英语人教版八年级下册unit 7 period 1.docx

20 年 月雅礼实验中学教师电子教案序号：科目English年级Grade 8班级课题Unit 7 Whats the highest mountain in the world?授课时间教学目标By the end of the class, Ss should be able to:1. grasp some names of geographic spots;2. read large numbers;3. learn more about geographic facts and love nature more.教材分析重点To talk about geography and nature.难点To read large numbers and use them to describe nature.课型听说课教学方法策略情境教学法、交际教学法、任务教学法教学过程备注Step 1 Lead-inQ: Which country is it in the picture?Ss: China!T: Today we are going to talk about our mother country- China.Step 2. Presentation1. What do you know about China? Guess the meanings of these numbers: 5,000: history 6,300: The Yangtze River 8,844: Qomolangma 9,600,000: area/ size 1,300,000,000: population2. Make sentences with the information above:China is over 5,000 years old. The Yangtze River is 6,300 kilometers long. Qomolangma is about 8,844 meters high. China is 9,600,000 square kilometers in size. China has a population of 1,300,000,000. 3. 1). Listening (2a): Listen and number the facts 1-4 in the order you hear them. _The Yangtze River is about _ kilometers long and the Yellow River is _ kilometers long._ China has the biggest population in the world. Its a lot bigger than the population of the US. _ China is over _ years old. It has a much longer history than the US. The US is not even _ years old._ China is almost as big as the US, and it is the biggest country in Asia.3.2) 2b. Listen again and fill in the blanks in 2a with numbers in the box. (6,300 5,000 5,464 300)4. Notes: populationpopulation意为“人口数量”，谓语动词要用单数形式。 询问人口数量: Whats the population of .? 提问，而不用how many或how much等提问。表示人口“多”要用large或big；表示人口“少”要用small。Practice:这个城市的人口是600万。The population of this city is six million中国有很多的人口。China has a large/ big population.The population of China is large.中国的人口比美国的人口多很多。The population of China is much larger than that of the USA.Step 3 ExpansionQomolangma The Sahara The Nile The Caspian Sea 1. 1a Match the facts you know.Qomolangmaabout 9,600,000 square kilometers in sizeThe Sahara1,025 meters deepThe Caspian Sea6,671 kilometers longThe Nile8,844.43 meters high Check the answers like this: a. How high is Qomolangma? Its 8, 844.43 meters high. b. Whats the size of the Sahara? Its about 9,600,000 square kilometers in size. c. How deep is the Caspian Sea? It is 1,025 meters deep. d. How long is the Nile? Its 6,671 kilometers long. 2. Compare and find the rule. Its 8, 844.43 meters high. Its 1,025 meters deep.Its 6,671 kilometers long. It is meters high (long, deep, wide). 它米高(长,深,宽)。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。 3. Practice:这座山高三千多米。 The maintain is more than three thousand meters high.这座绿色长城长7,000公里。 The Green Great Wall is 7,000 kilometers long.4. 1b. Listen and complete the sentences. 1). Qomolangma is _ than any other mountain in the world.2). The Sahara is _ desert in the world.3). The Caspian Sea is _ of all the salt lakes.4). The Nile is _ river in the world.Step 4 Game1. Top of ChinaThe biggest plateau (高原) Tibetan Plateau The biggest salt lakeQinghai Lake The longest river Yangtze River The biggest island (岛屿)Taiwan 2. Top of the worldThe biggest plateau (高原) Brazil Plateau The biggest plain (平原)Amazon Plain The biggest basin (盆地)Congo Basin The biggest island (岛屿)Greenland Ss try to give the answers as quickly as possible.Step 5 Pair Work Model:A: What is thein the world/ in China? B: . high A:How long is it? deep Whats the size of it? high. B: Its long. deep. in size. Step 6 Work on 2d1. Read and answer: Whats the conversation about?Its about a tour to the Ming Great Wall.2. Read again and answer:1). How long is the Ming Great Wall?2). What does the guide say about the wall?Keys:Its about 8,850 kilometers long.Its quite tall and wide. / Its the longest wall in the world. 3. Language points:1).As far as I know, there are no man-made objects as big as this.2). man-madeStep 7 Summary- RevisionWhats the population of .?It is meters high (long, wide).much, even, a little, still ,a lot, less+形容词比较级as far as I knowas / so far as I can remember / I can tell / I can seeas far as 远至合成词man-made板书设计China is ov