八年级英语上册unit6教案

How are Tina and Tara different?

Tina is funnier more outgoing more athletic Tara is more serious quieter smarter Tina is funnier, more outgoing and more athletic than Tara. Tara is more serious, smarter and quieter than Tina. 2c doing pairwork

Just now we talked about the twins Tina and Tara. Next we are going on talking about Tom and Sam. How are Tom and Sam different? Look at the chart in activity 2c, and work in pairs. You decide which one is A and which one is B. Student A in each pair look at the chart on page 32, and student B look at the chart on page 89. You mustn’t look at your partners’ page.

For example, student A read the sample question to the class: “Is Tom smarter than Sam?” Student B looks at the answer on your chart on page 89 and

answers: “No, Sam is smarter than Tom.” Student B can ask another question, for example, “Is Sam taller than Tom?” Student A should answer: “Yes, Sam is taller than Tom.” Are you clear? OK, now please continue on your own. Answers Sam is smarter than Tom. Tom is more athletic than Sam. Sam is taller than Tom. Tom is quieter than Sam. Sam is funnier than Tom. Tom is thinner than Sam. The sample dialogue: A: Is Tom smarter than Sam?

B: No, he isn’t. Sam is smarter than Tom. Is Sam taller than Tom? A: Yes, he is. Is Sam more athletic than Tom?

B: No, he isn’t. Tom is more athletic than Sam. Is Tom quieter than Sam? A: Yes, he is. Is Sam thinner than Tom? B: No, he isn’t. Tom is thinner than Sam.

3a Reading and writing

Now we have got to know how different Sam and Tom are. And there are another two pictures of girls on page 33. Do they look alike? Maybe in some ways they look the same. Here is a letter from Liu Li to Isabel. Please read it quickly and tell me what Liu Li tells Isabel. That’s right, Liu Li tells Isabel something about her and her twin sister Liu Ying. OK, under the article, six statements are given. Read the article again in details and write T (for true) if the statements are true, F (for false) if the statements are false or DK (for don’t know) if you don’t know the answer and try to give reasons why you write F or DK. Now let’s check your answers. 1. Liu Li has more than one DK sister. 2. Liu Li and Liu Ling have T some things in common. 3. Liu Ying is not as good at F sports as her sister. 4. Liu Ying talks more than T Liu Li. 5. Liu Ying’s favorite subject F is physics. 6. Both girls go to lots of DK parties. Next please look at these sentences on the board. We are both student. We both have black hair. They are both tall. They both like sports.

Please pay attention to the place of the word “both” in the sentences. Does the word “both” come before or after the word “are”? Does the word “both” come before or after the word “have” and the word “like”? Yes, as you see, the word “both” comes after the verb be (are), and before other verbs (have, like). Try to use it correctly.

3. Now let’s read the article loudly to the tape sentence by sentence. Try to imitate the pronunciation and intonation of the native reader.

they go to lots of parties. P.E. The article doesn’t tell us if Liu Ling’s favorite subject is her sister. Liu Ying is more athletic than another sister in the article There is no information about Read the article for a second time. While reading underline the useful expressions in the article, blacken the –er, –ier or more and both and shadow the connectives. You should copy the expressions into your notebook after school. Dear Isabel, Thank you/ for your last letter. Here are photos/ of me and my twin sister/ Liu Ying. As you see, in some ways/ we look the same, and in some ways/ we look different. We both have black eyes/ and black hair, although my hair is shorter than hers. We both/ like sports, although Liu Ying/ is more athletic than me. She’s more outgoing, and I’m quieter. I think/ I’m smarter/ than her. My favorite subjects/are physics and chemistry, and her favorite subject/ is P.E. However, we both /enjoying going to parties. Please visit us soon! Love, Liu Li Do the exercises by filling in the blanks. 1. Liu Li has more than one sister. 2. Liu Li and Liu Ying have some things in common. 3. Liu Ying is not as good at sports as her sister. 4. Liu Ying talks more than Liu Li. 5. Liu Ying’s favorite subject is physics. 6. Both girls go to lots of parties. 3b Doing pairwork

After reading we come to know there are some things different between Liu Li and Liu Ying, and they have some things in common. Do you have a twin sister or twin brother? Maybe the answers are not. But I

think most of you have good friends. And now please tell your partner about things that are the same and different between you and your friends. You should try to use these words and phrases: “in some ways, both, although, be good at, look the same, the same as, in common, more than”. First read the sample conversation in the box, and work together for a few minutes to make your own conversation. Then I’ll ask some pairs to say your dialogues to the class.

Example: A: Liu Ping is my good friend. She’s a little more outgoing than me and more athletic. But we have some things in common. We both like physics and chemistry, and we both enjoy going to lots of parties. B: My friend is the same as me. We are both quiet. And we both like English and chemistry. A: Do you look the same? B: No, we look different. My friend is a little taller than me. Closing up by playing a game: same or different

Now let’s play a game. Here is a box. Please write your name on a piece of paper and put it in the box. Then take a paper from the box to find a partner. Are you OK? Next I’ll give you three minutes to write down the things that are the same and different between you and your partner. Are you ready? Begin!

Oh, Time’s up. Let’s stop here, please! Let’s see how many same and different examples you have found, and the pair who has the most examples is the champion. Now I’ll ask some pairs to read your list to the class. Any volunteers?

SECTION B Goals

●To learn to use: make me laugh, be good at, do the same things as, popular, best friend, schoolwork, opinion, opposite, really

●To learn to talk about what a good friend should be like Procedures

1a Reading and ranking

Everyone has friends in his life. Some friends have some things in common with you; some friends are different from you. What kind of things is important in a friend? Here are six descriptions on the page 34. Open your book at page 34 and look at 1a. Read each description loudly. In your opinion, which one is the most important? Please rank the things (1-6). You put a 1