Unit One How tall are you
i. teaching contentpart a let’s learn/ let’s play / let’s start/ let’s sing
ii. aims and demands
1.four skills for following comparative degree’s forms :older/ younger/ shorter/ taller/ stronger
2.know the meaning and usage of “than”.
3.know the meaning and pronunciation of “cm” and “kg” and master how to answer following questions: how tall are you?/ how heavy are you?
iii. focal and difficult points
iv. teaching aids
pictures/ tape measure/ fishing rod
v. procedure
step 1 warm-up
1.sing a song
2.free talk
a. what’s your favourite season? which season is it now? what’s the weather like in winter? which season is always hot and sunny? /warm and rainy?/ cool and cloudy?/ cold and snowy?
b.which season can we make a snowman, winter of fall?
which season can we go swimming in a river, winter or summer?
which season can we fly kites, winter or spring?
which season is colder, summer or winter?
which is colder, water or ice—cream?
c. i can say , cold—colder
can you say? warm-warmer, cool – cooler , hot—hotter, old—older.
step 2 presentation
teaching older and younger
1.how old is the woman? she is 35.
2.how old is the girl? she’s 12.
3.who’s older, the woman or the girl?
4.35 years old is older than 12 years old, so we can say the woman is older than the girl . we can say the girl is younger than the woman.
5.now let’s play a game. guess: how old am i? if your number is more than my age, i will tell you older. if your number is less than my age, i will tell you younger. let’s see who can guess quickly.
6.how old am i ? guess, guess, guess.
7.it’s my turn now. you should ask me and say older or younger to help me.
8.who’s younger, the boy or the girl? (showing pictures)
9.let’s do: older , older, older, make yourself older. younger, younger, younger, make yourself younger. shorter, shorter, shorter, make yourself shorter.
teaching shorter/taller
1.look at the fishing rod, it looks very short. in fact it’s long. let’s have a look. oh, it’s too long. it’s difficult for me to take it. now, let’s make it shorter and shorter. everybody should say shorter, shorter, shorter. then i’ll let you see it can be shorter and shorter. (showing fishing rod)
2.which are shorter , the shorts or the pants?
who’s shorter, zhang yining or yao ming?
how tall is zhang yining? she’s 168cm.
how tall is yao ming? he’s 226cm.
explaining “cm” is equal to “centimeter”
3.who’s taller, zhang yining or yao ming?
which animal is taller, the giraffe or the deer?
4.who’s taller than you?