八年級(jí)英語(yǔ)上冊(cè) Unit 4 Whats the best movie theater教案 （共14頁(yè)）人教新目標(biāo)版

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1、Unit 4 What’s the best movie theater? Section A 1 (1a-2d) 一、教學(xué)目標(biāo)： 1. 語(yǔ)言知識(shí)目標(biāo)： 1) 能掌握以下單詞：theater, comfortable, seat, screen, close, ticket, worst, cheaply, song, DJ, choose, carefully, reporter, so far, fresh, comfortably, No problem 能掌握以下句型： ① It has the biggest screens. ② It’s the most

2、popular. ③ Which is the best clothes store? ④ You can buy clothes the most cheaply there. ⑤ They play the most boring songs. 2) 能了解以下語(yǔ)法： 掌握形容詞及副詞的最高級(jí)形式；用最高級(jí)形式來(lái)描述人或物的特殊。[來(lái)源:] 2. 情感態(tài)度價(jià)值觀目標(biāo)： 了解我們周圍中有那些最出色的人或物，知道生活中有很多值得我們?nèi)W(xué)習(xí)的人。周圍環(huán)境中有很多值得我們?nèi)フ湎У氖挛铩? 二、教學(xué)重難點(diǎn) 1. 教學(xué)重點(diǎn)： 1) 形容詞及副詞最高級(jí)形式的構(gòu)成。

3、 2) 用形容詞或副詞的最高級(jí)形式來(lái)描述人或事物。 2. 教學(xué)難點(diǎn)： 用形容詞或副詞的最高級(jí)形式來(lái)描述人或事物。 三、教學(xué)過(guò)程 Ⅰ. Lead-in 1. 向?qū)W生們介紹一座大家都很熟悉的電影院，談?wù)撟约簩?duì)這座建筑物的感受。從而引出本課時(shí)中的一些重要單詞：comfortable seats, big screens, best sound, cheap, new movies, close to home, buy tickets quickly, popular… 2. 學(xué)生們聽(tīng)老師的介紹，并學(xué)習(xí)這些新生詞。 3. 學(xué)生們看幻燈片，并學(xué)習(xí)記憶這些生詞。 Ⅱ. Pr

4、esentation Learn the new words. Ⅲ. Discussion 1. How do you choose which movie theater to go to? Write the things in the box under “Important” or “Unimportant”. 2. Ss discuss with their partners and write the words in the box in the chart. Ⅳ. Listening 1. T: Tell Ss to read the sentences

5、in the chart. Make sure they know the meaning of the sentences. 2. Play the recording for the Ss to listen and match the statement with the right movie theaters. 3. Play the recording again. Check the answers with the Ss. Ⅴ. Pair work 1. Let Ss read the model with a partner. 2. Use the in

6、formation in the chart of 1b. Ask and answer with a partner. 3. Let some pairs ask and answer about the chart. Ⅵ. Listening Work on 2a: 1. Read the questions and answers in 2a. Tell Ss to remember the information. 2. Play the recording for the Ss to listen and circle the boy’s answers.

7、 3. Play the recording again to check the answers. Work on 2b: 1. Let Ss read the sentences below. Explain some main sentences for the Ss. Make sure they know what to do. 2. Play the recording for the Ss to write the correct store or radio station next to each statement. 3. Play the recording

8、 again to check the answers. Ⅶ. Pair work 1. Tell Ss Student A is the reporter. Student B is the boy. Role-play the conversation. 2. Let Ss read conversation after the teacher. 3. Explain some main points for the Ss. 4. Ss act the conversation in pairs. Ask some pairs to act out their conv

9、ersations. Ⅷ. Role-play 1. Read the conversations and answer the two questions: ① What is the newest cinema? __________________________________ ② How does Helen like it? ____________________________________ 2. Explain some new words and main points in the conversation. 3. Read t

10、he conversation after the teacher. 4. Practice the conversation with their partner. Then let some pairs to act out the conversation. Homework: 寫(xiě)六個(gè)句子來(lái)說(shuō)一下你們班的“最……”。 In my class, Lin Tao is the tallest. 1. In my class, … 板書(shū)設(shè)計(jì)： Section A 1 (1a-2d) theater, comfortable, seat, screen, close,

