人教版八年級英語上冊第六單元Unit 6 Im more outgoing than my sisterBackground information :Students: Secondary school, Grade 8Teaching contents: unit 6 , section A , 1a, 1c,2c.Teaching targets:1. By the end of the lesson, students should be able to: 1) Talk about personal traits and compare people.2) Understand and use the comparative degree of adjectives in this lesson. 3) Practice listening, speaking, reading and writing comprehensive ability.2. Target language: Is that Sam? No, thats Tom. He has shorter hair than Sam. Hes calmer than Sam.3. Key vocabulary: more , than, tall , short , thin, long, calm, wild, quiet， Funny , heavy , smart , athletic , twin.4. Emotion: Lead the students to cultivate the good personal traits and spirit of loving motherland.Teaching focus and difficulties: 1. the focus:1) Is that Sam? -No, thats Tom. He has shorter hair than Sam. Hes calmer than Sam. 主語（sb. / sth.）+ be +形容詞比較級 + than +2) How to compare people. 2. the difficult points: the comparatives with er/ier and more The teaching means: Blackboard and chalks, pictures. Teaching procedures:Step 1 Warming up (3mins) Greetings and free talk.Step 2 Match each word with its opposite (5mins) Ask two students to come to the blackboard to finish it. tall wild thin short big heavy calm slow fast smallStep 3 Presentation (15mins)1) Show two pictures( a rabbit and a cat) to students, and ask questions: -Whats it in the picture? -How does it look like?.2) Ask some students to answer the questions.-Its a rabbit/cat.-It looks very fat. -Its ears are big/small.-Its legs are short/long.-Its tail is short/long.3) Make a comparasion and list the things that are the same and different between them. rabbit cat fat fat big ears short ears short legs long legs short tail long tailStep 4 pairwork (15mins)1) Look at the picture on page 31carefully.2) Make comparasion between each pair of twins.3) Ask two students to read the model conversation. -Is that Sam? -No, thats Tom. He has shorter hair than Sam. And hes calmer than Sam.4) Ask some students to make conversations about the other twins. -Is that Tara?-No, it isnt. Its Tina. Taras shorter than Tina. And Taras hair is short than Tinas. Step 5 conclusion (5mins)1) Compare these words on the blackboard and make a conclusion.2) Write down the comparative degree of these words on the blackboard.Homework (2mins)1.