2. Help the Ss make a word map about Olympic Games.

Step 2 Discussion and Summary

1. Guessing game: You act, I guess.

Work in pairs. One student acts the sport after having a look at the picture. The other one who can’t see the picture tries to guess what sport it is by watching the actions.

2. To summarize and consolidate expressions and vocabulary.

Learning strategies:

Formal instruction and task-based approach and interactive practice.

Teaching Aids: Multi-Media (video, OHP, handout)

Teaching Procedures:

Step 1 Acting and Guessing

1. To summarize and consolidate grammar focus (comparative forms & the usage of adverbs).

2. Make an Olympic sport poster.

Period 4: Language practice

Key structures: A be + more + adj. than B (重点)

Teaching Aims and Demands:

1. Do the Self-assessment on Page 111.

3. Give the Ss two examples to make sure they can join 2 sentences with too or also.

Step 4 Pair work

Ask the Ss to use the following words to make a similar dialogue.

A: Do you like running or cycling?

B: I like cycling.

A: Why?

B: Because cycling is more relaxing than running.

A: Yes, and I think cycling is more exciting, too.

Step 5 Module Task

Ask the Ss to make a poster like this.

Step 6 Group work

Four students are in a group. Each group has got a handout about one of the mascots of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Ask the Ss to suppose: if they are the mascots, how to introduce themselves and their favourite Olympic sports and why they like them. Give the Ss some sentence patterns.

◆My name is ________.

◆I’m ________.

◆I stand for the _____ Olympic ring.

◆I’m ____________.

◆My favourite Olympic sport is ________. Because it is _________ than _______.

◆I mean ______________.

Step 7 Homework

2. Let the Ss try to write for themselves and their friends.

I like ______. ______ is more ______ than ______.

My friend ______ likes ______.

He thinks it is ______ than ______.

1. Let the Ss choose for themselves.

I like ______ (running / skiing). ______ is more ______ than ______.

I like ______ (basketball / cycling). ______ is more ______ than ______.

I like ______ (table tennis / gymnastics). ______ is more ______ than ______.

2. The Ss ask their partners and then make reports.

○What sports do you like?　 What do you think of it?

○What sports don’t you like?　 What do you think of it?

My partner ________ likes ________. It is ________.

He / she doesn’t like ________. It is ________.

Step 3 Writing