Unit 4 What’s the best movie theater?
Section A 1 (1a-2d)
一、Teaching goals：
1. Language goals：
1) 能掌握以下单词：theater, comfortable, seat, screen, close, ticket, worst, cheaply, DJ, choose, carefully, reporter, so far, fresh, comfortably
能掌握以下句型：
① It has the biggest screens.
② It’s the most popular.
③ Which is the best clothes store?
④ You can buy clothes the most cheaply there.
⑤ They play the most boring songs.
2) 能了解以下语法：
掌握形容词及副词的最高级形式；用最高级形式来描述人或物的特殊。
2. Emotion goals：
了解我们周围中有那些最出色的人或物，知道生活中有很多值得我们去学习的人。周围环境中有很多值得我们去珍惜的事物。
二、Difficult points
1. 教学重点：
1) 形容词及副词最高级形式的构成。
2) 用形容词或副词的最高级形式来描述人或事物。
2. 教学难点：
用形容词或副词的最高级形式来描述人或事物。
三、Teaching Process
I. Lead-in
1. 跟学生说最近想去看电影，向学生们介绍一些电影院，让学生帮助选择。
2. 向学生介绍本课时中的一些重要单词：comfortable seats, big screens, cheaply, close, worst，并学习这些新生词。
3. 学生们看幻灯片，并学习记忆这些生词。
II. Discussion
1. How do you choose which movie theater to go to? Write the things in the box under “Important” or “Unimportant” in 1a.
2. Ss discuss with their partners and write the words in the box in the chart.
III. Listening
1. Tell Ss Sam’s pen pal Anna likes watching movies, too. Ann’s town has three movie
Theaters. They are Town Cinema, Screen City and Movie World. Ask them to read the sentences in the chart of 1b. Make sure they know the meaning of the sentences.
2. Play the recording for the Ss to listen and match the statement with the right movie theaters.
3. Play the recording again. Check the answers with the Ss.
4. Let Ss introduce the three theaters to the classmates.
IV. Pair work
1. Let Ss read the model in 1c with a partner.
2. Let Ss talk about the movie theaters they know.
V. Listening
Tell Ss we often want to buy cheap but good clothes at the clothes stores. And we can get to know some new songs or listen to some popular songs on the radio. Ask Ss to look at the picture in 2a and tell them that a reporter is interviewing a boy about the best clothes store and the best radio station in Green City.
Work on 2a:
1. Read the questions and answers in 2a. Tell Ss to remember the information.
2. Play the recording for the Ss to listen and circle the boy’s answers.
3. Play the recording again to check the answers.
Work on 2b:
1. Let Ss read the sentences below. Explain some main sentences to the Ss. Make sure they know what to do.
2. Play the recording for the Ss to write the correct store or radio station next to each statement.
3. Play the recording again to check the answers.
VI. Pair work
1. Tell Ss Student A is the reporter. Student B is the boy. Role-play the conversation.
2. Let Ss read conversation after the teacher.
3. Explain some main points for the Ss.
4. Ss act the conversation in pairs. Ask some pairs to act out their conversations.
VII. Role-play
1. Read the conversation and answer the two questions:
① What is Greg’s problem? __________________________________
② What does Helen tell him about the town? ________________________________
2. Practice the conversation with their partner. Then let some pairs to act out the conversation.
VIII Homework:

Section A 2 (Grammar focus-3c)
一、Teaching goals：
1. Language goals：
1) 学习掌握下列词汇：worse, service, pretty, menu, meal, act
2）进一步复习巩固学习Section A 部分所学的生词和词组。
3）对形容词及副词的最高级形式的构成进行总结，掌握其构成规则。
4) 总结用形容词及形容词的最高级形式来描述人物或事物的句型结构。
2. Emotion goals：
了解我们周围中有那些最出色的人或物，知道生活中有很多值得我们去学习的人。周围环境中有很多值得我们去珍惜的事物。
二、Difficult points
1. 教学重点：
掌握和运用形容词和副词的最高级形式来描述人物或事物。
2. 教学难点：
1) 掌握一些特殊形容词或副词的最高级形式。
2) 运用形容词和副词的最高级形式来描述人物或事物。
三、Teaching Process
I. Presentation
New words:
worse service pretty meal act menu
II. Grammar Focus
1. 学生阅读Grammar Focus中的句子，然后做填空练习。
① What’s the ____ _____ ______ (最好的电影院) to go to?
