英语人教版八年级下册unit 7Section A 1a—2d.doc

Unit 7 Whats the highest mountain in the world?Period 1 Section A (1a-2d)Teaching aims:Knowledge aims:1.Words and phrases: the earth, in Asia, the Yangtze River, the Yellow River, the Nile, in Africa, the Caspian Sea, Qomolangma, desert, the Sahara, square kilometers2. Expressions:Whats the highest mountain / the longest river / the deepest salt lake / the biggest desert in the world?To express the big numbers using: thousand, million,billion, kilometer long / deep / highAbility aims:1. The students can use the questions to get information to improve their listening and speaking abilities.2. To train the students cooperation with their partners.Emotional aims:To train the students to care about the worlds environment through talking about the worlds tops.Teaching important points:1. The comparative and superlative of adj.2. Note its grammar meaning and use “what” questions to ask about the worlds tops.Teaching difficult points:The students can ask questions to get information to improve their listening and speaking abilities.Teaching procedures:Step 1 Grammar previewReview the superlative of adj.Step 2 Presentation & talk1. Show on the screen some pictures and learn the new words.2. Practice the conversations like this:A: What is the longest river in the world?B: The Nile.A: How long is it?B: It is 6,671 kilometers long.Step3 Activity 1a1. Get the students to read through the pictures in Activity 1a and match the statements with the right picture.2. Talking: The Yangtze River is about 6,300 kilometers long.Step 4 Listening (1b)1. Get the students to listen and complete the sentences.2. Listen again and repeat after the tape.Step 5 Pair work (1c)1. Get the students to have a pair work, talking about the places in the picture.2. Practice the conversations with the partners.Step 6 Listening1. Listen and number the facts in the order you hear them. (2a)2. Listen again and fill in the blanks with the right numbers. (2b)3. Check the answers.Step 7 Activity 2c1. Get the students to have a dialogue like the one in 2c using the information in 2a.2. Ask some pairs to practice their dialogues.Step 8.Pair work 1.Read the conversation and answer the questions:1) Which is the biggest man-made objects in the world？2) Which is the most famous part of the Ming Great Wall?2.Language points and summary1. Fell free to ask me anything on todays Great Wall tour. 在今天的长城游中，大家尽管问我任何问题，不要拘束。fell free是英语口语中一个常用表达。若有人让你feel free to do something, 就是让你无需拘束，只管按照自己的意愿去做某事。e.g. A: Can I use your bathroom? 我可以用一下你的卫生间吗？B: Yes, feel free. 可以，请随意。2. As far as I know, there are no man-made objects as big as this. 据我所知，再没有像它这样大的人造物体了。as far as I know是一个固定的表达方式，还可以说so far as I know, 意思是“据我所知”。e.g. As far as I know, Jacks got twin sisters. 就我所知，杰克有一对孪生姐妹。 Theyre not coming today, so far as I know. 他们今天不来了 就我所知是这样的。Step 9. HomeworkThe students say what they have learned today.Step 10. Homework1.Recite the 5 sentences in 1b.2.To memorize the important phrases and sentences.Step 11.BlackboardUnit 7 Whats the highest mountain in the world?Period 1 Section A (1a-2c)A