Unit1FriendsPERIOD5:GRAMMARITeachingObjectives●Tolearntouseanadjectivebeforeanounorafteralinkingverbtodescribesomeoneorsomething●Tohelpstudentsunderstandthestructure“linkingverb+adjective”●Tousecomparativestocomparetwopeopleorthings●Tousesuperlativestocomparethreeormorepeopleorthings●Togetstudentsfocusonhowtoformcomparativesandsuperlativeswithadjectives●TohelpstudentstohavesomegeneralideasaboutwhentousecomparativesandwhentousesuperlativesTeachingProceduresSTEP1HavingarevisionAsarevision,getstudentstotalkabouttheappearanceoftheirclassmates.Andspeciallypayattentiontothesentencepatterns.Whenstudentscometosentencelike‘Hehasasquareface’,writethesentenceontheblackboardandgetanotherstudenttosaythissentenceinanotherway.Thereforetherearemaybeacolumnofsentencesontheblackboard.Samhasasquareface.Judehaslongandblackhair.Sam’sfaceissquare.Jude’shairislongandblack.Jimmyisatallboy.Sandyisaprettygirl.Jimmyistall.Sandyispretty.Getyourstudentstoreadandcomparethesesentences.Theconclusion:Wecanuseadjectivestodescribesomeoneorsomething.Wecanputandadjectivebeforeanounorafteralinkingverb.GetthestudentstotalkaboutthesamplesentencesinPartAtocheckifwemaketherightconclusion.STEP2BeingfollowedbyadjectivesUsually,verbsarefollowedbyadverbs.Buttheycanbefollowedbyadjectives.Why?Becausetheyaredifferentkindofverbs.Ifaverbcanbefollowedbyanadjective,thenwecanmakeaconclusionthattheverbisa‘linkingverb’.Getthestudentstothinkofmoreexamples.Whenyougrowolder,youmayunderstandthis.Springishere.Treesturngreen.Thedumplingssmellnice.Hedoesexercisestokeephealthy.Afteralongwalk,Ifelttired.Theflowersinthegardenlookbeautiful.(Theverb‘look’canbeusedinotherstructures,‘Helookedatmeangrily.’Inthisexample,‘look’isnotusedasalinkingverb,soitismodifiednotbyanadjectivebutbyanadverb‘angrily’.Thestructureisdifferentfrom‘Helookedangry’)Yourwhitecoatgetsdirty.Heseemshappytoday.STEP3TalkingaboutthepicturesShowtwopicturestothestudentsandgetoneortwostudentstotalkaboutthepictures.Jimistall.Samistall,too.(Let’scompare.Whoistaller?)Samistaller.Showonemorepicture.Getthestudentstocomparethethreepictures.Theymayeasilycomeoutwiththefollowingsentence,‘Samisthetallest.’(Imayusemorepairsofpictureslikethistotalkaboutit.)Tellthestudentsthatweusecomparativestocomparetwopeopleorthings.Whenwecomparethreeormorepeopleorthings,weusesuperlatives.STEP4FormingcomparativesandsuperlativesAskthestudents,doyouknowhowtoformcomparativesandsuperlatives.Mostshortadjectives+-er/-estcold,kind,roundsmartShortadjectivesendingine+-r/-stnice,fine,braveShortadjectivesendinginaconsonant+y-y+-ier/-iestfunny,lazy,pretty,easy,earlyShortadjectivesendinginavowel+aconsonantslim,big,hot,fat,thin‘+more/most’beforelongadjectivesimportant,helpful,polite,interesting,carefulReplacetheirregularadjectiveswithnewwordsgood/well,better,bestbad/ill/badly,worse,worstlittle,less,leastmuch/many,more,mostold,elder/older,eldest/eldestfar,farther/further,farthest/furthestGetthestudentstofinishPartB1onpage9.STEP5FinishingPartB2onpage10GetthestudentstofinishPartB2onpage10.Remindthestudentsthatthestructureslike‘ofthethree,ofall,in+anoun’usuallygowithsuperlatives.Whiletheword‘than’isusuallyusedwithcomparatives.Itisalsoimportanttotellthestudentstoadda‘the’beforesuperlatives.Ifnecessary,Ithinktheteachersshouldgivesomeexamplestoshowthestudentshowtoreadandunderstandthestructures.Thenusequestionstohelpthem.STEP6SummaryComparetwopeopleandthings:Ais_____________B.(tall)Ais_____________B.(slim)Ais_____________B.(heavy)Thispencilcaseis__________thatone.(nice)Englishis__________________Maths.(interesting).Ais___________BatEnglish.(good)Comparethreeormorethings:Samis________ofthethree.(tall)Thebagis___________ofall.(heavy)Thegirlis_____________inourclass.(thin)TheweatherinKunmingis____________inChina.(fine)LiYuchuanis_____________________supergirlofthethree.(wonderful)Weusuallyadd“-er”toshortadjectivesandusemoreforlongadjectives.Weadd“than”afterthecomparatives.STEP7AdditionalexercisesJimisvery__________.Tomismuch___________thanJim.Tomis_________ofthethree.(tall)Whois_________,DanielorMillie?(thin)LiLeiis__________thanLiXinandWangFei.Heis______________inhisclass.(early)Thisstoryis____________thanthatone.(interesting)Thisfirstgirlisquite_________.Thesecondoneis__________thanthefirstone.Butthethirdoneis________________ofall.(pretty)STEP8HomeworkReviewwhatwehavelearnt.FinishofftheexercisesintheEvaluationHandbookandLearningEnglish.•COMPARATIVE•than•much可用来修饰比较级•SUPERLATIVE•In+范围、项目