11、 ticket, worst, cheaply, song, DJ, choose, carefully, reporter, so far, fresh, comfortably, No problem Sentences Structures： ① It has the biggest screens. ② It’s the most popular. ③ Which is the best clothes store? ④ You can buy clothes the most cheaply there. ⑤ They play the most bor

12、ing songs. [來(lái)源:] Section A 2 (Grammar focus-3c) 一、教學(xué)目標(biāo)： 1. 語(yǔ)言知識(shí)目標(biāo)： 1) 學(xué)習(xí)掌握下列詞匯：worse, service, pretty, menu, act 2）進(jìn)行一步復(fù)習(xí)鞏固學(xué)習(xí)Section A 部分所學(xué)的生詞和詞組。 3）對(duì)形容詞及副詞的最高級(jí)形式的構(gòu)成進(jìn)行總結(jié)，掌握其構(gòu)成規(guī)則。 4) 總結(jié)用形容詞及形容詞的最高級(jí)形式來(lái)描述人物或事物的句型結(jié)構(gòu)。[來(lái)源:] 2. 情感態(tài)度價(jià)值觀目標(biāo)： 了解我們周圍中有那些最出色的人或物，知道生活中有很多值得我們?nèi)W(xué)習(xí)的人。周圍

13、環(huán)境中有很多值得我們?nèi)フ湎У氖挛铩? 二、教學(xué)重難點(diǎn) 1. 教學(xué)重點(diǎn)： 1) 復(fù)習(xí)鞏固Section A 部分所學(xué)的生詞和詞組，達(dá)到熟練運(yùn)用的目標(biāo)。 2) 掌握和運(yùn)用形容詞和副詞的最高級(jí)形式來(lái)描述人物或事物。 2. 教學(xué)難點(diǎn)： 1) 掌握一些特殊形容詞或副詞的最高級(jí)形式。 2) 運(yùn)用形容詞和副詞的最高級(jí)形式來(lái)描述人物或事物。 三、教學(xué)過(guò)程 Ⅰ. Lead-in[來(lái)源:] 回答下列問(wèn)題： In our class, who is the funniest student? In our class, who is the most serious student? In

14、 our class, who is the tallest student? In all the subjects, which is the most interesting subject? In all the subjects, which is the most difficult subject? 1. Who’s the tallest in your class? 2. Which is the worst clothes store? 3. Which is the best clothes store? 4. Which radio station p

15、lays the most boring songs? 5. Which radio station plays the best songs? 6. Which cinema has the most comfortable seats? Ⅱ. Grammar Focus 1. 學(xué)生閱讀Grammar Focus中的句子，然后做填空練習(xí)。 ① 哪是可以去的最好的電影院？ What is the ____ ______ _____ to go to? ② 城鎮(zhèn)劇院，它離家最近。 Town Cinema. It’s the ______ ___ home. ③ 并

16、且你能在那里最快地買(mǎi)到票。 And you can buy ______ the _______ ________ there. ④ 哪家是鎮(zhèn)上最差的服裝店？ _______ is the ______ clothes store in town? ⑤ 夢(mèng)想服裝店。它比藍(lán)月亮差一些。 Dream Clothes. It’s ______ ____ Blue Moon。 ⑥ 它的服務(wù)最差。 It has ______ _______ _________. ⑦ 你認(rèn)為970 AM怎么樣？ What do you _______ _____

17、970 AM? ⑧ 我認(rèn)為970AM十分差，它放最差的音樂(lè)。 I think 970 AM is _______ _______. It has the ______ ________. 2. 學(xué)生們根據(jù)記憶，看大屏幕來(lái)完成填空練習(xí)。 3. 學(xué)生們完成填空試題后，可以打開(kāi)課本檢查答案，對(duì)錯(cuò)誤的句子，單獨(dú)進(jìn)行強(qiáng)化記憶。 Ⅲ. Try to Find 一、形容詞和副詞的最高級(jí)形式的構(gòu)成： 1. 學(xué)生們觀察例詞，發(fā)現(xiàn)他們的規(guī)則，與同學(xué)們討論，并記下來(lái)。 2. 最后，由各小組長(zhǎng)來(lái)說(shuō)一說(shuō)他們小組所做的總結(jié)。 3. 大屏幕出示形容詞和副詞的最高級(jí)形式的規(guī)則，學(xué)生們記

