外研版八年级上册Module 3 Sports Unit 3 Language in use 教案

Module 3 Sports Unit 3 Language in use
一、学习目标:
A. 单词和短语：
baseball, volleyball, boring, exciting, relaxing, already, matter, What’s the matter hurt, Olympics, stadium, miss, mind, beat, careless, cheer…on, coach, fan club, against, train, practice, warm, warm up, usual, pleased, pass, chance, loudly, confident
B. 交际用语：
1. That’s too bad!
2. I’m not sure about that.
3. Bad luck!
4. Never mind.
5. — Which sport do you like better, swimming or running
— I like swimming better. It’s more relaxing than running.
6. It’s more difficult to practise in winter.
7. This year we’re passing more carefully.
8. — What’s your favorite sport
— My favorite sports is swimming. It is exciting.
9. This week’s match already more exciting.
10. It’s more difficult to practise in winter.
11. Watching is not dangerous, and it’s more relaxing, too.
二、教学目标
1. Function: Describing and comparing sports.
2. Structure: Comparative adjectives (more); adverbs and comparative adverbs (-er, more); irregular comparatives.
3. Skills: 1) Listening and understanding familiar topics (sports).
2) Comparing sports, linking words correctly.
3) Reading and understanding behaviors of characters; guessing the meaning of new words from the context.
4) Writing about your school basketball team.
4. Around the world: The marathon race
5. Task: Making a sports poster.
三、重点及难点:
Comparative adjectives (more); adverbs and comparative adverbs (-er, more); irregular comparatives.
四、教学设计:
Teaching Steps
Step 1 Speak up
Talk about the sports using the adjectives.
Sports
football basketball tennis volleyball table tennis baseball bowling…
adj. popular difficult dangerous expensive exciting boring …
A: Which is more …
B: I think … is more … than…
Step 2 Language practice
Ask the students complete the sentences.
1) This week’s match is already _______________.
本周的比赛已经精彩多了。
2) It is _____________ to practise in winter.
冬天训练的难度更大。
3) We are training _______ than usual.
我们现在比平时训练得更刻苦。
4) This year we want to do ______.
今年大家都想有更好的表现。
Keys: 1) more exciting 2) more difficult 3) harder 4) better
Step 3 Work in pairs.
1. Look at the pictures and talk about the sports. Use the words in the box to help you.
boring cheap difficult easy exciting expensive popular relaxing
2. Ask the students to look at the pictures in Activity 1 carefully.
3. Read through the example with the class.
— What’s your favorite sport
— My favorite sports is swimming. It is exciting.
4. Work in pairs and talk about the sports.
5. Now compare the sports.
1) Table tennis is more exciting than tennis.
2) Tennis is…
3) Basketball is …
4) Football is …
5) Swimming is…
6) Baseball is…
Keys: 1) more difficult than table tennis 2) safer than football
3) more dangerous than basketball 4) more relaxing than baseball
5) more exciting than swimming
Step 4 Grammar
形容词比较级（2）
本模块学习部分双音节形容词及多音节形容词比较级的构成规则及句子结构。
1. 构成规则：部分双音节形容词及多音节形容词的比较级是在其前加more构成。如：
careful—more careful
interesting—more interesting
expensive—more expensive
2. 句子结构：部分双音节形容词及多音节形容词比较级的句子结构为：主语+谓语+more+双音节形容词 / 多音节形容词+than+其他。如：
This movie is more popular than that one.
副词的基本用法
副词主要用来修饰动词、形容词、副词或其他结构。如：
She plays the piano badly.
她钢琴弹得很糟。
I’m really tired after last night’s tennis match.
昨晚网球赛后我很累。
The teacher speaks very slowly and carefully.
这位老师讲得很慢、很仔细。
注意副词与形容词在位置及功能上的不同，试比较：
1) The teacher speaks _____________.
这位老师讲得很仔细。
2) The teacher is ___________.
这位老师很细心。
Keys: 1) carefully 2) careful
副词修饰动词时通常出现在行为动词(实义动词)后，形容词常位于系动词后或名词前。
形容词和副词也可以进行形式上的转换，许多副词由形容词+ly构成的。
careful + ly → carefully quick + ly →quickly safe + ly → safely
busy + ly → busily heavy + ly → heavily
注：有些词既可作形容词也可作副词。如：fast, early, late 等。
副词的比较级
副词比较级别和形容词比较级的变化形式大致相同，也分规则变化和不规则变化两种，例如：
1) We are training harder because we want to win.
