2. Go through the words in the box in Part B. less able students are not likely to know the adjectives which are only suitable to describe males or females. You may need to give them some hints. Ask students to use the words in sentences to check that they understand the meanings and use of words. Then ask students to complete the lists in groups of 4-5. Check answers orally with the class.

Extension activities

1. Explain the context of the tasks. Ask students to study the pictures and words. For weaker classes, go through the words and preteach unknown words. Ask students to do Part A on their own first and then compare answers with a partner. Ask several students to read their answers to check correct use of adjectives.

3. To select and use adjectives that are appropriate to describe the appearance of boys and girls

Background information

This section develops the use of adjectives to describe people’s appearance. Students should be encouraged to develop their range of adjectives as much as possible using the tasks on the page as a starting point.

As students become more and more able to understand the subtle meanings of words, they will be able to develop ways of accessing imaginative and creative texts to foster genuine interest and pleasure in what they read. In turn, they will gradually be able to use adjectives to write more interesting and creative texts themselves.

Teaching procedures

2. To use adjectives to describe general appearance of people

1. To use adjectives to describe people’s physical features

8. Divide students into pairs and ask them to vote for one of the ‘best friends’ described in the articles on page4. Write down the number of votes for each person on the board.

Extension activity

Organize a class vote for a ‘best friend’. On a piece of paper, ask students to write a brief description about a person they consider to be a best friend. Invite 6-7 students to put up their descriptions on the board. Then read the descriptions one at a time and ask the class to vote for one of them. Ask individual students why they have voted for that particular person.

牛津 8A Unit1 教案(3课时)

Vocabulary

Objectives

7. For weaker classes, read the sentences in the speech bubbles before you ask the students to find out who each of the characters will vote for and fill in the blanks. Then ask ‘Who will Amy/ Simon/ Sandy vote for?’ to check the answers.

6. Explain the context of Part C2 and check that students understand the idea of voting for somebody or something. If time allows, organize a class vote. Name a job, e.g., a class monitor, a student representative, etc. ask stronger classes to make a list of qualities required for the job. Write all the qualities suggested by the students on the board. For weaker classes, provide this table with the adjectives.

Then ask the students to vote for each quality. Before each vote, invite more able students to explain why they will vote or not vote for that particular quality. Accept all reasonable answers, e.g.: I will vote for ‘clever’ because it’s important that a class monitor learns and understands things quickly.

5. Ask more able students to do the extra sentences in Part C1. You can also ask them to correct the false sentences.

4. Ask students to correct the false sentences.