英语人教版八年级下册Unit 7.docx

Unit 7 Whats the highest mountain in the world?(1a-2d)一. Teaching aims: 1.Master some key words and expressions. 2.Learn to talk about geography and nature. 3.Develop students listening and speaking skills.二.Teaching key points : 1. Master the key words and phrases. 2.Learn to compare facts and figures. 3.Develop students listening and speaking skills.三.Teaching difficulties: Develop students listening and speaking skills.四.Teaching methods: Communicative teaching method; Task-based teaching method五Teaching procedures:Step 1 Lead in Greet the class as usual. Everyone, is there any mountains in your hometown ? Is it high? Do you know any other mountain in China or in the world? Which one is the highest? Discuss with your classmates.Step 2 Warming up 1.Watch the photos and talk about them: How big/high/long/big is ? and help the students to answer: Its meters/kilometers/cm big/high/long/big. 2. Look these photos and practice the dialogue:e.g. A: How high is Qomolangma?B: Its 8,844.43 meters high.Step 3 Presentation1. Learn the new words.2. Match the facts you know in 1a.3. Check the answers.4. Read these words together.Step 4 Explanation8,844.43 meters high. 8,844.43米高 meters high (long, wide) 米高（长,宽)。英语表示“有多长（宽，高）”时，一般将数词和数量单位放在表示长宽高的形容词前作状语。e.g. The wall is 1.7 metres wide. Step 5 Practice (work in pairs using the information in 1a) 1. A: Which is the highest mountain in the world? B: Its Qomolangma. 2. A: How high is Qomolangma? B: Its 8,844.43 meters high.Step 6 Listening Teach activity 1b 1. Read the new words for the class. 2. Ask the students to listen and complete the sentences in 1b. 3. Listen again to check the answers.Teach activity 2a & 2b 1.Listen and number the facts (1- 4) in the order you hear them in 2a. 2.Listen again and fill in the blanks in 2a with the numbers in the box. 3. Check the answers with the class.Step 7 Practice Make conversations in pairs in 1c.Examples A: Did you know that China if one of the oldest countries in the world?B: Yes, I did. Its much older than my country.Step 8 Role play the conversation 1. Read the conversation and answer the questions: 1) Which is the biggest man-made object in the world？ 2) Which is the most famous part of the Ming Great Wall? 2. Read the conversation after the recording, and then read together. 3.Role-play the conversation.