2) This year we are training more carefully.
3) Sam did better this year than last year.
常用形容词、副词比较级不规则变化如下：
原级 比较级
good / well better
bad / ill, badly worse
many / much more
little less
far farther / further
形容词和副词比较级常考句式
1) the+比较级，the +比较级
“越……， 越……”
e.g. The more carefully you drive, the safer it is.
开车越小心越好。
2) 比较级+and+比较级 “越来越……”
e.g. It became colder and colder.
天气变得越来越冷了。
The boy is doing his homework better and better.
这个男孩作业做的越来越好。
中考链接
1. — Give me a hand, Jim. I have to climb up the tree to get my kite.
—Better not You have to take your safety________.
A. seriously B. completely C. comfortably D. slowly
(2023四川遂宁中考)
2. It is very relaxing to listen to light music by oneself.
A. together B. lonely C. Alone D. again
(2023贵州黔东南、黔南、黔西南三州中考)
3. — Doctor, 168 yuan for pulling a tooth It’s only a few minutes’ work.
—Well. I can do it ________ if you like.
A. more quietly B. more slowly C. less carefully
(2023四川凉山中考)
4. Sam did ________ in his studies this year than last year.
A. well B. better C. best D. the best
(2023天津中考)
5. ChatGPT can make a plan_________ than we do.
A. much quickly B. more quick
C. even quick D. far more quickly
(2023辽宁营口中考)
6. you practice, _________you will be at math.
A. The more; the better B. The more; the best
C. The most; the better D. The most; the be
(2023贵州黔东南、黔南、黔西南三州中考)
Keys: ACBBDA
2. Complete the sentence with the correct form of the words in brackets.
3. Ask the students to check with a partner.
4. Check the answers.
Step 5 Practice
Complete the sentences.
1. Ask the students to read through the sentences in Activity 2.
1) We trained ____________ (hard) this year than last year.
2) The team played ______________ (well) on Saturday than on Tuesday.
3) They practised ______________ (carefully) this year at the club than in the park.
4) Playing football is ____________ (exciting) than watching it.
5) Playing tennis is _________________ (expensive) than swimming.
Keys: 1) harder 2) better 3) more carefully
4) more exciting 5) more expensive
Complete the sentences.
1. Ask the students to read through the example with the class.
Tom did his homework carelessly (careless).
The music is loud (loud).
2. Ask the students to read through the sentences in Activity 3.
1) They are working ____________ (hard) to learn English.
2) This bike was ___________ (cheap), so we decided to buy it.
3) The teacher speaks __________ (slow) and __________(careful).
4) Mary is going to get up _________ (early) because she needs to catch the first bus.
5) Running is very __________ (easy). You can do it anywhere.
6) I do not like to be ___________ (late)
7) I am afraid our team is doing very ___________ (bad)
Keys: 1) hard 2) cheap 3) slowly 4) carefully 5) early
6) easy 7) late 8) badly
3. Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the words in brackets.
4. Ask the students to check with a partner.
5. Check the answers.
Complete the passage.
1. Ask the students to read through the passage in Activity 4.
I wanted to choose a sport to keep fit. First I tried swimming. I joined the swimming club, but the lessons were (1) ___________ ( expensive ) than I thought. So I stopped swimming and tried running. The running club is (2) ___________ (popular) than the swimming club. We ran (3) ___________ (slowly) in the park. Soon, I felt that running was (4) ___________ (boring)! I decided to try something (5) ___________ (exciting). I went walking in the mountains. Once we got lost in the mountains, and I hurt my leg (6) ___________ (badly). It is a bit (7) ___________ (dangerous) to walk in the mountains, but I like the sport all the same.
Keys: (1)more expensive (2) more popular (3) slowly (4) boring
(5) exciting/more exciting (6) badly (7) dangerous/more dangerous
2. Complete the passage with the correct form of the words in brackets.
3. Ask the students to check with a partner.
4. Check the answers.
Step 6 Listening
1. Ask the students to read through the questions in Activity 5 individually.
1 What was the race
a) Boys’800 metres. b) Girls’800 metres. c) Girls’400 metres.