② Town Cinema. It’s the ______ __ _____ (离家最近).
③ And you can buy tickets ____ ______ ________ (最快地) there.
④ Which is ____ _____ (最差的) clothes store in town?
⑤ Dream Clothes. It’s _____ _____ (差一些) Blue Moon.
⑥ It has _____ _______ _______ (最差的服务).
⑦ What do you _______ ____ (认为) 970 AM?
⑧ I think 970 AM is ______ _____ (十分差). It has ____ _____ ______ (最差的音乐).
VI. Try to Find
一、形容词和副词的最高级形式的构成：
1. 学生们观察例词，发现他们的规则，与同学们讨论，并记下来。
2. 最后，由各小组长来说一说他们小组所做的总结。
3. 大屏幕出示形容词和副词的最高级形式的规则，学生们记忆或记在笔记本上。
一般情况下，形容词和副词的最高级的规则变化是在词尾加-est或在其前加most构成，不规则变化则要牢记。
【温馨提示】least也可用来构成最高级，表示“最不……”。如：least expensive, least carefully。
二、形容词的最高级的用法
1. 形容词的最高级前一般要加定冠词the，但如果其前有形容词性物主代词
或名词所有格等修饰语时，则不再用定冠词the。如：
This is the oldest theater in London.
He is my / Tom’s best friend.
2. 形容词的最高级常与介词in或of短语连用，说明比较范围。一般情况下，如果主语与介词短语中的名词属于同一类，用介词of；如果不是同一类，则用介词in。如：
He is the tallest of these boys.
Sam is the youngest in his class.
3. 形容词的最高级前可用序数词，二者共同修饰后面的名词，其结构为“the+序数词 + 形容词的最高级 + 名词”。如：
The Yellow River is the second longest river in China.
4. “one of + the + 形容词的最高级 + 复数名词”，意为“最……之一”。如：
Miss Wang is one of the most popular teachers in our school.
三、副词的最高级的用法
1. 副词的最高级前面可以加定冠词the，也可以省略。如：
The tall boy sang (the) most beautifully.
2. 副词的最高级常与介词in或of短语连用，说明比较范围。一般情况下，如果
主语与介词短语中的名词属于同一类，用介词of；如果不是同一类，则用介词
in。
V. Practice
Work on 3a:
1. Tell Ss to read the sentences in 3a and try to fill in the blanks with correct forms of the words in brackets.
Work on 3b:
1. 让学生们阅读表格中词语，并记忆这些词语的形式。
2. 让学生们思考一下他们居住地周围的一些商店的情况，并填写在表格中。
3. 让学生们就表格中所填写的内容，来发表自己谈论自己居住地周围的情况，并写在表格中。 相互检查一下自己所写的句子，发现并改正错误。
4. 让部分学生读一下自己的句子。大家一起改正句子中的错误。
VI. Group work
1. 让一名学生读表格中的内容。并告诉学生们本学习活动的要求。
2. 学生们与自己的小组成员一起来讨论自己居住地周围的饭店的情况，并将名字及情况填写在表格中。
3. 讨论并比较这些饭店的情况，每个成员发表自己的意见，讨论自己认为是最好的饭店。
4. 选举一名学生来向同学们汇报自己小组的讨论情况。
(最后，可以经学生们评议来推举最有能力的小组）
VII. Exercises
If time is enough, do some more exercises on big screen.
I. 用所给单词的适当形式填空：
1. Lily is ______ (early) than Lucy.
2. Who goes __________ (slowly), Tom or Jim?
3. This book is _______________ (interesting) than that one.
4. She is ____________ (careful) in her school.
5. Who is _________ (late) Jim, Tom or Jack?
6. I think beef noodles is ________________ (delicious) of all.
II. 根据汉语意思完成英语句子，每空一词。
1. 你们班谁最高？
Who is ___ _____ __ your class?
