初中英语人教版八年级下册period1.docx

Unit7 Whats the highest mountain in the world?2017.5.4I. Teaching aims and teaching demands:In this class students learn to compare facts about the elephant and the panda. And they learn to know some facts about baby pandas and adult pandas.II. Teaching key and difficult points: A. Vocabulary Cm=centimeter, weigh, much more than, much less than, many times, at birth, live up to, adult.B. Target languageThis elephant weighs more than this panda.This elephant weighs much more than this panda.This elephant weighs many times more than this panda.This elephant weighs 50 times more than this panda.C. StructuresUse of “times”Listen and fill in blanks with numbersIII. Teaching methods: Audio-lingual methods and PPTIV. Teaching aids: a tape recorder, textbookV. Teaching procedures:Step1. Warming-up1. Greetings.2. Free talkT: Whats your favorite animal? Why?T: Different people have different favorite animals. Can you guess my favorite animal?Tip1: It is quite tall and heavy.Tip2: It has the longest nose and teeth in the world.Ss: Elephant.T: Its one of Africas symbols. Do you know the symbol of China?Ss: Panda.Ss say something about pandas. (adult pandas, baby pandas, bamboo)Step2. Presentation and Practice1. T: Both elephant and panda are symbols of a country. Do you want to know more information about them?2. Describe the animalsT: How tall is the elephant/ panda?T: How heavy is the elephant/ panda?T: How much food does it eat?3. Compare these two animalsThe elephant is taller than the panda.The elephant is 200 cm taller than the panda.The panda is shorter than the elephant.The panda is 200 cm shorter than the elephant.4. Group workCompare facts about these two animals. Use the language in the box to help you make sentences.Example sentence:This elephant weighs many times more than this panda.This panda is 200 cm shorter than this elephant.(200 cm taller/ shorter, weigh much more / less, eat much more / less, eat many times more)Step3. Listening1. PresentationT: Can you read these numbers?Ask students to read the numbers2. Listening: 1b(1) Listen and check the numbers you hear(2) Play the recording the second time. Check the answers. Pay attention to 50 and 15.3. PresentationT: Do you know how a baby panda grow into an adult panda? Lets enjoy some pictures from a baby panda to an adult panda.T: Do they have same colors?S: No, a baby panda is pink and an adult panda is black and white.T: Lets learn more about them.4. Listening: 1cTip: Before you do it, please look at the sentences carefully. And make clear what kind of words you may write down.Listen again and complete the sentences.Step4. Consolidation and summary1. Pair work: Take turns telling your classmates about pandasEg:A: A baby panda cannot see.B: An adult panda weighs many times more than a baby panda.2. Summary: No buying, no killingT: Although pandas are very cute, you can only see them in the zoos. They are endangered animals. And there are many other endangered animals. Lets try to protect these animals.Step4.Homework1. Write something comparing the elephant and the panda in 1a.2. Discuss in your group and make a list about how to save endangered animals.Teaching reflection: Before class, I used a free talk to talk about students favorite stories. It was easy for them to answer the question and they are relaxed. Then I played a guessing game with them to lead in the elephant and the panda. During the class, I proceeded well as I designed. Once I raised a question, most of the students could undertake brainstorm and gave me the correct answers. But when comparing the facts about the elephant and the panda, they were a little confused at first. So, I explained the language points secondly. After that, they could make sentences by themselves. At that time, I felt satisfied with my teaching effect. The students and I cooperated well during the following steps. In my teaching process, I felt it a pity that I made some mistakes in my oral expressions and the back of my