Unit 4 课时教案 2024-2025学年人教版英语八年级上册

Unit 4 What’s the best movie theater? 第一课时 Section A(1a—2d) 教学目标: 1.重点单词:theater, comfortable, seat, screen, close, ticket,worst,cheaply,song, choose, carefully, reporter, fresh, comfortably 2.重点短语:so far,close to,in town,welcome to …,watch movies 3.重点句型: (1)It has the biggest screens. (2)Which is the best clothes store? (3)You can buy clothes the most cheaply there. (4)They play the most boring songs. (5)You can sit the most comfortably because they have the biggest seats. 重点:掌握与电影院、服装店等相关场所有关的词汇;正确运用形容词和副词的 最高级描述事物。 难点:形容词和副词的最高级在句型中的运用。 教学过程: Step 1 Warming up Introduce a movie theater which most of the students know,and talk about it with the following questions: Do you like watching movies? Which movie theater do you like best?Why? Step 2 Work on 1a 1a How do you choose which movie theater to go to?Write the things in the box under “Important” or “Not Important”. Let students discuss the results. Step 3 Listening 1 1b Listen and match the statements with the movie theaters. Introduce the situation:Some people are also talking about choosing movie theaters.Listen to the three conversations and match the following things. Answers:Movie World; Screen City; Town Cinema; Screen City; Movie World Ask students to think:Which movie theater will you choose?Why? Step 4 Group work on 1c 1c Practice the conversation.Then talk about the movie theaters you know. A:What’s the best movie theater? B:Sun Cinema.It’s the cheapest. A:But I think Moon Theater has the most comfortable seats. Let some pairs act out their conversations in front of the class.Pay attention to students’ pronunciation and intonation. Step 5 Listening 2 2a Listen to a reporter interviewing a boy.Circle the boy’s answers. The teacher displays listening pictures and provides picture materials related to the listening content,requiring students to observe and predict. Answers:1.a 2.c 2b Listen again.Write the correct store or radio station next to each statement. (1)Let students read the sentences below.Explain some main sentences for students. (2)Play the tape for students to write,and then play the tape again to check the answers. Answers:Clothes store:Blue Moon; Miller’s; Dream Clothes; Miller’s Radio stations:970 AM; 97.9 FM; 107.9 FM; 97.9 FM Step 6 Group work on 2c 2c Student A,you are the reporter.Student B,you are the boy.Role-play a conversation using the information in 2a and 2b. Ask students to play and talk in groups:Suppose you are a tour guide.Please introduce some best public places to them and give at least 3 reasons. Step 7 Read and act 2d Role-play the conversation. (1)Read the conversation and answer the three questions: ①Where is the best supermarket? ②Is there a cinema around the neighborhood? ③What is the newest cinema? (2)Then check the answers: ①It is on Center Street. ②Yes,there is. ③Sun Cinema. (3)Explain some new words and main points in the conversation. (4)Ask the students to read the conversation loudly again and then act it out in pairs. 第二课时 Section A(Grammar Focus—3c) 教学目标: 1.重点单词:worse,service,pretty,menu,act,meal 2.重点短语:think of,pretty bad 3.重点句型: (1)—What’s the best movie theater to go to? —Town Cinema.It’s the closest to home.And you can buy tickets the most quickly there. (2)—Which is the worst clothes store in town? —Dream Clothes.It’s worse than Blue Moon.It has the worst service. (3)—What do you think of 970 AM? —I think 970 AM is pretty bad.It has the worst music. 重点:归纳形容词和副词的最高级的变化规则。 难点:恰当使用形容词和副词的比较级和最高级,学会如何在生活中比较事物。 教学过程: Step 1 Free talk (1)Ask students to read the Grammar Focus first. (2)Ask students to focus on the usage of superlative forms of adjectives and adverbs. 语法拓展 形容词和副词的最高级 1.含义 形容词和副词的最高级用于三者或三者以上的人或物的比较,表示“最”。 2.构成 (1)一般情况直接在单词后加-est。如:small smallest (2)以不发音的字母e结尾,其后加-st。如:large largest (3)以“辅音字母+y”结尾的词,变y为i,再加-est。如:early earliest (4)以重读闭音节结尾,且词尾只有一个辅音字母的词,双写这个辅音字母, 再加-est。如:big biggest (5)多音节词和部分双音节词在其前加most。如:outgoing most outgoing (6)部分形容词和副词的最高级为不规则变化。如:good/well best; bad/ill worst; many/much most; little least 3.句型用法 (1)“主语+be+the+形容词/副词最高级+in/of/among+范围…”表示“……在某范 围内最……”。 (2)“主语+be+one of+the+形容词/副词最高级+可数名词复数…”表示“…… 是……中最……的……之一”。 (3)“主语+be+the+序数词(除了first)+形容词最高级…”表示“……在……是第 几(大,长等)……”。 (4)选择疑问句中,常用句型:Which/Who … the+形容词/副词的最高级,A,B or C? 【注意】①形容词最高级前通常要加定冠词the。但前面若有物主代词、指示代词或名词所有格等修饰时,不能用定冠词the。②形容词最高级常与介词in或of引导的短语连用,与in连用意为“在……内”,表示“某范围内”,不一定是同类;与of连用表示属性,介词后的名词或代词与句中的主语是同一类人或物,意为“在某一类中”。 活学活用 1.She is _(tall) in her class. 2.This one is _(good) of all the cakes. 3.Mr.Zhao is _(popular) teacher in our school. 4.Li Lei ran _(slowly) in the sports meeting. 5.Li Peng studies _(hard) in his class. Answers:1.the tallest 2.the best 3.the most popular 4.the most slowly 5.hardest Step 2 Finish 3a and 3b 3a Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the words in brackets. (1)Ask students to say the superlatives of the following adjectives or adverbs. (2)Let students finish the task in 3a. Answers:1.worst 2.good, the best 3.more expensive, the most expensive 4.worst, most comfortably 5.best, better, most interesting 3b Think of three stores that sell similar things in your town and fill in the chart.Then write six sentences using the information in the chart. Step 3 Group work 3c Think of three restaurants for lunch near your home.Fill in the chart.Then talk in your group and choose the best one. Then ask the students to talk about them including the following information. How much is a meal? How far is it from your home? Is the service good? Is the food good? 第三课时 Section B(1a—1e) 教学目标: 1.重点单词:creative 2.重点句型: (1)My cousin Li Jing is the funniest person I know. (2)—Who was the best performer? —Eliza was the best performer. 重点:能运用目标语言简单讨论及比较身边的人或事物。 难点:能准确掌握形容词和副词最高级的规则和不规则的结构;能在生活中运用 目标语言进行口语练习。 教学过程: Step 1 Warming up Show some pictures about movie theaters or restaurants in the city or town to students.Then talk about it. Step 2 Work on 1a and 1b 1a Write these words and phrases next to their opposites in the chart. Answers:quietest; best; funniest 1b Tell your partner about people you know.Use the words in 1a. (1)Give students a sample conversation and let students talk in pairs. (2)Ask some pairs to share in class. Step 3 Listening 1c Listen to people talking about a school talent show.Match the pictures with the performers. (1)Get students to look at the pictures and the names in 1c.Tell them to listen to people talking about a school talent show. (2)Play the tape for students to match the pictures with the performers. Answers:Eliza:d; Vera:a; Steve:e; Dennis:c; The Math Teachers:b 1d Listen again.What do the people say about the performers?Fill in the chart with the adjectives you hear. (1)Tell students this time they have to pay attention to more details and let students take notes when listening. (2)Play the tape for the second time to fill in the chart. (3)Then play the tape for the third time to check the answers. Answers:Eliza:best, excellent, great; Steve:funniest; Vera:creative, most creative; Dennis:worst, terrible; The Math Teachers:loudest Step 4 Group work 1e Look at the information in 1d and make a conversation. A:Who was the best performer? B:Eliza was the best performer. 第四课时 Section B(2a—2e) 教学目标: 1.重点单词:talent, magician, beautifully, role, winner, prize, everybody, example,poor, seriously, give 2.重点短语:have … in common, all kinds of, be up to, make up, for example, take … seriously 3.重点句型: (1)Talent shows are getting more and more popular. (2)All these shows have one thing in common. (3)That’s up to you to decide. (4)When people watch the show,they usually play a role in deciding the winner. 重点:掌握本课文中所涉及到的新词汇和表达;正确并熟练运用形容词和副词的 最高级进行比较。 难点:发表自己对达人秀节目的看法,学会辩证地看待事物。 教学过程: Step 1 Warming up Show some pictures about talent shows.And ask students to describe them,using the words funniest,best,most creative,etc. Step 2 Pre-reading 2a Who is the most talented person you know?What can he/she do?Tell your partner about this person. A:I think … is the most talented person. B:What can he/she do? A:He/She … Step 3 While-reading 2b Read the passage.Which three talent shows are mentioned? (1)Fast reading Students read the passage quickly and get the main idea of each paragraph. Paragraph 1:origins of talent shows Paragraph 2:features and rules Paragraph 3:attitudes and opinions (2)Careful reading ①Read Paragraph 1 carefully and find out three talent shows. ②Read Paragraph 2 carefully to learn what talent shows have in common and who decides the winner? ③Read Paragraph 3 carefully to know the opinions of some people and the writer. 