Unit 4 What’s the best movie theater?
Section A(1a-1c)
I Teaching aims
1 Knowledge aims
1.Master new words：
theater, comfortable, seat, screen, close, ticket
2)Master useful expressions:
What’s the best theater?
It has the biggest screens.It’s the most popular.It’s the closest to home.It has the most comfortable seats.2.Learn Superlative Forms of Adjectives and Adverbs.Learn to describe the things with Superlative Forms.2 Emotional aims
Students can talk about the best movie theaters they know and build the sense of following the rules in public.II Key points and difficult points
1 Key Points
Learn some phrases with superlative forms of Adjectives.2 Difficult point
Use superlative forms of Adjectives to describe thingsin our daily life.III Teaching process
Step IGreeting
Hello, everyone!Today, I am your new teacher.I am from Xi Shui No.7 Middle School.You can call me Miss He.In this lesson, we’ll learn unit 4 What’s the best movie theater? Section A 1a-1c.Step IIWarming up
Teacher presents a picture of a movie,and ask , “ What’s this?”
“ Do you like watching movies?”
OK, I’ll interview some of you?
T: This girl, do you like watching movies?
S1:...Teacher interviews another two students in the same way.Just now, I got some of you like watching movies.How about me? Do I like watching movies?
Next, we’ll watch a video about me.After you watch it , I’ll ask you some questions.So please listen to it carefully.These are the questions.After watching, teacher asks questions.T: Do I like watching movies?
Ss: Yes.T: Where do I usually go on weekends?
Ss: Ai Wei Movie Theater.T: Do you know theater?
Ss:...T: It means cinema.T：Can you guess why I usually come here?
Ss:...T: Yes, some of you are right.Next, I’ll introduce why I usually come here.(设计意图：从了解学生对电影的看法为起点，然后让学生观看教师的视频，引出seat，comfortable, screen, ticket等新词，以及形容词最高级。）
Step III Presentation
1.In fact, there are three movie theaters in Xi Shui.They are Teng Long Movie Theater, Feng Huang Movie Theater and Ai Wei Movie Theater.From this picture, we know , in Xi Shui, Teng Long Movie Theater is popular.Feng Huang Movie Theater is more popular.Ai Wei Movie Theater is the most popular.T: What doesthe most popular mean?
Ss:...T: Why I like here?
Ss: Because...T : Being popular is important or not important for me?
Ss:...2.T：What are they?
Ss: They are seats.T: I think the seats are comfortable in Teng Long Movie Theater.What does comfortable mean?
Ss:...Teacher explainit.The seats in Feng Huang are more comfortable.How about the seats in Ai Wei Movie Theater ? The seats are the most comfortable.What ‘s the meaning of most comfortable ?
Ss:...3.T: What’s it?
Ss: It’s screen.T: Teng Long Movie Theater has a big screen.What do you think of the screen in Feng Huang?
Ss: The screen is bigger.T: The last one , is it big?
Ss: Yes.T: Ai Wei Movie Theater has the biggest screen.(教师板书该句）.So I can see the movie clearly.4.Teng Long Movie Theater is 2km from my home.It’s near my home.We can also say it’s close to my home.Do you get the Chinese meaning？
Ss: Yes.T: Feng Huang Movie Theater is closer to my home.Ai Wei Movie Theater is the closest to my home.(教师板书该句）This is so important for me, so I usually come to Ai Wei Movie Theater.5.I usually come to Ai Wei Movie Theater, there are some other reasons.It has the best sound.I can watch some new movies.I can buy tickets quickly.But there is a bad thing for me, the tickets in Ai Wei are not cheap.But the tickets are more cheaper in Feng Huang.The tickets are the cheapest in Teng Long.6.All of these things , cheap tickets are not important for me, but other things are important.How about you? What’ re important for you? What are not important for you? Tell your partners like this :
I think...is/ are important,...is /are not important.And you?
Teacher interviews three students about “ What are / is important for you?”
(设计意图：呈现新单词seat，comfortable, screen, close, ticket , 并通过真实情景让学生感知形容词最高级的构成和用法。）
Step IV Listening Practice
1 T: Different people have different opinions.Today, some of my friends , they are Anna and Jack, Jill and Barry, Julie and Ken.They also want to go to the theater to watch a movie.There are three theaters in their city.They are Movie World, Screen City, and Town Cinema.Where will they go？Please listen to the tape once, then match the theaters with the persons.After listening.Teacher checks answer.7.T: Why do they go to the theaters? Maybe there are some good qualities.Try to read the sentences about qualities together.And pay attention to the read parts.They are the key words.Next, you should listen to it twice.Then match the qualities with the theaters.Write a-f after the theaters.More than one answer is possible.If you get Town Cinema has the biggest screens, please write “a” after it.Now , let’s listen.3 After listening
Teacher asks students to say out the answers.Teacher makes a model.You can answer like this:
Town Cinema is the closest to home.Students check answers.8.T: From this part, we know Jack and Anna think Town Cinema is the best.Why?
Ss: Because...T: Julie and Ken think Screen City is the best.Why?
Ss:...T: Barry and Jill think Movie World is the best.Why?
Ss:...（设计意图： 由于本课是第四单元第一课时，学生第一次接触形容词最高级；再加上1b的听力内容和题目要求对于学生来说比较难抓住听力重点，或赶不上听力材料的语速；另外，从教材结构来说，1b也是本课的重点,所以把这个部分的听力任务分为两次完成，总共听三遍，让学生通过听得到示范性的语言素材，为接下来输出的部分做准备。）
Step V Group work
T: We know there are also some movie theaters in Mei Tan.What are they?
Ss: They are...T: You know I am a stranger(a new person)in Mei Tan.Tonight, I want to watch a movie in a theater.Can you tell me what is the best movie theater in Mei Tan?
1.You can discuss in a group of four and choose the best movie theater for me.You must talk in English.You can talk like this.Example:
A: What’s the best movie theater?
B: Sun Cinema.Its the cheapest.C: But I think Jackie Chan Movie City has the most comfortable seats.D: For me,...is the best theater.Because...A: I think...is the best.
Then you can write your results in this box.
Name | The best movie theater | Why |
3 At last, one student in each group gives a report.I’ll give an example.4 Students make report.(Teacher encourages students like this , “ Good idea!” “ That sounds good, I’ll think it about carefully.” “ Thanks for your great idea.”)
5 Teacher gives out her choice and say, “ I think I’ll go to..., and I hope I can have a good time in this movie theater.(设计意图：通过小组对话，练习“What’s the best movie theater？” “ It has the comfortable seats.”等涉及形容词最高级的句型。最后通过小组合作完成一个关于 “ What’s the best movie theater in Mei Tan？”的报告，让学生在真实语境中运用所学语言，达到语言输出的目的。）
Step VI Emotional Education
Everyone hope he /she has a good time in the movie theater, so everyone should remember these rules when we watch movies.Keep quiet!！
Turn offthe cellphone！
Dont move casually in the theater.(设计意图：让学生树立自觉维护公共秩序的意识，做一个文明中学生。）
Step VII Make a summary.T: What do you learn today?
Ss:...Step VIIIHomework
Make a survey about which the best clothes store and the best radio station are in Mei Tan.(设计意图：巩固今天所学新知，为第二课时的学习做好准备。）
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