Step 4 Presentation

1. Show two big pictures on the screen, teach new words: calm/wild, twin/twins.

T: He is calmer/wilder than him. Li Hai is wilder than He Feng .Then Ss practice .

2. Do Section A-1a.Match each word with the opposite. Check the answers.

　　［利用课本资源和网络资源，进行词汇教学，做到词不离句。学生学习积极性高,能积极主动参与活动］ Step5 Listening

1.Listen to the tape and number the pictures in 1b.

2. Check the answers.

［听力训练既是对知识的巩固，也为下一步的任务输出提供了输入材料。如果时间允许的话, 教师可以让学生读录音稿, 这对提高学生的听力有好处。］

Step6 Practice

Using the pictures of 3 pairs of twins in Section A.

　　T: Is that Sam? No, that's Tom.

　　 He has shorter hair than Sam.

And he is calmer than Sam.

Sam is more outgoing than Tom.

　　Sam has longer hair than Tom.

Ask: Who is heavier, Pedro or Paul?

　　Pedro is heavier than Paul.

　　Paul is thinner than Pedro.

　　Let Ss practice other twins.

　　［1、充分利用课本资源和图片资源，进行句型操练。2、让学生仿照课文句型进行操练，因势利导，有利于开启思维，体现以学生为中心的教学特点。］ 　　Step7 Game: Who is the fastest? ( Speak out the comparatives)

　　T: This time I'll give you some sentences, please speak out the comparatives, such as when I say I'm tall, you should say I'm taller than you as soon as possible.

　　I'm thin, I'm heavy ,I'm calm, I'm wild, I'm outgoing， I'm friendly.

　　［1.活动的主题难易顾及到学生的实际情况，操作具有可行性。2.教师导演，学生主演，充分发挥学生的主体作用和积极能动性。］ Step8 Consolidation and Sum-up

1. Give Ss a chance to sum up what have learned in this class. (Ss can talk about it freely.) Then T makes a brief sum-up.

2. Get the Ss to do some consolidation exercises. T goes around and gives some help to Ss.

［1、让学生来做课堂小结，抓住了学生"敢于开口说英语"的心理，突出主动学习的重要性；教师作综合陈述，犹如给学生一颗定心丸，给学生增添了信心。2、强化练习，重点训练听写能力，进一步巩固本课所学内容。］