江苏省仪征市月塘中学九年级英语《Unit1 Star signs》Period 2 Reading学案（无答案） 牛津版.docVIP

江苏省仪征市月塘中学九年级英语《Unit1 Star signs》Period 2 Reading学案（无答案） 牛津版 Learning Goals To understand what star signs are and what they represent. To get to know the main idea of the text. Main points and difficult points To introduce more information about star signs To say out your star sign and describe your characteristic to everyone Learning Procedures 1. 自学展示： 翻译短语： 1、worry about ????2、被划分为、被分为　　　　　　　　 3、　　　　　　 4、　　　　　　　　　、pay attention to ????????????? 6、与…争论，争吵　　　　　　　?? keep secrets?????? ????????????? 8、　　　　　　　　　　　????????___________ ? 10、forgive others for their mistakes 2. 探究学习 Step 1 Warming Up First, I will ask students some question: When were you born? When is your birthday? Do you know what your star sign is? (If they don’t know, ask them to find their star signs on page 8 and 9) Step 2 Presenting I will say, “There are 12 months in a year. There are 12 star signs in a year, too. We can also say: A year is divided into 12 different star signs. Now, I will show you a table. Please find out what star signs there are in a year.” Date Star sign Characteristic 21st Mar – 20th Apr Aries energetic, active, impatient, selfish 21st Apr – 21sh May Taurus stubborn, hard-working, patient 22nd May – 21st Jun Gemini curious, clever, outgoing 22nd Jun – 22nd Jul Cancer kind 23rd Jul – 22nd Aug Leo strong, confident, generous 23rd Aug – 22nd Sept Virgo modest, practical 23rd Sept – 22nd Oct Libra polite, fair, elegant 23rd Oct – 21st Nov Scorpio powerful, silly 22nd Nov – 20th Dec Sagittarius humorous, 21st Dec – 20th Jan Capricorn businesslike, successful, patient 21st Jan – 18th Feb Aquarius kind, wise, strange 20th Feb – 20th Mar Pisces generous, kind, gentle, easy-going, creative, imaginative Step 3 Practicing 1. Ask students to read the text silently and finish the lists of “date” and “star sign” in the table. 2. Read the text after the tape. Then finish the list of “Characteristic” in the table. If students meet new wo