八年级英语下Unit 7Section A 3a-3c

Unit 7 Whats the highest mountain in the world?Section A 3a-3cQomolangma - the Most Dangerous Mountain in the World?Background Information:School: Ganxian Hans School Teacher: Lai Jinghua Students: 45 students, Class 1, Grade 8 Materials: Section A, 3a-3c in Unit 7, Grade 8, Go For It! Type of lesson: Reading Lesson duration: 40 minutes Teaching Aids: ppt; blackboard; video Students information Most of the students in class1, Grade 8 are interested in English, and they are so active in class. And most of them have a good habit of previewing new words. In English classes, some of the students have their own opinions and would like to try to speak out in English, but it is hard for them to speak or write something logically in English. So the teacher in this class wants to guide them to design a mind-map through the reading material with the help of some reading strategies in order to let the students set a structure of the mind-map, which could help them understand passages or write something logically.Objectives:1. Instructional objectives By the end of the class, more than 95% students should be able to1) Recognize some new words and language chunks, such as, achievement, southwestern, take in, succeed, challenge and in the face of;2) Compare the comparative forms and the superlative forms, for example, the most dangerous sport, the most famous place, more serious, and stronger;3) Develop some reading strategies through reading, like predicting, skimming, scanning, inferring the meaning of new words in context and summarizing;4) Design a mind-map to get to know more about the reading material and relate the passage based on the mind-map;2. Educational objectives By the end of the class, about 85% students should be able to1) Talk about the natural geography in English;2) Learn to challenge themselves in the face of difficulties;3. Personal objectivesTeacher should be able to1) speak fluently and correctly to set a good example for students2) organize class effectively;Contents:1. Vocabulary:achieve, achievement, southwestern, freezing, thick, include, condition, force, nature, succeed, challenge, take in, in the face of, even though2. Grammar: comparative forms and superlative formsTopic: Reading: Qomolangma - the Most Dangerous Mountain in the World?Focal and Difficult Points:1. Students can learn the new words and language chunks, and talk about the natural geography;2. Students are able to use some reading strategies to understand the passage;ProceduresStep 1 Warm upBefore the beginning of the class, play an English song called Dream it possible. Students listen to the song and look at the lyrics at the same time.Step 2 Revision Purpose: Review the words and the sentences they have learned by using some pictures.T: Lets enjoy the journey around the world! (Show a series of pictures of the famous places in the world, and get the students to guess the places.) Q: Whats the biggest desert in the world? A: Sahara is the biggest desert in the world.Step 2 Reading1. T shows the whole article and picture in 3a, Ss analyze the structure with the teachers help.2. Predicting and fast reading. T presents two questions and Ss read the article fast and find the answers.3. Scanning. T lists the main ideas. Ss scan the passage and match the main ideas.4. Careful reading.a. T presents the chart. Ss read para.1 carefully. List four dangers for climbers.b. T presents para.2, the years and achievements. Ss read para.2, match the years with information.c. Present two questions. Ss read para.3, answer the questions.Step 3 After ReadingSs read para1&3. List all the comparisons.Step 4 SummaryQ: