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Unit7 Whats the highest mountain in the world ?The Fourth Period Section B (1a-1d)Minghu School Ma HongTeaching Aims:1. Knowledge Objects(1) Master the new words and phrases: cm(=centimeter), weigh, birth, at birth, ,up to, adult (2) Learn to compare facts and figures.2. Ability Objects(1) Train students listening and speaking ability.(2) Enable students to understand and use comparatives and superlatives with adjective and adverb.3. Moral ObjectLead students to love the nature and protect the animals.Teaching Key Points: 1. Master the new words and phrases.2. Further consolidate the target language through listening and speaking practice.Teaching Difficult Points:1. How to train students listening and speaking ability.2. How to train students communicative competence.Teaching Methods:1. Listening-and-answering activity to help students go through the listening material.2. Pair work.Teaching Aids:1. A tape recorder.2. PPT.Teaching Procedures:Step1 Greeting and Free talk1. Greet the class as usual.Is everyone here? Whats the weather like today? Is it colder than yesterday?Ss: T: Its warmer than yesterday.2. Guessing Game1. Whats the highest mountain in the world?2. Which is the biggest desert in the world?3. Which is the deepest salt lake in the world?4. Whats the longest river in the world?5. Whats the second longest river in the world?6. Whats the longest river in Asia?Step 2 Presentation1. Learn new wordsShow pictures of the words.Ask some students to read and explain the word and phrases.Read after the teacher and ask students to make sentences.2. Activity 1a.(1) Compare facts about these two animals. Use the language in the box to help you make sentences.HeightWeightHow much food do they eatElephantPanda(3) Make conversations using the information.Attention: Use the correct structure of comparatives.3. Language point.比较级常用句型结构:(1).A+be/实义动词+倍数+adj./adv.比较级+than+B A比B大/多/重/快.倍(2).A+be/实义动词+倍数+as+adj./adv.原级 +as+B A是B的.倍(3).A+be +倍数+计量名词+ of+B A是B的.倍4. Substitution drills.This elephant weights 49 times more than this panda.= This elephant is 50 times as much as this panda.This elephant eats 15 times as much as this panda.=This elephant eats 14 times more than this panda.Step 3 Practice1.Activity 1b&1c.(1) .Ask students to read the numbers.(2) .Play the tape twice for them to listen. The first time, they need to listen carefully and check the number they hear. The second time, they have to fill in the blanks to complete the sentences. (3) Play the third time to check the answers.(4) Check the answers together.(5) Listen and read the listening material.Step 4 Consolidation1. Complete the chart using the information mentioned.2. Take turns telling your classmates about pandas.Ask students to describe pandas one by one. Encourage them to speak loudly and bravely. As they work, move around the room checking the progress and offering language support as necessary.Make interviews about the panda and the baby pandas.3. Fill in the blanks.4. Show posters and ask students to protect animals.Step 5 SummaryIn this class, we mainly did some listening and speaking drills to check our learning efficiency. We learnt the usage of comparative structures.Step 6 HomeworkMake a conversation to compare the elephant and the panda. Preview: Make a list about how to save pandas.Blackboard Design:Unit7 Whats the highest mountain in the world ?The Fourth Period Sectio