How tall are you?

Book:PEP 8 Unit1

Teaching aims:

1. Knowledge aims:

①Help the Ss review the four skill words: taller, shorter, stronger, older, younger, bigger, heavier, longer, thinner, smaller.

②Help the Ss review the four skill sentence patterns: How tall/heavy/old are you? I’m…

2. Ability aims:

①Improve the Ss’ ability of writing a short English report and speaking by using the knowledge they learnt from the class.

②Ss can speak the simple English to communicate with others in their daily life.

3. Moral aims:

①The Ss can obtain the sense of achievement by expressing their minds in English.

②Encourage the Ss to have good cooperation with one another.

Teaching focus:

①The Ss can use the sentence patterns: How tall/heavy/old are you? I’m… in the real-life context.

Teaching difficulty:

The irregular comparison form of adjectives.

Teaching aids:

The multimedia and some normal teaching tools

Teaching procedure:

Step1. Free talking & Leading in

T: Who’s your English/math/Chinese teacher?

Ss: He/She is tall/thin/young/old/nice…

Step2. Practice & Revision

T: Who is he? (Show the pictures of Liu Xiang and Yao Ming on the screen.)

What’s he like?

Ss: He is…

T: How tall is Yao Ming/Liu Xiang?

Ss: He is…

T: Yao Ming says: I’m ______ than Liu Xiang.

Liu Xiang says: I’m ______ than Yao Ming.

T: Very Good. And now look and say:(ppt)

T: Look at them, do you know them? (Show the picture of Happy Family.)

Ss: They are Happy Family.

T: Right. Look at them,(ppt)

Step3. Summary

T: Well, now let’s do some practice. (Present the Ex. on the screen and ask the Ss to finish it.)

T: Good job. You learn it well. And don’t forget the rules.

Step4. Practice

T: Look, who is he? (Show the picture of Liu Xing from Jia You Er Nv)

Ss: Liu Xing.

T: What’s he like?

Ss: He’s thin/tall/young/funny…

T: Yes, you’re right. And now, look at this picture, who is he? (Show the picture of Shubiao who is Liu Xing’s friend.)

Ss: He’s Shubiao.

T: What’s he like?

Ss: He’s short/fat/funny…

T: How old is Liu Xing? Ss: He is 14 years old.

T: How old is Shubiao? Ss: He is 12 years old.

(Present the sentences on the screen and ask the Ss to say the whole sentences.)

T: Nice. And how tall is Liu Xing/Shubiao?

Ss: He is…

T: So…

(Ask the Ss to finish the sentences.)

T: Super. How heavy is he?

Ss: He is….

T: Now we could say:

(Ask the Ss to finish the sentences.)

T: Look, Liu Xing and Shubiao are talking. What are they talking about?

Step5. Pair work

T: Liu Xing wants to make a Memory Book. And you?

Ss:

T: OK. Now please ask your friends by “ How tall/old/heavy/are you?” And make a record, then talk about your friends, Ok?

Ss:

(Ask the Ss to work in pairs or groups, meanwhile, present the points on the screen.)

Step6. Homework

T: Write about your friend on your exercise book.

____ is my friend. He/She is ___ years old. He/She is ______ than me. He/She is ____cm tall. He/She is _______ than me. He/She is ___kg. I am _____than him/her. We often play together.