Unit 3
第一课时 Section A(1a-2c)
一、教学目标
1.知识目标
(1)单词:outgoing, both, better, loudly, quietly, hard-working
(2)句型: Sam has longer hair than Tom.
Both Sam and Tom can play the drums, but Sam plays them better than Tom.
Tina is taller than Tara.
Tara works as hard as Tina.。
2.能力目标
能用比较级对人物的外貌和性格特征进行比较。
3.情感目标
通过比较,正确认识自己及他人的优缺点,平等待人。
二、重点难点
1.教学重点:(1)形容词、副词比较级的构成。(2)表示两者进行比较的句式结构。
2.教学难点:形容词比较级的变化。
三、教学准备
PPT课件, 录音
4、教学方法
任务型教学法、情境交际法、自主学习法与合作学习相结合。
5、教学过程
Step 1 Warming up & Leading in
1. Play the song“Good, Better, Best"
2. Free talk.
(1)T: Do you have a good friend
Ss: Yes.
T: What's he/she like
S1: She is kind.
S2: He is active.
S3: She is quiet.
(2)What does he/she look like
S1: He is strong.
S2: She is very thin.
Step2 Practice
1. Ask one of the students to stand up. Then ask the others some questions.
T: Who is she
Ss: She is..
T: What's she like
S1: She is friendly.
S2: She is active.
S3: She is outgoing.
Teach the new words: outgoing, both, better, loudly, quictly, hard-working. (板书新单词)
2. Work on la.
T: Now look at the words in the box in 1a. Match each word with its opposite.
Check the answers.
Answers: tall- short thin- -heavy long hair- short hair quietly- Hloudly
Step 3 Presentation
1. Ask students to compare with their partners and find out the differences.
e. g.①She is heavier than me.
②I am more outgoing than her.
③She gets up earlier than me.
④I run faster than her.
Teach comparative formns of adjectives and adverbs.
2. Cooperative inquiry
Discuss the following grammar and fill in the blanks.
形容词和副词比较级的构成
(1)规则变化
①单音节词和部分双音节词- -般在词尾加er。
small- - smaller cold- - colder. high- higher short- - shorter
②以字母e结尾的词,在词尾加r。
cute- -cuter large- + larger
③词尾只有一个辅音字母的重读闭音节词,先双写该辅音字母,再加er.
hot- + hotter big- -bigger wet- + wetter
④以“辅音字母+y"结尾的双音节词,先变y为i,再加er.
friendly- - friendlier easy-- easier
funny- ----funnier early----earlier
⑤多音节词和部分双音节词在词前加more.
beautiful------- more beautiful interesting------more interesting loudly------more loudly
(2)不规则变化
good/well------- better bad/badly- -----worse many/much- -----more little------- less
far- + farther/further
3. Finish Learning Task 1.
写出下列形容词、副词的比较级。
smart --smarter quick --- quicker large--- larger
nice- nicer heavy -----heavier busy ----busier fat -----fatter hot ----hotter
loudly ----more loudly quickly -----more quickly friendly -----friendlier active -----more active
tired ----more tired beautiful -----more beautiful good---- better little--- less many/much --more
Step 4 Practice
1. Give the students an example by comparing one student to the other.
T: What de.s..1ook like
Ss: She has long hair. She has a big mouth.
T: What des..ook like
Ss: She has short hair.
T: Good..has longer hair than..
2. Ask the students to practice in pairs.
A: She is heavier than me. I'm more outgoing than her.
B: She gets up earlier than me. I run faster than her.
Step 5. Listening
1. Work on 1b. Listen and number the pairs of twins in the picture [1-3]. Then check the answers.
Answers: 1. Sam and Tom 2. Tara and Tina 3. Paul and Peter
2. Work on Ic. Practice the conversation in the picture above. Then make conversations about the
other twins.
3. Work on 2a.
(1)Ask students to read the words in 2a.
(2)Ask students to add-(ier or more to the words in 2a.
(3)Ask students to listen for the first time to get the words.
(4)Listen and check the answers.
Answers:
4. Work on 2b. Listen again. How are Tina and Tara different
Fill in the boxes.
