Unit1《Friends》教案2（牛津译林八年级上）.docVIP

Unit 1 Friends Grammar Objectives 1. To use an adjective before a noun or after a linking verb to describe someone/ something 2. To use comparatives to compare two people/ things 3. To use superlatives to compare three or more people/ things 4. To compare two people/ things using ‘(not) as’+ adjective+ ‘as’ Background information This section further develops the use of adjectives already introduced in the reading and vocabulary sections. The story moves on from describing best friends for a magazine competition to describing classmates at Beijing Sunshine Secondary School. Daniel wants to write to his e-friends about his classmates. We already know some students’ features from earlier passages but we will learn more about their physical appearance and abilities in this section. Most adjectives are familiar so that students are able to focus on using them accurately in sentences. The use of ‘(not) as’+ adjective+ ‘as’ is introduced in the context of a survey about outdoor activities. Part A Teaching procedures 1. Tell students that we use adjectives to describe people and things. Explain that we can put an adjective before a noun or after a linking verb. Read the examples on the page and invite students to think of more examples. Prompt students by giving an example with an adjective, e.g., placed before a noun, and ask students to put the adjective, e.g., after a linking verb and make another sentence. 2. For weaker classes, read the linking verbs in the tip box and check understanding. For stronger lasses, elicit the verbs. 3. For less able students, go through the words in Part A to check understanding. Ask students to rearrange the words on their own. Then invite several students to read out their complete sentences to check the answers. 4. Give less able students some extra words to rearrange and form complete sentences. You can use the additional items on the page. For stronger classes, divide the students onto pairs and ask each student to think of some jumbl