Unit 3 I’m more outgoing than my sister.
Period 1 (Section A 1a-2d)
Teaching Aims:
1. Words:outgoing,better, loudly, quietly, hard-working, competition, fantastic, which, clearly, win, though
Language objects:
That’s Tara, isn’t it?
Sam has longer hair than Tom .
Both Sam and Tom can play the drums, but Sam plays them better than Tom.
Tara works as hard as Tina.
2. Ability objects:
To talk about personal traits and compare people; to improve Ss’ speaking,
listening and writing skills.
To grasp the structure of comparatives, . comparatives with –(i)er and more, both and as...as...; to grasp the structure: A+谓语+比较级（adj./adv.）+than+B, A+谓语+as+原级（adj./adv.）+as+B.
To recycle vocabulary about description
3. Moral objects:To find strengths of somebody else, to explore the beauty of the world.
Teaching important and difficult points:
1. To talk about personal traits ; to grasp how to compare people.
2. To use target language: A+谓语+比较级（adj./adv.）+than+B, A+谓语+as+原级（adj./adv.）+as+B, comparatives with –(i)er and more.
3. To improve the students’ listening, speaking and writing skills; to develop their communicative competence.
Teaching Procedures:
Step 1 Leading-in.
To show some pictures to recycle adj. based on some types, and learn some new words.
Step 2 1a
1. Learn new words:outgoing,better loudly quietly which competition fantastic hard-working clearly win funny friendly smart lazy
2 . Look at the picture in 1a and make a list of the adjectives. Purpose: to make the students recall some adjectives they have learned before;
3. To make the students compare two persons or two things with the above adjectives and adverbs; to summarize the pattern of comparative degree.
“A+谓语+比较级（adj./adv.）+than+B”
4. To show the map of Anhui Province to guide the students to compare Fuyang and Wuhu in size, climate, slight spots and so on.
Purpose: to practice comparatives; to show the structure of “A+谓语+as+原级（adj./adv.）+as+B” and complete emotional aims.
Step and write .
1b Listen again for the students to listen and fill in the chart. Check the answers with the class
Step 3 Practice.
1c. Pair work: Compare two persons.
Purpose: to make the students practice the patterns of comparative degree.
Step 4. Listening
1. 2a Listen and change the adjectives into comparatives by -er/-ier/or more.
2. 2b Listen again. Match the activities with how often Cheng Tao does them.
Step 5. Pair work:
2c Fill in the chart first and then make conversations in pairs. Step 6. Role-play the conversations
