初中英语新译林版八上Unit2 School life (Grammar) 课件

GrammarUnit 2 School life八年级上册A. Comparing the amount of thingsFree talkThere are 20 students in each class at Nancy’s school.At Tomoya’s school, students have a 70-minute lunch break.Linlin’s school has 8 weeks off for the summer holiday.…Talk about the three students’ school lives according to the table below. What information can you get?PresentationThere are fewer students in each class at Nancy’s school than at Tomoya’s school.Nancy’s school has less lunchtime than Tomoya’s school.Nancy’s school has more weeks off for the summer holiday than Tomoya’s school. Compare Nancy’s and Tomoya’s school lives according to the table. Presentation: work out the rule!When comparing two things, we use comparative adjectives: fewer, less and more. PresentationTomoya’s school has the most students in each class.Nancy’s school has the least lunchtime among the three schools.Tomoya’s school has the fewest weeks off for the summer holiday. Compare Nancy’s, Tomoya’s and Linlin’s school lives according to the table. Presentation: work out the rule!When comparing the amount of three or more things, we use superlative adjectives: the fewest, the least and the most. Presentation: Read the sentences below the table in Part A and finish “work out the rule” on page 26.fewer the fewestless the leastmore the mostPracticemore more most more fewer fewest lessmore leastmost Finish Part A1 on page 26.PracticeNancy studies _________ subjects than Tomoya.Kitty is in the _________ clubs among the three students.Kitty has _________ free time each day than Nancy.Kitty is in _________ clubs than Tomoya. Nancy studies the __________ subjects among the three students.Among the three students, Kitty has the _________ free time each day. Fill in the blanks according to the table in Part A1.more most fewer fewest lessleastProductionComplete the last column in Part A1 with your own information, and then share your information with each other. Write a short text to compare your own school life with the three students’ school lives.Production: sample answerI study 12 subjects at school. I study more subjects than Nancy, but fewer than Tomoya and Kitty. I am in only 1 club, so I am in the fewest clubs. I have 3 hours of free time every day. I have more free time than Kitty, but less than Nancy.B. Using as … asPresentation1. What does Nancy’s school think of the arts?2. Is Nancy’s school life less wonderful than Tomoya’s?Nancy’s school thinks the arts are as important as languages, Maths andScience.No. Nancy’s school life is as wonderful as Tomoya’s. Read Kitty’s notes and answer the following questionsPresentation3. Is Nancy’s school the same size as Tomoya’s school?4. Do Nancy and Tomoya have the same weeks off for the summer holiday?5. What does “as … as” mean in the sentences?No. Nancy’s school is smaller than/not as big as Tomoya’s. No, they don’t. Nancy has more weeks off. It means that people or things are the same in some way.Presentation原级Finish “work out the rule” on page 27.as … asnot as … asSummarize the use of as … as.We use the positive degree of the adjective.PracticeNancy thinks learning Chinese is ____________ (simple) learning French.Safety programmes are ____________ (important) other subjects at Tomoya’s school.The subjects at Tomoya’s school are ___________ (interesting) those at Nancy’s school.Nancy’s lunchtime is ___________ (long) Tomoya’s. not as simple as as important as as interesting as not as long as Complete the following sentences by using (not) as … as. Practice not as old as as good as as hard-working as not as big as as beautiful as Finish Part B1 on page 27.ProductionCompare your middle school with your primary school. Write a short text using as … as. The table below can help you. ProductionMy primary school is not as large as my middle school. There are over 1,000 students at my middle school, but my primary school has only about 500 students. My primary school is not as old as my middle school. My middle school has a history of over 100 years. It is a famous school. The teachers here are as kind as those at my primary school. They are always willing to help students. My middle school classmates are as hard-working as my primary school classmates. We learn a lot together every day. The library at my primary school is not as big as the one at my middle school. The library at my middle school has more books than the one at my primary school. I think both schools are wonderful.SampleHomework Write a short article about your school life. Choose one of the students in the textbook. Compare your school life with his/hers, using fewer/fewest, less/least, more/most and as … as.