unit 4 What’s the best movie theater
Period 1 Section A 1 (1a-1c)
Teaching aims:
Vocabulary:
popular, comfortable ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ), worse, worst, biggest, closest, friendliest, funniest, cheap, cheapest, pretty bad, service, part, price, screen, seat
Target language:
What’s the best cinema
Showtime Cinema. It’s the cheapest.
Structures:
Superlatives with –(i)est, the most
Irregular comparisons good, better, the best, bad, worse, the worst
Ability aims:
1. Students will be able to discuss their preferences.
2. Students will be a ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ble to make comparisons about stores or other things.
3. Practice students’ listening skill.
Emotional aims:
Ss will learn to share their preferences to each other..
Teaching important points:
1. Ss can use the com ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )parative and superlative to discuss their preferences..
2. Ss can make comparisons about stores.
Teaching difficult points:
Students can use comparative and superlative forms correctly.
Teaching procedures:
Step 1 Warming up and review.
1. review .
2. Show the p ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ictures, and say about the things using comparative and superlative forms
Step 2 Words Presentation
Learn the new words.
Step 3. Work on 1a.
1. How do you choos ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )e which movie theater to go to Write the things in the box under “Important” or “Unimportant”.
2. Ss discuss wit ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )h their partners and write the words in the box in the chart.
Step 4 Target language Presentation
Show the pictures and learn the language.
Step 5 Work on 1b.
1. Read the instructions.
2. Point to the c ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )hart. Explain the meaning of any phrases students don’t know.
3. Point to the list o ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )f Movie theaters in the instructions and the blank lines under the Movie theater heading.
4. Play the recording the first time. Students only listen.
5. Play agai ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )n. Ask students to write the names of each movie theater on the blank line.
6. Check the answers.
Step 6 Pair work.
1.Ask studen ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ts to look at the pictures in activity 1a. Then ask students to read the sample conversations in activity 1c.
2. Ask students to read the instructions to the class .
3. Ask students to ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )work in pairs and make their own conversations about the movie theater in the picture.
5. Ask some pairs t ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )o present one or more of their conversations to the class.
Step 7 Summarize -- superlative forms
Step 8 Homework
1 Remember the vocabulary and the target language.
2 Review the superlative degree of adjectives.
Period 2 Section A (2a-2d)
Teaching aims
Knowledge aims:
1. Students will ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )be able to master the following words and phrases: worst, cheaply, song, DJ, choose, carefully, reporter, so far, fresh, comfortably, worse, service, pretty, menu, act, meal.
2. Students will be able to master the following sentence structures:
--Which is the worst clothes store in town
--Dream Clothes. It’s worse than Blue Moon. It has the worst service.
--What do you think ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )of 970AM --I think it’s pretty bad. It has the worst music.
Ability aims:
1. Students will be able to discuss their preferences.
3. Students will b ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )e able to make comparisons about stores or other things.
Emotional aims:
Ss will learn to share their preferences to each other..
Teaching important points
Ss can use the comp ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )arative and superlative to discuss their preferences..
Ss can make comparisons about stores.
Teaching difficult points.
Students can use comparative and superlative forms correctly.
Teaching Procedures
Step 1 Free talk
T: What’s the best movie theater in our town Why
Step 2 Presentation
T: What are they What kind of clothes store do you like to go to
What do you think is a good clothes store
Present some pi ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ctures and get Ss to learn the new words and phrases, then try to answer the questions.
Step 3 Practice
T: There are three clothes stores, which one is the best
Present pictures of ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) different stores, ask Ss to make comparisons about the quality, service and price.
Step 4 Discussion
T: What do you think ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )is a good radio station There are 3radio stations, 970AM, 97.9FM, 107.9FM, which one is the best
Step 5 Listening
Get Ss to listen to the tapes and do 2a, 2b.
Step 6 Pair work
Get Ss to work in pairs and make conversations like this.
A: Hello. I’m a reporter. Can I ask you some questions
B: Sure.
A: What’s the best clothes store in town
B: I think Miller’s is the best.
A: Why do you think so
B: Well, Miller’s has …
Step 7 Reading
1. Get Ss to r ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ead 2d and answer the questions. 1. Is Greg new in town
2.Where is the best supermarket What can you buy there
3. Which cinema is the newest What does Helen think of it
Step 8 Role-play the conversation
Ask Ss to role-play the conversation and then act in front of others.
Step 9 Homework
1.Read and recite 2d.
Period 3 Section A (3a-3c)
Teaching aims:
Vocabulary:
worse ; service; pretty; menu; act; meal.
Target language:
What’s the best movie theater to go to
Town Cinema. It’s t ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )he closest to home. And you can buy tickets the most quickly there.
Which is the worst clothes store in town
Dream Clothes. It’s worse than Blue Moon, it has the worst service.
What do you think of 970 AM
I think 970 AM is pretty bad. It has the worst music.
Structures:
Superlatives with –(i)est, the most
Irregular comparisons good, better, the best, bad, worse, the worst
Ability aims:
1. Students will be able to discuss their preferences.
2. Students will be ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) able to make comparisons about stores or other things.
