1、 Module 3 Life now and then Unit 3 Language in use Teaching modelRevision and application Teaching methodFormal and interactive Teaching aimsTo summarize and consolidate comparative degree and superlative degree, and finish the tasks. Teaching aidsRecorder, OHP, handouts Teaching StepsStep 1 Revisio
2、nShow some pictures to say what life was like in the early 1980s and what life is like today. Step 2 Sentences presentationStep 3 Language practice1. Complete the passage with the correct form of the words in brackets.For many people, life is a lot (1) _ (easy) today. Medicine and diet are improving
3、, and people are getting (2) _ (healthy) and living (3) _ (long). But communication is changing (4) _ (fast) of all. Today, with the Internet, people can communicate (5) _ (easily) than ever before with friends all over the world.Not all the changes are (6) _ (good) ones. More people drive cars inst
4、ead of riding bikes, so they are not as (7) _ (fit) as they were. Increasing traffic makes the roads (8) _ (crowded) than ever, and it also makes pollution (9) _ (bad). We must all work harder to reduce pollution.2. Look at the two pictures and talk about how the town has changed. Use the words in t
5、he box to help you.3. Complete the sentences with the words or expressions in the box.Ask the students to read the words and expressions in the box in Activity 3.Ask the students to read through the sentences in Activity 3. Complete the sentences with the words or expressions in the box.Ask the stud
6、ents to check with a partner.Check the answers.Step 4 Reading1. Read the email and find three examples that show life was harder in the past than it is today.2. Read the email again. Find sentences that tell us:1) There was not enough living space for people.2) Most of the big cities were dirty and
7、unhealthy.3) Life was harder for children in those times.3. Write examples.1) People lived in very small houses, very close to each other, with no space for children to play.Ask the students to check with a partner.Check the answers.Step 5 Listening and writing1. Listen and complete he table.2. Let
8、Ss listen again, and write a passage comparing the lives of the speakers grandmother and mother in Activity 6.Possible answer: The speakers grandmother and mother had very different lives. Her grandmother had a much bigger family of four children. The speakers mother has only one child. Her grandmot
9、her and mother had different childhoods. Her grandmother started school later. She didnt start school until she was eight. Her mother started school earlier, when she was six. Her grandmother didnt have many years of education. She started work when she was fourteen. Her mother was luckier, because
10、she went to university after she finished school, and started work when she was twenty-two. Step 6 Around the world: Cars1. Ask the students to look at the picture and discuss what they can see.2. Read through the information with the whole class.Step 7 HomeworkWrite a passage about the changes in your hometown, using the comparative and superlatives of adjectives and adverbs we have learnt.