2c Read the passage again and answer the questions. 1.What do talent shows have in common? 2.Who decides the winner? 3.Why do some people not like these shows? 4.Why do some people like these shows? 5.What do you think of these shows? Answers:1.They try to look for the best singers,the most talented dancers,the most exciting magicians,the funniest actors and so on.All kinds of people join these shows. 2.The people who watch the show decide the winner. 3.They think that the lives of the performers are made up. 4.They are fun to watch.And they give people a way to make their dreams come true. 5.One possible version:I think these shows are very interesting.I like them very much,because these shows give some ordinary people a chance to make their dreams come true. 2d Underline all the superlatives in the passage.Then write sentences using at least four of them. An example: best singer:In my class,Tom is the best singer because he can sing songs very well. Step 4 Post-reading 2e Who’s got talent in your class?Add more talents and write a classmate’s name for each talent.Find out how many students in your group agree with you. (1)Let students look at the chart in 2e,and think about the following questions: Who’s got talent in your class? What talents do they have? (2)Have students work in groups. 第五课时 Section B(3a—Self Check) 教学目标: 1.重点单词:crowded 2.重点短语:on weekends 3.重点句型: (1)However,the place where you can enjoy your time most quietly is at one of the small coffee shops near the park. (2)Which is the best town/city? 重点:熟练掌握形容词和副词最高级的变化形式。 难点:使用最高级形式描述自己的生活环境,并能用恰当的方式表达自己的看法。 教学过程: Step 1 Revision (1)Show some pictures(places,animals…) and have students describe them using the superlative they learned in this unit. (2)Let students talk about “What’s your favorite place to go to on weekends?Why?”. Step 2 Pre-writing 3a Read the article about Greenwood Park.Fill in the blanks with the correct superlative forms of the adjectives and adverbs in the box. Ask the students to read the passage and think about the following question: Why does the writer go to Greenwood Park? To meet friends. To see the street performers. To read or relax at one of the coffee shops near the park. Answers:(the)fastest; the most crowded; the most creative; (the)most quietly 3b Think about some of the best places/things in your town.Why are they the best? (1)Ask students to talk in groups and fill in the chart. (2)Let some students share their answers in class. Step 3 Writing 3c Write about your town and the best places/things there. The structure of your writing:opinion(the topic sentence),reasons(the supporting details),method used,conclusion(the concluding sentence).And then complete it. You can begin like this: I live in Beijing.It’s a big city.There are many place of interests,such as the Summer Palace and the Palace Museum.The Summer Palace is my favorite place to go to.In winter,I can see beautiful snow everywhere in it … Step 4 Group work Discuss the towns/cities in China with a partner.Tell the class which town/city you think is the best. Which is the best town/city? … has the best … … is the best because … … is better than …,but … is the most … Step 5 Self Check Ask students to do the exercises in the Self Check.Then check the answers in class. Answers to 1:1.the cheapest 2.the most popular 3.(the)most comfortably 4.the worst 5.the best Answers to 2: 1.Town Cinema is the most expensive./Movie World is the cheapest. 2.Movie World has the cheapest tickets./You can buy tickets the most cheaply at Movie World. 3.Screen City is more popular than Town Cinema./Town Cinema is less popular than Screen City. 4.Screen City is the most popular. 5.The seats at Movie World are the most comfortable./The seats at Town Cinema are the least comfortable. Step 6 Summary (1)Summarize what we learned in this period. (2)Revise the main sentences. 学科网(北京)股份有限公司 $$