18、憶或記在筆記本上。 二、用最高級(jí)來(lái)描述人物或事物的句型小結(jié)： 1. A + be + the 形容詞最高級(jí) + 表示范圍的介詞詞組 2. A + 動(dòng)詞+ (the) 副詞最高級(jí) +（表示范圍的介詞詞組） 例句： Dream Clothes is the worst in town. The DJs choose songs the most carefully. Ⅳ. Practice Work on 3a: 1. Tell Ss to read the sentences in 3a and try to fill in the blanks with corr

19、ect forms of the words in brackets. 2. 方法指導(dǎo)：應(yīng)通讀全句，掌握短文大意；然后，根據(jù)句意及句子中有沒(méi)有表示范圍的詞組，來(lái)確定空格處的形容詞或副詞是用何級(jí)別形式。比如，在第一題中，句末有表示范圍的詞組in town，可知空格處應(yīng)填bad的最高級(jí)形式，故應(yīng)填worst。其他類似。 3. 學(xué)生們，按老師指導(dǎo)的方法進(jìn)行閱讀，并逐句推敲每空應(yīng)填什么詞，在實(shí)際的運(yùn)用提高自己的閱讀能力、分析能力及綜合運(yùn)用能力。 4. 最后，教師與同學(xué)們一起校對(duì)答案，并對(duì)學(xué)生們有疑問(wèn)的地方進(jìn)行解釋。 Work on 3b: 1. 讓學(xué)生們閱讀表格中詞語(yǔ)，并記憶這些詞語(yǔ)的形

20、式。 2. 讓學(xué)生們思考一下他們居住地周圍的一些商店的情況，并填寫(xiě)在表格中。 3. 讓學(xué)生們就表格中所填寫(xiě)的內(nèi)容，來(lái)發(fā)表自己談?wù)撟约壕幼〉刂車那闆r，并寫(xiě)在表格中。 相互檢查一下自己所寫(xiě)的句子，發(fā)現(xiàn)并改正錯(cuò)誤。 4. 讓部分學(xué)生讀一下自己的句子。大家一起改正句子中的錯(cuò)誤。 Ⅴ. Group work 1. 讓一名學(xué)生讀表格中的內(nèi)容。并告訴學(xué)生們本學(xué)習(xí)活動(dòng)的要求。 2. 學(xué)生們與自己的小組成員一起來(lái)討論自己居住地周圍的飯店的情況，并將名字及情況填寫(xiě)在表格中。 3. 討論并比較這些飯店的情況，每個(gè)成員發(fā)表自己的意見(jiàn)，討論自己認(rèn)為是最好的飯店。 4. 選舉一名學(xué)生來(lái)向同學(xué)們匯報(bào)自己

21、小組的討論情況。 (最后，可以經(jīng)學(xué)生們?cè)u(píng)議來(lái)推舉最有能力的小組） Ⅵ. Exercises If time is enough, do some more exercises on big screen. 用所給單詞的適當(dāng)形式填空： 1. Lily is ______ (early) than Lucy. 2. Who goes __________ (slowly), Tom or Jim? 3. This book is _______________ (interesting) than that one. 4. She is ____________ (ca

22、reful) in her school. 5. Who is _________ (late) Jim, Tom or Jack? 6. I think beef noodles is ________________ (delicious) of all. Homework 談?wù)撘幌伦约喊嗉?jí)的“班級(jí)之最” Who’s the tallest? (the smartest, the tallest, the heaviest, the friendliest, the thinnest, the most beautiful, the busiest, the funniest,

23、 the most popular…) I think … is the tallest. 板書(shū)設(shè)計(jì) Section A 2 Grammar focus-3c 3a: worse, the worst; better, the best; more expensive, the most expensive; most comfortably; the most interesting 3b: New World has the best service in town. Big Mouth has best food. Red Tea House has

24、the best service. 3c: Danny’s is the best one because it’s the closest to my home. Blue Moon is the best one because it has the most delicious food. Section B 1 1a-2e 一、教學(xué)目標(biāo)： 1. 語(yǔ)言知識(shí)目標(biāo)： 1) 能掌握以下單詞：creative, performer, talent, common, all kinds of, beautifully, role,

