Unit7
What’s the highest mountain in the world?
The third period
Grammar Focus-4c
Teaching Aims
Knowledge aims
Students can use the key structures:
1)-What’s the highest mountain in the world? –Qomolangma.
2)-How high is Qomolangma?
-It’s 8,844.43 meters high. It’s higher than any other mountain.
3)-Which is the deepest salt lake in the world? –The Caspian Sea is the deepest of all the salt lakes.
4)—Did you know that China is one of the oldest countries in the world? – Yes, I did. It’s much older than the US.
2. Ability Aims
Learn and master how to talk about geography and nature using comparatives and superlatives with adjectives and adverbs.
Moral Aims
Educate students to love our nature, love our life.
Teaching Key Points
Learn to describe things using comparatives and superlatives .
Teaching Difficult Points
Learn to talk about geography and nature using comparatives and superlatives with adjectives and adverbs.
Teaching Methods
The activity teaching method, the cooperative learning method, and the task-based language
Teaching method.
Teaching Aids
The pictures about nature; PPT
Teaching Procedures
Step1 Warming-up
Sing the English song What a wonderful world
Step2
Grammar Focus
Show students some pictures to talk about nature.
1）Show students the picture of Qomolangma and ask students to talk about it.
T: --What’s the highest mountain in the world?
Ss:-- Qomolangma
T:-- How high is it?
Ss: It’s 8,844.43 meters high.
T: It’s higher than any other mountain. It’s the highest mountain in the world.
2）Show pictures of Caspian Sea ,China and ask students to work in pairs to talk about the pictures.
3) Have students read and remember the sentences of Grammar Focus by themselves.
4) Ask them to sum up.
A. 形容词，副词比较级和最高级的变化规则
规则变化
clever — cleverer — cleverest
few — fewer — fewest
一般情况下，单音节或双音节的形容词/副词比较级＋______， 最高级＋________。
nice — nicer — nicest
cute — cuter — cutest
2) 以e结尾的词，比较级＋___，最高级＋_____ 即可
easy — easier — easiest
happy — happier — happiest
3) 以辅音字母＋y结尾的变___为____＋_____或_____
fat — fatter — fattest
thin — thinner — thinnest
4) 重读闭音节，单辅音结尾的，_____这个辅音字母＋_____ 或 ______
careful － more careful － the most careful useful － more useful － the most useful
5) 多音节和部分双音节的词需要在形容词原级前＋_____构成比较级，＋_______ 构
成最高级。
不规则变化：
good — better — best
well — better — best
bad — worse — worst
many/much — more — most
far — farther —farthest
far — further — furthest
old — elder — eldest
old — older — oldest
B 使用比较级和最高级的标志词
Step3 Practice(4a)
Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the worlds in the box.
Check the answers.
Step4
Debate in two groups(4b)
Devide students into two groups and debate about two cities and two animals ,try to find which one is better.
Write a report according to the bebate.
Step5 Groupwork(4c)
Write five questions about your classmates using comparisons. Then ask your partners in your group your questions.
Write a report
Step6 Homework
Compare your family members.
Surf the internet to find something about panda and elephant.