外研版英语(新标准)八年级上册Module 4 Planes, ships and trains Unit 3 教案

1 Unit 3 Language in use

ⅠTeaching model

Revision and application

ⅡTeaching method

Formal and interactive practice

Ⅲ Teaching aims

1. Function: Describing and comparing modes of transportation.

2. Structure: Superlative adjectives and adverbs (-est, most); irregular

superlatives.

3. Around the world: The longest railway

4. Task: Making a holiday plan for a family trip to a city in China.

ⅣTeaching aids

Tape recorder, OHP, handouts

ⅤTeaching Steps

Step 1 Revision

How do you often travel?

Step 2 Language practice

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

1) It’s the most comfortable way, but it’s the most expensive.

2) He lives farthest from school.

3) It is the fastest and the second cheapest.

4) The more information, the better. 2 2. Ask the students to repeat the sentences in the box.

Step 3 Complete the sentences.

1. Ask the students to read through the sentences in Activity 1.

1) This bus takes the _________ (long) and goes the _________ (slow).

2) The new train travels _________ (fast) of all the trains in the world.

3) The _________ (cheap) way to get there is by coach.

4) I am in a hurry. What’s the _________ (fast) way?

5) The fastest way to travel is by plane, but it is also the _________

(expensive).

2. Complete the sentence with the correct form of the words in brackets.

3. Check the answers.

Keys: 1. longest slowest 2. fastest 3. cheapest 4. fastest 5. most

expensive

Step 4 Complete the conversation.

1. Ask the students to read through the sentences in Activity 2.

a) By plane, but you have to go to the airport by taxi and that takes time too.

b) The cheapest way is going by train,

c) The most comfortable way is going by train, but it takes more time, than

going by plane.

d) There are three ways: by plane, by train and by coach.

2. Complete the conversation with the sentences in the box.

3. Check the answers. 3 Keys: 1. d 2. a 3. b 4. c

5. Read the conversation together.

Step 5 Complete the conversation.

1. Ask the students to read through the words in the box in Activity 3.

cheap close expensive good much

slow

2. Read through the conversation in Activity 3.

A: What’s the (1) __________ way to go to Qingdao?

B: We can take a plane but that’s (2) __________. We can also take the train.

It’s (3) __________, but it’s not so expensive.

B: The coach is the (4) __________ way to go and it takes (5) __________

time.

A: So how should we go?

B: I think the best way is by train because the train station is the (6)

__________ to our home.

3. Complete the conversation with the correct form of the words in the box.

4. Check the answers.

Keys: 1. best 2. the most expensive 3. the slowest 4. cheapest

5. the most 6. the closest

6. Read the conversation together.

Step 6 Complete the word map.

1. Learning to learn 4 Remember that putting words in groups (for example, bus, train, plane, taxi)

makes them easier to learn. Make sure you give your groups a title (for

example, Ways of travelling). Remember also that it’s useful to learn

expressions as well as the words (for example, take a bus / plane / taxi, bus

stop / train station).

2. Complete the word map in Activity 4.

Step 7 Work in pairs.

Choose a place you would like to visit. Ask and answer the questions about the

ways by which you can get there.

1. What’s the cheapest way to get there?

2. What’s the most expensive way to get there?

3. What’s the fastest way to get there?

4. What’s the most comfortable way to get there?

5. What’s the safest way to get there?

Step 8 Complete the email.

1. Ask the students to read through the words in the box in Activity 6.

book choice cost travel

trip

2. Read through the email in Activity 6.

FROM: Sally

TO: Tony

SUBJECT: Journey to China 5 Hi Tony,

My family is planning a journey to China in the summer. We want to visit

Beijing first. Do you think we should (1) _________ the plane tickets early?

After Beijing we want to visit Xi’an and Hangzhou, and maybe somewhere else.

How can we (2) _________ from Beijing to Xi’an, by train or by plane? The (3)

_________ is not so important, but the time is.

After Xi’an, we want to go to Hangzhou. Is it better to go to Shanghai first, or

can we go from Xi’an to Hangzhou directly?

And after Hangzhou what’s the best (4) __________? Can we make a short (5)

__________ to Suzhou? What do you think?

Thanks for your help.

Sally

3. Complete the email with the words in the box.

4. Check the answers.

Keys: 1.book 2. travel 3. cost 4. choice 5. trip

5. Read together.

Step 9 Listening practice.

1. Ask the students to read through the information in Activity 7 individually.