2 How many classes take part in the race
a) One b) Four c) Eight
3 Who ran faster than the others at first
a) Joy b) Sandy c) Everyone
4 What happens to Sandy later on
a) She stops b) She runs slowly c) She cries
5 —Who finally won
—A student from ____.
a) Class 4 b) Class 5 c) Class 1
Keys: b c b b a
2. Play the tape.
3. Listen and choose the correct answer.
4. Ask the students to check with a partner.
5. Check the answers.
Step 7 Read the passage about jogging and complete the sentences.
1. Ask the students to read the passage.
2. Complete the sentences.
1) Jogging means ___________.
2) Walking is ____________ than jogging.
3) To start jogging, you only need some _______________________________.
4) Jogging in the countryside is ______________ than jogging in the city.
5) From the passage we know the more you go jogging, ____________ you will feel.
Keys: 1) running slowly
2) slower
3) comfortable sports clothes and good running shoes
4) more fun
5) the healthier
3. Ask the students to check with a partner.
4. Check the answers.
Step 8 Around the world: The marathon race
1. Ask the students to look at the picture and discuss what they can see.
2. Read through the information with the whole class.
3. Talk something about “The marathon race”.
4. Complete the sentences.
1) The marathon race gets its name from a _______ over 2,500 years ago.
2) The battle happened at a place called_________.
3) A soldier ran over _________ kilometers to tell people the good news.
4) Today’s marathon race is an __________ and __________ Olympic sport.
5) __________ people race in many different marathons every year.
Keys: 1) battle 2) Marathon 3) forty
4) important popular 5) Thousands of
5. Ask the students to check with a partner.
6. Check the answers.
7. Read the passage together.
Step 9 Module task: Making a sports poster
1. Work in groups. Talk about your favourite Olympic sport. Say why you like it.
A: What’s your favourite Olympic sport
B: My favourite Olympic sport is …
A: Why do you like it
B: I like it because…
2. Make a poster. Find a photo for your favourite sport and include it in the poster.
Our favourite Olympic sport
Our favourite Olympic sport is swimming / table tennis/…
We like it because it is exciting, popular…
It is more exciting than
summary
stay at home待在家里
be ready for=get ready for为……做好准备
keep fit=keep/stay health保持健康
be sure about=be sure of对……有把握
never mind不要紧；没关系
be good at=do well in擅长
plenty of=lots of大量；众多
Step 10 Exercises
Ⅰ. 根据汉语意思完成英语句子，每空词数不限。
1. 在我们学校篮球比其他运动更受欢迎。
Basketball is __________________________ in our school.
2. 如今飞机飞行比70年前更安全。
Planes today __________________________ than they did 70 years ago.
3. 昨晚雨下得很大。
__________________________ last night.
4. 请你说慢一点好吗？
Could you please __________________________
5. 对Robert来说，中文不像数学难。
Chinese is __________________________ for Robert.
Ⅱ. 根据材料内容，从方框中选择恰当的单词填空，使材料意思完整、通顺，注意形式变化，每词限用一次。
pity, usual, coach, exciting, train, beat, well, pleased, plenty, teach
Lu Chih-min comes from Taiwan, China. He is a baseball (1)_______ and now he teaches at Fujian Polytechnic of Information Technology (福建信息职业技术学院) in Pingtan, Fujian Province.
Lu Chih-min found it (2)_______ to watch people playing baseball when he was young. He started to play it at the age of 10. From then on, he spent (3)_______ of time on baseball. He became a coach when he was 24. In 2014, he came to Pingtan and wanted to (4)_______ the people there to play baseball, but many people in Pingtan knew little about this kind of sport at that time. What a(n) (5)_______!
In 2018, Lu Chih-min became a sports teacher at Fujian Polytechnic of Information Technology and started a baseball team. He spent at least (至少) two hours a day (6)_______ the team. Before an important match, he would spend four more hours than (7)_______. Soon his team could play (8)_______ than many other baseball teams in Fujian Province. Lu Chih-min was very (9)_______ with his players and felt more confident. He worked even harder. In 2021, his team (10)_______ all the other teams at a national (全国的) baseball game and won the championship (冠军称号). His hard work paid off.
Step 11 Homework
Finish your poster.