英语人教版八年级下册u7 sectionB reading.docx

Unit7 Whats the highest mountain in the world?Section B reading 2017.4I. Learning objectives: After the reading, students will be able to1. Know more about pandas and animal protection. 2. learn how to scan(寻读) for specific information. 3. learn to use numbers and facts in the writing . Important phrases: run over with excitement; die from illnessescut down trees; in the future; a symbol of China ; walk into.; fall over; every two years; prepare breakfast; stay awake ; at birth; 300 or soII. Approach: three-step reading (PWP); situational, task-based approachesIII. Teaching Aids: Multi-Media, PPTIV. Teaching proceduresStep 1 warm-up. Revision What have you known about pandas?baby at birthAdult pandacolorPinkBlack and whiteheight15cm150cmweight0.1to 0.2 kilos100 kilosfoodmilkbamboo(Purpose: To review something about the pandas.)Step 2 Lead-in (pre-reading) T: Whats your favourite animal? Why do you like it/them? T: Whats my favourite animal, do you know?Guessing and free talk.According to the words and guess what animal it is.Endangered, famous, cute, black and white, Sichuan, bambooIts a panda!(Purpose: activate Ss background knowledge, arouse their interest)Step 3 Read and learn (pre-reading)Learn some facts of pandas. Learn some of the new words.21世纪教育网版权所有1). Pandas have only one baby every two years. Many baby pandas die from illnesses. When they are awake and hungry, the keepers feed them with milk.2). Adult pandas live on bamboo. They often eat about 10 kilos of bamboo a day. People cut down the bamboo forests3).Fewer than 2,000 pandas live in the forest. Another 300 or so live in zoos or research centers and other countries.4). The hometown of pandas? Sichuan (Purpose: Language input and vocabulary.)Step 4 While Reading Skimming and scanning1. Scanning: Scan the whole passage to find what the numbers mean.Scanning: Scan para 1,2,3,5 to find the answer to the questions. (Purpose: to give Ss practice in scanning for specific information)(3)Careful reading :mind-mapping Task2: read the text again and finish 2c and 2d.(Purpose: to give Ss practice in finding the details. ). Discussion: As teenagers, what can we do to help save the pandas?. Summary and Retelling: What have you learned about pandas through reading? (Purpose: Summarize and language output.)Step 5. Sentence appreciation and the vocabulary-using. (post-reading) (Purpose: Focus on the sentences and vocabulary. Use them in the new context.)Step 6. Watch a video, talk about and write about whales. (Purpose: Expanding and transferring of knowle