外研（新标准）版八年级上册Module 2 Unit 1 It's taller than many other buildings.教案（2课时）

Module 2　My home town and my country
Unit 1　It's taller than many other buildings.
Ⅰ.Teaching model
Listening and speaking
Ⅱ.Teaching aims
1．To understand the conversation about the comparison of two cities.
2．To talk about and compare two different cities or places.
3．To show their love for their home towns.
Ⅲ.Teaching aids
Tape recorder，video，OHP
Ⅳ.Teaching steps
第一课时(Activity 1－Activity 2)
Step 1：Have a dictation
1．Let the students work in pairs and practise the following dialogue：
A：Where is your home town
B：…
A：Is it old or new
B：…
A：Do you like it
B：…
2．Look at the blackboard.Repeat the words on the board chorally.
Step 2：Pre－listening
1．Show the students pictures of the cities.Elicit some words to describe them and write the words on the board.
2．Ask some questions about the cities.Tell the students to use the words on the board to help them answer the questions.
3．Elicit more words if necessary.
Step 3：While－listening
1．Look at the pictures and talk about them.Use the words in the box to help you.
high，hill，population，river，wide
2．Tell the students to look at the two pictures and tell the similarities and differences between them.
3．Ask them to look at and repeat the words in the box together.
4．Play the recording and let the students to finish the blank and check the answers.
Step 4：Listen and read
1．Play the recording and ask the students to complete the passage about Shenzhen and check the answers.
2．Ask two students to read this dialogue.
3．Introduce the comparative by asking if Hong Kong and Shanghai are the same or different.
4．Write the sentences on the board and then list the adjectives and their comparatives as they come up.
eg：small－smaller；
quiet－quieter；
old－older…
5．Ask the students to look at the spelling of the comparatives and summarize how comparative adjectives are formed.
6．Play the recording again and let the students follow the tape to read the passage aloud.
Step 5：Everyday English
Hey!
How was your weekend
Pretty good!
Step 6：Homework
1．Learn the new words by heart.
2．Act out the conversation in groups.
3．Finish off the workbook exercises.
Blackboard Design
Unit 1　It's taller than many other buildings.
small－smaller
quiet－quieter
old－older
new－newer
busy－busier
big－bigger
wide－wider
第二课时(Activity 3－Activity 6)
Step 1：Have a dictation
Get the students to write the words and phrases in Unit 1，then check the answers to see if they have grasped the usages of the points.
Step 2：Practice
1．Read the conversation in Activity 2 again.
2．Answer the following questions.
(1)How was Daming's weekend
(2)Where is Shenzhen
(3)What's the population of Shenzhen
(4)Is Shenzhen newer than Hong Kong
(5)Does Tony want to go to Shenzhen one day
3．Read the words and expressions in the box in Activity 3.
4．Ask the students to complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in the box individually.Remind them to be careful of the spelling.
5．Check the answers.
6．Tell the students to read the sentences and think about which word should be chosen for each sentence，whether the word should be changed and how.
Step 3：Pronunciation
1．Listen and notice how the speaker stresses the underlined words.
(1)Ask the students to read through the four conversations on their own.
(2)Play the recording.Ask the students to pay attention to the underlined words and think about why they are underlined.
(3)Elicit that the underlined words are stressed to correct wrong information.
(4)Play the recording again and have the students repeat the conversations chorally and individually.Tell them to pay attention to the underlined words and exaggerate the stressed syllables for the meaning.
(5)Put the students in pairs to practise the conversations.Tell them to stress the underlined words and practise with his/her partner.
Step 4：Speaking
1．Ask the students to compare Shenzhen with their home town.Make notes in the table.
2．Ask the students to fill in the table with information about Shenzhen and their home town，with notes to describe sizes，population，ways of life，etc.
3．Work in pairs.Talk about the differences between Shenzhen and their home town.(Use big，small，hot，cold，tall or new)．
—Is your home town bigger than Shenzhen
—No，it isn't.It's smaller than Shenzhen.
Step 5：Homework
1．Revise all the check points in this unit.
2．Finish off the workbook exercises.
Blackboard Design
Unit 1　It's taller than many other buildings.
So it's a newer city than Hong Kong
…it will become as busy as Hong Kong.
What's the population of Shenzhen
Its streets are much wider and cleaner too.
It's taller than many other buildings.