Emotional aims:
Ss will learn to share their preferences to each other..
Teaching important points:
1. Ss can use the co ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )mparative and superlative to discuss their preferences..
2. Ss can make comparisons about stores.
Teaching difficult points:
Students can use comparative and superlative forms correctly.
Teaching procedures:
Step1 Warm up.
1.free talk.
2. Review unit 3 .
3. Show the words, write the superlative forms.
4. Summarize the structures:
A. A + be + the 形容词最高级 + 表示范围的介词词组
B. A + 动词+ (the) 副词最高级 +(表示范围的介词词组)
Step 2 Read grammar focus.
1. Let the students read the sentences in the box and make sure they understand them. Pay attention to the use of the following sentences: Which is the worst clothes store in town Dream Clothes . It’s worse than Blue Moon. It has the worst service.
What do you think of 970AM
2. Find the structures.
3. 学生阅读Grammar Focus中的句子,然后做填空练习。
① 哪是可以去的最好的电影院?
What is the ____ ______ _____ to go to
② 城镇剧院,它离家最近。
Town Cinema. It’s the ______ ___ home.
③并且你能在那里最快地买到票。
And you can buy ______ the _______ ________ there.
④ 哪家是镇上最差的服装店?
_______ is the ______ clothes store in town
⑤ 梦想服装店。它比蓝月亮差一些。
Dream Clothes. It’s ______ ____ Blue Moon。
⑥ 它的服务最差。
It has ______ _______ _________.
Step 3 Work on 3a:
Tell Ss to read the se ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ntences in 3a and try to fill in the blanks with correct forms of the
words in brackets.
2. Check the answers.
Step 4 . Games.
1.In our class, who is the best student Why
healthier(the healthiest) lifestyle
get (better) the best grades
obey the rules the best
hard-working outgoing funny friendly popular run fast smart
serious jump high quiet shy ……
Step 5 Work on 3c.
1. Think of thr ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ee restaurants for lunch near your home. Fill in the chart. Then talk in your
group and choose the best one.
How much is a meal
How far is it from your home
Is the service good
Is the food good
Talk with your partner.
Model: Danny’s ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )is the best one because it’s the closest to my house. It has the most
delicious food. It has good service, too.
Step 6 . Homework.
Finish the work on the paper.
Period 4 Section B (1a-1e)
Teaching aims:
Vocabulary:
Creative; performer.
Target language:
1. My sister Lucy is the funniest person I know.
2. Mary sings the best in our class.
3. Who is the best performer --- Eliza was the best performer.
Structures:
Superlatives with –(i)est, the most
Irregular comparisons good, better, the best, bad, worse, the worst
Ability aims:
1. Students will be able to discuss their preferences.
2. Students will ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )be able to make comparisons about the talent show or other people.
Emotional aims:
Ss will learn to share their preferences to each other..
Teaching important points:
1. Ss can use the superlative to discuss their preferences..
2. Ss can make comparisons about the talent show or other people.
Teaching difficult points:
Students can use superlative forms correctly.
Teaching procedures:
Step 1 Warm up.
1. Ask three s ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )tudents to act, the others say the word and the superlative form.
funny –funniest
Read and say funniest is the superlative form of the word funny.
2. Show the words and say the superlative forms.
Step 2 Work on 1a.
1. Write these word ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )s and phrases next to their opposites in the chart.
2. Check the answers with the Ss.
Step 3 Work on 1b.
1. Show some pictures and learn to say:
Liu Qian is the most creative person I know .
I think Zhao Benshan is the funniest person I know
2. Ask some students to act, and learn to say:
Jeff Green is the loudest person I know.
Mary sings the best in our class.
students discuss in their group.
4. Students say the sentences one by one..
Step 4 Work on 1c and 1d.
1. T: Many people have talent. Let’s go to a talent show.
2. Tell Ss thi ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )s school had a talent show last weekend. Some Ss and some teachers took part in the talent show. Now listen to the conversation and math the pictures with the performers.
2. Play the r ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ecording for the Ss. Ss just listen for the first time. Play the recording again and match the pictures with the performers.
3. Check the answers:
Work on 1d:
1. T: Now please look ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) at the chart in 1e. What do the people say about the performers You'll listen to the tape again. Then try to fill in the blanks.
听力指导:要抓别人对他们每个人的评价所说的词 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )汇,也就是那些表示评价的形容词或副词的最高级形式。因此在听的时候,应重点放在对人物的表演进行评价的最高级形式上。
2. Ss listen to the re ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )cording carefully and try to fill in the blanks.
3. Play the recording again and check the answers with the class.
4. Retell(复述) in your own words.
Step 5 Make a survey. Best in the class.
work in group.
Report.
In my group, w ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )e think Tom is the best singer in our class because he can sing fast songs very well. We think ……in our class because…..
Step 6 Summarize and homework.
