8AUnit1GrammarⅠTeachingobjectives1.Touseanadjectivebeforeanounorafteralinkingverbtodescribesomeone/something2.Tousecomparativesandsuperlativestocomparepeople/things.TeachingproceduresGrammarAStep1Lead-in1.Reviewsomeusefuladjectivesbyaskingstudentstodescribeagirl’sappearancewithadjectives.Thenreadthedescriptiontogetherwiththeclass.2.Tellthestudentsthatthislessonwe’llgoontolearndescribingsomeoneorsomethingwithadjectives.Askthemiftheyknowhowtodescribesomeoneorsomethingwithadjectives.ThenstarttolearnGrammarA..Step2LearningforuseShowapictureofalovelygirl.Tellthestudentsthegirlislovelyandencouragethemtothinkofanotherwaytoexpressthesamemeaning:Sheisalovelygirl.Thenshowsomeotherpicturesandhelpstudentstoputanadjectivebeforeanounorafteralinkingverbtocompletethesentences.Step3Ruleout1.Asktheclasstoreadthesamplesentencescarefullyandtrytofindoutwhereweshouldputanadjectiveinasentencewhenweusethemtodescribethings.Theteachercandividethesentencesintotwogroupstohelpthem.2.Workouttheruletogetherwiththestudents.Tellthemthatweuseadjectivestodescribesomeoneorsomething.Wecanputanadjectivebeforeanounorafteralinkingverbsuchastheverb‘be’.Step3Practice1.Askthestudentstodosomepractice!1.‘Heisastrongman.’means‘Themanisstrong.’2.‘Tom’shairislong.’means‘Tomhaslonghair.’3.‘Hehassmalleyes.’means‘Hiseyesaresmall.’4.‘Thisbookisinteresting.’means‘Thisisaninterestingbook.’2.Askthestudentstoopentheirbooksatpage12andhelpDanielrearrangethewordstoformcompletesentences.Thencheckanswerswiththewholeclass.T&Ss:Milliehasshorthair./Sandywearsroundglasses./Amyisfunnyandcheerful./Milliedoesnotlikelonghair./Sandyistallandhaslonghair.Step5Ruleout1.Gothroughtherulesaboutadjectivesagain.Theninvitestudentstothinkofmorelinkingverbs.2.Showsomelinkingverbsthatweoftenusetothestudentsandaskthemtoreadtogether:be,become,feel,get,grow,keep,look,seem,smell,sound,taste,turn.Step6PracticeAskstudentstomakesentencesusingtheselinkingverbswithadjectives.Theteachercanoffersomeadjectives.Thestudentscanchoosesomeoftheselinkingverbstomakesentenceswiththem.Ofcourse,theycanmakesentenceswithotheradjectivesiftheylike.GrammarBStep1Lead-inUsepicturesoftwogirlstoelicitexampleswithcomparativeforms.LindaistallerthanNancyis.NancyisshorterthanLindais.Thenaskstudentstoguessthemeaning.Step2Learningforuse1.Showpicturesoftwobagsandcomparetheirprice.S:Thegreenbagis50yuan.Thepinkoneis100yuan.Tellthestudents‘Thegreenbagischeaperthanthepinkone.’or‘Thepinkbagismoreexpensivethanthegreenone.’2.Askthestudentstolookatthesentencesagainandreadthemtogether.LindaistallerthanNancyis./NancyisshorterthanLindais.Thegreenbagischeaperthanthepinkone./Thepinkbagismoreexpensivethanthegreenone.Step3Ruleout1.Askthestudentstolookatthesesentencescarefullyandtrytofindoutsomerulesofcomparativesthroughthem.Theycantalkaboutthiswiththeirpartners.2.Trytoelicittherulefromstudents,e.g.,weusecomparativestocomparetwopeopleorthings.Weusuallyadd‘-er’toshortadjectivesanduse‘more’forlongadjectives.Thenweadd‘than’afterthecomparatives.3.Askstudentstocompletethetwomodelsentencesusingcomparatives.SheisshorterthanIam./Mybookismoreinterestingthanhisbook.4.Askstudentsiftheyknowwhatisashortadjectiveandwhatisalongadjective.AskthemtoreadPartBonPage12andtrytofindtheanswer.5.Explainthatshortadjectivesareadjectivesofoneortwosyllablessuchas‘clean’and‘heavy’.Longadjectivesar...
