Unit 3 I'm more outgoing than my sister Section B 1a-3c 教案2023-2024学年人教版八年级英语上册

Go For It 8A Unit 3 Section B 1a-3c Analysis of teaching material What: The theme context of this unit is personal characteristics and comparison with others. The listening recording is an interview about two girl, Molly and Mary,and their best friends. The contents of the interview are mainly what they like their friends best, the similarities and differences between them. Why: The interview about the characteristics of the two girls and their best friends can help students better understand the usage of comparatives and how to make comparison. Also, by listening to this recording, students can think critically what a good friend should be like, and whether a good friend should be the same or the different. How:The listening recording is an interview, the interviewer asked the interviewees what they like their friends best, what they have in common and what they are different from each other. In the listening recording, comparisons and the usage of comparatives exist, which can highly help students review how to make comparisons and imitate it. Teaching objectives By the end of the session, most students will be able to: 1. grasp some new words and phrases such as truly, both, be talented in, and understand the meaning of the listening recording. (learning and understanding) 2. talk about what do they think a good friends should be like, master the usage of comparatives and talk about their best friends using comparatives. (applying and practicing) 3. know what is really important in a good friend, and express their thoughts about should friend be the same or different. (transferring and creating) Teaching focus 1. Listening: Understand the main idea of the conversation. 1. Vocabulary: outgoing, care about, both, similar, popular, be similar to, be talented in, the same as, bring out, and so on. Anticipated difficulties Students may feel it difficult to use the comparatives and think critically about what makes a good friend, should a good friend be the same