Teaching Objectives:
1. Grasp the comparative and superlative degrees of adjectives and adverbs as well as the past tense.
2. Learn the words and expressions of sports meeting.
Language Focus:
hold/have a sports meeting do well hold—held hurt—hurt fast faster fastest
well/good better best high higher highest far farther farthest
Properties: Tape-recorder, Overhead projector and some pictures of sports
Teaching Procedures:
I. Revision
Revise the comparative and superlative forms of adjectives and adverbs.
Ask three tall students to stand up or show pictures like this.
Mr. Read is tall.
Mr. King is taller.
Mr. Green is the tallest of the three.
The bike is going fast.
The tractor is going faster.
The taxi is going the fastest.
Revise the comparative form –er/-est.
II. Leading-in
Ask the students the following questions:
1) Does your school hold a sports meeting every year?
2) Do you take part in it? Which sport can you do well in?
3) How many sports are there at the sports meeting?
Help the students to answer 100-metre race, 400-metre race, 800-metre race, long jump and high jump.
III. Presentation
Teach new words and phrases about sports.
利用图片或照片及学生用书彩色插页ⅲ上的插图，介绍并教学关于运动的词语。
IV. Read and learn
1．借助下面图表，引出本课教学内容：
The gilrs’ 100-metre race
Han Meimei
16"7
Lucy
16"2
Wu Dong
15"4
Play the tape of this part and ask the students to answer the questions.
2．教师在黑板上列出下表：
The boys' high jump
Lin Tao
1.59 m
Bill
1.64m
Zhang Jun
1.77m
Play the tape of this part and ask the students to answer the questions.
3．教师在黑板上列出人名与跳远成绩，但要打乱顺序，由学生听录音后，将人名与成绩划线连接。举例如下：
Ann 4.05m Liu Mei 3.8m Huifang 4. 0m
录音放两遍，学生划线连接，并回答录音中提出的问题。
4. Play the tape again and ask them to answer the following questions:
1) Who was first/second/third in the 100-metre race?
2) Who won the race?
3) Who was first/second/third in the high jump?