Unit 1 How Tall Are You?Section A My understanding of this lesson My teaching methods and aids Teaching steps/ procedures Blackboard design About the teaching material A conversation between Ben and his father about the three monkeys. Important for the students to learn the usage of the comparative degree. Teaching aims Knowledge aims: New words: only, tail, younger, funnierNew structures: I think the little monkeys is only 40 cm tall; The yellow monkey is shorter but the little monkey is funnier. Ability aims: Use comparative degree to describe two different things; Read the dialogue correctly and fluently. Emotion aims: To cultivate the students habit of using English through surveying and measuring; To improve the students sense of unity and cooperation. Teaching key/difficult points: Key points: How to make the students understand the text better. Difficult points: to master the structure: “I think the little monkey is only 40 cm tall.” “The yellow monkey is shorter but the little monkey is funnier.” About the students: 1. The students have accumulated a certain amount of adjectives before. 2. They are not so skilled about using the comparative degree. 3. They dont often use English to express themselves and communicate with others. Part 2 Teaching methods and aids Teaching method:Activity type teaching methodTask-based teaching methodListening and speaking teaching method Learning method:Experiencing, practicing, participating communicating Teaching aids: 1. a projector 2. multimedia 3. text recording 4. PPT 5. chalk and blackboard Part3 Teaching stepsRevisionLead-inPreparation for the new lessonListeningTask readingReading by following the tapeRole-play Draw you and your best friendhomework Step 1 RevisionLong- Tall- Short- Small- Strong- Big- Young- Old- Who is stronger? Which is longer? Which is bigger? Who is older?Read the part “Let s talk” in the last lesson together. Purpose: consolidate what they studied yesterday, and prepare for the new lesson. Three Consolidation Exercises Step 2. Lead-in Mike is taller than Lee. Lee is taller than Sue. Sue is taller than Amy. How tall are you? Amy is smaller than Sue. Sue is smaller than Lee. Lee is smaller than Mike. Are you smaller than me?Purpose: To warm up and make the students get into the English atmosphere.Lets chant Step 3. Preparation for the new lesson How tall are the monkeys? How long are their tails?Use the structure “I thinkis about” to present their guessing results. 30cm40cm 40cm50cmPurpose: Practice the double-digit, and master the new structure. Guessing game Step 4. Listening Where does this dialogue take place? What are the colors of the three monkeys? Which monkey does Ben like?Purpose: To make the students get familiar with the teaching material, and practice their listening ability. Close your books and listen carefully to the tape. Step 5. Task readingThere are three monkeys. Two are big, one is small.The yellow monkey is taller than the brown one.The yellow monkey is stronger than the brown one.The little monkey is 38cm tall.The little monkey is younger.The yellow monkey is about 150cm tall.The brown monkeys tail is 40cm tall.Ben is taller than the little monkey.Ben is funnier than the monkey.Purpose: To master and understand the dialogue themselves, and foster the students ability to studyon their own. A: True or falseB: Finish the completions in the textbook Step 6. Reading the dialogue by following the tape Read the dialogue sentence by sentence by following the tape. Remind them paying attention to the pronunciation and intonation. Purpose: to train the students listening and reading ability, especially reading ability. Step 7. Role-play Ask five students to play the role as father, Ben, and the three monkeys. The “three monkeys” should be in different colors clothes and have different height. Purpose: activ the classroom atmosphere and consolidate what the students have learn in the ialogue. Step 8 Draw you and your best friend Students work in pairs, draw himself/ herself and his/her best friend. Then show them to their partners. Using the following structures as examples to present their results: 1. Shes 2 years older than me, and shes taller. 2. She has long hair and big eyes.Purpose: arose the students interest in English and improve the students ability to use English in daily life. Step 9. Homework Write an article about the difference between your bedroom and your parents bedroom by using the comparative degree.Purpose: To improve the ability of their writing. At the same time, train the ability of do-it-yourself and looking up the information by themselves. Part 4. Blackboard designUnit 1 How Tall Are You?New words: only, tail, funnier, happier, younger, New structures: I thinkabout. The yellow monkey is taller but the little monkey is funnier.