Answers:
Check the answers together.
5. Cooperative inquiry
形容词和副词比较级的用法
(1)比较级表示西者(人或事物)之间的比较。构成形式多为“主语+谓语+比较级+than+比较对
(2)表示两者在某-方面相同时, 用“as+原级+as"句型表示一方在某一 方面不及另-方时,
用“not as/sot原级+as"句型。
6. (1)Work on 2c. Have the students work in pairs to make conversations about Sam and Tom on their own.
(2)Ask some pairs to act out their conversations.
7. Finish Learning Task 2.
(1)Tom is outgoing (outgoing), but Sam is more outgoing (outgoing) than Tom.
(2)This sweater is much cheaper (cheap) than that one.
(3)I think I can write as well (well) as you.
(4)Who sings more loudly (loudly), Mary or Alice
Step 6 Summary
In this period,we have learned:
1. New words: outgoing, both, better, loudly,' quictly, hard-working.
2. Sentences: Sam has longer hair than Tom.
Both Sam and Tom can play the drums, but Sam plays them better than Tom.
Tina is taller than Tara.
Tara works as hard as Tina.
3. Grammar: .
Comparative formns of adjectives and adverbs.
Homework
Report like this: John is my friend. He is tall and thin. He has short hair. He is taller than Tony.
But John is thinner than Tony..
Board Design
第二课时 Section A(2d-3c)
一、教学目标
1.知识目标
(1)单词:competition, fantastic, which, clearly, win, though.
(2)句型: -Are you as friendly as your sister
- -No, I'm not. I'm frendlier.
一Who is smarter, your mother or your father
-I think my mother is smarter than my father.。
2. 能力目标
能熟练地用形容词的比较级表述个人特征,对人物进行比较。
3.情感目标
学会正确地了解他人,尊重人与人之间的差异。
二、重点难点
1.教学重点:掌握比较级的用法,掌握含有比较级的句型。
2.教学难点:掌握含有比较级的句型,并能用所学句型进行比较。
三、教学准备
PPT课件, 录音
4、教学方法
任务型教学法、情境交际法、自主学习法与合作学习相结合。
五、教学过程
Step 1 Warming up & Leading in
1. Let's chant.
Smart, smarter.
I'm smart. You are smarter than me.
Nice, nicer.
You are nice. I'm nicer than you.
Thin,thinner.
You are thin. I'm thinner than you.
Funny, funnier.
You are funny. I'm funnier than you.
Outgoing, more outgoing.
Y ou are outgoing. I'm more outgoing than you.
2. Show pictures to the students.
(1)Talk about the pictures.
T: Is Lily as old as Lucy
S1: No, she isn't. Lily is younger than Lucy.
(2) Complete the sentences.
①-Does the horse run as fast as the cow
-No, it doesn't. It runs faster than the cow.
②-Is that apple as big as this one
-No, it isn't. That apple is bigger than this one.
Step2 Presentation
T: Who won the English competition in our class
Ss: Zhang Lan.
T: Which one is Zhang Lan
Ss: The tller one.
Teach the new words: competition, fantastic, which, clearly, win, though. (板书新单词)
Then Finish Leamning Task 1.
1. competition比赛:竞賽:竞争
2.极好的:了不起的fantastic
3.哪一个:哪一些which
4. clearly清楚地:清晰地:明白地(形容词clear)
5. win获胜:赢;赢得(名词winner)
6. though虽然:尽管:不过(同义词although)
7.唱歌比赛singing competition
8.想要做某事want to do sth.
9. have fun玩得高兴
10. something new新的东西
11. as.... as...和......一样......
Step3 Role-play
1. Read the conversation first and try to match the people with the right things.
a. sang better
b. with shorter hair
c. really wanted to win
d. sang more clearly
e. danced better
2. Check the answ
Nelly: e
Lisa: a, b,C, d
3. Let students read the conversation after the teacher.
4. Let students practice the conversation.
5. Then let some pairs act out their conversations in front of the class.
Step 4 Cooperative inquiry
Discuss the following language points and fill in the blanks.
