Unit4 Topic1 What's the strongest animal on the farm？ SectionA 教案

Unit 4 Our World
Topic 1 What’s the strongest animal on the farm
Section A
Teaching Aims:
1.Learn some names of animals.
2.Learn the rules of comparative and superlative degrees of adjectives.
3.Learn the usage of comparative and superlative degrees of adjectives.
4.Talk about the animals with comparative and superlative degrees of adjectives.`
Teaching Difficult and Important Points:
1.Help the students learn the rules of comparative and superlative degrees of adjectives.
2.Help the students learn the usage of comparative and superlative degrees of adjectives
Teaching Methods:
Group work and the competition among small groups.
Teaching Aids:
The multimedia classroom,slide projector and the blackboard.
Teaching Procedures:
Step1 Lead in
1)Song the song.
Old Mcdonald Had a Farm.
2)Can you name the animals
Hen, horse, dog, rabbit, duck, pig, cow
Step2 Learn new words:
a sheep four
a goose two
a mouse five
2)Write down the animals according to the sounds.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9.
3)Brainstorm
Think about the adjectives to describe the animals as many as you can.
Step3:Presentation
1) Give some adjectives and lead the students change them into comparative and superlative degrees.
small smaller smallest
strong stronger strongest
nice nicer nicest
brave braver bravest
big bigger biggest
thin thinner thinnest
fat fatter fattest
ugly uglier ugliest
lazy lazier laziest
2) Discuss and study the rules
总结成四个汉字：直，去，双，改
直：一般情况下直接+er/est
去：以不发音的字母e结尾，去掉e再+er/est
双：以辅+元+辅结尾的重读闭音节结尾，双写末尾的辅音字母，再+er/est
改：辅音字母加y结尾，改y为i，再+er/est
3)Write down the comparative and superlative of adjectives.
short ___________ _________ small _________ ____________
large ___________ _________ late ___________ ____________
happy __________ _________ lazy ___________ ____________
hot ____________ _________ fat ___________ _____________
cute ___________ _________ dirty __________ _____________
4)How to use -er/-est in sentences
1.The pear is bigger than the orange.
“比较级+than...”用于两者之间的比较。
2.The apple is the biggest of the three.
“the+最高级形式+in/of..”用于三者或三者以上相比较。
3.The second apple is smaller the third one.
4.The first apple is smallest of the three.
5)Let’s compare.
(1)The dogs are small.
The cats are smaller than the dogs.
The mice are the the smallest of all.
(2)The hens are fatter than the mice.
The geese are fatter than the hens.
The geese are the fattest of all.
Step4 Let’s chant.
Smaller, smallest
Cats are smaller.
Mice are the smallest.
Bigger, biggest
Pears are bigger.
Apples are the biggest.
Lazier, laziest
Dogs are lazier.
Pigs are the laziest.
Step5 Practice
The picture shows Mr. Qiangge and the two bears.
“Hi,I'm Mr Qiangge. I like cutting down trees. Today I promise if the two bears can pass 4 stages, I won't cut down trees any longer.” Let's help the two bears!
1.Tom is much big than Jerry, but Jerry is cleverest of the three.
2.The turtle(乌龟) was (slow) but (hard) ,so she won first place while the rabbit was sleeping.
3.The (much)I share with my brother, the (happy) we'll be.Father is _________ (happy) of all.
4. Listen to the conversation and fill in the blanks.
(One day, the children were visiting a farm.)
Yokio: Kangkang, what’s the strongest animal on the farm
Kangkang:Horses. I think the horse over there is than the horse.
Sally: I think the sheep are the nicest if all.
Helen: But I think this cat is . He lets me hold him.
Yokio:The The pigs must be the fattest and laziest animals on the farm. What do you think, Sally
Sally: But I think the pigs are _____. Look! They are swimming and chatting with the hens and ducks.
Kangkang: The cat is running after a mouse and the dog is playing with the rabbit.
Helen: Look! The cows and the sheep are eating. All the animals are living a _________ life on the farm.
Step6:Project:
Six students work in a group and each student acts as one of the animals on the farm to make up the conversation.
A : I am a dog. I’m the strongest on this farm.
B:I am a rabbit. I don’t think so. The pig is stronger than you.
C:I am a pig. Ha! Ha ! He is lazier than me.
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