初中英语外研版 (新标准)八年级上册Unit 3 Language in use .教案

这是一份初中英语外研版 (新标准)八年级上册Unit 3 Language in use .教案，共5页。
教学设计
Teaching aims:
1. Functin: Describing and cmparing mdes f transprtatin.
2. Structure: Superlative adjectives and adverbs (-est, mst); irregular superlatives.
3. Arund the wrld: The lngest railway
4. Task: Making a hliday plan fr a family trip t a city in China.
Teaching imprtant and difficult pints:
Tape recrder, OHP, handuts
Teaching Steps:
Step 1 Revisin.
Hw d yu ften travel?
Step 2 Language practice.
1. Read thrugh the example sentences in the bx with the whle class.
1) It’s the mst cmfrtable way, but it’s the mst expensive.
2) He lives farthest frm schl.
3) It is the fastest and the secnd cheapest.
4) The mre infrmatin, the better.
2. Ask the students t repeat the sentences in the bx.
Step 3 Cmplete the sentences.
1. Ask the students t read thrugh the sentences in Activity 1.
1) This bus takes the _________ (lng) time because it is the _________ (slw).
2) The new train travels _________ (fast) f all the trains in the wrld.
3) The _________ (cheap) way t get there is by cach.
4) I am in a hurry. What’s the _________ (fast) way t get there?
5) The fastest way t travel is by plane, but usually it is als the _________ (expensive).
2. Cmplete the sentence with the crrect frm f the wrds in brackets.
3. Check the answers.
Keys: 1) lngest slwest 2) fastest 3) cheapest 4) fastest 5) mst expensive
Step 4 Cmplete the cnversatin.
1. Ask the students t read thrugh the sentences in Activity 2.
a) By plane, but yu have t g t the airprt by taxi and that takes time t.
b) The cheapest way is ging by cach, but it is nt very cmfrtable.
c) The mst cmfrtable way is ging by train, but it takes mre time than ging by plane.
d) There are three ways: by plane, by train and by cach.
2. Cmplete the cnversatin with the sentences in the bx.
3. Check the answers.
Keys: d a b c
4. Read the cnversatin tgether.
Step 5 Cmplete the cnversatin.
1. Ask the students t read thrugh the wrds in the bx in Activity 3.
2. Read thrugh the cnversatin in Activity 3.
A: What’s the (1) __________ way t g t Qingda?
B: We can take a plane, but that’s (2) __________. We can als take the train. It’s (3) __________, but it’s nt s expensive. The cach is the (4) __________ way t g, and it takes the (5) __________ time.
A: S hw shuld we g?
B: I think the best way is by train because the train statin is the (6) __________ t ur hme.
3. Cmplete the cnversatin with the crrect frm f the wrds in the bx.
4. Check the answers.
Keys: (1) best (2) the mst expensive (3) the slwer (4) cheapest
(5) mst (6) clsest
6. Read the cnversatin tgether.
Step 6 Cmplete the wrd map.
1. Learning t learn
Remember that putting wrds in grups (fr example, bus, train, plane, taxi) makes them easier t learn. Make sure yu give yur grups a title (fr example, Ways f travelling). Remember als that it’s useful t learn expressins as well as the wrds (fr example, take a bus / plane / taxi, bus stp / train statin).
2. Cmplete the wrd map in Activity 4.
Step 7 Wrk in pairs.
Chse a place yu wuld like t visit. Ask and answer the questins abut the ways by which yu can get there.
1. What’s the cheapest way t get there?
2. What’s the mst expensive way t get there?
3. What’s the fastest way t get there?
4. What’s the mst cmfrtable way t get there?
5. What’s the safest way t get there?
Step 8 Cmplete the email.
1. Ask the students t read thrugh the wrds in the bx in Activity 6.
2. Read thrugh the email in Activity 6.
FROM: Sally
TO: Tny
SUBJECT: Jurney t China
Hi Tny,
My family is planning a jurney t China in the summer. We want t visit Beijing first. D yu think we shuld (1) _________ the plane tickets early? After Beijing we want t visit Xi’an and Hangzhu, and maybe smewhere else. Hw can we (2) _________ frm Beijing t Xi’an, by train r by plane? The (3) _________ is nt s imprtant, but the time is.
After Xi’an, we want t g t Hangzhu. Is it better t g t Shanghai first, r can we g frm Xi’an t Hangzhu directly?
And after Hangzhu what’s the best (4) __________? Can we make a shrt (5) __________ t Suzhu? What d yu think?
Thanks fr yur help.
Sally
3. Cmplete the email with the wrds in the bx.
4. Check the answers.
Keys: (1) bk (2) travel (3) cst (4) chice (5) trip
5. Read tgether.
Step 9 Listening practice.
1. Ask the students t read thrugh the infrmatin in Activity 7 individually.
2. Play the tape.
3. Listen and match the cities with the infrmatin.
4. Ask the students t check with a partner.
5. Check the answers.
Step 10 Listening practice.
1. Ask the students t read thrugh the questins in Activity 8 individually.
1) Which city has the largest ppulatin?
2) Which cities have the ldest universities in the wrld?
3) Which city is the nearest t Lndn?
4) What are the ppular places fr sightseeing in Lndn?
2. Play the tape.
3. Listen again and answer the questins.
4. Check the answers.
Step 11 Arund the wrld: The lngest railway.
1. Ask the students t lk at the picture and discuss what they can see.
2. Read thrugh the infrmatin with the whle class.
The Trans-Siberian Railway is the lngest railway in the wrld. Yu can g frm Mscw, the capital f Russia, t Vladivstk n the east cast. It is nt the fastest way t travel frm Mscw t Vladivstk, but it is the mst interesting and als the mst cmfrtable way.
3. Talk smething abut “The lngest railway”.
Step 12 Mdule task: Make a hliday plan fr a family trip t a city in China.
1. Wrk in grups. Make a hliday plan fr a family trip t a city in China.
• Find a map f China. Chse a city t visit and decide n the best way t get there.
• Make a list f things t d there.
• Present yur plan t the class and make ntes abut ther grups’ plans.
2. Wrk in grups. Chse the best plan.
• Use yur ntes t cmpare the different plans and decide which ne is best.
I think the trip t Shanghai by train is better because the jurney is shrter and there are a lt f interesting places t visit in Shanghai.
Step 13 Hmewrk
1. Write a hliday plan fr a family trip.
2. Master the new wrds and useful expressin in Mdule 4.
cheap clse expensive gd much slw
bk chice cst travel trip
1 Lndn
2 Birmingham
3 Oxfrd
4 Cambridge
a) the city with abut fur millin peple
b) a small beautiful city
c) the mst expensive city
d) the mst interesting city
e) the biggest city