课题： Unit 2 What is the best way to travel?
科目： 英语
教学对象： 八年级
课时：Module 4 Unit 2
一、教学内容分析
本模块为本学期的第二课，教师要充分利用这一模块的内容，培养学生学习的计划性和策略性，从而有效的指导学生学习。
二、教学目标
1.语言知识目标
Key vocabulary: journey, book, outside, choice, however, cost
Keys structure: Superlative adjectives and adverbs (-est, most); irregular superlatives.
2.能力目标
1）Listening and understanding familiar topics (transportation)
2）Comparing modes of transportation.
3）Reading and finding specific transportation
4）Writing a short passage comparing modes of transportation.
3.学习策略
能够注意发现语言现象背后的规律，并能运用规律举一反三；学习单词时，可以按类别整理单词和词组，提高单词学习效率。
4.情感、态度与价值观
了解各地风景名胜，热爱祖国的大好河山，选择合理、安全的出行方式。主动了解英语国家有关的旅游交通方面的信息，并将之与自己的日常生活联系起来，拓展视野，激发学习的兴趣。
三、学习者特征分析
学生经过初中一年的学习在阅读和写作上有一定基础；学生思维活跃，喜欢和同学交流，乐于表达自己，渴望达到同学和教师的赞许；学生对于ppt 的呈现形式感兴趣。语言表达尚可，书面表达还须进一步提高。
四、教学策略选择与设计
创造条件让学生去研究文本的整体，寻找整体框架并在理解的全过程中发挥整体的功能。分析教学的重点和难点，提高学生分析语篇、解决语篇问题的能力，增强语言综合运用能力。力求学生体验学习词汇、结构，实践运用注意输入与输出一致。PWP 教学模式下设计活动，遵循三个原则：1.递进有效，对学生思维和语言能力培养要体现层次；2.保障个体学习时间，考虑学生参与的广度； 3.引导学生回归文本寻找根据。
五、教学重点及难点
本单元话题相关的key words; 提问出行方式的句子和相应答语 what’s the cheapest way to ….?
The cheapest way is ….
六、教学过程
教师活动
学生活动
设计意图
1. Warm up and Lead in
T: How do you get there?
What’s the cheapest way to get there?
What’s the best way to get there?
The students work in pairs and think about some questions they would like to ask.
本活动的目的在于激活话题，为课文阅读提供引子，导入课文，通过题目谈论并预测文章内容。激发学生学习兴趣，调动学习积极性。
2. pre-reading
活动：
Show some pictures.
Talksomething about the pictures.
Look at the pictures and talk about them.
复习词汇和相关话题，能够初步了解文章大概内容，进一步熟悉本单元话题。
3. while-reading
Activity1：First reading
T:how many ways are there in the passage.
Activity 2：Skimming and scanning
Paragraph 1:
Which is cheaper, by train or by coach?
paragraph 2
which is the most comfortable way to travel.
paragraph 3
How long does it take you to get Amsterdam.
paragraph 4
Why may you have to wait for hours at the airport ?
Give the students more suggestions about the ways to travel.
Read the text quickly and do it.
Read and find out the answers quickly.
Read and answer, discuss about the answer of the third question in small groups.
The students act out “take a deep breath and smile”
设计意图：锻炼学生快速阅读能力，把握文章主要内容。
设计意图：逐一阅读并分析文中提及的三个英语学习的具体问题，利用阅读材料培养学生的细节阅读理解能力及大意理解能力。培养学生英语学习的策略性，锻炼学生英语表达能力。
4. post-reading
Do exercise 4 and check the answers in class
Finish off the exercises in activities.
设计意图：纵观课文，巩固课文中所学到的英语学习的方法，培养英语学习的策略性。
5.Summary
Do exercise 5 in groups.ake some sentences using Superlative adjectives and adverbs (-est, most); irregular superlatives
Summarize the good ways using Superlative adjectives and adverbs (-est, most); irregular superlatives and describe the content in Activity 5
设计意图：让学生通过小组内同学的学习和探究增强学生相互之间的合作并培养他们乐于助人的精神。
6.Homework
Write a composition about ways of travelling from London to paris.