25、winner, prize, everybody, make up, example, for example, poor, seriously, give 2) 能掌握以下句型： ① Who was the best performer？ ② All these shoes have one thing in common. ③ That’s up to you to decide. ④ But if you don’t take these shows too seriously, … ⑤ They usually play a role in deciding th

26、e winner. 2. 情感態(tài)度價(jià)值觀目標(biāo)： 了解一些選秀節(jié)目的實(shí)質(zhì)及目的，正確對(duì)待生活中的一些歌星及影星，不要盲目地追風(fēng)，做追星族。 二、教學(xué)重難點(diǎn) 1. 教學(xué)重點(diǎn)： 1) 掌握本課時(shí)出現(xiàn)的生詞及表達(dá)方式。 2) 進(jìn)行聽(tīng)力訓(xùn)練，提高綜合聽(tīng)說(shuō)能力。 3）閱讀短文，獲得相關(guān)信息，提高學(xué)生們的綜合閱讀能力。 2. 教學(xué)難點(diǎn) 1). 聽(tīng)力訓(xùn)練 2). 閱讀2b部分的短文并完成相關(guān)要求。 三、教學(xué)過(guò)程 Ⅰ. Warming- up and revision 1. Daily greeting. 2. 復(fù)習(xí)形容詞和副詞最高級(jí)形式的構(gòu)成規(guī)則，并完成相關(guān)任務(wù)。 3.

27、Check the homework. Let some Ss report “Who’s the … in class?” Ⅱ. Presentation 1. T: Show some movie theater or restaurant in the neighborhood on the big screen. Tell Ss your thoughts about them. 2. Talk about the clothes stores or food stores in your neighborhood. e.g. Blue Moons has t

28、he worst clothes. New Fashion has the best quality. Young House has the cheapest clothes. Jenny’s has the best service. Ⅲ. Game 1. Work with your partners. You say an adjective and your partner say its opposites in the chart. 2. Ss work in pairs and see who can do better. 3. Work on 1a and w

29、rite these words and phrases next to their opposites in the chart. 4. Check the answers with the Ss. Ⅳ. Listening Work on 1c: 1. Tell Ss to look at the pictures and the names in 1c. Tell Ss this school had a talent show last weekend. Some Ss and some teachers took part in the talent show.

30、 Now listen to the conversation and math the pictures with the performers. 2. Play the recording for the Ss. Ss just listen for the first time. Play the recording again and match the pictures with the performers. 3. Check the answers: Work on 1d: 1. T: Now please look at the chart in 1e.

31、What do the people say about the performers? Youll listen to the tape again. Then try to fill in the blanks. 聽(tīng)力指導(dǎo)：要抓別人對(duì)他們每個(gè)人的評(píng)價(jià)所說(shuō)的詞匯，也就是那些表示評(píng)價(jià)的形容詞或副詞的最高級(jí)形式。因此在聽(tīng)的時(shí)候，應(yīng)重點(diǎn)放在對(duì)人物的表演進(jìn)行評(píng)價(jià)的最高級(jí)形式上。 2. Ss listen to the recording carefully and try to fill in the blanks. 3. Play the recording again and

32、check the answers with the class. Ⅴ. Group work 1. Work in groups. Look at the information in 1d and make a conversation with your partner. 2. Make a model for the Ss. 3. Tell Ss to make a conversation about all the performers. 4. Teacher can walk around the classroom, and give some help

33、to the Ss. Ⅵ. Reading 1. T: Do you often watch TV? Do you like China’s Got Talent? Today we’ll learn a passage about talent shows. 2. Let Ss read the passage quickly and find out “Which three talent shows are mentioned? ” 3. Ss read the passage quickly and find the answers to the question

34、s. Ⅶ. Reading 1. T: Now let’s work on 2c. First, let’s read the questions and make sure we know the meanings of all the questions. Then read the passage again and find the answers to the questions. 2. 方法指導(dǎo)：首先，應(yīng)讀懂五個(gè)題目的意思；然后，帶著這五個(gè)問(wèn)題再次認(rèn)真閱讀短文的內(nèi)容，并在短文中找出相關(guān)問(wèn)題的回答依據(jù)。 綜合短文內(nèi)容與題目?jī)?nèi)容，確定最為貼切的答案。 3. Ss read