1. which与what辨析
which询问某一具体范围内的 “哪一个”; what 意为“什么”,没有特定的范围供选择。
Which is yours, this one or that one
What is your favorite subject
2. although与though的用法区别
(1)用作连词
表示“虽然”,两者同义,可换用,只是although比though 更为正式。
Although/Though it was raining, we went there.虽然下着雨,但我们还是去了那儿。
Although/Though we are poor, we are happy.我们虽然穷,但很快乐。
(2)用作副词
although不能用作副词,而though可以用作副词,且一般放在 句末(不放在句首),意为“可是,不过”。
It's hard work. I enjoy it, though.工作很辛苦,可是我乐意干。
He looks healthy, though. 不过他看起来很健康。
Step 5 Grammar Focus
1. Read and translate the sentences in Grammar Focus.
2. Review comparative forms of adjectives and adverbs.
3. Conclusion.
两者进行比较,表示“一-方比另- .....的句型:
(1 )A+be+形容词比较级+than+B.
(2)A+实义动词+副词比较级+than+B.
两者进行比较,表示“-方与另-方楼....”的句型:
(1 )A+be+as+形容词原形+as+B.
(2)A+实义动词+as+副词原级+as+B.
Step 6 Practice
1. Work on 3a. Use the words to write questions and answers. Ask one or three students to write the answers on the blackboard.
Answers will vary.
2. Work on 3b. Think of yourself two years ago. Write about how you are different now. Ask several students to show how they are different. (Show their photos, if possible. )
Answers will vary.
3. Work on 3c.
(1 )Students complete the chart individually. Then ask and answer in pairs.
S1: Who is smarter, your mother or your father
S2: I think my mother is smarter than my father.
(2)Make a report. For example:
Hello!
Everyone!
My name is Mary. In my family, my father is smarter than my mother. But my mother is funnier
than my father. Both my father and my mother work har...
Step 7 Summary
In this period,we have learned:
1. New words: competition, fantastic, which, clearly, win, though.
2. Review the comparative forms and sentence patterns of adjectives and adverbs.
Homework
1. Review the new words in Section A 2d- 3c and Grammar Focus.
2. Preview Section B 1a-le.
Board Design
第三课时 Section B(1a-1e)
一、教学目标
1.知识目标
(1)单词: talented, truly, care,
(2)短语: care about, make sb. laugh.
(3)句型: I think a good friend makes me laugh.
For me, a good friend likes to do the same things as me.
Yes, and a good friend is talented in music, too. 。
2.能力目标
能用所学句型谈论、描述自己的好朋友,能够与他人交流和朋友有关的信息。
3.情感目标
教会学生了解并理解朋友之间的差异,树立正确的交友观。
二、重点难点
1.教学重点:(1)使学生掌握描述自己择友标准的英语单词、短语和句型。
(2)训练学生的听力技巧。
2.教学难点:掌握本课时的句型,学会描述好朋友之间存在的差异。
三、教学准备
PPT课件, 录音
四、教学方法
任务型教学法、情境交际法、自主学习法与合作学习相结合。
五、教学过程
Step 1 Revision & Warming up
T: Do you have any friends
Ss: Yes, we do.
T: A friend in need is a friend indeed. What kind of things are important in a friend
SI: I think a good fiend should be funny.
S2: I think a good friend should be good at sports.
Now look at 1a.
Step 2 Presentation
Show some pictures to the students.
(1)T: Who is he
Ss: He is Qian Xuesen.
T: Yes. He is a talented scientist.
(2)T: Who truly cares about us
Ss: Our mothers.
(3)T: Who is he
Ss: He's a funny actor.
T: Yes, he always makes us laugh.
Teach the new words and phrases: talented, truly, care, care about, make sb. laugh. (板书新单词和短语)
Step 3. Practice
1. Work on la.
(1)Read and translate the sentences in 1a.
(2)What kinds of things are important in a friend
Rank the things bclow [1-7] (1 is the most important).
Answers will vary.
(3)Finish Learming Task 1.
