英语人教版八年级下册Unit7 The First Period .doc

Unit 7 Whats the highest mountain in the world?The First Period Section A (1a2d)I. Teaching aims:Knowledge and ability1.Master the key words and expressions: square, meter, deep, desert, population, Asian, wall, tour, tourist, ancient, protect, wide.2. Learn to talk about geography and nature.3. Be able to compare facts and figures.4. Develop students listening and speaking skills.Process and methodEmploy task-based teaching mode, and get the students to learn basic sentence patterns by listening and drilling.Emotional attitude and valueLead students to love the nature.II. Teaching important and difficult points:Key points1. Master the key words and phrases.2. Learn to compare facts and figures. 3. Develop students listening and speaking skills.Difficult pointsDevelop students listening and speaking skills.III. Teaching aids:Electronic White Board PPT an English textbookIV. Teaching procedures:Step 1 Warm-upGreetings:T：Good morning, boys and girls.Ss: Good morning, teacher.Step 2 Presentation1. Teach some new words with pictures: square, meter, deep, desert, population, Asia, tour, tourist, wall, amazing, ancient, wide.2. Introduce the places of interest in the textbook.a) T: Do you know these places of interest?Qomolangma the Nile the Caspian Sea the Sahara the Yangtze Riverb) Talk about these pictures in pairs.e.g.: Which is the highest mountain in the world?Which is the longest river in Asia?.3. Teach Activity 1a.a) Match the facts you know.b) Practice in pairs.A: Which is the in the ?B: c) Explaination:meters high/long/wided) Practice: How high? How long?4. Teach Activity 1b.Listen and complete the sentences.5. Teach Activity 1c.Divide students into pairs to make conversations using the information in 1b. They can take the conversation in the box as an example.6. Teach Activity 2a &2b.a) Listen and number the facts(1- 4) in the order you hear them.b) Listen again and fill in the blanks in 2a with the numbers in the box.Step3 PracticeTeach Activity 2c.Make conversations using the information in 2a.Step 4 ConsolidationTeach Activity 2d.T: The following is a conversation between the guide and the tourist. Do you know what they are talking about? Now read it loudly by yourselves. Get the main idea and answer my questions then.1. Give students several minutes to practice reading the conversation.2. Introduce the Great Wall.3. Think about the following questions:a). Which is the biggest man-made objects in the worldb). Which is the most famous part of the Ming Great Wall?4. Language points.a). Feel free to ask me anything on todays Great Wall tour. 在今天的长城游中，大家尽管问我任何问题，不要拘束。feel free是英语口语中一个常用表达。若有人让你feel free to do something，就是让你无需拘束，只管按照自己的意愿去做某事。e.g.A: Can I use your bathroom? 我可以用一下你的卫生间吗？B: Yes, feel free. 可以，请随意。b). As far as I know, there are no man-made objects as big as this. 据我所知，再没有像它这样大的人造物体了。as far as I know是一个固定的表达方式，还可以说so far as I know，意思是“据我所知”。5. Important phrases and sentences.feel freethe most popular questiontalk about the Ming Dynastythe ancient emperorsthe main reasonas far as I knowthe Ming Great WallHow long is the wall?Its about 8,850 kilometers long.This makes it the longest wall in the world.Its the most famous part.Step 5 SummaryIn this class, we have simply learned some about the geography and nature. Through the listening and speaking practice, we have also learned how to compare facts and figures.Step 6 Homework 1. To memorize the important phrases and sentences.2. To make some dialogues about asking the size o