Section B 3a-Self Check人教版 英语 八年级上册Learning goals4. Writing：Write a short article about friendship with a comparative sentence pattern.2. Useful expressions: primary school, be good with, call.at.3. Grammar：能描述人物个性特征，表达自己的交友观点 正确运用比较级和as.as展开朋友间的比较1. Curriculum words: primary, informationWarming upSing a songThe More We Get TogetherThe more we get together,together, together.The more we get together, The happier well be.For your friends are my friends,And my friends are your friends. The more we get together, The happier well be.Pre-writingThey are best friends.SamJackJack is _than Sam.Sam is_ than Jack.tallershorterPaulThey are best friends.DavidDavid is _ than Paul.Paul is_ than David.quietermore outgoingquiet outgoingPre-writingWang Lingling and Liu Lili are best friends. Look at the pictures and say/guess what the similarities and differences are.Liu LiliWang LinglingPre-writing?3aWang Lingling and Liu Lili are best friends. Look at the chart below and compare them.Wang LinglingLiu Lilitalltalllong straight hairshort straight hairlikes readinglikes sportspopularpopularoutgoingoutgoingseriousfunny hard-workingsmartPre-writing1. 词汇进行分类：长相，爱好，性格。2. 注意句子结构a) 介绍发型时：has/have hair/ . hair is. b) 介绍爱好时：likes. c) 比较级形式：. be+形容词/副词比较级+than .3. 适当运用连词：and, but, however等。 TipsPre-writingWrite down the similarities and differences between Wang Lingling and Liu Lili according to the chart in 3a.Pre-writing_Wang Linglings best friend is Liu Lili. They are both tall, but.Wang Linglings best friend is Liu Lili. They are both tall and they both have straight hair, but Linglings hair is longer. Lingling likes reading, but Lili likes sports. Lingling and Lili are both popular and outgoing. However, Lingling is more serious and hard-working than Lili, and Lili is funnier and smarter than Lingling.ExamplePre-writing3bMake notes about two of your friends. One friend should be similar to you; the other friend should be different.A friend who is similar to meA friend who is different from meName:Name:Pre-writing3cWrite two paragraphs describing your friends.While-writing_While-writing is my good/best friend.We are the same./looks like me .We are . different. We are both. is . than me; Im. than.Structure引出人物 主题句与朋友的异同Mike is my best friend. Some people think we are brothers because he looks like me. We both have short brown hair. We are short and quite thin. We are both smart and we enjoy studying together.I am also good friends with Paul, but we are so different. Paul is taller than me and he has very short hair. Paul is more outgoing than me. He is funnier and more popular, too. But I am smarter than him at school.While-writingsimilaritiesdifferencestopic sentencetopic sentenceSample Writing4Read the job ad. and answer the questions.Post-writingStudent Helper Wanted!The English Study Center needs a weekend student helper for primary school students.You must:be a middle school studenthave good grades in Englishbe good with childrenbe outgoingCall the English Study Center at 443-5667 for more information.1. What job is the ad for?2.What does the English Study Center need the weekend helper for?小学1. Call the English Study Center at 443-5667 for more information. (教材P24 4)Language points call.at. 拨打找Point1call.at.为固定搭配，at后接电话 号码。 If you cant find the place, please call me at 766-9788.call for要求；呼吁call up给给某人打电话电话call in召来；叫来call back给某人回电话Post-writing2. Call the English Study Center at 443-5667 for more information. (教材P24 4)Language points information n. 信息；消息Point2information为不可数名词。表示“一条信息”用a piece of information；表示“一些信息”用some information。 He is reading a piece of information. There is some useful information in this book.Post-writing4Read the job ad. Then compare two of your classmates. Decide which classmate is better for the job.A: So who do you think should get the job, Jenny or Jill?B: Well, Jenny is smarter. I think she should get the job.A: Jenny is smarter, but I think Jill is more outgoing.Student Helper Wanted!The English Study Center needs a weekend student helper for primary school students.You must:be a middle school studenthave good grades in Englishbe good with childrenbe outgoingCall the English Study Center at 443-5667 for more information.1. Who is wanted?2. What kind of person is good for this job?Post-writing4Group work: Compare two of your classmates. Decide which classmate is better for the job.Student A: good gradesStudent B: good with childrenStudent C: outgoingStudent D: .Post-writing1Put the words in the correct columns in the chart. hard-working run fast quiet serious jump high smartWhat people are likeWhat people can dohard-workingquietserioussmartrun fastjump highSelf-check2Fill in the blanks using the correct forms of the words in brackets.1. My brother is _ (funny) than me. He makes people laugh a lot.2. Im outgoing, but my best friend is a lot _ (outgoing) than me.3. My brother is as _ (serious) as my sister. They both like to study.4. My cousin can run _ (fast) than me. She is taller than me, too