1、Unit 4 Our World Topic 1 Whats the strongest animal on the farm? Section A TeachingAims: 1.Learn some names of animals. 2.Learn the rules of comparative and superlative degrees of adjectives. 3.Learn the usage of comparative and superlative degrees of adjectives. 4.Talk about the animals with compar
2、ative and superlative degrees of adjectives. Teaching Difficult and Important Points: 1.Help the students learn the rules of comparative and superlative degrees of adjectives. 2.Help the students learn the usage of comparative and superlative degrees of adjectives Teaching Methods: Group work and th
3、e competition among small groups. TeachingAids: The multimedia classroom,slide projector and the blackboard. Teaching Procedures: Step1 Lead in 1)Song the song. Old Mcdonald Had a Farm. 2)Can you name the animals? Hen, horse, dog, rabbit, duck, pig, cow Step2 Learn new words: a sheepfour a goosetwo
4、a mousefive 2)Write down the animals according to the sounds. 1.2.3.4.5. 6.7.8.9. 3)Brainstorm Think about the adjectives to describe the animals as many as you can. Step3:Presentation 1) Give some adjectives and lead the students change them into comparative and superlative degrees. smallsmallersma
5、llest strongstrongerstrongest nicenicernicest bravebraverbravest bigbiggerbiggest thinthinnerthinnest fatfatterfattest uglyuglierugliest lazylazierlaziest 2) Discuss and study the rules 总结成四个汉字：直，去，双，改 直：一般情况下直接+er/est 去：以不发音的字母 e 结尾，去掉 e 再+er/est 双：以辅+元+辅结尾的重读闭音节结尾，双写末尾的辅音字母，再+er/est 改：辅音字母加 y 结尾，改
6、 y 为 i，再+er/est 3)Write down the comparative and superlative of adjectives. short _small _ _ large _late _ _ happy _lazy _ _ hot _fat _ _ cute _dirty _ _ 4)How to use -er/-est in sentences 1.The pear is bigger than the orange. “比较级+than.”用于两者之间的比较。 2.The apple is the biggest of the three. “the+最高级形式
7、+in/of.”用于三者或三者以上相比较。 3.The second apple is smallerthe third one. 4.The first apple issmallest of the three. 5)Lets compare. (1)The dogs are small. The cats are smaller than the dogs. The mice are the the smallest of all. (2)The hens are fatter than the mice. The geese are fatter than the hens. The
8、geese are the fattest of all. Step4 Lets chant. Smaller, smallest Cats are smaller. Mice are the smallest. Bigger, biggest Pears are bigger. Apples are the biggest. Lazier, laziest Dogs are lazier. Pigs are the laziest. Step5 Practice The picture shows Mr. Qiangge and the two bears. “Hi,Im Mr Qiangg
9、e. I like cutting down trees. Today I promise if the two bears can pass 4 stages, I wont cut down trees any longer.” Lets help the two bears! 1.Tom is much big than Jerry, but Jerry is cleverest of the three. 2.The turtle(乌龟) was(slow) but(hard) ,so she won first place while the rabbit was sleeping.
10、 3.The(much)I share with my brother, the(happy) well be.Father is _ (happy) of all. 4. Listen to the conversation and fill in the blanks. (One day, the children were visiting a farm.) Yokio: Kangkang, whats the strongest animal on the farm? Kangkang:Horses. I think thehorse over there isthan the hor
11、se. Sally: I think the sheep are the nicest if all. Helen: But I think this cat is. He lets me hold him. Yokio:The The pigs must be the fattest and laziest animals on the farm. What do you think, Sally? Sally: But I think the pigs are _. Look! They are swimming and chatting with the hens and ducks.
12、Kangkang: The cat is running after a mouse and the dog is playing with the rabbit. Helen: Look! The cows and the sheep are eating. All the animals are living a _ life on the farm. Step6:Project: Six students work in a group and each student acts as one of the animals on the farm to make up the conve
13、rsation. A: I am a dog. Im the strongest on this farm. B:I am a rabbit. I dont think so. The pig is stronger than you. C:I am a pig. Ha! Ha ! He is lazier than me. Step7:Homework: Draw a picture of our school and write a passage about it, using adjectives and their comparative and superlative degrees.
