1、Module 4 Planes, ships and trainsUnit 1 He lives the farthest from school.Teaching modelListening and speaking Teaching aims1. Key vocabulary: road, accident, except, far, far away, crowded, choice, classmate, close, all the time2. Key structures: Superlative adjectives and adverbs (-est, most); irr
2、egular superlatives.3. Key sentences:1) What happened?2) Dont worry.3)Who lives the closest to school? Lingling lives closest.4) What is the most comfortable way to go to school for Betty? By taxi. 5) Whats the most expensive way to go to school? Going by taxi is the most expensive.Teaching aidsTape
3、 recorder, OHP, videoTeaching StepsStep 1 Warming-up1. Work in pairs. Show some pictures and ask “How do you often go to school?”2. Look at the pictures, and say something about the pictures.3. Introduce the new words.4. Learn the new words.5. Read the new words.Step 2 Look and match.1. Ask the stud
4、ents to read the words in Activity 1.bus ship taxi train underground2. Look at the pictures in Activity 1 carefully.3. Now match the words with the pictures.5. Ask the students to check their answer with a partner.6. Call back the answer from the whole class and check the answer.Keys: 1. train 2. sh
5、ip 3. taxi 4. underground 5. bus Step 3 Look, listen and match.1. Ask the students to read the words in Activity 2.busy cheap expensive modern2. Play the recording and ask the students to listen to the recording carefully.3. Listen and match the words in the box with the pictures in Activity 1. You
6、need to use one word more than once.4. Ask the students to check their answer with a partner.5. Call back the answer from the whole class and check the answer.Step 4 Listen and read.1. Show some pictures, and ask the students to talk about them.2. Ask the students to read the conversation silently.3
7、. Play the recording and ask the students to listen and read the conversation.4. Read the conversation.5. Act it out.6. Learn “Everyday English”1) What happened?2) Dont worry.Step 5 Complete the table.1. Ask the students to read the conversation again.2. Now complete the table.Betty Tony Lingling Da
8、mingWays to go to school3. Ask the students to check with a partner.4. Check the answers: Keys: by bus by underground walks / on foot by busStep 6 Complete the sentences.1. Ask the students to read the words in the box in Activity 4.close comfortable good far2. Read through the sentences. 1) Linglin
9、g lives the _ to school, so she always walks.2) The _ way to go to school is by taxi.3) Tony lives the _ from school.4) For Betty, going to school by bike is the _ choice.3. Complete the sentences with the correct words from the box.4. Ask the students to check with a partner.5. Check the answers: K
10、eys: 1. closest 2. most comfortable 3. farthest 4. bestStep 7 Complete the sentences.1. Ask the students to read the words or expression in the box in Activity 5.crowded except modern road accident2. Read through the sentences. 1) All the students take the bus to school _ Sam.2) The _ train in the w
11、orld is the Shanghai airport train.3) I saw a(n) _ on the way to school yesterday.4) I do not take the bus to school because it is usually very _.3. Complete the sentences with the correct words from the box.4. Ask the students to check with a partner.5. Check the answers: Keys: 1. except 2. modern
12、3. road accident 4. crowdedStep 8 Listen and repeat.1. Play the recording once without stopping.2. Play the recording again and ask the whole class to repeat.1) Who lives the closest to school? Lingling lives closest.2) What is the most comfortable way to go to school for Betty? By taxi. 3. Ask the
13、students to listen and mark the intonation.4. Now listen again and repeat.Step 9 Work in pairs.1. Ask the students to read the words or expression in the box in Activity 7.2. Read through the example with the class. Whats the most expensive way to go to school? Going by taxi is the most expensive.3.
14、 Work in pairs.Step 10 Important and difficult points1. Maybe I should go to school by taxi. 或许我应该坐出租车去上学。by 和表示交通工具的名词（名词前没有任何冠词）连用，意思是“乘、坐” 。例如：travel by train/car/ship/ underground/boat/bus/taxi乘火车/汽车/轮船/地铁/小船/公交车/出租车出行2. 形容词、副词的最高级构成及其用法:Step 11 Do exercises:A. 随学随练：写出下列单词的最高级形式：1. short _ 2. ni
15、ce _3. big _ 4. thin _5. early _ 6. slowly _ 7. beautiful _ 8. carefully _9. badly _ 10. much _11. little _ 12. far _ Keys: 1. shortest 2. nicest 3. biggest 4. thinnest 5. earliest 6. most slowly 7. most beautiful 8. most carefully 9. worst 10. most 11. least 12. farthest / furthestB.中考链接 ( )1.The g
16、irls are talking about the art festival_. (2013 温州) Yes. They have so many fun things to share.A. easily B. angrily C. sadly D. happily( ) 2. He is the only one who failed in the math exam. Really? You mean he studies_ . 【2014 甘肃白银】A. the most careful B. the least careful C. the most carefully D. th
17、e least carefully( ) 3. Debbie is growing fast. She is even_ than her mother. (2013 北京)A. tall B. taller C. tallest D. the tallest( ) 4.Dad, would you please drive _? (2013 福州) No hurry. We have enough time before the plane takes off.A. faster B. more slowly C. more carefully( ) 5. Lucy is a(n)_stud
18、ent. She answers the teachers questions _in her class. （2014 陕西）A. more active, more activelyB. more active, more activelyC. more active, the most activelyD. active, the most actively( ) 6.Which country is your favorite, Lin Tao？(2013 牡丹江) France, of course. Its the _ place that I want to visit.A. w
19、orst B. better C. best( )7. Is Lilys home _ away from school than Lindas? (2013 益阳)A. far B. farther C. farthest .( )8. What do you think is invention in the 21st century?Internet, I think. 【2014 四川广安】A. important B. more important C. the most important( ) 9. （2014 湖南长沙）Oh, it was fantastic! Lily danced so well.Well, I think Kate danced_ than Lily.A. well B. better C. bestKeys: 1. D 2. D 3. B 4. A 5. D 6. C 7. B 8. C 9. BStep 12 HomeworkRemember the words of Unit 1 and prepare the text of Unit 2.
