1、 Teaching Plan for Adjective Degrees By Zhang Lijun, Simen Middle School Key questions: 1. How can we use comparatives and superlatives to describe or compare things? Teaching objectives: Instruction objectives: 1. Language: The students will be able to master the rules of comparatives and superlati
2、ves. Students will be practicing the sentence patterns: asas, not soas, /-er and -er, / the+ -er, the+ -er, /of two, . /one of+ -est . 2. Ability: Students will be able to talk about the four seasons and the amazing China with comparatives and superlatives. 3. Affection: Students will show an intere
3、st in the topic and be willing to share their opinions with target language with their group mates. Learners outcomes (evidence): 1. The students will be able to finish a passage of four seasons with the rules of adjective degrees. 2. The students will be able to answer the questions about some symb
4、ols of China with the target expressions. 3. The students will be able to design an ad for a city in China with comparatives and superlatives. Teaching key points: 1. Students will review the rules of adjective degrees and use the target expressions. Teaching difficult points: How to guide Ss to und
5、erstand and use the adjective degrees naturally and correctly. Procedures: Teaching procedures: Learning procedures: Warming-up: The students get involved in the topic. 1. The teacher plays a video about spring and encourages Ss to talk about spring and compare the four seasons. 1. The students give
6、 opinions on spring and four seasons with target sentence patterns. Reviewing the basic rules of comparatives and superlatives. 1. The T asks Ss to rank the four seasons 1-4 2. The T encourages Ss to complete the rules of comparatives and superlatives. 3. The T asks Ss to finish a passage about four
7、 1. The students rank the four seasons while practicing the basic sentence patterns like A is -er than B ./A is the -est of all 2. The students fill in the chart on how to change adjective degrees. 3. The students fill in the blanks of seasons. the passage. Reviewing the target sentence patterns of
8、comparatives and superlatives. 1. The T gives out several cities from the north to the south in China and asks Ss to conclude the differences. 2. The T chooses six symbols of China and invites Ss to have a competition. 1. The students conclude the differences between the north and the south of China
9、 using the sentence pattern “the+-er, the+ -er.” 2. The students answer the questions behind the symbols of China while reviewing some target expressions. Group Work: Put what we have learned into practice 1. The T introduces the travel website China highlights and gives an example of Guilin. 2. The
10、 T asks the students to design an ad for a city in China for China highlights. 1. The students know the key points of making such an ad. 2. The students work in groups to design an ad and share it with the classmates. Summary &Homework: Level 1. Retell the rules of comparatives and superlatives. Level2. Share the ads with your classmates and make them much better. Blackboard Design:
