英语人教版八年级下册Unit 7 Section A 1a-2c.doc

教学步骤Teaching stepsTeaching proceduresWarming-up1. Check homework. (Students downloaded the micro class about “How to read large numbers in English” from the public QQ file and watched it at home.)2. Show two groups of numbers and ask students which group is easier to read. (Group A is in Chinese style, and Group B is in English style.) And introduce the methods of reading large numbers (thousand, million, billion).Lead in1. Show the four numbers (8,844.43/6,671/1,025/9,600,000) and ask students to read. Then, ask students what these numbers remind them of to teach the four places: Qomolangma, the Nile, the Caspian Sea, the Sara.Meanwhile, remind them that they are the top of the world.2. Lead students to read: Qomolangma, the Nile, the Caspian Sea, the Sahara.PresentationActivity 1a Match the facts you know.1. Students match the facts by themselves. (The teacher reminds the students that the adjective of each sentence is useful.)2. Teach the new words and expressions and lead them to read: square, kilometer, in size, deep.3. Students volunteer to check answers. (Students should read the facts with the whole sentences by adding “is”. Eg. Qomolangma is 6,671 kilometers long.)4. Ask questions about the facts to help students to consolidate. Eg: Teacher: How high is the Qomolangma? Students: Its 8,844.43 meters high.5. Grammar explanation: 8,844 meters high. 8,844米高 基数词 + 量度名词 + 量度形容词 number measure word adjectives6. Grammar practice 9m 6m classroomAsk students to describe the length, width and size of the classroom to practice.Listening Activity 1b Listen and complete the sentences.1. Students try to fill in the blanks. (The teacher reminds students of the key words of each sentence: in the world, of all the salt lake.)Listening2. Students listen to the recording to check answers by themselves.3. Students read the four sentences to check answers together.教学步骤Competition Activity 1c Use the information in 1b to make conversations.Use a competition instead of simple conversation to practice.(1c is simple for students. In order to add the interest of 1c, a competition about the information of 1a, 1b and part of 2a is introduced.)Competition rules: Students are divided into 3 groups, each student one question each time, and the group get the highest scores can get some gift.(candies)Group12 3ScoresListening Activity 2a Listen and number the facts in the order you hear them.1. Show the four numbers for students to read.2. Students look through the four sentences quickly.3. Listen to the recording to number the facts.4. Check answers.Activity 2b Listen again and fill in the blanks with the numbers in the box. 1. Students try to fill in the blanks with memory.2. Listen again to check answers by themselves.5. Teach new words: population, Asia.6. Grammar explanation: population: n. the number of people in an area 人口 a large/big/small population 问人口多少用的句型: How large或 Whats the population ofGroup Discussion and Pair WorkActivity 2c Make conversations using the information in 2a.1. Lead students to read the sample conversation.2. Question 1: Why the tense in the same sentence is different? (did & is) 3. Question 2: Are there any words decorating comparatives like much? (much, a lot, a little, a bit, even, far)4. List the information of 2a in a form and ask students to list more top of China by group discussion and write down the discussion results. The top of ChinaMore informationChinaisoneoftheoldestcountriesintheworld.Itsmucholderthanmycountry.教学步骤TheYangtzeRiveristhelongestriverinChina.Its6,300meterslong.Group Discussion and Pair WorkChinahasthebiggestpopu-lationintheworld.Itsalotbiggerthanthepopula-tionoftheUS.5. Two students in a group practice to make conversations like the sample conversation by using the discussion results. ( Student A can be a Chinese, and student B can be an American.)6. Ask some groups to act out in front of the class.教学步骤SummaryWords：thousand millionSquare kilometer deep desert population AsiaHow to read large numbers.Use comparatives and superlatives to talk about the geography.Homework1. Write a short passage about your hometown us