I. Teaching objective

By the end of the session， most Ss will be able to: 1) grasp key words: theater， cinema， seat， screen， comfortable， close to， quality. 2) grasp some superlative adjectives: cheapest， biggest， the most comfortable; best， worst. 3) Discuss preferences and make comparisons using the target language. 4) know some speaking strategies. These will be achieved by:

a) Brainstorming about the important qualities of movie theaters and present new words

b) Showing pictures and using information about real movie theaters

c) Listening for information about the qualities of movie theaters.

d) Showing tasks and asking Ss to make a conversation about target language

II. Moral objective

After the study of this period， students will be able to discuss preferences and make comparisons. Furthermore， students can finish the tasks using the target language they learn and take an active part in the English activities.

III. Culture awareness

Students will know the environment and people around them better. Then they can make comments and give their own opinions in right ways by making comparisons.

IV. Learning and teaching focus

1. Key words

2. Listening for information about the movie theaters.

3. Superlative adjectives

4. Talk about movie theaters by using target language.

V. Anticipated difficulties

Some Ss may find it difficult to make comparisons by using target language and use the right forms of superlative degree.

VI. Teaching procedures:

Step 1 Warming up and review

Enjoy a song “The more we get together ， the happier we are.”

T: Do you like the song?

Ss: …

T: Are you happy when you are with your good friend?

Ss: …

T: Are you happier when you are with your best friend?

T: I think you know your best friend better. Can you compare your best friend with you?

S1: My best friend is friendlier than me.

S2:…

Step 2 Presentation and practice

T: Who is the friendliest student in our class?

Help them to say like this: … is the friendliest student in our class. Teach them how to pronounce –est and pay attention to the word the before friendliest. Encourage them to make similar sentences.

S1: … is the tallest in our class.

S2: … is the funniest in our class.

T: I usually go to the movie theater with my best friend. Do you often go to the movie theater?

Ss: …

T: What qualities do you think about when you choose a movie theater?

Present and teach words and phrases: comfortable seats， big screens， friendly service， cheap， new movies， close to home， in a fun part of city， popular.

T: What is important for you in a movie theater?

S1: It is important to have /be …(Help S answer)

Then ask Ss to work in pairs:

A: What is (not) important for you in a movie theater?

B: I think it is (not) important to have /be …

T: I think it’s imortant to have the friendly service.

Then show the Ss three cinemas in Wenzhou they know well: Wanda Cinema， New Times Cinema and New China Cinema.

T: Look at three cinemas. Which one do you think has the friendliest service?

Ss: New Times Cinema has the friendliest service of three. (Help Ss to answer)

Encourage them to describe the movie theaters using superlative degree and pay attention to the usage of is and has.

S1: New China Cinema is the cheapest.

S2: New China Cinema is the most popular.…

T: A: What’s the best movie theater?

S: Wanda Cinema. It has the biggest screens.

T: But I think New China Cinema is the cheapest. Let’s make a conversation like this:

A: What’s the best movie theater?

B: …. It is/has ….

A: But I think ….

Step 4 Listening and imitating

(1)T: Three kids decide to go to a movie. They are discussing which movie theater to go to. Listen and circle the movie theaters they are talking about.

Town Cinema B Showtime Cinema C Movie Palace D Screen City

Then check the answers.

(2) Listen again. Match the statements with the movie theaters and write in the names of the theaters. (1b).

Then check the answers.

(3) Repeating and acting

T: Let’s listen and repeat. Try to imitate their pronunciation and intonation.

Play the recording again and let students imitate the pronunciation and intonation， especially the rising and falling tones. Pause and emphasize on some of the sentences.

Ss: (Repeat after the recording. And try to mark some special tones.)

Then， students work in groups， practice reading the dialogue and try to act it out. Teacher walks around to offer help and check if Ss read with the proper pronunciation and intonation.

After that， ask students to act it out in class. Other students are to be the guide to see which group act best. They can judge from: pronunciation， intonation， voice， influence， cooperation， gesture and feeling.

Step 5 Groupwork

T: After enjoying a wonderful movie， you want to have dinner together. Where do you decide to go for dinner， for example， Wenzhou Noodle House， KFC or Shedefang Restaurant? Why? Discuss in group of four.

S1: I think Wenzhou Noodle House is the best， because it is the cheapest.

S2: But I think the best one is KFC. The food there is the most delicious.

S3: I agree with …

S4: I think so. Let’s go to …

Then one of you reports the result to the whole class.

We decide to go to …It has the most comfortable seats and…. For us， it is the most important to have comfortable seats and…

Step 6 Summarizing

Go through the rules of superlative degree and the the sentence patterns on the blackboard， and help students get a summary of what they have learnt today.

Step 7 Homework

1.跟著錄音朗讀1b并背誦以及完成本課時相關(guān)練習(xí)。（全班做）

2.用形容詞最高級比較班里的同學(xué)，并將句子記錄下來。（全班做）

3.上網(wǎng)查詢有關(guān)溫州百貨商店、電臺等信息，下節(jié)課用英語向全班口頭進(jìn)行比較。（使用盡可能多的句子）（A）

4.說說你身邊的人、事或物。（B）