英语人教版八年级下册UNIT7 SectionA 阅读.docx

Unit 7Whats the highest mountain in the world?Language Goals【语言目标】Learn to talk about geography and nature.Knowledge Goals【知识目标】Key Words:meter,deep,desert,population,Asia,wall,tour,tourist,amazing,ancient,protect,wide,include,condition,succeed,achieve,force,nature,weigh,bamboo,research,excitement,illness,adult,remain,wild,government,oil Key Phrases:take in,in the face of,the Pacific Ocean,at birth,be awakeKey Sentences:1.Whats the highest mountain in the world?Qomolangma.2.How high is Qomolangma?Its 8,844.43 meters high .Its higher than any other mountain.3.Which is the deepest salt lake in the world?The Caspian Sea is the deepest of all the salt lakes.4.Did you know that China is one of the oldest countries in the world?Yes,I did.Its much older than the US.5.It is also very hard to take in air as you get near the top.6.Why do so many people try to climb this mountain even though it is dangerous?7.An adult panda weighs many times more than a baby panda.8.At 9:00 a.m.,they find that most of the babies are already awake and hungry.9.The babies often die from illness and do not live very long.Key GrammarLearn Superlative Forms of Adjectives and Adverbs.Ability Goals【能力目标】1.Be able to talk about geography and nature.2.Enable students to write an article about whales or other animals.Moral Goals【情感目标】1.Let the students know how to talk about geography and nature.2.Let the students know that our country is so beautiful that we should love her.Teaching Time【课时】Five periodsPeriod 1Section A（1a-2d）Period 2Section A（3a-4c）Period 3Section B（1a-1d）Period 4Section B（2a-3b）Period 5Self Check本单元教材以“介绍地理及自然景观”为中心话题，围绕着“复习最高级”进行。学习和运用几个常见的句型：Whats the highest mountain in the world? Qomolangma./How high is Qomolangma?Its 8,844.43 meters high.Its higher than any other mountain./ Which is the deepest salt lake in the world?The Caspian Sea is the deepest of all the salt lakes./Did you know that China is one of the oldest countries in the world?Yes,I did.Its much older than the US.等。在学习过程中，学生在交流中，能促进师生之间的感情。Section A 主要学习几个常见的动词短语及几个最高级的句子。通过短文“Qomolangma -the Most Dangerous Mountain in the World?”介绍了一些登山爱好者登珠穆朗玛峰的故事，增加了学生的阅读量。Section B安排了听、说、读、写的任务，通过短文介绍熊猫的一些情况。教师在教学中应合理利用课本上的知识进行教学。第二课时Section A（3a-3c）Teaching Key Points【教学重点】The vocabulary:include,condition,succeed,achieve,force,nature,take in,in the face of,the Pacific OceanTarget language:1.One of the worlds most dangerous sports is mountain climbing,and one of the most popular places for this is the Himalayas.2.It is also very hard to take in air as you get near the top.Teaching Difficult Points【教学难点】Use the target language above to talk about events.Teaching Aids【教学工具】an English book,a tape recorder and CAITeaching Steps【教学过程】Step 1Preview and perception【预习感知】Ask the students to read the vocabulary and target language.根据句意及汉语或首字母提示写单词。1.The article has only three p_.2.His duties _(包括)sending and receiving letters.3.Work hard,and you will a_ your dream.4.In fact,_(自然界) is much better at recycling than we humans are.5.These creatures(生物) live in the Pacific O_.Step 2Consociation and exploration【合作探究】Let the students read the book by themselves in order to find out the answers.They can discuss the questions in a group or ask the teacher for help.When they finish the questions,ask some students to check the answers.Give the students 57 minutes.Step 3Leading in【情景导入】Ask some students to review the conversation they learned in last class.T：Did you know that China is one of the oldest countries in the world?S：T：Do you know mountain climbing? This is a very popular sport in the world.In this class we will study a passage about it.Step 4Pre-task【准备任务】Page 51,3a Ask the students to read the passage and guess the meaning of the words and phrases.Step 5While-task【过程任务】Page 51,3b1.Pay more attention to the passage in 3a.Make the students know the meaning of the passage.Then let them read the article and match each paragraph with the main idea.2.Make the students read again.And then finish 3b.3.Choose one or two students to check the answers.Then ask one student to write his or her answer on the blackboard.4.Ask all the students to check the answers.Play the recording and ask the students to listen and repeat.Page 51,3cAsk the students to answer the questions using information in the article.Have one student in a group say his/her answers.Step 7Consolidation practice【巩固练习】Look at the students book of the second exercise.Step 8Summary【课堂小结】In this class we have learned an article about mountain climbing.Youd better retell it to your partner.And you