35、 carefully and try to find the answers to the questions. 4. Check the answers with the class. Ⅷ. Reading 1. T: Read the passage again. This time you should underline all the superlatives in the passage, then write sentences using at least four of them. 2. 方法指導(dǎo)：首先，在短文中劃出形容詞或副詞的最高級(jí)形式；然后，結(jié)合自己生

36、活或班級(jí)中的人或事物來(lái)用這個(gè)詞語(yǔ)來(lái)造一個(gè)自己的句子；最后，與同位交換自己的句子，互相檢查一下。 3. Ss find the superlatives in the passage. Try to write their sentences. Homework 1. 課后閱讀短文，試著復(fù)述課文，總結(jié)課文出現(xiàn)的重難點(diǎn)詞組及表達(dá)方式。 2. 完成2e中的調(diào)查，并寫(xiě)出一個(gè)調(diào)查報(bào)告。 板書(shū)設(shè)計(jì)： Section B 1 1a-2e New words: creative, performer, talent, common, all kinds of, beautifull

37、y, role, winner, prize, everybody, make up, example, for example, poor, seriously, give Sentence Structures: ① Who was the best performer？ ② All these shoes have one thing in common. ③ That’s up to you to decide. ④ But if your don’t take these shows too seriously, … ⑤ They usually play a r

38、ole in deciding the winner. [來(lái)源:] Section B 2 3a-Self check 一、教學(xué)目標(biāo)： 1. 語(yǔ)言知識(shí)目標(biāo)： 1) 復(fù)習(xí)形容詞及副詞的比較的構(gòu)成規(guī)則。掌握生詞crowded。 2) 能夠綜合運(yùn)用所掌握的知識(shí)來(lái)描述周圍的地點(diǎn)及事物的特點(diǎn)。 3) 通過(guò)描述周圍的地點(diǎn)及事物來(lái)綜合運(yùn)用所學(xué)的形容詞及副詞的比較的用法。 2. 情感態(tài)度價(jià)值觀目標(biāo)：[來(lái)源:] 1) 每個(gè)人都有自身的特長(zhǎng)、優(yōu)點(diǎn)和特點(diǎn)，古人云：三人行必有我?guī)熝?。每個(gè)人都可以從他人那兒學(xué)習(xí)到你所需要的可貴的品質(zhì)和精神。 2）文

39、中的選材貼近學(xué)生日常生活，易激發(fā)學(xué)生的學(xué)習(xí)興趣。 二、教學(xué)重難點(diǎn) 1. 教學(xué)重點(diǎn)： 1) 能運(yùn)用所學(xué)的形容詞或副詞的最高級(jí)的用法，根據(jù)提示來(lái)完成選詞填空的任務(wù)。 2）能運(yùn)用所學(xué)的形容詞或副詞的最高級(jí)的用法來(lái)描寫(xiě)自己周圍的一些地點(diǎn)和事物等。 2. 教學(xué)難點(diǎn)： 能運(yùn)用所學(xué)的形容詞或副詞的最高級(jí)的用法來(lái)描寫(xiě)自己周圍的一些地點(diǎn)和事物等。 三、教學(xué)過(guò)程 Ⅰ. Warming- up and revision 1. Have a dictation of the new words and expressions. 2. Who’s got the talent in your

40、class? Let some Ss give their report. e.g. 1) Li Fei is the best chess player. 2) Xu Li is the most talented dancer. 3) Wu Fan is the most interesting writer. 4) Sun Nan is the faster runner. 5) … is the best basketball player. 6) … is the best English speaker. 7) … is the funniest

41、actor. 3. Review the phrases. And make a sentence with the phrases. 1) 有相同特征 _________________ 2) 各種各樣的 _________________ 3) 由……決定 _________________ 4) 發(fā)揮作用 ___________________ 5) 編造 ________________ 6) 例如 ________________ 7) 認(rèn)真對(duì)待_____________ 8) 給某人某物 ___________ Ⅱ. Lead-in 1. Let