让学生总结文章结构以及比较级和最高级的用法并运用到自己的文章当中。
七、板书设计
Module 4 Planes, ships and trains
Unit 2 What is the best way to travel?
Words Structures
Journey book outside what’s the best way to….?
A journey by train is more relaxing than by coach.
Choice however cost It will not cost as much as going by train.
课件53张PPT。4ModuleUnit 2
What is the best way to travel?Planes, ships and trainsThis computer is cheap.This computer is cheaper than that one.This one is the cheapest of all.￥6999￥4999￥3999The weather is bad.The weather is worse.The weather is the worst.This car is the best of the three.goodbetterThis apple is the biggest of all.bigbigger10 yuan 20 yuan50 yuanThis pen is the most expensive of the three.expensivemore expensive复习：形容词最高级的构成talltallertallestB: heavy
easy
tidy
dry
busy
happy
healthy
hungry
earlyy -- i-- estC: large
late
nice-- st biggestD: bighothottestthin “双写”thinnestwet wettest fatfattestAdjective delicious
dangerous
interesting
popular
beautiful
careful
friendly the most -- adj .Adjective better best farlittle worse worstmore mostfarther farthestless leastgoodwellbadbadlymany much 1. good
2. comfortable
3. big
4. happy
5. cheap
6. many
7. difficult
8. little better best
more comfortable most comfortable
bigger biggest
happier happiest
cheaper cheapest
more most
more difficult most difficult
less leastTeaching aims1. Key vocabulary and structure:
journey, park, outside, however, cost
the more information, the better.
It takes you about 12 hours to get there.
2. Reading aims:
to be able to understand specific
information in a text.
3. Affection:
to choose reasonable and safe way to travel.ReviewWords and expressions单词回顾学生早读时已预习过本单元单
词，可利用几分钟时间带学生快速回顾温习。对单词的熟练度越高，阅读的速率也越高。Read the words and expressions loudly./‘d???ni/
/b?k /
/pɑ?k/
/'a?t'saId/
/ ha?'ev?/
/k?st/
在……之外 prep.
在外面；朝户外 adv.
外面；外部 n.
外部的；外表的 adj.outside然而；但是 adv.cost(cost /k?st/) 价钱为；花费 v.
价钱；成本； 代价 n.howeverjourney旅行; 旅程 n. 停放(车); 泊(车) v.
预订 v.parkbookWords and expressionsDo you know Holland?
It is famous for tulips （郁金香）, windmills（风车） and wooden shoes（木鞋）.There is a windmill village in Amsterdam- the capital of Holland.
Now let’s enjoy a video about it.1 work in pairs. Talk about the ways to go to a city that you like to visit.1 How do you get there?
2 What’s the cheapest way to get there?
3 What’s the best way to get there?Then Watch and readRead the passage and number the
ways of travelling from the most
expensive to the least expensive.
Question: what is the best way to travel from
London to Amsterdam? I am planning to travel from London to Amsterdam.
How long does the journey take and what is the best
way to travel? Could you please tell me about the trains
or ships to get there? The more information, the better.
Thanks!Best answer: There are four ways to travel. A journey by train is more relaxing than by coach,
but a lot more expensive. When you go by train, buy
your ticket a long time before you travel. It is
usually cheaper.
You can go by car and by ship across the North sea.
This is the most comfortable way to travel but also the
most expensive. Book your ticket before you book your
hotel. Remember that parking in Amsterdam is very
expensive, so stay outside the city center and travel in
by bus or by train.
The third choice is by coach. This is usually the
cheapest, but in summer the coaches sometimes get
crowded! And it takes you about twelve hours to get
there. However, it will not cost as much as going by
train.
Finally, you can fly. It is the fastest and the
second cheapest, but you can have to wait for
hours at the airport because of bad weather.
Well, I hope this helps! Have a great trip! Read the passage and number the
ways of travelling from the most
expensive to the least expensive. 1 4323 Complete the table. more relaxing than by coach more expensive than by coachthe most comfortable way the most
expensivethe cheapestthe fastest and
not very
expensiveperhaps have to wait for hours because of bad weathercrowded in summer;
taking a long time.