Period 5 Section B (2a-2e)
Teaching aims: ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )
Vocabulary:
creative, performer, ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )talent, common, all kinds of, beautifully, role, winner, prize, everybody, make up, example, for example, poor, seriously, give
Target language:
Everyone is good at something, but some people are truly talented.
All these shows have one thing in common.
That’s up to you to decide.
When people watch t ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )he show, they usually play a role in deciding the winner.
But if you don’t ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )take these shows too seriously, they are fun to watch.
One great thing about them is that they give people a way to make their dreams come true.
Ability aims:
1. Students will ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) be able to read the article and answer the questions..
2. Students will be ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) able to make comparisons about the talent show or other people.
Emotional aims:
Ss will learn to share their preferences to each other..
Teaching important points:
1. 1. Students wi ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ll be able to read the article and answer the questions..
2. Ss can make comparisons about the talent show or other people.
Teaching difficult points:
Students can use superlative forms correctly.
Teaching procedures:
Step 1 Warm up.
1. T: Do you often ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) watch TV Do you like China’s Got Talent There are many talent shows, do you know them (Show the names of the shows.) Many people in the shows have talent.
Step 2 Work on 2a.
1. . Show some people and the flash, and show the target language:
A: Who is the most talented person you know
B: I think Li Yuchun is the most talented person.
A: What can she do
B: She can sing. Sh ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )e is the winner of 2005 Super Girls . She sings the most beautifully.
2. Pair work.
A: Who is the most talented person you know
B: I think _______is the most talented person.
A: What can he/ she do
B: He /She can…
B: She can
Step 3 Work on 2b.
1. Today we’ll learn a passage about talent shows.
2. Let Ss read the passage quickly and find out “Which three talent shows are mentioned ”
3. Ss read the passage quickly and find the answers to the questions.
Step 4 Work on 2c .
1. T: Now let’s work on 2c. First, let’s read the questions and make sure we know the meanings of all the questions. Then read the passage again and find the answers to the questions.
2. Ss read carefully and try to find the answers to the questions.
3. Check the answers with the class.
Step 5 Ask questions and answer them .
Step 6 Make a survey. Who’s got talent in the class
1. work in group.
2. Report.
In my group, ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) we think Tom is the best singer in our class because he can sing fast songs very well. We think ……in our class because…..
Step 6 Summarize and homework.
Period 6 Section B (3a-3c)
Teaching aims:
Vocabulary:
crowded,crea ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )tive,quietly,performer,quality,comfortably,fantastic teacher,sports center
Target language:
Greenwood Park is the best place to go to on weekends.
There is something for everyone at Greenwood Park.
Because it is the most beautiful school in my town.
Because it is the most popular and the cheapest.
Ability aims:
1. Students will ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )be able to read the article and answer the questions..
2. Students will be able to write a composition..
Emotional aims:
Enjoy the best places, and love our home..
Teaching important points:
1. Students will ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) be able to read the article and answer the questions..
2. Students will be able to write a composition..
Teaching difficult points:
Students can us ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )e superlative forms correctly to write a composition..
Teaching procedures:
Step 1 Review.
Step 2 Work on 3a.
1. Show some pictures.
2. Read the a ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )rticle about Greenwood Park. Fill in the blanks with the correct superlative forms of the adjectives and adverbs in the box.
3. Students do it and check the answers.
Step 3 Work on 3b.
1. Think about ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )some of the best places/things in your town. Why are they the best
2. Give some examples to the Ss.
best middle school: No. 1 Middle School;
Why: Because it is the most beautiful school in my town.
Best super-market: Zhongbai Supermarket
Why: Because it is the most popular and the cheapest.…
3. Ss try to think it and think about the reasons.
4. Try to fill in the blanks.
Step 4 Work on 3c:
1. Write about your town and the best places/things there.
2. 写作指导:
本文为写自己所居住的城镇上最好的地方或事物,并说明原因。
因此,时态应用一般现在时态;
应先描述最……的是某个地方,然后说明这个地方最好的原因。
应注意正确运用形容词或副词的最高级形式来表达。
3. 学生们根据写作提示,及上面表格中的提示来写作这篇文章。
4. Let some Ss read their passage to the class.
Step 5 Work on Self check 1:
1. Fill in the blanks ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )with the superlative forms of the words in the box.
2. 方法指导:首先,阅读句子理解大意。确定空格是修饰名词还是修饰动词,从而确定空白处是形容词还是副词。最后填上其恰当的最高级形式。
3. 指导: 1. the cheapest 空格后有名词restaurant; 关键句“你可以花仅五元就能买到一大盘饺子。” …
4. 学生做每个试题,并校对答案。
Step 6 Work on Self check 2
1. Tell Ss to read the information then correct the mistakes.
2. Ss work by themselves.
说明原因:在短文第一段中列举了这三家 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )影剧院的票价:Town Cinema 12美元;Screen City10.50美元;Movie World 10美元。
3. 学生们完成试题并说明原因。
Step 7 Summarize and homework.
Discuss the ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )towns/cities in China with a partner. Tell the class which town/city you think is the best.
Give Ss some examples: