like?” “Hes thin. He has short straight hair.” Practice asking and answering the conversation. 3. Make a new conversation with your classmates. Step 4. 1a Look and match 1. The teacher reads the instructions to the students. Get the students to complete it by themselves. 2. Check up the answers. Step 5. 1b Listening practice 1. The teacher reads the instructions to the students. 2. Get the students to read the conversation in the picture in 1a first. 3. Play the tape. Listen to the tape. Try to fill in the blanks by themselves. 4. Play the tape again. And check up the answers. 5. Play the tape, let the students repeat after the tape. Then practice reading the conversation. Step 6. 1cPair work 1. The teacher explains the instructions to the students. 2. The students try to describe the people in the picture. 3. Describe your friend, your partner or your parents. Then tell it to the class. Step 7. 2a Listening practice 1. The teacher explains the instructions to the students. And tell the students they will listen to three conversations. 2. Play the tape, listen and try to circle the words you hear. 3. Replay the tape and check up the answers. Step 8. 2b Listening practice 1. Students read the chart first. 2. Play the tape. Listen and try to fill in the chart. 3. Check up the answers. 4. Play the tape again. Get the students to repeat after the tape. Step 9. Pair work Part 3 1. Get the students to read the conversation and look at the picture first. 2. Try to complete the conversation by themselves. 3. Ask two students to read it, and check up the answers. 4. Practice reading the conversation. Roles play it. 5. Describe one of your friends or classmates. e.g. I have a _. He/She is _ years old. He/She is _. He/She has _. He/She always wears _. Step 10.Grammar focus The students read the sentences. And find if there are some questions. If have, explain them. Step 11. Summary 1. The new vocabulary words. 2. The new target language. Step 12.Homework 1. Revise the vocabulary words. 2. Write a passage to describe a person. Period 2 Teaching aims: 1. Learn the new vocabulary words and useful expressions. 2. Learn to describe the peoples looks. Teaching Procedures: Step 1.Warm-up 1. Check up the homework. 2. Get some students to read their passages about describing peoples looks. 3. Talk about your classmates with your desk mate. Step 2. Learning the new vocabulary words 1. (A) Ask a few students to read the new words. And see if they can read them correctly. (B) Ask the class to repeat the new words after the teacher. (C) Practice reading the new words: read them together/in parts/one by one. 2. Read and remember the new words. 3. Explain some words: the captain of the basketball team; be popular; a little bit; play a joke/jokes on; stop to do/d