英语人教版八年级下册Unit7 SectionB 1a-1d.doc

Unit 7 Whats the highest mountain in the world? Section B 1a-1cI. Teaching Aims1. Knowledge Aims(1)Key Vocabulary: cm, weigh, birth, at birth, up to, adult. (2) Target Language: many times more than / 200cm taller than / weigh much more than /eat much more(less) than / eat many times more (less) than /live up to / about one to two kilos (3) Structure: comparatives and superlatives with adjectives and adverbs2. Ability Aims(1)Enable students to learn about something about pandas and other endangered animals, hope students to protect them.(2)Teach students how to compare two kinds of animals. 3. Moral Aims To know the importance of protecting animals and environment.来源:学网II. Teaching Key Points Students can grasp comparatives and superlatives with adjectives and adverbsIII. Teaching Difficult Points Comparatives and superlatives with adjectives and adverbs.IV. Teaching method The cooperative learning method, and the situational teaching method.V. Teaching Aids The pictures about endangered animals; PPT.VI. Teaching Procedures Step 1 RevisionAccording to the charts, review the expressions of large numbers and the cooperative sentences.Step 2 Warming upAsk questions about students favorite animals, and the watch o video “In the zoo”. Then introduce the Ts favorite animal-elephant.Step 3 PresentationLook at the pictures in 1a and the numbers under the pictures, describe elephants and using some simple sentences .Eg: This elephant is 350cm tall.来源:学&科&网 It weighs 5000 kilos. It eats 150 kilos of food a day. This panda is 150 cm tall when it is standing on two legs.It weighs 100 kilos.Step 4 Comparisons Ask the Ss to read and say the words and phrases by showing pictures.Then ask Ss to make comparisons between elephants and pandas.For example:This elephant weighs many times more than this panda. This panda is 200 cm shorter than this elephant.This elephant eats much more than this panda.This panda eats much less than this elephant.Then compare the two kinds of animals about height, weight and food in detail.Step5 Listening(1b,1c)1. Play the tape for students to listen and check the numbers they hear.2. Listen again and complete the sentences in 1c. 3. Ask students to read the sentences in 1c. Students make sentences according to the chart as many as possible.Step 6 Role play(1d) 1. Make conversations according to the above chart in groups. 2. Speaking: Speak out short descriptions about baby pandas and adult pandas.Step 7 Language pointsExplain the language points to the Ss by examples, VII. Hom