教学基本信息
学科	英语		学段	初中	年级		八年级
单元	Unit 4		课题	What’s the best movie theater?	总课时数		6
课时	Section B (3a-Self Check)		课型	写作课	授课时间
教学目标及教学重点、难点
教学目标： At the end of the class, the students will be able to： 1. learn to talk about the best places/ things in your town. 2. learn to write a passage about the best places/ things in your town. 3. use the superlatives of adjectives and adverbs correctly.
教学重点： 1.Key vocabulary: crowded. the best place to do, see the street performer, the most popular city, the cheapest tickets, the most comfortable seats. 2. Key sentences: a. Greenwood Park is the best place to go to on weekends. b. The park is the most crowded place on weekends because almost everyone goes there to see the street performers. c. Because it is the most beautiful school in my town. d.Beijing is the most popular city for visitors.
教学难点： Write a passage about the best places/ things in your town.
教学过程(表格描述)
教学环节		主要教学活动				设置意图
Step 1 Lead-in ( PPT 3-9)		1. Ask Ss to translate the phrases and then make sentences. 2. Show some pictures to Ss to learn the comparatives and superlatives of the words. 3. Read them. Lead in 3a.				复习本单元所学的重点短语和结构以及形容词和副词的最高级，为本节课的写作提供话题素材。
Step 2 Presentation (PPT 10-11)		Work on 3a. 1.Ask Ss to look at the words in the box and think of their superlative forms. 2. Ask Ss to read the article about Greenwood Park and then fill in the blanks with the correct superlative forms of the adjectives and adverbs in the box. 3. Check answers in class. 4. Read 3a and pay attention to the superlative of the words.				完成3a的课文。用所给形容词或者副词的最高级完成这篇文章。
Step 3 Writing (PPT 12-18)		Work on 3b,3c. 1.Ask Ss to fill in the blanks according to their town. Think about some of the best places/things in your town. Why are they the best? 2. Choose one student to say his or her answers. Begin like this: The best middle school in my town is No.1 Middle School. Because it is the most beautiful school in my town. 3. Ask Ss to write about their town and the best places/things there. 4. Look at the mind map and use the guide to write it. 5.Show one of the good passages to other Ss. 6.Analyze the good sentences and correct the errors.				学生回答3b所给的问题，根据这些内容以及写作导图写一篇短文，重点描述城镇最好的地方以及原因。学生完成短文后，找出一两篇范文展示并讲评。
Step 4 Practice (PPT 19-20)		Work on 4. 1.Make Ss discuss the towns/cities in China with a partner. Then tell the class which town/city they think is the best. 2. Make conversations and practice the superlatives.				讨论中国城市/城镇之最，练习用最高级表达自己的观点并给出理由。
Step 5 Self Check (PPT 21-25)		Ask Ss to read the words in the box and say their superlative forms. Make Ss fill in the blanks on their own. Call some Ss to read the sentences. Ask Ss to read the information. Then correct the mistakes in the sentences below. Check answers in class.				完成Self Check的习题, 练习语法和语篇。
Step 6 Exercises (PPT 26-27)		Practice the language points and the grammar.				通过单选和完成句子等形式练习所学的语言点和语法。
Step 7 Homework (PPT 28)		1.Review the unit and prepare for a test. 2.Write a short passage about your survey of supermarkets in your city.				本节课的作业主要写一篇关于超市的调查报告。以此来练习写作本单元的主要话题。
板书设计		Unit 4 What’s the best movie theater? Section B(3a-Self Check)
教学反思		1. 围绕本单元的话题写作时，尽量用上本单元所学的语法和基本句型。比如本单元就可以用最高级形式表达每个场所的不同特征。 2. 要求学生熟练运用形容词和副词的最高级，特别是不规则形容词和副词的最高级。