2. 在我们所有人中，李强做得最好。
Li Qiang did ____ __ us all.
3. 它是这本书中最有趣的故事之一。
It’s one of ___ ____ _________ ______ in the book.
4. 这家电影院是北京第二大影院。
This movie theater is ___ ______ _______ movie theater in Beijing.
Homework

Section B 1 1a-2e
一、Teaching goals：
1. Language goals：
1) 能掌握以下单词：creative, performer, talent, common, all kinds of, beautifully, role, winner, prize, everybody, make up, example, for example, poor, seriously, give
2) 能掌握以下句型：
① Who was the best performer？
② All these shoes have one thing in common.
③ That’s up to you to decide.
④ But if you don’t take these shows too seriously, …
⑤ They usually play a role in deciding the winner.
2. Emotion goals：
了解一些选秀节目的实质及目的，正确对待生活中的一些歌星及影星，不要盲目地追风，做追星族。
二、Difficult points
1. 教学重点：
1) 掌握本课时出现的生词及表达方式。
2) 进行听力训练，提高综合听说能力。
3）阅读短文，获得相关信息，提高学生们的综合阅读能力。
2. 教学难点
1). 听力训练
2). 阅读2b部分的短文并完成相关要求。
三、Teaching Process
Ⅰ. Warming- up and revision
1. Daily greeting.
2. 复习形容词和副词最高级形式的构成规则，并完成相关任务。
3. Talk about the clothes stores or restaurants in your neighborhood.
e.g. Blue Moons has the worst clothes. New Fashion has the best quality. Young House has the cheapest clothes. Jenny’s has the best service.
Danny’s is the closest to my home. New Star has the most delicious food. Funky Noodles has the best services. Li Dumplings has the cheapest food.
Jenny is the funniest in class. Grace is the most hard-working. Jane is the most serious. Linda is the thinnest.
Tom jumps the highest. Bob runs the fastest. Nick can play the guitar best.
Peter dances the worst.
Ⅱ. Presentation
New words: creative performer
Ⅲ. Game
1. Work with your partners. You say an adjective and your partner say its opposites in m the chart.
2. Ss work in pairs and see who can do better.
3. Ask Ss to work on 1a: write these words and phrases next to their opposites in the chart.
4. Ask Ss to tell their partners about people they know. Use the words in 1a.
Ⅳ. Listening
Work on 1c:
1. Tell Ss to look at the pictures and the names in 1c. Tell Ss this school had a talent show last weekend. Some Ss and some teachers took part in the talent show. Now listen to the conversation and math the pictures with the performers.
2. Play the recording for the Ss. Ss just listen for the first time. Play the recording again and match the pictures with the performers.
3. Check the answers:
Work on 1d:
1. T: Now please look at the chart in 1d. What do the people say about the performers? You'll listen to the tape again. Then try to fill in the blanks.
2. Ss listen to the recording carefully and try to fill in the blanks.
3. Play the recording again and check the answers with the class.
Ⅴ. Group work
1. Work in groups. Look at the information in 1d and make a conversation with your partner.
2. Make a model for the Ss.
3. Tell Ss to make a conversation about all the performers.
4. Teacher can walk around the classroom, and give some help to the Ss.
Ⅵ. Presentation
1. New words: talent beautifully seriously winner prize everybody give
have … in common all kinds of be up to make up for example
take… seriously
Ⅶ. Reading
Tell Ss talent shows are becoming more popular. Ask them whether they know why the talent shows become famous.
1. Let Ss read the passage quickly and find out “Which three talent shows are mentioned?”
2. Ss read the passage quickly and find the answers to the questions.
3. T: Now let’s work on 2c. First, let’s read the questions and make sure we know the meanings of all the questions. Then read the passage again and find the answers to the questions.
Ss read carefully and try to find the answers to the questions.
Check the answers with the class.
4. T: Read the passage again. This time you should underline all the superlatives in the passage, then write sentences using at least four of them.
Ss find the superlatives in the passage. Try to write their sentences.
Ⅷ.Group work
Work on 2e. Ask Ss to add more talents and write