八年级新目标上Unit 12 Whats the best radio station教案

Learning ability goals 学能目标

Help students learn how to talk about preferences with superlatives. Teaching important and difficult points 教学重难点 Use superlatives to talk about people. Teaching aids 教具准备 Tape recording.

Teaching procedures and ways 教学过程与方式

Step I Revision

Ask some Ss the following questions: T: What is the best movie theater in our town? What is the best clothing store? What is the best radio station? What is the best restaurant? Why are they the best?

Get Ss to say the names of the places and give reasons using the superlatives.

Step II Reading (Section A: 3a)

T: This is an article about what young people think about places in their town. Read it and fill in the chart. You will find out the best movie theater, the best clothing store, the best radio station and the reasons why each one is the best of its kind. Allow Ss two minutes to read it. Check the answers.

Then get Ss to read it again and find out the language points they can’t understand. Play the recording for the Ss to listen to. Language points:

△“What do think about/of ...?” is a useful expression to ask for one’s opinion about something.

What do you think about our English teacher?

△do a survey of ... 做??的调查 Survey is a noun in this phrase. do a survey of ... =make a survey of ... We did a survey of children’s eating habit. △This is what we learned. 这是我们所了解到的结果。

在本句中learn不是“学习”的意思，而表示“了解到，获悉”。 I learned this from someone else. 我是从别人那儿知道的。

what we learned 在此作is的表语，用来作表语的句子叫表语从句，要求用陈述句语序。

如：This is where I was born. 这是我出生的地方。 That is why he left for Japan. 那就是他去日本的原因。 △as for 就??而言

As for entertainment (娱乐), there are a lot of things you can do. For example, you can go to dancing parties or join clubs. Step III Pairwork (Section A: 3b)

T: Now please work in pairs to talk about the stores in our town. Which one has the best/worst service? Which one has the best/worst quality? Which one is the cheapest/most expensive?

Different students may have different opinions. Write down your ideas in the chart first. After that, exchange your ideas with your partner using the sentence: I think ...

Ask two students to read the sample statement first. Note:

“Bargain” means something you can buy at a lower price. e.g. It’s a good/real bargain.

Get the students to work in pairs. After a while, call some pairs to say their conversations. Sample conversation:

A: I think Clothing City has the cheapest clothes.

B: I agree. But I think it has the worst quality. Hua Yu has the best quality. A: Yeah. And it has the friendliest service.

Step IV Words (Section B: 1a 1b)

Point to the sample answer in the chart and ask a student to read the words to the class.

Then let them tell the original forms of these superlatives: dull, loud, bad, boring, funny, creative, quiet, good Explain the meanings of some new words: “Dull” means not interesting or exciting. “Loud” means making a lot of noise.

T: Some of the words have good meanings, which we call “Positive words”. For example, “most creative” is a positive word. While others have bad meanings, which we call “Negative words”. The opposite of “most creative” is “dullest”. It is a negative word. Now please write the words and phrases next to their opposites in the chart.

Ask students to complete activity 1a on their own. Check the answers.

T: We can use positive words to say good things about people. Now please use these positive words to tell your partner about people you know.

Point out the sample sentence in activity 1b. Ask a student to read it to the class. Ss work in pairs to talk about the people they know. Ask several Ss to say their sentences to the class. Then write “Who is the ... in our class?” on the Bb.

T: Now think of some adjectives we use to describe a student. And use them to answer the question on the Bb.

Samples:

Diana is the quietest student in our class. Lily is the tallest student in our class. Jane is the prettiest girl in our class.

Step V Listening (Section B: 2a 2b)

T: Look at the pictures. What are they about? Ss: Talent show.

T: What do people do at the talent show?

Let Ss describe the pictures one by one. Help students to understand the activity in each picture.

Picture 1: play guitar upside down Picture 2: sing and play instrument Picture 3: juggle with balls Picture 4: play piano Picture 5: circus

T: These people are performing at the show. We call them “performers”. (Write “perform” and “performer” on the Bb) Do you want to know who they are? Their names are listed in the box.

Ask a student to read the names to the class. T: Now listen and find out who they are.

Play the tape recording twice. Ss listen and write the correct name under each picture. Check the answers.

T: We’ll listen again. This time listen for what people say about the performers. Write down the key words.

Point to the chart and ask a student to read the first line of the chart containing the sample answer. Point out the other four spaces for students to fill in.

Play the recording and ask students to write what different people say about the performers. Check the answers.