42、Ss talk about “What’s your favorite place to go on weekends? Why is it?” e.g. 1) The Children’s Center is the best place to go on weekends. Because I can play tennis and play ping-pong. I can speak English with friends. 2) The best place to go is Center Park. Because I can swim and climb the

43、hill. I can fly kites and take a walk in the woods. Ⅲ. Reading 1. Read the article about Greenwood Park. Fill in the blanks with the correct superlative forms of the adjectives and adverbs in the box. [來(lái)源:數(shù)理化網(wǎng)] 2. 寫(xiě)作指導(dǎo)： 首先，閱讀短文，整體把握短文大意。 其次，分析有空格的每個(gè)句子，看空格處應(yīng)是形容詞還是副詞，根據(jù)句意確定單詞。 最后，將單詞的最高

44、級(jí)形式填到空白處。副詞前可以不加the。 3. Ss try to read the article and try to fill in the blanks. [來(lái)源:] 4. Check the answers with the Ss. Ⅳ. Writing Work on 3b: 1. Think about some of the best places/things in your town. Why are they the best? 2. Give some examples to the Ss. best middle school: No.

45、1 Middle School; Why: Because it is the most beautiful school in my town. Best super-market: New Century Supermarket Why: the best quality and the best service … 3. Ss try to think it and think about the reasons. 4. Try to fill in the blanks. Work on 3c: 1. Write about your town

46、 and the best places/things there. 2. 寫(xiě)作指導(dǎo)： 本文為寫(xiě)自己所居住的城鎮(zhèn)上最好的地方或事物，并說(shuō)明原因。 因此，時(shí)態(tài)應(yīng)用一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)態(tài)； 應(yīng)先描述最……的是某個(gè)地方，然后說(shuō)明這個(gè)地方最好的原因。 應(yīng)注意正確運(yùn)用形容詞或副詞的最高級(jí)形式來(lái)表達(dá)。 [來(lái)源:] 3. 學(xué)生們根據(jù)寫(xiě)作提示，及上面表格中的提示來(lái)寫(xiě)作這篇文章。[來(lái)源:數(shù)理化網(wǎng)] 4. Let some Ss read their passage to the class. Ⅴ. Discussion 1. Discuss the towns/cities in

47、China with a partner. Tell the class which town/city you think is the best. 2. Give Ss some examples: I think Hangzhou is the best city in China. Because it’s the most beautiful. West Lake is the most famous place. And it’s the most popular city. Quite a lot of visitors come to Hangzhou every yea

48、r. 3. Ss discuss with their partners and try to give their own idea. 4. Try to write about their ideas on a piece of paper. Ⅵ. Self check Work on Self check 1: 1. Fill in the blanks with the superlative forms of the words in the box. 2. 方法指導(dǎo)：首先，閱讀句子理解大意。確定空格是修飾名詞還是修飾動(dòng)詞，從而確定空白處是形容詞還是副詞

49、。最后填上其恰當(dāng)?shù)淖罡呒?jí)形式。 3. 指導(dǎo)： 1. the cheapest 空格后有名詞restaurant; 關(guān)鍵句“你可以花僅五元就能買(mǎi)到一大盤(pán)餃子?！? … 4. 學(xué)生做每個(gè)試題，并校對(duì)答案。 Work on Self check 2 1. Tell Ss to read the information then correct the mistakes. 2. Ss work by themselves. 說(shuō)明原因：在短文第一段中列舉了這三家影劇院的票價(jià)：Town Cinema 12美元；Screen City10.50美元；Movie World 10美元。

50、 3. 學(xué)生們完成試題并說(shuō)明原因。 Homework 1. Review Section B. 2. Imagine you going to a talent show of famous people. Write an article about the talent show. 板書(shū)設(shè)計(jì)： Section B 2 3a-Self Check 3a：the best; the fastest; the most crowded; the most creative 3c: one possible version: The be

51、st school is No. 1 Middle School because it is the most beautiful. The best supermarket is New Century Supermarket because it has the best quality things and the best service. The best restaurant is Rui Jia Restaurant because it has the most delicious food and it is the cleanest restaurant. The best clothes store is Fashion Kids because it has the best quality clothes and it plays the nicest music. The best theater is Hanhai 3D Theater because it has the biggest screen and it has the most comfortable seats.