英语人教版八年级下册What’s the highest mountain .doc

Unit 7Whats the highest mountain in the world?Section A（3a-4c）Language GoalsLearn to talk about geography and nature.Knowledge GoalsKey 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,oilKey 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 t hough 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 Goals1.Be able to talk about geography and nature.2.Enable students to write an article about whales or other animals.Moral Goals1.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 Key PointsThe 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 PointsUse the target language above to talk about events.Teaching Aidsan English book,a tape recorder and CAITeaching StepsStep 1 Preview and perceptionAsk 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 2 Consociation and explorationLet 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 3 Leading inAsk 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 4 Pre-task 3a Ask the students to read the passage and guess the meaning of the words and phrases.Step 5 While-task 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.3cAsk the students to answer the questions using information in the article.Have one student in a group say his/her answers.Step 6 Post-task1. Grammar Focus（1）Review the grammar box.Work in pairs.One asks and the other answers.Then ask some pairs to act them out to the class.（2）Practice reading the sentences in the chart.Step 7 Exercise Mount Huang is a little _ than Mount Tai.Qomolangma is _ of all.Mount Tai is not _ high _ Qomolangma. = Mount Tai is not _ than Qomolangma.Answers: higher, the highest, as as, higherSingapore Malaysia China4,000,000 20,000,000 1300,000,0001. The population of Singapore is large.2. The population of Malaysia is much _ than that of Singapore.3. The population of China is _ of all.4. The population