We share the world with plants and animals .

Section A

The main activities are 1a and 2a. 本课重点活动是1a和2a。

Ⅰ.Teaching aims and demands 教学目标

1. Learn some new words:

sky, clear, nature, cow, horse, hen, sheep, goose(geese), thin

2. Learn some ways of expressing comparative situations:

I’m much faster than you.

3. Learn the comparative and superlative degrees of adjectives.

Ⅱ. Teaching aids 教具

动物图片/挂图/录音机/小黑板/多媒体

Ⅲ. Teaching Plan 教学方案

Step 1  Review 第一步  复习(时间:7分钟)

通过复习动物名称导入本课生词及形容词的比较级。

1. (利用图片，复习动物名称，引出新词，导入新课。)

(教师出示猫、狗、兔子、牛、马、鸡、羊、鹅等的图片。)

T: What’s this in English?

Ss: It’s a cat/dog/rabbit …

T: And what’s this?

T: Do you like these animals?    Ss: Yes. / Of course.

T: Where can you see them?     S₁: In the zoo.

S₂: On the farm.  T: Yes, we can see the animals in the countryside.

2. (引导学生比较城市与农村，并帮助学生说出含比较级的句子。)

T: We can also see these animals in the city. Do you like the countryside or the city? Why?

S₃: I like the city, because the roads are wider ......

T: Yes, I also like the countryside because the rivers are clearer, and there are also greener trees. People can enjoy the beauties of nature .

(教师引导学生观察wider, higher, fresher, bluer, greener的变化规则并适当讲解形容词比较级的变化方式。)

Step 2  Presentation 第二步  呈现(时间:5分钟)

通过学习1a对话及对其内容的复述，让学生体会形容词的比较级的用法。

1. (让学生看1a挂图，观察人物，猜测他们之间的对话内容。听1a录音，回答问题。)

T: Look at the picture. Michael and Wang Wei are talking about life in the countryside. Now listen to the tape and try to answer the following questions: Who likes the countryside? Why?

(核对答案。)

2. (再放1a录音，让学生跟读1a，注意语音语调。)

  T: Listen to 1a and read after the tape. Pay attention to the pronunciation and intonation.

Step 3  Consolidation 第三步  巩固(时间:10分钟)

通过对1a的朗读及1b复述，让学生理解形容词比较级的用法。

1. (分角色朗读课文。)

T: Now I’ll divide the class into two groups. Group A acts as Michael, and Group B acts as Wang Wei. Then change the roles.

2. (根据1a，完成1b。)

T: Now finish 1b according to 1a.

(核对答案。)

3. (依据关键词复述1b，并根据1b内容绘制一幅乡村图。)

T: Wang Wei likes countryside very much. Why? Can you help him describe the countryside? The following words can help you.

T: The countryside is very beautiful, can you draw a picture about it?

Ss: Yes.(两分钟后挑选一些同学展示，对画得好的同学给予表扬。)

Step 4  Practice 第四步  练习(时间:10分钟)

通过多媒体呈现2a图片，进一步学习形容词的比较级和最高级。

1. (教师利用幻灯片出示2a图片，让学生看图听录音理解2a内容，提醒学生注意形容词比较级的用法。)

  T: One day, the animals on the farm were talking. Do you want to know what they were talking about? Now look at the picture and listen to 2a. Pay attention to the comparative and superlative degrees of adjectives.

2. (再放一遍2a录音，让学生跟读并找出对话中表示比较级和最高级的句子。)

  T: Listen to 2a again and follow it. Find out the sentences with the comparative and superlative degrees of adjectives. X k  B 1  .

(教师板书并解释，要求学生掌握形容词比较级和最高级的用法。)

3. (分角色表演2a对话。)       T: Role-play the dialog in 2a.

4. (多种方式练习形容词的比较级和最高级的用法，巩固2a完成2b。)

(1)(运用形容词的比较级和最高级仿照例子填空。)

T: We have known something about the comparative and superlative degrees of adjectives. Now look at Picture 1 and fill in the blanks on the small blackboard according to the example.

(2)T: Look at Picture 2 and write six sentences with the comparative and superlative degrees of“tall”and“short”.

 (核对答案。)

 (3)(教师用手指着一名特别瘦的学生，用形容词thin来描述其特征。)

T: Look at her. She is thin. And she is the thinnest in our class.

(教师板书生词并要求学生掌握。)

(4)(让学生看图，运用形容词的比较级和最高级讨论动物的体态，帮助学生进一步熟练形容词比较级和最高级的用法。完成2b。)

5. (听3录音，通过chant来感受形容词的比较级和最高级。)

T: Listen to 3 and let’s chant.

Step 5  Project 第五步  综合探究活动(时间:8分钟)

1. (学生分10人一组，做一个调查，找出各组中有多少人喜欢牛、马、鸡、羊、兔、鼠、猪等，并说明喜欢的原因。引导学生运用学过的句型，练习比较级和最高级。)

2. Homework:

教师利用多媒体出示当地街道容貌变化较大的两张图片，让学生用所学新词的比较级和最高级写一篇短文。