Module 4 Planes, ships and trains
Unit1 He lives the farthest from school.
ⅠTeaching model
Listening and speaking
ⅡTeaching method
PWP approach
ⅢTeaching aims
1. Key vocabulary: road, accident, except, far, far away, crowded, choice, classmate, close, all the time
2. Key structures: Superlative adjectives and adverbs (-est, most); irregular superlatives.
3. Key sentences:
1) What happened
2) Don’t worry.
3)—Who lives the closest to school
— Lingling lives closest.
4) — What is the most comfortable way to go to school for Betty
— By taxi.
5) — What’s the most expensive way to go to school
— Going by taxi is the most expensive.
ⅣTeaching aids
Tape recorder, OHP, video
ⅤTeaching Steps
Step 1 Warming-up
1. Introduce the new words.
2.Read the new words.
Step 2 watch a video “ Go to school”
1.Ask questions about the video. Eg:
How many ways of going to school can you see in the video
What is the fastest/slowest way to go to school
whole class and check the answer.
Step 3 Look, listen and match.
1. Ask the students to read the words in Activity 2.
2. Play the recording and ask the students to listen to the recording carefully.
3. Listen and match the words in the box with the pictures in Activity 1. You need to use one word more than once.
4. Ask the students to check their answer with a partner.
Step 4 Listen and read.
1) listen and fill the form.( listening tips)
Betty Tony Lingling Daming
Ways to go to school
Check the answers:
2) Listen again and answer the following questions.
1. Why was Betty late today
2. Is everybody late
3. Why doesn’t Betty like going to school by bus
4. What does Mum ask Betty to do in the end
Step 6 Consolidation (part4 and part 5)
1. Ask the students to read the words in the box in Activity 4.
2 Complete the sentences with the correct words from the box.
3. Check the answers:
Step 7 Work in a group
1)1. Ask the students to read the words or expression in the box in Activity 7.
2. Read through the example with the class.
— What’s your favorite way to go to school
— Going by taxi is the most expensive.
------ Why
------ Because it’s the easiest/… way.
Work in pairs.
Name Favorite way to go to school why
Lily On foot …the easiest way…
2) Report time
Ask each group to report what their favorite ways to go to school.