①在音乐方面有天赋be talented in music
②擅长体有运动be good at sports
③确实关心truly care about
④使某人笑make sb. laugh
⑤喜欢与我做同样的事like to do the same things as me
⑥一名好的倾听者a good listener
2. Work on 1b.
(1)Talk about what you think a good friend should be like in groups of four. First read the example dialogue, and then make their dialogues about friends using the phrases in la.
(2)Students try to write their own sentences.
Step 4 Listening
1. Work on 1c.
Listen.
T: Next you will hear an interviewer talking to Molly and Mary. What are they talking about
When I play the recording for the first time, you just listen carefully and give me the answer.
Have you got it
Check.
T: Now look at the chart, and write the things that Molly and Mary like about their best friends.
You can write only words and phrases. Let's check the answers.
Answers:
Like about their best friends
Molly Pecter likes to do the same things.He is popular, and good at sports.
Mary Lisa is a good listener.
2. Work on ld.
Listen again. How are Molly and Mary the same as and different from their best friends
Complete the rest of the chart in 1c.
Check the answers.
Answers:
3. Listen and repeat.
4. Cooperative inquiry
Discuss the following language points and fill in the blanks.
(1)be talented in意为“在某方面有天赋”,其中talented为形容词,意为“有才能的,有才干的”,比较级为more talented.
(2)be good at意为“擅长”,与do well in同义。其中at为介词,其后接动词时,应用动词-ing形式。
Li Qiang is good at playing (play) basketball.
(3)make作使役动词,其后接省略to的不定式作宾语补足语,即make sb. do sth.,make 后还可接形容词作宾语补足语,即make sb. /sth. +adj.。
The boss made him work (work) 12 hours a day.
He always makes me happy (happy),.
Step 5 Writing
Make a report according to the chart in 1c. Report like this:
Molly's best friend is Peter, because Peter likes to do the same things as Molly. And they're both pretty outgoing.
Step 6 Game
T: One student describes the traits of another classmate in our class,and other students guess who the person is. If someone gets it, we should say“ Bingo"
Step 7 Summary
In this period, we have learned:
1. New words and phrases: talented, truly, care, care about, make sb. laugh.
2. Sentences: I think a good friend makes me laugh.
For me, a good friend likes to do the same things as me.
Yes, and a good friend is talented in music, too.
Homework
1. Fill in the chart and make a report.
Write the report like this:
My best friend ...He is very popular in our class. He likes to do the same things as me...
2. Preview the new words in Section B 2a-2e.
Board Design
课堂达标
第四课时 Section B(2a-2e)
一、教学目标
1.知识目标
(1)单词:serious, mirror, kid, necessary, grade, should, saying, reach, hand, touch, heart, fact, break, arm, share, loud, similar,
(2)短语: as long as, be different from, bring out, the same as, in fact, be similar to.
(3)句型: I'm quieter and more serious than most kids.
It's not ncessary to be the same.
A true friend reaches for your hand and touches your heart.
2.能力目标
能用所学单词、短语和句型正确地谈论、描述自己的朋友及择友标准。
3.情感目标
教育学生树立正确的择友观,能理解朋友,尊重朋友,对朋友宽容。
二、重点难点
1.教学重点:(1)掌握本课时的重点单词、短语和句型。
(2)指导学生读懂关于交友的文章,理解文章中的不同观点,完成文章所要求的各项任务。
2.教学难点:能用英语正确谈论、描述自己的朋友及择友标准。
三、教学准备
PPT课件, 录音
4、教学方法
任务型教学法、情境交际法、自主学习法与合作学习相结合。
五、教学过程
Step 1 Warming up & Leading in
Check the homework.
1. Ask two or three students to read their reports. Correct the mistakes in their work.
2. Work on 2a. Ask one student to write the comparative forms of the adicctives on the blackboard. And then ask one or two students to read the comparative forms of the adjectives they wrote.
Answers: more popular, more hard-working, more outgoing, funnier, more senious, smarter, quieter,friendlier, shyer.
3. Use these comparative forms to write five sentences about their friends.
4. Students work in groups. Check each other's answers.
5. Let some students read their sentences.
Step 2 Presentation
Teach the new words. (板书新单词)
Step 3 Reading
1. Read the passages and underline the comparative words and phrases.
2. Check the answers.
Answers:
Underlined: quicter, more serious, harder, tller, more outgoing. (plays tennis) better, (getting) better, less hard-working, (get) better (grades), (help him) more, funnier, (feel) better.
3. Listen and repeat. Play the tape. Students listen and repeat. Pay atention to the new words and phrases.
4. Finish Learning Tasks 1-2.
(1)翻译下列短语
①.....相同: .... 一致the same as
②只要as long as
③....不同be dfferent from
④使显现:使表现出bring out
⑤取得好成绩get good grades
⑥确切地说:事实上in fact
⑦谈论,讨论talk about
⑧更擅长..... be better at
⑨喜欢做某事like/enjoy doing sth.
(2)按要求填空
①serious(比较级) more serious
②ittle(比较级) less
③good/wel(比较级) better
④break(过去式) broke
5. Read the passages more carefully again, and match the persons with the right ideas.
Jeff Green A. It's not necessary to be the same.
Huang Lei My best friend is quite diferent from me.
Mary Smith B. A true friend reaches for your hand and touches your heart.
C. Friends are like books- -you don't need a lot of them.
Answers: JeffGreen- C Huang Lei- -A Mary Smith- _B
6. Read and translate the sentences in 2c. Then read the passages for a third time, and check T or F.
Check the answers.
Answers: (1)F (2).T (3).F (4).F (5).T (6).F (7).F (8).F
7. (1)Write the answers to this question“ Are you and your friends like the people in the article "
Write five sentences.
(2)方法指导:首先,应思考- -下自己及自己朋友的特点:然后,认真与短文所提及的人物进行对比。注意运用正确的比较级句型。
(3)Students try to write their sentences.
(4)Let some students read aloud their sentences to the class.
Answers will vary.
Step 4 Cooperative inquiry
Discuss the following language points and fill in the blanks.
1. serious变比较级要在其前加more,与serous变化规律一样的形 容词,我们学过的还有outgoing.
Tom's friend is more serious than him.汤姆的朋友比他更稳重。
2. as longas意为“只要”,在句中引导条件状语从句,可以用so long as代替。
As long as you work hard, you will get good grades.你只要努力学习,就会取得好成绩。
3. be different from意为“..-.不回”,其反义短语为the same as。
This car is different from that one. 这辆小汽车不同于那- -辆。
4. should是情态动词,意为“应该:应当”,没有人称和数的变化,其后接动词原形。其否定形式为should not,缩写为shouldn't.
5. reach意为“到达,抵达"时,其同义短语是get to: arrive atin。
Step 5 Make a survey
Ask your classmates qucstions and write their names in the chart. You have five minutes. The first student to complete the chart wins.
Ask two or three students to show their survey results. The answers will vary.
Step 6 Summary
In this period, we have learned:
1. New words and phrases: serious, mirror, kid, necessary, grade, should, saying, reach, hand,touch, heart, fact; break, arm, share, loud, similar, as long as, be different from, bring out, the same as, in fact, be similar to.
2. Sentences: I'm quicter and more serious than most kids.
It's not necessary to be the same.
A true friend reaches for your hand and touches your heart.
After learning this period, we can talk about and describe our friends properly and understand how to make friends.
Homework
1. Review the new words and phrases.
2. Retell 2b.
Board Design
第五课时 Section B(3a-Self Check)
一、教学目标
1.知识目标
(1)单词: primary, information,
(2)短语:primary school.
2.能力目标
能运用本单元所学的形容词和副词的比较级及有关句型写有关自己和朋友的文章。
3.情感目标
教会学生如何辨识真正的朋友,从而学会珍惜朋友之间的友谊。
二、重点难点
1.教学重点:学会写有关自己和朋友的文章。
2.教学难点:熟练使用形容词和副词的比较级及有关句型.
三、教学准备
PPT课件, 录音
4、教学方法
任务型教学法、情境交际法、自主学习法与合作学习相结合。
五、教学过程
Step 1 Leading in
Ask some students to compare themselves with their friends.
