Unit 3 I’m more outgoing than my sister.
Period 2 Grammar Focus-3c
Target language
1. Words and expressions
smarter, more serious, more athletic, note, mean, as, way, both, hers, physics, however, common, more than, in common, be good at …
2. Key sentences
I’m more outgoing than my sister.
Are you more serious than Tina
My friend is the same as me. We are both quiet.
I am a little taller than her.
Ability goals
Enable students to talk about personal traits with the comparatives of adjectives.
Teaching important and difficult points
Comparative with -er, -ier and more.
Teaching procedures and ways
Step I Revision
Check the homework.
Step II Grammar focus
Ask a student to read the sentences in the chart.
T: When we compare Pedro and Paul, Tina and Tara, Tom and Sam, we use the comparative degrees of adjectives like funnier, taller and more athletic.
Step III Practice (3a-3b)
T: Now let’s do the exercises. Can you complete these sentences in 3a
S: Yes, we can.
Teacher checks the answers.
T: Ok, now we can think of ourselves two years ago. Can you tell me
S1: I’m taller now than I was two years ago.
S2: I’m funnier now than I was two years ago.
S3: …
T: Yes, let’s write them and answer the questions in 3b.
Then review the phrase:
T: Have you found something new or something difficult for you Pick them out and let’s talk about them. We can use these sentences:
1. as you can see 正如你所看到的
as, conj. 以……方式,像……那样
e.g. As you can see, the British like football very much.
2. in some ways 在某些方面
e.g. He is better than me in some ways.
3. both pron. 两者都……
We both have black eyes = Both of us have black eyes.
conj. 常与and 连用
e.g. He can speak both English and Spanish.
4. We both enjoy going to parties.
enjoy + doing 喜欢做……
e.g. My sister enjoys going shopping very much.
5. She is a little more outgoing than me.
I am a little taller than her.
形容词比较级前可以加修饰语表示程度或差别大小。
a little (a bit) 表示更……一点
much, even, far, still, any, a lot表示更……的多
若句中“of the two”时,形容词比较级前必须“the”。
e.g. She is the quieter one of the two.
Step IV Pair work (3c)
T: Let’s compare our parents. Check (√) who is smarter, funnier, etc. in the chart in 3c.
S: Ok!
T: Can you tell me your answers
S: Sure, of course.
S1: I think my mother is smarter than my father.
S2: I think my father is funnier than my mother.
S3: …
T: OK, you are great! Now your duty is ask your partner about his/ her parents.
Blackboard design
Unit 3 I’m more outgoing than my sister.
The second period
I’m more outgoing than my sister.
Are you more serious than Tina
My friend is the same as me. We are both quiet.
I am a little taller than her.