Unit3 I'm more outgoing than my sister.

Period 1 (Section A 1a-1c)

Teaching aims

　　1.Master the words：outgoing, better, loudly, quietly, hard-working,

　　2.Use the sentences freely:

　　　Tina is taller than Tara.

　　　Sam has longer hair than Tom.

　　　She also sings more loudly than Tara.

Difficult point:

　　How to compare people

Important point:

　　,Learn to talk about personal traits

Teaching Steps:

　　Step 1 Greetings

　　Greet the class as usual and check the homework.

　　Step 2 lead in

　　Make a simple drawing of a boy and a girl on the blackboard.

　　Judy is tall. Judy is taller than Bobby.

　　Then bring out two rules of different length. Say:

　　This is ruler. It's Bobby's ruler.(longer)

　　This is Judy's ruler.(long)

　　Bobby's ruler is longer than Judy's.

　　Step 3 Presentation

　　1. Show some new words on the blackboard.

　　2. Read the new words to students and ask them to repeat.

　　3. Ask students to do this activity individually. Then check and answers.

　　Tall-short long hair-short hair thin-heavy calm-wild

　　4. First tell students what the twins are. Twins are children born at the same time to the same parents, but not always.

　　Step4 1c Pairwork

　　Ask two students to read the sample conversation to the class.

　　A: Is that Tara?

　　B: No, it isn't. It's Tina. Tara's shorter than Tina..

　　Then have students work with a partner.

　　Make conversation work with a partner.

　　Step 5Pronunciation Note

　　Write one of the example sentences from the picture on the board circle the word than say. When we say the word than, we say it quickly. You don't hear very much of the sound.

　　Step 6Summary and Homework

　　Today we've leant the twins are having a concert. We've leant how to compare people. After class, give more practice, comparing your school things. Next class I'll ask some of you to say your conversations OK? Now, class is over? See you!