Step 2 Presentation
1. Show some pictures of the students of the class. Describe the students.
e. g.
She is tll/short. She is popular/serious/hard-working.
→be+ adj.
She has long straight hair/short straight hair.
→have/has..hair
She likes reading/sports...
→likes...
2. Let some students describe the students on the screen.
Step 3 Practice
1. Wang Lingling and Liu Lili are best friends. Look at the chart in 3a and compare them. Then fill in the chart below.
2. Try to retell it according to the chart above. For example:
Wang Lingling's best friend is Liu Lili. They are both tall, but Wang Lingling has long straight hair, and Liu Lili has short straight hair. Wang Lingling likes reading. but Liu Lili likes sports. They are both popular and outgoing in class. Wang Lingling is serious. Liu Lili is funnier than Wang Lingling. Wang Lingling is more hard-working than Liu Lili, but Liu Lili is smarter.
Step 4 Writing
1. Work on 3b.
Make notes about two of your friends. Onc friend should be similar to you; the other friend should be different from you. For example:
T: My fiend A is quite similar to me. We re both tall and thin. (Write“ tll”and “ thin' under“ A friend who is similar to me" )...
Then students finish their chart by themselves.
2. Work on 3c.
(1)Write two paragraphs describing your friends according to the notes in 3b. For example:
My friend A is quite similar to me. We are both tall and thin. We are both quiet and serious. We like reading together. We are hard-working in class, so we often get good grades. My friend B is different from me. She is funnier and more outgoing than me. She always speaks loudly. She is good at soccer. She is smart and she is a good listener.
写作指导:首先,找出和你的朋友相似的方面。对这些方面进行描述:其次,对不同之处进行描述。根据在3b中所做的记录,用形容词或副词的比较级形式进行两者之间的对比。
(2)Show some students" compositions on the screen. Corrected the mistakes in the compositions.
Step5 Expansion and extension
1. Read the job ad and the conversation in 4.
2. Write the names of two outgoing students on the blackboard. Ask the students to work in pairs.
Compare the two of their classmates. Decide which classmate is better for the job.
T: Who do you think should get the job, A or B Why
S1: Well, A is smarter. I think A should get the job.
S2: A is smarter, but I think B is more outgoing.
3. Cooperative inquiry
Discuss the following language points and fill in the blanks.
(1)“Who do you think should get the job, Jeny or Jl "是由“ 特殊疑问句+选择项”构成的选择疑问句,do you think作插入语。
例如: Who do you know cleaned the casroom yesterday, Tom or Mary
你知道昨天是谁打扫的教室,汤姆还是玛丽
(2)or意为“还是”,常用于选择疑间句中。例如: Do you like English or math 你喜欢英语还是数学
(3)information不可数名词,意为“信息消息”。其数量的表达应借助于pice表示“一条信息”用a piece of information;“ 两条信息”用two pieces of information.
Step 6 Self Check
1. Work on Self Check 1.
(1)Look at the chart. Let one student read the words or phrases in the box first.
(2)Ask the students to put the words in the corret columns in the chart. Make sure they know they should put some adjectives in the first column. In the second column,they should put some“verbs+adverbs”
(3)Let the students work by themselves and then check the answers.
Answers:
What people are like: hard-working, quiet, serious, smart
What people can do: run fast, jump high
2. Work on Self Check 2.
Ask the students to fill in the blanks using the corrct forms of the words in brackets. (提示:注意看句子的意思及有无表示比较的标志词than来确定是否用比较级形式)
Students work by themselves and fill in the blanks. Check the answers with the students.
Answers: 1. funnicer 2. more outgoing 3. serious 4. faster 5. less friendly
3. Work on Self Check 3.
Ask the students to think of their best friends. Write down two ways in which they re similar, and two ways in which they are different. Be sure to use comparatives.
Students write sentences quickly and see who writes best.
Answers will vary.
Step 7 Summary
In this period,we have learned:
1. New words and a phrase: primary, information, primary school.
2. Writing.
3. Self Check.
Homework
1. Review the words and phrascs in this unit.
2. Review the grammar of this unit.
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