4 Complete the passage with the words in the box. choice cost fast however journey outside There are four ways to travel from London to Amsterdam. The first (1) ____________ is by train because the (2)____________ takes only four hours. (3)____________ , it is quite expensive. Going by coach does not (4) ____________ as much as going by train. When you go by car and by ship, remember that parking in Amsterdam is not cheap, so it is best to stay (5) ____________ the city center and travel in by bus or by train. Going by plane is the (6) ____________, but you need to go to the airport. It also takes time.choicejourneyHowevercostoutsidefastestLanguage points1. I’m planning to travel from London to Amsterdam.
我正打算从伦敦到阿姆斯特丹旅行一趟。
plan 作动词用，plan to do sth. “计划干某事”。
plan还可以用作名词，常和make, change等词搭配。
He planned to leave London on Monday.
他打算周一离开伦敦。
We don’t have any plans for the weekend.
我们周末没有什么安排。2. The more information, the better.
信息越多越好。
句型“the+比较级， the+比较级”表示“越……，越……”。例如：
The older he gets, the happier he is.
他越活越开心。
The more she learns, the more she wants to learn.
她越学越想学。3. A journey by train is more relaxing than by coach, but a lot more expensive.
坐火车旅行要比坐长途汽车更放松，但会贵很多。
在比较级前添加a lot,，much,，a little， a bit等词，可以说明程度； 添加even, still等词，可以表示强调。例如：
Derek’s room is a bit bigger than Beibei’s.
德里克的房间比贝贝的房间要大一点儿。
This will make our job even more difficult.
这将会使我们的工作更加困难。4. Book your ticket before you book your hotel.
订旅馆之前，要先订（机）票。
book在本句话中是动词，意思是“预订” 。例如：
I booked a table for two at 8 pm.
我预订了晚上8点的两人桌。
Mike booked hotel rooms for the women and children.
麦克为妇女和孩子预订了酒店房间。5. However, it will not cost as much as going by train.
但是，它和乘火车去的花费是一样的。
cost的主语是物或某种活动， 还可以表示“值”， 常见用法如下：
(1) sth. costs (sb.) ＋金钱
某物花了（某人）多少钱
A new computer costs a lot of money.
买一台新电脑要花一大笔钱。
(2) (doing) sth. costs (sb.) ＋时间
某物/做某事花了（某人）多少时间? Remembering these new words cost him a lot of time. 他花了大量时间才记住了这些单词。
注意与take区分：
(1) It takes sb. ＋时间＋to do sth.
做某事花了某人多少时间
It took them three years to build this road. 他们用了三年时间修完了这条路
(2) doing sth. takes sb. ＋时间
做某事花了某人多少时间
Repairing this car took him the whole afternoon. 他花了一下午修车。? 5 Work in pairs. Ask and answer about the ways of travelling. Use the information in the table. －What’s the cheapest way to travel from London
to pairs?
－The cheapest way is by coach. 6 Write a passage about ways of travelling from London to Paris. Use the information in Activity 5 and the passage in Activity 2 to help you. You can go from London to pairs by coach, plane or train. Travelling by plane is the fastest but also the most expensive.
用法：英语中三者或三者以上相比较，表示
“最……” 这样的最高程度概念时，要用 “the+最高级” 的结构表示。这种句式一般带有表示比较的介词短语，比如: in our class, of the three 等。
例如：Wang Lin is the tallest in our class.
This theater is the cheapest of the three.
注意使用最高级时应注意以下几点：
形容词的最高级 (1) 表示 “最……之一” 的句式，要用 one of the
+形容词最高级+复数名词。
例如：Jingjiang Hotel is one of the biggest hotels
in our city.
Lisa is not of my best friends.
(2) 当最高级前面有物主代词或名词所有格时，
不加定冠词 the。
例如：Tom is Lucy’s best friend.
Tuesday is her busiest day.(3) 最高级前可加序数词。
例如：The Yellow River is the second
longest river in China.
