1、Unit 4 Topic 1 Section A 1八年级上册教案设计Unit 4 Our World Topic 1 Which do you like better, plants or animals?Section A. Material analysisSection A 的主要教学活动为 1a, 2b 和 3。本节课主要学习形容词的比较级、最高级这一重点语法，它是本话题的重点也是难点，建议至少用两节课完成 Section A 的教学。本节课通过 Michael 和 Wang Wei 的对话，引出农村和城市的对比，最终学习本节课以及整个话题的重点：形容词的比较级和最高级。课本中设计了
2、农村和城市对比的图片和农场里各种不同的动物的图片，这些跟日常生活密切相关，能引起学生的联想和兴趣。在设计这堂课的时候，教师可以根据实际情况，增加模拟真实的情景让学生有更加真实的感受，在活动中自然习得语言。. Teaching aimsKnowledge aims：1. 能根据音标正确拼读并运用单词表中的黑体单词, 如: sky, river, clear, beauty, nature, horse, sheep 等。2. 能正确地拼写本课新词，根据对比或者联想记忆单词，如：sky-blue, river-clean 等。3. 能正确地运用比较级和最高级来分层描述物体。4. 能运用本课所学语言
3、，对比物体，学会正确客观看待某件事物。Skill aims：1. 能听懂有关农村和城市对比的话题，并能听懂熟悉的事物之间的比较。2. 能正确地用比较级和最高级谈论一组事物。3. 能正确朗读课本的文本材料，读懂用比较级和最高级描述的句子。4. 能正确地用比较级和最高级写出事物之间的对比。Emotional aims：培养学生正确看待事物的能力，教育学生任何事物都有两面性，对于学习不能骄傲，也不必气馁，凡事都得用发展的眼光去看待。. The key points and difficult pointsKey points：1. 正确、熟练地运用比较级和最高级。 2. 掌握比较级和最高级的变化规则
4、。3. 学习本课的形容词、副词。Difficult points：Unit 4 Topic 1 Section A 21. 正确、熟练地运用比较级和最高级。 2. 掌握比较级和最高级的变化规则。. Learning strategies1. 在学习生词的时候，学会通过联想和对比记忆，这样会记得更加牢固。如：blue sky, clear river 等，在脑海中呈现这些画面。2. 以歌谣的形式记忆形容词、副词的比较级、最高级的变化规则可以让我们事半功倍。. Teaching aidsComputer multimedia projector, some cards with tables, s
5、ome photos of teacher s traveling,cards of animals. Teaching proceduresStep Interaction pattern Student activity Teacher activityUnit 4 Topic 1 Section A 3Introduction（8 minutes）1. The whole class work2. The whole class work and individual work3. The whole class work and group work4. The whole class
6、 work1. Focus their attention on the teacher.2. One student reports his/her homework while others evaluate his/her life on Sunday.3. Enjoy the beauty of nature and discuss it. They can see blue sky, white clouds, clear river and so on. But only the students who previewed the passage can describe the
7、se pictures.4. Read and remember these new words with the help of teacher.1. Greet students ready for learning.2. Invite a student to report his/her homework to review the structure “was/were+doing”.3. Show some photos of teachers traveling. At first, show some photos with beautiful nature. Ask stud
8、ents to discuss “What can you see in these photos except me ?”4.Write these new words on the blackboard： blue skyclear riverfresh airbeautiful naturebeautyShow pictures after them to help students understand.Unit 4 Topic 1 Section A 4Presentation(10 minutes)1. Individual work2. The whole class work3
9、. Individual work4. Group work5. The whole class work6. Group work and individual work7. The whole class work8. Individual work9. The whole class work andindividual work1. Students listen to 1a and check the words they hear. In fact, this part can consolidate the new words and feel the rule: adj+er.
