Unit 4 What’s the best movie theater? Section A教案

Unit4 What’s the best movie theater
By Guo Yan
Su Nan Middle School
Ⅰ. Teaching aims
1. Knowledge & skills：
①Students will be able to master the following words and phrases: theater, comfortable, seat, screen, close, ticket, quality, be close to.
②Students will be able to master the following sentence structures：
--What’s the best movie theater
--Town Cinema. It’s the closest to home. And it has the shortest waiting time.
③Master the superlatives.
④Learn to discuss preferences and make comparisons.
2. Process & methods:
①Students will be able to discuss their preferences and make comparisons.
②Lead the students to do some listening practice.
③Get the students to do some pair work.
3. Emotion, attitude & values:
①Students will learn to share their preferences with others.
②Lead the students to be the best.
Ⅱ. Teaching important points
1. Students can use the comparative and superlative to discuss their preferences.
2. Students can make comparisons.
3. Master the words and the language points.
Ⅲ. Teaching difficult points
Students can use comparative and superlative forms correctly.
Learn to make comparisons and discuss preferences.
Ⅳ. Teaching aids
PPT, a computer, papers
Ⅴ. Teaching Procedure
Step 1 Warm up
Let’s enjoy an English poem.
It’s easy to speak along with. Try to get Ss to be interested in this class. On the other hand, it can help to lead the students to be the best.
Step 2 Presentation
Show some pictures and let the students speak out the comparatives and superlatives.
Play a guessing game to help the students to consolidate the comparatives and superlatives.
Let’s discuss.
T: Do you like to go to the movies Who do you want to go with
(Suppose students can go to the movies with one of the stars. Give them some pictures of stars and let them choose who they will go together with and give their reasons.)
T: Now you have a partner to go together with. But which cinema do you want to go to？ Or what’s the best movie theater What are the important things for you when choosing which movie theater to go to (Show some pictures and discuss the important things.)
Then get some students to share their ideas about how to choose the movie theater.
Step 3 Listening
Teaching activity 1b
This activity gives students practice in understanding the target language in spoken English.
Read the instructions. Point to the Qualities column and the Movie theater column in the chart. Tell students that they will hear three conversations talking about three theaters.
Ask the students to listen carefully and match the statements with the movie theaters.
Check the answers.
Step 4 Practice & Consolidation
1. Let’s compare.
Show some pictures and information about cinemas. Ask students to make comparisons and discuss preferences.
2. Pairwork.
There are three clothes stores near your home. If you go shopping, which one will you go to？(Show some pictures about the three clothing stores and let students make conversations according to the tips)
3. Have a quick discussion about the students.
In our class, who is the funniest student
In our class, who is the shiest student
In our class, who is the tallest student
In all the subjects, which is the most interesting subject
In all the subjects, which is the most difficult subject
4. Hand out some papers. Ask students to write down the comparatives and superlatives of the words given.
Step 5 Summary
In this class, we’ve learnt the new words and phrases. We did listening practice and learned the target language. What’s important, we’ve learnt to make comparisons and discuss preferences. Through pair work, we practiced our spoken English using what we learnt today.
Step 6 Homework
Finish the papers.
Do a survey about the best supermarket in your town.
VI. Blackboard design
Unit 4 what’s the best movie theater
movie theater = cinema
clothes stores
supermarkets