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八年级上册
Reading
滨海县第一初级中学 郭凤娟
Learning aims
By the end of this lesson, we will be able to:
master vocabulary and sentence patterns for describing friends;
extract information about friends' appearances and qualities from the text;
understand the value of good qualities in friendship and cherish friendships.
自学自练展素养
What does your friend look like?
What's the personality of your friend?
Look and match
Free talk
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Pre-reading
1. Who wrote the two articles?
2. What are the two articles about?
1. What are the students doing in the pictures?
2. What qualities do you think they have?
Two students.
Their best friends.
Talking
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Watching
Who is the girl?
Betty
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While-reading
How many parts can we divide the article into?
What’s the main idea of each part?
Name and looks
Qualities and supporting details
Opinion and feelings
slim
ponytail
Kind
Trustworthy
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Betty is ready to
(1)___________________
help anyone any time
She always (2)________________
___________________________.
She often (3)_________________________.
helps us with our homework
gives up her seat
on the bus to someone in need
trustworthy
We can ________ on her.
depend
When something worries me, I always (4)___________. She listens to me carefully and
(5)________________________.
When I am feeling down, she knows(6)___________________.
go to her
understands me quite well
how to cheer me up
kind and helpful
Read for qualities
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1 In what ways is Betty helpful?
____________________________________________
____________________________________________
____________________________________________
____________________________________________
2 What does Betty do if her friend is feeling down?
____________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________
Betty is helpful in two main ways. First, she always gives up her seat on the bus to someone in need. Second, she often helps her classmates with their schoolwork.
When her friend is feeling down, Betty is patient enough to listen to her friend and knows how to cheer her friend up.
❈ Adverbs can give us strong feelings.
Why does the writer use these adverbs?
Further thinking:
Answering
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Who is this boy?
Max
Watching
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tallest
small round
sense of humour
Energetic
Cheerful
How many parts can we divide the article into?
What’s the main idea of each part?
Name and looks
Qualities and supporting details
Opinion and feelings
While-reading
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3 Why do Max’s friends never feel
bored with him around?
4 How do you know Max is energetic?
have a great sense of humour
He often (7)__________ and makes me laugh.
You will never (8)_________ with him around.
tells jokes
feel bored
energetic
He stays (9)________ by doing sports and other club activities.
He never seems to (10)_________.
active
get tired
cheerful
Sometimes I feel like giving up on difficult tasks, but he always (11)__________________________.
encourages me to keep trying
Read for qualities
3 Why do Max’s friends never feel bored with him around?
___________________________________________
___________________________________________
4 How do you know Max is energetic?
___________________________________________
___________________________________________
Answering
Because he has a great sense of humour and often tells jokes to make them laugh.
He stays active from doing sports to other club activities and never seems to get tired.
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Further thinking
How do you understand “has a great sense of humour"?
What does the word "energetic" mean?
What does the word "encourage" mean?
A. Making others laugh
B. Being very serious (严肃的)
C. Detecting(识别)smells or sounds very well
A. Having a lot of energy
B. Getting tired easily
C. Being ready to help others
A. Make someone feel worried
B. Giving support or hope
C. Stopping sb doing sth
5 What quality do Betty and Max have in common?
____________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________
Both Betty and Max support their friends by cheering them up.They bothhave a positive influence on their friends.
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Further thinking
How do the two writers describe their best friends’ qualities?
With a topic sentence and supporting details.
检学综练展成效
1. Who would you like to make friends with, Betty or Max? Why?
2. What qualities of your friends attract you most? Why?
3. Why is it important to have a best friend?
Discussion
检学综练展成效
Millie is talking with Simon about best friends. Complete their conversation below with the correct forms of the words and phrase in the box.
Post-reading
C
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sense of humour
laugh
bored
cheerful
energetic
encourages
trustworthy
understand
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Choose to do
1
Must do
Homework
1. Complete related exercises in the workbook.
2. Write a short paragraph introducing your best friend, using the provided framework.
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