• Yao Ming is much taller than Pan Changjiang.• Pan Changjiang is funnier than Yao Ming.• Pan Changjiang is more outgoing than Yao Ming.• Yao Ming is better at basketball than Pan Changjiang.• Han Hong is heavier than Song Zuying.• Song Zuying is thinner than Han Hong

Students induce the rules of comparative forms according to the underlined parts.

• 2. Task : Compare two exchange students from the ⅠU.S: Tom and Nick

• Activity Pattern: Pair work

Chart A Chart B

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Tom Nick Tom Nick Tall

AthleticSmartThin

Funny

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3.Task Choose one exchange student to the ⅡU.S for a six-month course

Activity Pattern: Group work

The language structures they need:• 1. Frank is smarter. I think he should be the exchange student• 2. Frank is smarter, but I think Jack is more outgoing.

He can get on well with anybody• 3. Mary is better at English than others in our class. She should get

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4. Homework: Who is my friend?

• Each student chooses one friend to compare with him or her, their differences and similarities. Write it down. Don’t tell names.

The homework is not only a consolidation of what

they learn in this period, but also a preparation for the next class: Talking about friends.

5. Blackboard writing

Unit 6I’m more outgoing than my sister

tall taller

thin thinner

nice nicer

funnier than

more athletic than

Candidates students choose:

The exchange student:

Advantages:

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Warming-upWarming-up

Inducing rulesInducing rules

HomeworkHomework

Task Task ⅠⅠ

Task Task ⅡⅡ

Compare famous peopleCompare famous people

Compare two exchange students Compare two exchange students from the U.Sfrom the U.S

Choose one exchange student to Choose one exchange student to the U.Sthe U.S

Who is my friend?Who is my friend?

Ⅴ. Self - reflection

• 1. About the tasks used in this period

• 2. About the activity patterns

• 3. About the role the teacher plays

• 4. About the problems that will happen