山东省肥城市安站中学八年级英语上册 Unit 6 I’m more outgoing than my sister.Period 1导学案 人教新目标版.doc

unit 6 im more outgoing than my sister.period 1learning goals1. learn to talk about personal traits and how to compare people2. learn to use comparatives with -er, ier, more and bothstep1 warming up hello, everyone! im happy to meet you again. today we shall take up the sixth unit, unit 6 “im more outgoing than my sister”. look at these two pictures please. picture1 shows us judy and her new car. picture 2 shows us andy and his car. please look at the blackboard and read after me the sentences. when you read, you should pay attention to the new structure of the sentence. andy is tall. judy is tall. judy is taller than andy. andys car is expensive. judys car is expensive. judys car is more expensive than andys car.ok, now lets compare students and subjects in our classroom. for example, mary is taller than lucy. lucy is thinner than mary. lilys ruler is longer than nancys. can you make a sentence with than? have a try, please. matching words (1a) look at the picture on page 31 in your book. what can you see in the picture? thats right, the twins. look at these too boys. they are pedro and paul. they are brothers. who is taller, pedro or paul? yes, pedro is taller. now repeat after me: pedro is taller. ok, please look at the blackboard and read these sentences: tina is wilder than tara.tara is calmer than tina.sam is wilder than tom.tom is calmer than sam.sam has longer hair than tom.tom has shorter hair than sam.pedro is heavier than paul.paul is thinner than pedro.please pay more attention to “er.than.”this structure is used in comparisons. now look at the words in the box in your book and match each word with the opposite. please draw lines between the words of the opposite meanings. now lets check the answers.answers：allshort，long hairshort hair，thinheavy calm wildstep 2 listening and numbering (2b)look at the picture again. the people in the picture are all twins. twins are children born at the same time to the same parents. sometimes they look exactly alike, but not always. the twins in this picture do not look exactly alike. please listen to these three conversations and number the twins. you write the number 1 to 3 in the blanks beside the twins. tapescriptconversation 1a: is that sam?b: no, thats tom. sam has longer hair than tom. c: yes, and toms calmer than sam.conversation 2a: thats tara, isnt it?b: no, it isnt. its tina. tina is taller than tara. and shes also wilder.conversation 3a: is that paul?b: no, thats pedro. pedros heavier than paul. and pauls shorter than pedro.ok, now, lets check the answers.answers:sam and tom: 1. tara and tina: 2. pedro and paul: 3now lets read the tapescript to find out comparatives with -er orier and than structure. shadow than and blacken -er orier. doing pairwork (1c)now practice the conversation in the picture. and then make your own conversations about the twins with your partner.1. a: is that tom? b: no, thats sam. sam has longer hair than tom. a: yes, and hes wilder than tom.2. a: is that pedro?b: no, thats paul. pauls thinner than pedro. and pedros taller than paul.3. a: is that tina? b: no, it isnt. its tara. tara is shouter than tina, and she is calmer than tina.ill ask some pairs to say your conversations to the class.listening and writing (2a) more-er, -ieroutgoingfunnyathleticsmartseriousquietnext we will listen to a conversation about tina and tara. look at the picture on page 32 in your book. tina and tara are talking to the reporter. listen to the tape carefully and pay attention to what are they talking about. they are talking about themselves, right? ok. now look at the two columns and read the headings please: -er, -ier and more. in the conversation, some words they say end in er or ier, some words they add more ahead. listen carefully again and write the er and ier words in the first column and the words that use more in the second column.now look at the blackboard. please pay attention to the word “funny”. when a word ends in “y”, the “y” changes to an “i” when you add “-er”. that is “funnier”. and look at these three words: athletic, outgoing and serious. what is special about these words? yes, they have three to five syllables. when you compare things using words with three or more syllables, you use the word “more”.listening and writing (2b)listen to the recording again. this time write words in the boxes of 2b using the words from the list in activity 2a. look at the example “funnier” in the box for tina, which means tina isfunnier than tara. how are tina and tara different?tina istara isfunniermore seriousmore outgoingquietermore athleticsmartertina is funnier, more outgoing and more athletic than tara.tara is more serious, smarter and quieter than tina. step 3 pairwork (2c)just now we talked about the twins tina and tara. next we are going on talking about tom and sam. how are tom and sam different? look at the chart in activity 2c, and work in pairs. you decide which one is a and which one is b. student a in each pair look at the chart on page 32, and student b look at the chart on page 89. you mustnt look at your partners page. for example, student a read the sample question to the class: “is tom smarter than sam?” student b looks at the answer on your chart on page 89 and answers: “no, sam is smarter than tom.” student b can ask another question, for example, “is sam taller than tom?” student a should answer: “yes, sam is taller than tom.” are you clear? ok, now please continue on your own.answerssam is smarter than tom. tom is more athletic than sam.sam is taller than tom. tom is quieter than sam.sam is funnier than tom. tom is thinner than sam.the sample dia