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Step I Review
1. Review some common adjectives, such as: big, small, long, short, blue, etc.
2. Look at the pictures and then compare them:
① The dog is bigger than the mouse.
② The mouse is smaller than the dog.
Yao Ming is taller than Ye Li.
Ye Li is shorter than Yao Ming.
3、Use the real objects of some rulers to compare. Then lead in the comparative and superlative degree.
① The yellow ruler is longer than the green ruler.
② The green ruler is longer than the red ruler.
③ The red ruler is the shortest of all.
(本环节设计由浅入深，渐入任务，通过基础词汇的输入，复习旧单词，引出本节课形容词的比较级和最高级句型结构)
Step II. Lead in and practice.
1. show some pictures of animals , then learn some new words by using the pictures:
cow goose pl. geese rabbit sheep pl. sheep
2. Talk about the animals in the picture on Page 78 and then describe them. Discuss in groups. Then use the comparative and superlative degree to compare the animals.
e.g.: Look! The hens are much smaller than the cows.
The dogs are the bravest animals of them.
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（依据英语教学的直观性、趣味性、实践性原则，以活动为方式，坚持“词不离句，句不离章”的教学原则，使学生积极参与到教学活动中，形成自主学习的能力。）
Step III Presentation.
1.Show a picture of beautiful scenery and the other with the terrible scene. Learn and master the new words: sky、 clear、 nature .
2. Compare the two pictures，practice the comparative degree of adjectives. Lead the students to say the following sentences :
Picture 1 Picture 2
Picture2
Picture 1
In Picture 1, the air is _fresher_, the river is _clearer_, the sky is _bluer_, and the trees are _greener_. I can enjoy the _nature_ there.
In Picture 2 ．．．．．．．
3. Let’s Listen to la and answer the following questions, then check the answers.
Q1: Which place does Wang Wei like?
Q2: How does he think about the life in the country?
Q3: Where do you like to live best, a city, countryside or
a beach?
（本环节先通过直观的任务的设计贴近生活，有趣而又容易激活学习动机，学生积极参与，对课堂把握到位。这节课，可以说是给了他们一个释放自我的机会，让他们活起来，动起来，并在动起来的过程中自然地掌握了本节课的教学内容。让大部分学生能够正确熟练地运用形容词的比较级和最高级句型结构的基本句型。并能培养学生热爱大自然的感情）
Step Ⅳ: Practice and consolidation.
1. Listen to 1a, and then read after it.
2. Let students read 1a, and then finish 1b according to 1a.
3. Work in pairs and act out the dialogue in 1a.
4、Have a free talk in groups about one’s own favorite place to live in. .
--Where do you live, the countryside or the city?
--Do you like it? Why?
--Yes, I do. / No, I don’t. Because it is quieter than the city/ noisier than the countryside.
Then, give a report like this:
I like to live in a city. Because the buildings are taller. The roads are wider. I can buy more beautiful clothes and eat lots of nicer food …
（本环节的设计不仅有效巩固所学知识，分组讨论农村和城市的优势等方面，还从深度广度上培养学生的比较思维能力）
Step Ⅴ: Conclusion.
1. Let students finish 2 by themselves.
2. Lead student to sum up the comparative and superlative degrees of adjectives’ form in the box.
3. Pay attention to the pronunciations: -er \-з\ -est \-ist\
（本环节的设计引导学生自己总结所学内容，有效培养学生自主学习能力，更好掌握本节课的重点内容。）
Step Ⅵ: Ending.
1. Class activities.
Let’s chant：
Good, better, best. Never let it rest.
Till good is better. And better is best.
2． Sum up.
根据课件所呈现的本课重点内容进行小结。
Step Ⅶ: Homework.
观察身边的人或事物，运用所学的（比较级和最高级）知识进行比较和描述。写出5-6句。要求：语言准确，连贯，符合英语语言的使用习惯。E.g.:
Yang Yan is taller than Wu Qing.
Liu Xiang is one of the greatest runners in the world. etc.
（本环节的设计通过完成英语语言的运用任务，达到英语语言的in-put到out-put过程） | 
