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Friendship
Integration (II)
Unit 1
英语译林版八年级上册新教材
Learning objectives
Learning objectives
01
1
理解并掌握本单元中描述人物外貌、性格品质的词汇以及比较级句型,提升相关语言知识储备。
2
积极参与听说读写活动,将所学知识综合运用于书面表达介绍朋友,实现从知识理解到实践运用的转化。
3
更好地理解友谊的意义,培养正确的交友观。
通过本课时的学习,学生能够:
Learning objectives
Free talk
01
Which friend of yours makes you feel warm?
What’s special about the friend?
Think and share
Tell me all about your best friend
1 What is his/her name?
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2 When and where did you first meet?
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3 What does he/she look like?
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4 What are his/her best qualities?
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5 How do you feel about your best friend?
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Introduce your best friend to classmates.
Read for the structure
Read Kitty’s article about her best friend.
My best friend
My best friend is Joan. I met her at a dance club five years ago.
Joan is taller than me. Her hair is long and soft. I like her bright smiling eyes. They make her look pretty and kind.
Joan is helpful and patient. Sometimes I cannot do well in our dance class, and she is always kind to give me help.
Joan is caring and thoughtful. I often tell her when something worries me, and she always tries to help and keeps it secret.
Joan is also a cheerful person. She likes to look on the bright side. Every time I feel down, she will cheer me up and make me feel better.
I think Joan is great, and I hope we will be best friends forever!
Introduction: Say who your best friend is and when and where you met.
My best friend
My best friend is Joan. I met her at a dance club five years ago.
Joan is taller than me. Her hair is long and soft. I like her bright smiling eyes. They make her look pretty and kind.
Joan is helpful and patient. Sometimes I cannot do well in our dance class, and she is always kind to give me help.
Joan is caring and thoughtful. I often tell her when something worries me, and she always tries to help and keeps it secret.
Joan is also a cheerful person. She likes to look on the bright side. Every time I feel down, she will cheer me up and make me feel better.
I think Joan is great, and I hope we will be best friends forever!
Read Kitty’s article about her best friend.
Main body: Describe your best friend's looks and best qualities.
Read for the structure
My best friend
My best friend is Joan. I met her at a dance club five years ago.
Joan is taller than me. Her hair is long and soft. I like her bright smiling eyes. They make her look pretty and kind.
Joan is helpful and patient. Sometimes I cannot do well in our dance class, and she is always kind to give me help.
Joan is caring and thoughtful. I often tell her when something worries me, and she always tries to help and keeps it secret.
Joan is also a cheerful person. She likes to look on the bright side. Every time I feel down, she will cheer me up and make me feel better.
I think Joan is great, and I hope we will be best friends forever!
Read Kitty’s article about her best friend.
Conclusion: Say how you feel about your best friend.
Read for the structure
Find the answers in the text.
Read and answer
Who is the friend in the text?
_____________________________________________________________________
How did they get to know each other?
_____________________________________________________________________
What does the friend look like?
_____________________________________________________________________
What is the friend's personality?
_____________________________________________________________________
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The friend in the text is Joan.
They got to know each other at a dance club five years ago.
Joan is taller than Kitty. She has long and soft hair and bright smiling eyes.
Joan is helpful, patient, caring, thoughtful and cheerful. She is willing to help Kitty in dance class, listens to Kitty's worries and keeps them secret, and can cheer Kitty up when she is down.
Writing skills
The three-step method for introducing a person is as follows:
Conclusion: Express feelings or opinions about the person, such as gratitude or luck.
Introduction: Clearly present the person directly.
Main body: Describe the person from three aspects with examples. Specifically, describe appearance, mention personality traits and give examples, and illustrate advantages with specific incidents.
Language focus
Learning comparative degree.
Joan is taller than me.
主语
+动词+形容词比较级
+ than
+比较对象
形容词比较级的句型结构
Language focus
构成方法 原级 比较级
大多数直接在词尾
加-er或-est fast faster
long longer
tall taller
cheap cheaper
以字母e结尾的形容词,
加-r或-st nice nicer
safe safer
late later
fine finer
Learning comparatives
构成方法 原级 比较级
双写辅音字母,
再加-er或-est big bigger
hot hotter
thin thinner
slim Slimmer
fat fatter
以辅音字母+y结尾的双音节词,先改y为i,
再加-er或-est easy easier
happy happier
heavy heavier
pretty prettier
Language focus
Learning comparatives
Language focus
构成方法 原级 比较级
其他双音节词和多音节词在前面加more或most beautiful more beautiful
important more important
dangerous more dangerous
frightened more frightened
不规则变化 good / well better
bad /badly/ill worse
many / much more
little less
far farther(更远的)
further(进一步的)
old older / elder
Learning comparatives
Language focus
Analysis of long and difficult sentences
I think Joan is great, and I hope we will be best friends forever!
长难句分析:这是一个并列复合句,两个复合句通过连词 and 连接而成。
谓语
主语
连词
主语
谓语
从句作hope 的宾语
从句作think的宾语
1.Jane is _____________(tall) Amy.
2.Carl is _____________(heavy) Jack.
3.I am _______________(fat) Betty.
4.The pie is ____________(good) the cake.
5.Julie is ______________(thin) John.
6.Her parents aren’t_______________(rich) his.
7.My home isn’t ______________(far) hers.
Language practice
Do some exercises
taller than
heavier than
fatter than
better than
thinner than
richer than
farther than
Writing
Write an article about your own friends.
(Use Kitty’s article as a model.)
Words about people
Face
long, round, square, small
Eyes
big, small, round, bright, smiling
Nose
big, small, long, short
Hair
black, dark brown, long, short
Looks
beautiful, pretty, lovely,
handsome, cute
Character
clever, smart, polite, friendly, kind,
hard-working, honest, humorous,
patient
Usefulexpressions
I first met him/her ... years ago.
We met at/in/during ...
... is taller/shorter than me.
…has long hair/short hair/big eyes...
I like his/her ...
... is helpful/patient/...
... is also a cheerful/trustworthy/
... person.
Every time I ..., he/she will ...
Evaluation
Write an article about your own friends.
Exchange and evaluate with members of the group.
01
Conduct self-evaluation and peer evaluation according to the content of the evaluation form.
02
Please revise your essay according to the evaluation form.
What I can do Me Partner
1. I know what a good friend is like.
2. I can use comparative and superlative adjectives and the suffixes -ful and -less correctly.
3. I can talk and write about my best friend with the new words in this unit.
4. I know the importance of friendship and how to get along with friends.
Evaluation
Assessment
Assess your learning of new words and grammar by doing the exercises on page 122.
Result:
I am good at______________________________________________.
I need to spend more time on_________________________________.
My action plan:___________________________________________.
Weak
Good
Wonderful
Summary
What have we learned today?
Please think and raise your hand to speak.
Introduce a best friend in English.
Cover key parts: name, first-meet time/place, appearance, qualities, and feelings.
Follow the intro—main body—conclusion structure, using comparative adjectives and character-describing words.
Summary
How to introduce a friend in English?
Intro: Say “My best friend is [Name]. I met [him/her] [when/where].”
Body: Describe looks and qualities.
Conclusion: Share feelings.
Please think and raise your hand to speak.
Homework
Base: Rewrite your composition with correct grammar and neat handwriting.
01
Practice: Write 3 sentences to compare your friend and you using comparative forms.
02
Expand: Collect 5 English proverbs about friendship (e.g., “A friend in need is a friend indeed.”).
03
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