Unit3Languageinuse【教学目标】lKnowledgeobjectiveGetthestudentstobeabletousethekeyvocabularyandnewwordstheylearninthisunitlAbilityobjectiveTosummarizeandconsolidate-comparingplaces,comparativeadjectivesandfourcompasspoints(east,south,west,north).lMoralobjective1.Tobegladtotakepartinthegroupactivitiesandenjoythehappiness.2.Tocomparethewesterncountrywithourcountry,tomakeusknowourcountryisgreat.【教学重点】Tobeabletowriteapassagetointroduceone’shometownandourcountry.【教学难点】Throughlistening,speakingandwriting,letstudentspracticethecomparisonofadjectives.【教学方法】PWPmethod,task-basedmethod【教学手段】Ataperecorder,multimediaandsomepictures【教学过程】TeachingProcedures:Step1RevisionRevisethecomparisonofadjectivesbyfillingtheblanks.Step2LanguagepracticeTomasterthecomparisonofadjectivesbyfillingtheblanks.1.It’sgetting______and_______.2.It’sa_______citythanHongKong.3.Itsstreetsare__________and______too.\n4.It’s____________manyotherbuildingsinShenzhen.Step3WorkonActivity1Completethesentenceswiththecorrectformofthewordsinthebox1.Readthewordinthebox.bigcoldlargeoldtall2.Usethecorrectformofthewordstofillintheblanks.1)Shenzhenwasverysmallaboutthirtyyearsagobutitismuch_________now.2)Thisbuildingistallbutthatbuildingismuch_____.3)BeijingisoldbutXi’anismuch______.4)TheUShasalargepopulationbutIndia’spopulationis_______.5)BeijingiscoldinwinterbutHarbinis________.Step4WorkonActivity3bigbusyhighlowoldsmalltallwideWorkinpairs.Talkaboutthepictures.Usethewordsfromtheboxtohelpyou.1.Answerthequestions.---WhatcanyouseeinPicture1?---WhatcanyouseeinPicture1?2.Makecomparisons.Writesentences.ThebuildingsinthevillageinPicture1areolder/smaller/lowerthanthebuildingsinthecityinPicture2.\nThebuildingsinthecityinPicture2arenewer/higher/bigger/tallerthanthebuildingsinthevillageinPicture1.InPicture2,theroadsarewider/busierthanthoseinPicture1.Step5WorkonActivity3Writesentences.Lookatthetableandusetheinformationinthetabletomakesentences.Forexample:ShenzhenisnewerthanBeijing.ShenzhenisbusierthanHangzhou.Xi’anisolderthanBeijing.ChinaisbiggerthanAustralia.Tian’anmenSquareiswiderthanothersquaresinChina.ThepopulationofTianjinissmallerthanthepopulationofShanghai.Step6WorkonActivity4TIP:Wordmapisawayoflearningvocabularyingroupsandthewordsinthemapareallrelatedtoeachother.1.Completethewordmap.Usethewordsfromthebox.Youneedtouseonewordmorethanonce.2.Nowworkinpairs.Talkaboutyourhometown.Usethewordsinthewordmaptohelpyou.Step7WorkonActivity51.Readtheexpressionsinthebox.inthenortheastisfamousforonthecoastprettygoodThepopulationof2.Completethesentenceswiththeexpressionsinthebox.1)CambridgeisabeautifuloldEnglishcity.It_____________itsuniversity.2)TianjinisnearBeijing,____________ofBohaiSea.3)_________________IndiaissmallerthanthatofChinabutbiggerthanthatofRussia.4)Harbinis_______________ofChinaandisaverybusycity.\n5)TheweatherinBeijinginautumnis____________.Step8WorkonActivity61.CompletethepassagewiththecorrectformofthewordsinblanketInmyhometowntherearetwocinemas,theGrandCinemaandthePalaceCinema.TheGrandCinemais(1)______(old)and(2)_______(small)thanthePalaceCinema.Itisalso(3)________(warm)intheGrandCinema.ThePalaceCinemaisusually(4)______(busy)thantheGrandCinemaandtheticketsare(5)_______(cheap)too.2.Drawanswersgroupbygroupandtellthecorrectanswers.Step9Listening1.Lookatthepicturesonpage16andthinkofonesentencetodescribeeachcity.1)NewYorkisverybusy.2)WashingtonD.C.isold.3)Shanghaihasalotoftallbuildings.4)Beijinghasalargepopulation.2.Listenandcompletethesentences.1)NewYorkisa(n))_______and______citythanWashingtonD.C.2)NewYorkismore________thananyothercityintheUS.3)Shanghaihasa(n)_______populationthanBeijing.4)Beijingis______thanShanghai.Step10Aroundtheworld1.TalkaboutWashingtonDC.2.Readthearticle,marktrueorfalse.1)WashingtonDCislocatedonthewestcoast.2)ItisbestknownfortheWhiteHouse.3)TheLincolnMemorialisagrandwhitebuilding.Step11Moduletask1.Workinpairs.Comparetwoplacesinyourhometown.Whereisit?\nIt’sinthenorth/south/east/westofthetown.Howmanypeoplework/gothere?…peoplework/gothere.Howoldisit?It’sabout…yearsold.Isthereanythingspecialaboutit?It’sbiggerthan...2.Writetheinformationinthetable.Place1:__________Place2:__________3.Makeareport.Writesentences.Place1isbiggerthanPlace2.Place2isolderthanPlace1.Jointhesentencesusingandorbut.Place1isbiggerthanPlace2,butPlace2isolderthanPlace1.TIP:Youcanwritethreeparagraphstomakeyourreports:Paragraph1:describePlace1.Paragraph2:describePlace3.Paragraph1:comparethetwoplaces.Step12HomeworkFinishyourreport.