(4) 形容最高级修饰作表语或介词宾语的名
词，代词时，被修饰的词往往省略。
例如：He is the laziest (student) in our
class.2. 形容词比较级和最高级的构成
规则变化
一般情况下，单音节或双音节的形容词比较级直接加-er, 最高级直接加-est。如：
clever—cleverer—cleverest
cheap—cheaper—cheapest
few—fewer—fewest
small—smaller—smallest
young—younger—youngest
b. 以-e 结尾的形容词，比较级+ -r,最高级+ -st。如： large—larger—largest nice—nicer—nicest
cute—cuter—cutest
c. 以辅音字母+y结尾的形容词，变y为i +er或+est。
busy—busier—busiest
heavy—heavier—heaviest
easy—easier—easiest
happy—happier—happiest
dirty—dirtier—dirtiestd. 以重读闭音节结尾，末尾只有一个辅音字母结
尾的词，双写最后一个辅音字母，再加+er或
+est。 如：
big—bigger—biggest thin—thinner—thinnest
fat—fatter—fattest hot—hotter—hottest
e. 多音节和部分双音节形容词，需在原级前+more
构成比较级，+ most 构成最高级。如：
important—more important—most important
beautiful—more beautiful– most beautiful
difficult—more difficult—most difficult 3. 不规则变化：
Exercises一、写出下列单词的比较级和最高级。
good _____ comfortable _____
far _____ big _____
bad _____ friendly _____
popular _____ much _____
funny _____ well _____
dull _____ easy _____
close _____ creative _____better/ bestmore/most comfortablefarther/ farthestbigger/ biggestworse/worstfriendlier/friendliestmore/ most popularbetter/ bestfunnier/ funiestbetter/ bestduller/dullestduller/dullestcloser/ closestmore/most creative二、根据要求写出单词。
1. bad (比较级）______ 2. do (过去式）_____
3. best (原级） _______ 4. expensive(反义词）______
5. big (最高级）_______ 6. report (名词）_______
7. friend (形容词）_______ 8. beach（复数）_______
9. quiet (反义词）_______ 10. store （同义词）______worsedid good/wellcheapbiggestreporterfriendlybeachesbusyshop最高级规则变化口诀：最高级，很容易，一般词尾加est。
(cheap-the cheapest)
词尾若有哑音e, 直接就加st。
(close-the closest)
重读闭音节， 单辅音字母要双写。
(big-the biggest)
辅音字母加y, 记得把y变为i。
(friendly-the friendliest)
多音节，考考你，the most到底加哪里？
(popular-the most popular)1. The more information, the better.
2. - What’s the best way to travel from London to Paris?
- The cheapest way is by coach.
3. Travelling by plane is the fastest but also the most expensive way.本课时主要句型课后回顾Quiz一、根据句意及首字母提示补全下列单词。 Did you have a good j______?
These chairs c____ ￡40 each.
You can’t p____ in this street.
A bus took us from the a_______ to the city centre.
It’s raining hard. H______, I still want to go there. ourneyostarkirportowever 二、单项选择。
1. —Peter is _______ than you, right?
—Yes, but he is ___ runner in our class. A. heavier; best B. heavy; the best C. heavier; the best D. heavy; better
2. I had to call a taxi because the box was ___ than I’d expected.
A. heavy B. heavier
C.the heavier D. the heaviest3. — Why is the traffic today moving so
slowly? We are running late!
— Let’s take ____ route. Turn left over
there.
A. a same B. the same
C. a different D. the different
4. Listening is just as ______ as speaking
in language learning.
A. important B. more important
C. most important D. the most important5. Tian’anmen square is one of ____ squares in the world.
A. large B. larger
C. largest D. the largest
6. ___ all the students in his class, Xiao Ming writes ________.
A. Of, most carefully
B. In, the most carefully
C. Of, very carefully
D. In, much more carefully
三、根据提示完成句子。
不要去学校操场以外的地方。
Don’t go ______ ___ ______ __________.
2. 我想预订今晚音乐会的三个座位。
I’d like to _____ _____ _____ for tonight’s concert.
3. 它值多少钱？
How _____ does it ____ ?
4. 他们是为了我们而来到这里的。
They are here _______ ___ ___.outside the schoolplaygroundbook three seatsmuch costbecause of usHomeworkTo talk about your favourite travel ways and express the reason why you prefer it.
