How Tall Are You?
一、单元教学内容
话题：figure
功能：能够运用目标语进行身体或事物高矮、大小、重轻、长短进行描述和问答。
语言结构：
1．句型：How tall are you / is he / she?    I’m / He / She is 160 cm tall.
        How heavy are you / is he /she?  I’m / He / She is 40 kg.
        How long / How big / How large is … ?
        I wear size 16.
        He/She is / are taller / heavier / bigger … than…
2、词汇：taller、stronger、older、younger、shorter、heavier、thinner、longer、bigger、smaller、meter、height、weight、length、size
二、单元教学目标
a)知识目标
i.能听、说、读A、B部分中的会话。
ii.能听、说、读、写A、B部分Let’s learn、Let’s talk中的四会单词和重点句型。
iii.能理解Let’s read中的内容，并能做相应的问答。
iv.能够运用计量单位：kg 和cm
v.了解Good to know和story time中的内容。唐嫣胡歌
vi.能够认读音标[ei],[ai],[], 并能拼读由以上音素组成的音节和单词。
b)能力目标
i.能够相互问答身高、体重、大小、长短，如How tall are you? I’m …怎么申请博客cm tall. How heavy are you? I’m … kg .
ii.能通过比较词进行事物或身体的比较或描述，如… is taller than ….
iii.能听懂会唱歌曲 《 My Pets 》。
iv.能根据所给数据，对两样事物进行比较。
c)情感、策略、文化目标
i.培养学生在观察和测量中联系英语的习惯。
ii.了解计量单位的完整和缩写的写法及换算方法。
三、单元重难点
a)本单元的教学重点是让学生在联系日常生活的对话中运用比较级。
b)本单元的教学难点a. 各类比较级词汇及相应问题的掌握。
b. 比较级不规则变化和写法的掌握。
四、    单元教学课时安排建议：六课时
第一课时：Part A Let’s start  /  Let’s learn /  Let’s play
第二课时：Part A Let’s try  /  Let’s talk  /  Let’s chant  /  Group work
第三课时：Part A Let’s read  &  Part C Pronunciation  /  Let’s sing
第四课时：Part B Let’s learn  /  Let’s play  &  Part C Task time
第五课时：Part B Let’s try  /  Let’s talk  /  Pair work  & Part C Good to know
第六课时：Part B Let’s read  &  Part C Story ti
第一课时
（ Part A  Let ’ s learn / Let ’ s play / Let ’ s start /Let’s sing ）
教学目标：
（一）知识目标：
1、使学生能听、说、读、写有关比较级的单词older、younger 、shorter、taller 、stronger。
2、知道than是比较的意思，than前面要用形容词比较级(v-er)。
3、了解cm、kg分别表示长度和重量单位，并知道它们的读音，会回答句型：How tall are you?  How heavy are you?
（二）能力目标：
1、使学生初步掌握比较级的用法及句型。
2、使学生知道形容词比较级变化的一般规律。
3、使学生能在一定的情境中自觉运用所学新知识。
惠若琪生活照（三）情感目标：
培养学生分析观察能力，知道要关爱身边的人，爱父母要从生活中的小事做起。
教具准备：图片、卷尺、钓鱼杆。
教学过程：
Step 1.Warm-up  ( revision )
( 1 ) Sing a song.
What’s your favorite season?
( 2 ) Free talk.
a. What’s your favorite season?
Which season is it now?
What’s the weather like in winter?
Which season is always hot and sunny? / warm and rainy?/cool and cloudy?/cold and snowy?
b. Which season can we make a snowman, winter or fall?
Which season can we go swimming in a river, winter or summer?
Which season can we fly kites, winter or spring?
  Which season is colder，summer or winter?
Which is colder, water or ice-cream ?
c. I can say ： cold --colder
Can you say? warm---warmer,  cool---cooler,  hot--- hotter,  old ---older.
Step2. Presentation  (practice)
  older/ younger的教学
1.How old is the woman?  She is 35.  2.  How old is the girl? She is 12.
3.Who’s older, the woman or the girl?  4.  35>12, so we can say the woman is older than the girl.（出示图片）12＜35. We can say the girl is younger than the woman.
5.Now let’s play a game. Guess：How old am I? If your number is more than my age, I will tell you older. If your number is less than my age, I will tell you younger. Let’s see who can guess quickly.
6.How old am I? Guess, guess,guess.
7. It’s my turn now. You should ask me and say older or younger to help me. （出示图片）
  先请学生猜老师的年龄，假如学生猜出的年龄比老师的实际年龄大，老师就说older , older, 假如比实际年龄小，老师就说younger , younger。然后由老师猜图片上小男孩的年龄，全班学生说older, younger来提示老师是否猜对。最后，由两位学生分别猜中年男人和老奶奶的年龄，全班学生通过说older, younger 来提示。
初中班主任寄语
8. Who’s younger, the boy or the girl?祝福新年快乐 （出示图片）
9. Let’s do: Older, older, older, make myself older.
Younger, younger, younger, make myself younger.
Shorter, shorter, shorter, make myself shorter.
shorter/张贤亮情人 taller的教学
1.Look at the fishing rod, it looks very short. In fact it’s long. Let’s have a look. Oh, it’s too long. It’s difficult for me to take it. Now let’s make it shorter and shorter. Everybody should say shorter ,shorter , shorter. Then I’ll let you see it can be shorter and shorter. （出示钓鱼杆）
2. Which are shorter, the shorts or the pants?（出示图片）
Who’s shorter, Zhang Yining or Yao Ming?（出示图片）
How tall is Zhang Yining？She’s 168cm .
How tall is Yao Ming？He’s 226cm .
教学长度单位cm=centimeter
3.Who’s taller, Zhang Yining or Yao Ming??
Which animal is taller, the giraffe or the deer?
4.Who’s taller than you?
5. How tall is it ?（出示图片170cm,160cm,180cm,150cm）
6.How tall are you? Come here.
Line up from shorter to taller.
Line up from taller to shorter.
Let’s do: Shorter, shorter, shorter, make myself shorter.
Taller, taller, taller, make myself taller.
stronger的教学
1. You look strong and tall. I can do it. Can you do it? （老师拉着拉力器说）
2. Yes, I can .（请两个学生分别做）
3. You look as strong as me. But who is stronger, you or I ? Now, let’s play another game. If you think I’m stronger than her, please come here. If you think she is stronger than me, please go there. Everybody should say stronger , stronger . Ready, go.