Module 2 My home town and my country Unit3 Language in use教案

Module 2　My home town and my country
Unit 3　Language in use
教学目标
通过本单元的教学，让学生达成以下目标：
1.知识目标
(1)复习巩固本模块所学的生词和短语。
(2)复习巩固单音节形容词和部分双音节形容词比较级的规则变化及用法。
2.能力目标
能运用形容词比较级来谈论两个地方。
3.情感目标
学生感受祖国的地域辽阔，培养爱国主义情感。
重点难点
重点：单音节形容词和部分双音节形容词比较级的规则变化及用法
难点：运用比较级来对两个场所进行比较
授课时数
1课时
教学过程
Step 1　Warming up
Ask the students to observe the sentences in Language practice.
Step 2　Presentation
1.Ask the students to read the sentences in Language practice.
It’s getting bigger and busier.
Its streets are much wider and cleaner too.
It’s a newer city than Hong Kong.
It’s taller than many other buildings in Shenzhen.
2. Help them sum up the grammar.
形容词比较级
1. 形容词比较级的构成
构成方法
原级
比较级
单音节和少数双音节
一般在词尾加-er
cold
colder
以字母e结尾的加-r
nice
nicer
重读闭音节结尾，且末尾只有一个辅音字母，要先双写这个辅音字母，再加-er
big
bigger
以辅音字母+y结尾的，把y改i，再加-er
busy
busier
形容词的比较级的不规则变化
原级 比较级
good/well better
many/much more
bad/ill worse
little less
old older/elder
far farther/further
2. 形容词比较级的用法：
(1)两者进行比较时：
A + be+ 形容词比较级+ than + B.
Mike is older than Tom.
迈克比汤姆大。
(2)两者之间选择性比较：
Which/Who +be+形容词比较级，A or B ?
Who is taller, Tom or Mike?
汤姆和迈克谁更高？
(3)比较级前可以用much，far，a lot，a little，even等来修饰。
He is a little fatter than me.
他比我胖一点儿。
Step 3　Practice
1. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in the box.（Activity 1）
2. Check the answers.
1 bigger　2 taller　3 older　4 larger /bigger　5 colder
3. Work in pairs. Talk about the pictures. Use the words in the box to help you.
big　busy　high　low　old　small　tall　wide
The buildings in Picture 1 are older than the buildings in Picture 2.
Possible answers
The buildings in the village in Picture 1 are older/smaller/lower than the building in the city in Picture 2.
The buildings in the city in Picture 2 are newer/higher/bigger/taller than the buildings in the village in Picture 1.
In Picture 2, the roads are wider/busier than those in Picture 1.
4. Write sentences. Use the information in the table.
Shenzhen is newer than Beijing.
Answers
Shanghai is busier than Hangzhou.
Xi’an is older than Beijing.
China is bigger than Australia.
Tian’anmen Square is wider than other squares in China.
The population of Tianjin is smaller than the population of Shanghai.
Step 4　Words and expressions
1. Complete the word map. Use the words in the box(Activity 4).
2. Check the answers.
Answers:
3. Ask the students to complete the sentences with the expressions. Make sure they know the meaning of the words and expressions in the box. (Activity5)
4. Check the answers.
Answers:
1 is famous for　2 on the coast　3 The population of
4 in the northeast　5 pretty good
5. Ask the students to complete the passage with the correct form of the words in brackets. ( Activity 6)
6. Check the answers.
Answers:
(1)older　(2)smaller　(3)warmer　(4)busier　(5) cheaper
Step 5　Listening
1. Ask the students to listen and complete the sentences.
2. Check the answers.
Answers:
1 bigger, busier　2 famous　3 larger　4 older
Step 6　Reading
1. Ask the students to look at the picture in Around the world.
T:What can you see?
Ss: We can see ...
2.Ask the students to read the short passage about Washington DC. Make sure they can understand the passage.
Step 7　Module task
1. Work in pairs. Compare two places in your home town.
·Where is it?
It’s in the north / south / east / west of the town.
·How many people work / go there?
…people work / go there.
·How old is it?
It’s about…years old.
·Is there anything special about it?
It’s bigger than…
2. Write the information in the table:
Place 1：　　　　
Place 2：　　　　
Possible answer：
Place 1：Business Centre
Place 2：Ancient Area
It’s in the north of the town.
A lot of people work in the offices there.
It’s a modern area.
It’s large and there are lots of cars there.
It’s in the east of the town.
People don’t work there. It’s a tourist area.
It’s an ancient area and it’s about 500 years old.
It’s small and there are few cars there.
3. Make a report.
·Write sentences.
Place 1 is bigger than Place 2.
Place 2 is older than Place 1.
·Join the sentences using andorbut.
Place 1 is bigger than Place 2, but Place 2 is older than Place 1.
4. Read your report to the whole class.
Step 8　Homework
1. Review the useful words and expressions.
2. Making a poster comparing two cities or rivers in China.
当堂达标
I.用所给词的适当形式填空。
1. The earth is ______ (big) than the moon，but it is _______ (small) than the sun.
2. Ben looks ________ (young) than Jack.
3. The white T-shirt is _______ (cheap) than the black one.
4. The Yangtze River is ______ (long) than the Yellow River.
II.完成下列句子。
1. 她对做饭感兴趣。
She _______ _________ ________ ________ meals.
2. 北京比广州繁忙。
Beijing _______ ________ ________ Guangzhou.
3. 这条路比那条路宽。
This road _________ _________ ________that one.
4. 伦敦以泰晤士河而著名。
London _______ _______ _______ _______ the Thames.
5. 长江比泰晤士河长。
The Yangtze River _______ ________ _______ the Thames.
答案：I. 1.bigger，smaller　2.younger　3. cheaper　4.longer
II. 1. is interested in cooking　2. is busier than　3. is wider than
4. is more famous for　5. is longer than
板书设计
Module 2　My home town and my country
Unit 3　Language in use
It’s getting bigger and busier.
Its streets are much wider and cleaner too.
It’s a newer city than Hong Kong.
It’s taller than many other buildings in Shenzhen.
The population of India is smaller than that of China but bigger than that of Russia.
New York is more famous than any other city in the US.