10、2. After the picture, most students may answer “countryside”.3. Students read 1a and find the answers in 1a. Underline the comparative degrees.4. Students find rules and share in the class.5. Students read after the tape sentence by sentence.6. Students read 1b by themselves, and group leaders check
11、 and help group members.7. Read 1a together. Pay attention to the pronunciation and intonation.8. Listen to 1a again. At this time, students should finish two tasks: fill in the blanks and imitate the pronunciation.9. One student reads 1c aloud, while others check the answers. Then read 1c aloud to
12、the partner.Finish 1a.1. Show the table in 1b to students and play 1a.2. Show the picture in 1a to students. Ask “Which do you like better, countryside or city?”3. “Why?” Remind students to underline the comparative degrees in their books.4. Show “blue-bluer, quiet-quieter, clear-clearer, fresh-fres
13、her” on the blackboard. Let students discuss the rules.5. Play 1a sentence by sentence.6. Provide students with 2 minutes. Ask students to read 1a.7. Organize students to read together.8. Show 1c to students. Play 1a .9. Invite students to read 1c aloud to the classmates.Unit 4 Topic 1 Section A 5Co
14、nsolidation(15 minutes)1. Individual work2. Individual work and the whole class work3. Group work4. Individual work and the whole class work5. The whole class work6. Group work7. The whole class work8. The whole class workand individual work1. Listen to 2a and fill in the blanks.2. Several students
15、come to the platform to write their answers on the blackboard. Other students can revise the answers.3. Students work in groups. Sum the rules according to the words on the blackboard.4. Students speak out the rules one by one according to the words.5. Recite the rules in a chant. Students can dance
16、 to the rhythm.6. Fill in the blanks according to the chant. Students can work in groups. 7. Check and revise the answers.8. Students listen to 2a and study the four words “horse, sheep, hens, cows”.1. Show 2a on the screen. Play 2a and ask students to fill in the blanks.2. Invite students to write
17、their answers on the blackboard.3. Write “fat-fatter, lazy-lazier” on the blackboard. Give students 2 minutes to sum the rules.4. Invite students to teach the rules.5. At this time, teacher can sum the rules. Remind students some key points. (Teacher can teach the rules by a chant. It is easy for te
18、achers to find the chants of comparative and superlative degrees.)6. Show 2b to students. Ask students to fill in the table according to the chant.7. Check the answers and emphasize some key points.8. Play 2a. Change the words “horse, sheep, hens, cows” into pictures.Unit 4 Topic 1 Section A 6Practi
19、ce(5 minutes)1. Group work 2. Group work3. Group work 4. Pair work and individual work5. The whole class work1. Students should name the animals they get. Then choose at least one adjective to describe each animal. E.g cow-big/ strong.2. Students change the adjectives into comparative and superlativ
20、e degrees. 3. Students work in groups. They may write: The horse is stronger than the sheep.The sheep is stronger than the dogs.The dog is the thinnest of the three animals.4. One student talks with his/her partner. Other students try to find their mistakes.5. Listen to the teacher and revise their
21、conversations.Finish 3.1. Hand out the cards of animals to students. Each group should get at least three kinds of animals. (Teacher without cards of animals can use the stick figure instead.) This part aims to bring students to the real situation.2. Organize students to change the adjectives into c
22、omparative and superlative degrees. 3. Provide students several minutes to practice after the example in 3. Walk around the classroom to help the students.4. Invite several groups to show their conversations.5. Invite students to point outothers mistakes and teacher writes down the mistakes on the b
23、lackboard to remind students.Unit 4 Topic 1 Section A 7Production(7 minutes)1. Group work 2. Group work and the whole class work3. Group work 4. The whole class work5. The whole class work and individual work1. The students fill in the table quickly and compare with the partner. E.g. I am 13 and Jer
24、ry is 14. I am younger than him.2. Check the answers.3. Give the cards to group leaders and choose 3 cards out. Students use comparative and superlative degrees of adjectives. If two students are in the same age, they should use “I am as old as him.”4. Read and remember spelling according to the pro
25、nunciation. Sum the rules of comparative and superlative degrees of adjectives.5. Finish these homework after class.1. Teacher hands out the cards with tables to students. The cards are like name cards.name wei-ghthigh-tageThen give an example to students, make sure every student knows what to do.2.
26、 Invite some students to share their answers.3. Ask students to give the name cards to group leaders. Organize students to practice superlative degrees and lead in “ as.as”. Teacher gives an example with “asas”.4. Teacher shows the summaries:Words:blue-bluer skyclear- clearer riverfresh-fresher airb
27、eautiful naturebeautythin-thinnerhorse, hen, cowGrammar:comparative and superlative degrees of adjectives5. Homework:(1) Write a passage to compare your life today with that last year.(2) Preview Section B.Unit 4 Topic 1 Section A 8Teaching ReflectionIts easy for the students to master new words and
28、 adjectives. But the grammar: comparative and superlative degrees of adjectives is very difficult for students. At first, students should master the rules, then they should know how to make a sentence with it. At last, they can use it in daily life. Every step is not easy. So teacher should create m
29、ore situations to practice it. Blackboard designUnit 4 Our WorldTopic 1 Which do you like better, plants or animals?Section A adjective strong tall nice big fat thin lazycomparative stronger taller nicer bigger fatter thinner laziersuperlative strongest tallest nicest biggest fattest thinnest laziestG1 G2G3G4 blue-bluer skyclear-clearer riverfresh-fresher airbeautiful nature(beauty)
