Unit 4 The First Period (Section A 1a-2c)Teaching Aims and Demands:1. New words and expressions:theater, comfortable, seat ,screen, be close to, ticket, worst, cheaply, choose.2. Key sentences: -Whats the best movie theater?- Sun Cinema. Its the cheapest.But I think Moon Theater has the most comfortable seats.The DJs choose songs the most carefully.Its the most expensive.3. Discuss preferences and make comparisons.4. Lead the students to be the best, and to be the core.5. A good plan is a good start to success.Teaching Important Points:Discuss preferences and make comparisons.Teaching Hard Points:Superlatives degrees of adjectives.Teaching Methods:Task-based teaching approach and communicative approach.Teaching Tools: Projectors, a tape recorder and multimedia.Teaching Procedures:Step I. Warm- up.1. Review the comparative forms of some adjectives. Lead the class to the superlative forms of adjectives.2. Show a chant about Good Better Best on the screen. Explain it and practice more. Until the students can retell it fluently without looking at the screen.Step II. Presentation1. Show some pictures about the movie theater to study the new words.2. Then compare pictures so that the students can understand the superlative degrees.3. Talk about what kinds of things are important or not important. Finish Activity 1a.4. Ask the students to share their ideas and tell the reasons. They can have different answers.Step III. Listening.1. Ask the students to read the instructions by themselves aloud. Make sure that they can catch the main idea of each item.2. Listen to the tape and match the statements with the movie theaters. Ask the students to write them down.3. Listen again and try to repeat the conversation.Step IV. Free talk. 1. Show sample conversations on the screen. Teach the phrase “be close to”. Get the class pay attention to the words “have” or “be”.2. Pair work. Talk about the movie theaters they know.Step V. Listening (2a&2b)1. Read the instructions to the students, and ask them to pay attention to the two questions on the survey.2. Listen to the tape and circle the boys correct answers.3. Check the results. Finish 2a.4. Go through the statements in 2b. Ask some students to translate them into Chinese.5. Listen to the tape again. Ask the students to write the correct store or radio station next to each statement.6. Listen again and check the answers.Step VI. Role play.(2c) Ask the students to role-play the conversation in pairs. The one is the reporter and the other is the boy. Make new conversations according to 2a and 2b.Step VII. Summary and Homework.1. Read all the sentences.2. Summarize how to make comparisons with the class.3. Review the superlative form of adjectives by comparing things that they know.Blackboard Design.Unit 4 Whats the best movie theater?The First Period (Section A 1a-2c)be close toWhats the best movie theater?But I think has the most comfortable seats.The DJs choose songs the most carefully.