Period 2（Section A 2a-2d )

Teaching aims

　　1.Master the words and sentences.

　　2.Improve the students' listening ability.

Difficult point:

　　How to compare people

Important point:

　　Learn to talk about personal traits

Teaching steps:

Step 1 Greet the class as usual and check the homework.

Step 2 Revision

　　Review the dialogue 1c

Step 3 Listening

　　1. Work on 2a:

　　Point out the two columns and read the headings: -er, -ier and more. Then point out the words in the box. Read them. Say, now listen and write the -er and -ier words in the first column and the words that use more in the second column.

　　Play the recording and check the answers.

　　2. Work on 2b.

　　Point out the picture and the two boxes with the headings Tina is and Tara is.

Say, listen to the recording. Write word in the boxes. The words are from the list in activity 2a.

Play the recording and check the answers.

Step4. Pair work

　　1. Point out the chart in activity 2c. Say, Make your own conversations according to the information. Ask pairs to continue on their own.

　　2. Ss practice their conversations.

　　3. Ask some pairs to act out their conversations.

Step5.Role-play

　　1. Read the conversation first and try to match the people with the right things.

　　　　　　　　　a. sang better

Nelly 　　　　　　　　　b. with shorter hair

Lisa 　　　　　　　　　c. practice more and really wanted to win

　　　　　　　　　d. sang more clearly

　　　　　　　　　e. danced better

　　2. Let Ss read the conversations after the teacher.

　　3. Let Ss practice the conversation.

　　4. Then let some pairs act out their conversations in front of the class.

Step6.Homework:

　　Write six sentences:

Write about the things that are the same and different between you and your best friend.