8. Homework:　 《课时练》P13-14hHjhj

9A　 Unit 1 Star Signs

第八课时　 　Study skills　 主备：李树丽

Objectives

7. Ask a few pairs to present their conversations to the class.

6. For stronger classes, ask students to talk about a student in their class who would make a good chairperson of the Students’ Union. Remind them to give reasons for their choice.

5. Ask students to work in pairs. Encourage them to discuss Suzy and David. Remind them that they can use the conversation in Part B as a model. For weaker classes, allow students to write down their conversations first.

4. Ask two of the more able students to read the conversation between Millie and Kitty.

3. Ask three students to read the profiles of Peter, Suzy and David out loud.

2. Introduce the topic and language structures to students in a light-hearted way, to build up their confidence.

1. Review ‘chairperson’, ‘imaginative’, ‘stubborn’, ‘give up’ and ‘outgoing’. For stronger classes, ask students to explain the meanings. For weaker classes, you can give them the meanings.

3. To discuss the positive and negative aspects of a person’s character, relative to a task or position

teaching procedures

2. To talk about a person’s characteristics