初中英语人教版八年级下册unit7 sectionA.docx

Unit 7 Whats the highest mountain in the world? Period One Section A (1a-2c)Teaching objectsKnowledge objects1. master the key word and expressions2. learn to talk about geography and nature.3. be able to compare facts and figures.4. Learn to express large numbersProgress and methodEmploy task-based teaching mode, and get the students to learn basic sentence patterns by listening and speaking.Emotion attitudes and valueLead students to love the nature.Important points： Phrases: in size, in the world, 2 meters tall/long/wide, the biggest population, one of the biggest, the most popular question, talk about, the ancient emperors, the main reason, as far as I know, no man-made objects, mountain climbing, the southwestern part of China, thick clouds, cover the top, risk ones life, challenge oneself, achieve ones dream，the forest of nature, try to do sth., the spirit of the climbers, many times more than ,live up to, prepare for., be awake, be special to sb., spend some time doing sth., in the remaining forest, endangered animals, in the future Sentences: Whats the highest mountain in the world? Qomolangma.How long 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 lake.Did you know that China is one of the oldest countries in the world? Yes, I did. Its much older than the US.Difficult points ：1.形容词和副词的比较级和最高级变化规则和用法。2.学会物体之间的对比。学法指导： 展示学习目标，学生齐读核心知识，让学明白本节课学什么？学生自读教材内容，画出自己不明白的词、短语、句子，教师在巡视过程中鼓励学生并帮助解答疑问Teaching proceduresStep 1 : Revisions Speak out the new words in a gameStep 2 PresentationLearn the new words.square meter deep desert population Asia tour tourist wall amazing ancient wide Step 3 Warming-up1. 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 meters high.Step 4 1a Match the facts you know.Step 5 Explanation1. Read 1a-1c alone and circle some words and phrase you dont understand. Pay more attention to the words (square, meter, desert, deep)2. Group work and help out with the problems.3. Practice in pairs using the information in 1a.(方法指导：展示学习目标，学生齐读核心知识，让学明白本节课学什么？学生自读教材内容，画出自己不明白的词、短语、句子，教师在巡视过程中鼓励学生并帮助解答疑问。)8,844 meters high. 8,844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 meters wide.Step 6: Listening 1. 1b Listen and complete the sentences.(方法指导：明确听力任务，在听录音过程中，教师指导学生特别注意形容词比较级和最高级，为降低听力难度，方便学困生完成目标，指导学生先听懂关键词、短语，再听句子。)1. Get two Ss to read the dialogue in 1c2. Group work and make your own dialogues3. Act out their dialogues。( 方法指导： 先看图回答问题，再分组读对话。教师巡查并指导学习有困难的学生，鼓励学生正确交流,然后找两组学生展示，在展示中，提高学习自信)Step7: pair work Show a picture: lead the students to make conversations with comparative and superlativeStep8: ExerciseLet the students do the exercise in class in order to consolidate the knowledgeStep9: Make s summaryStep 10