初中英语外研版 (新标准)九年级下册Module 3 Life now and thenUnit 3 Language in use.教案

Module 3 Life now and then

Unit 3 Language in use

教学目标

【知识与技能】

掌握本课句型：1) People are wer today, and they live longer than they did in the past.

2) But people don’t take as much exercise as they used to.

3) More people have cars, and they walk or use their bikes less.

4) We eat better and we live longer.

【过程与方法】

Revision and application

教学重难点

【教学重点】

To summarize anolidate comparative degree and superlative degree

【教学难点】

To summarize anolidate comparative degree and superlative degree

教学准备

图片、录音机、多媒体等

教学过程

Step 1 Revision

Show some picto say what life was like in the early 1980s and what life is like today.

Step 2 Sentences presentation

1. Read thrhe example sentences in the box with the whole class.

1) People althier today, and they live longer than they did in the past.

2) But people don’t take as much exercise as they used to.

3) More people have cars, and they walk or use their bikes less.

4) We eat better and we live longer.

2. Ask the students to repeat the sentences in the box.

Step 3 Language practice

1. Complete tsage with the correct form of the words in brackets.

For many pelife is a lot (1) _________ (easy) today. Medicine and diet are improving, and people are getting (2) _________ (healthy) and living (3) _________ (long). But communication is changing (4) _________ (fast) of all. Today, with the Internet, people can communicate (5) _________ (easily) than ever before with friends all over the world.

Not all the s are (6) _________ (good) ones. More people drive cars instead of riding bikes, so they are not as (7) _________ (fit) as they were. Increasing traffic makes the roads (8) _________ (crowded) than ever, and it also makes pollution (9) _________ (bad). We must all work harder to reduce pollution.

2. Look at the two pictures and talk about how the town has changed.

Use the words in the box to help you.

3. Complete the sentences with the words or expressions in the box.

Ask thents to read the words and expressions in the box in Activity 3.

Ask the students to read through the sentences in Activity 3.

1) We _________ have time to go on holiday.

2) We do no much _________ time because we have important exams this year.

3) Never go out in the _________ of the day without a hat.

4) You to __________ because the students in the back cannot hear you.

5) Mr Smith is __________ a teacher. Most of his punish think of him as their friend.

 Complete the sentences with the words or expressions in the box.

Ask the students to check with a partner.

Check the answers.

Step 4 Reading

1. Read thl and find three examples that show life was harder in the past than it is today.

2. Read the email again. Find sentences that tell us:

1) There was not enough living space for people.

2) Most of the big cities were dirty and unhealthy.

3) Life was harder for children in those times.

3. Write examples.

1) People ln very small houses, very close to each other, with no space for children to play.

2) _____________________________________________________________.

3) _______________________________________________________________.

Ask the students to check with a partner.

Check the answers.

Step 5 Listening

1. Listen and complete he table.

2. Let ten again, and write a passage comparing the lives of the speaker’s grandmother and mother in Activity 6.

Step 6 Around the world: Cars

1. Ask thents to look at the picture and discuss what they can see.

2. Read through the information with the whole class.

3. Fill in the blanks.

1) The modern car has changed life a _________ deal.

2) Using horses avel was________, and of course walking was even ________.

3) Cars allole to travel long distances________, in comfort and________.

4) It was almost ___________ to get rid for the manure of the horses.

5) The may cause_________, but the first cars actually made cities_________.

4. Ask the students to check with a partner.

5. Check the answers:

6. Read the passage together.

Step 7 Module task: Organizing a debate.

1. Work in groups. Read the motion of the debate.

Health is more important than wealth.

2. Nowe who is for the motion and who is against it. You can use some of the following ideas:

For :

Without health, wealth means nothing.

You can enjoy life better if you are healthy.

Against:

It is hard to be healthy without wealth.

You can enjoy life better if you are wealthy.

3. Prepare your arguments. Give examples to support your ideas.

4. Hold the debate.

Those for the motion give their opinions.

Those against the motion give their opinion.

Take turns to say what you think about each other’s arguments.

5. Discuss ad out whether most people are for or against the motion.

课堂作业

Write a passage the changes in your hometown, using the comparative and superlatives of adjectives and adverbs we have learnt.

教学反思