一、Teaching materials:
Unit 1 Tony has the longest journey. (Module 7 Planes, boats, and trains)
二、Targets for this period:
To understand conversations with superlative adjectives
To ask and answer questions about transport and travel
三、Key points:
Key vocabulary-bus, subway, journey, bicycle, taxi
Key structures-by bus, by bicycle, by taxi
四、Teaching methods:
Communicative approach, bottom-up approach
五、Teaching aids
Tape recorder, OHP
六、Teaching arrangements:
Step One Lead-in
1. Students pronounce the new words.
2. Students write the Chinese words into English.
3. Students remember the words according to the picture.
Step Two Pre-listening
1. Students listen to the tape and match the words with the pictures. (Activity 2)
Picture 1 bus
Picture 2 modern train
Picture 3 comfortable taxi
Picture 4 famous ferry
Picture 5 crowded subway
Picture 6 plane
2. Students ask and answer about questions about transport and travel
by+交通工具，意思是“乘……， 坐……”, 注意：表示交通工具的名詞前不能有冠詞。
1) They go to work by subway.
--How do they go to work? --他們怎樣去上班？
--They go to work by subway. --他們搭地鐵。
2) I go to school by bus.
--How do you go to school?
--I go to school by bus/on a bus. go to …by bus = take a bus to…
--I take a bus to school.
3) --How do they go to that island?
--They go to that island by boat / in a boat. go to… by boat = take the boat to…
4) --How do you go to school?
--I go to school by bicycle/bike / on a bicycle/bike. go to… by bike = ride to …
5) --How does Mr. Wang go to work?
--He goes to work by car/ in a car. go to… by car = drive to…
6) --How does Amy get to school?
--She gets to school on foot. / She walks to school. go to… on foot = walk to…
3. Students work in pairs after the example according to the given information.
1)
I Place How
school by bus
by bicycle
walk/ on foot
work by taxi
by subway
Example: --How do you go to school ?
--I go by bus. / I walk.
2)
Name Place How
Tony school by bus
Daming by bicycle
Lingling walk/ on foot
Betty’s mum work by taxi
Betty by subway
Example: --How does Tony go to school?
--He goes by bus.
4. Make the students understand superlative adjectives
1) 當我們需要對三個或三個以上的人或事物進行比較，來表達最高、最遠、最快等意義的時候，我們可以用形容詞和副詞的最高級形式來表達。
構成方法：
(1) 一般在詞尾加-est.
(2) 以字母e結尾的形容詞/副詞，直接加-st.
(3) 以重讀閉音節結尾的形容詞/副詞，應先雙寫該字母，再加-est. （注：常用的有五個big fat hot thin red,可以這樣記：大胖子熱瘦子是紅色的）
(4) 多音節詞和部分雙音節詞 在詞前加most
注意：形容詞的最高級前一般要加定冠詞the, 而副詞的最高級前則可加也可不加the。
2) Make sentences according to the pictures.
(1) Apple A is big. Apple B is bigger than apple A. Apple C is the biggest of all.
(2) Potatoes are cheap. (3) Chinese is difficult.
Carrots are cheaper than Potatoes. Maths is more difficult than Chinese.
Tomatoes are the cheapest of the three. English is the most difficult of all.
(4) Cycling is dangerous. (5) Football is relaxing.
Skiing is more dangerous than cycling. Running is more relaxing than football.
Gymnastics is the most dangerous of all. Swimming is the most relaxing sport.
3) 形容詞（adj.）或副詞（adv.) 的不規則變化：
many/much---- more----most
good/ well----better----best
little ---- less----least
bad/badly---- worse----worst
far---- farther----farthest（距離）
far---- further----furthest（抽象意義）
4) Exercises
(1) 玲玲的英語很好，大明的英語比玲玲還好，Tony的英語最好。
Lingling’s English is good, Daming’s English is better than hers, Tony’s English is the best of all.
(2) 這個書包不好，那個書包更差，李雷的書包是最差的。
This bag is bad, that one is worse than this one, Lilei’s bag is the worst of all.
(3) Mary住得很遠，David住得更遠，我是住得最遠的。
Mary lives far, David lives farther, I live farthest of all.
Step Three Listening (Activity 4)
1. Students listen to the tape and answer the questions.
1) How does Tony get to school? By bus
2) How about Daming? By bike
3) How about Lingling? On foot
4) How does the father go to work? Always by taxi, but sometimes by train.
2. Students listen again and fill in the blank. (Activity 5)
1) Tony lives farthest from school.
2) Lingling lives closest to school.
3) Daming has the most dangerous journey.
4) Tony has the longest journey.
5) Betty’s dad has the most expensive journey when he goes by taxi.
6) Daming has the fastest journey.
7) Betty’s dad has the most uncomfortable journey when he goes by train.
就劃線部分提問, 用疑問詞Who; 當疑問詞是主語時, 仍用陳述語序.
3. Students listen and repeat the sentences in Activity 5. (Activity 6)
Step Four To practice reading aloud the conversation in groups of two.
Step Five Language points
1. get to school = arrive at school
2. far from … 離… 遠
3. the way to do sth. 做某事的方法
the way to sw. 去某地的路
4. be crowded with … 擠滿…
5. close to… = near…
Step Six To read aloud the conversation again.
Step Seven To finish some exercises. (Activity 5)
1. 用所給單詞的適當形式填空：
1) Tony lives farthest (far) from the school in his class.
2) Going by bus is the best (good) way to get to school.
3) I think going by bicycle is the most dangerous (danger) way of all.
4) Lingling’s home is closest (close) to school.
5) Daming has the fastest (fast) journey by bicycle.
2. 根據所給漢語完成句子:
1) 他住得離學校最遠。
He lives farthest from the school.
2) 乘車是去上學最好的方法。
Going by bus is the best way to get to school.
3) 它是世界上最快的火車。
It’s the fastest train in the world.
4) Mike 有時候乘船回家度假。
Sometimes Mike goes home for his holidays by ship.
Homework:
1. To recite the dialogue of Unit1, Module 7
2. To finish Unit1, Module7, 點中典
3. To talk about the journey from your home to school