英语人教版八年级下册Unit-7 Section B 2a-2e Reading.doc

Unit 7 Whats the Highest Mountain in the World?Section B (2a-2e) Reading Teaching Aims and Demands1 Knowledge Objects（1） Key VocabularyBamboo, research, awake, excitement, illness, adult, remain, wild, government, preparefor, run over, fall over, die from, cut down（2）Target Language 1)Adult pandas spend more than 12 hours a day eating about 10 kilos of bamboo.2)Scientists say there are now fewer than 2.000 pandas living in the remaining forests.3)We all hope that in the future there will be a lot more pandas than now. 2 Ability Objects（1） Be able to find specific information and understand the passage by scanning.(2)Learn to talk about the facts of pandas by using the numeral and the comparisons of adj. and adv.3 Moral ObjectsEncourage students to take an active part in protecting animals. Teaching Key Points(1)Be able to scan the passage and train Ss reading and understanding ability. (2) Learn and master the language points and the understanding of the passage. Teaching Difficult PointsLearn and master scanning strategy Teaching Methods1The situational teaching approach, task-based language teaching method, Listening method to improve the students listening ability2 Pair work Teaching AidA video about pandas; A tape recorder; PPT Analysis oftheteachingmaterialandlearners.ThislessonischosenfromSectionBofunit7,Book8B,PEPJuniorEnglish.Thetopicofthisunitisfactsaboutthepandas.ThemaintaskforSsistomaster the new reading strategy Scanning and also learn some language points appearing in this passage. EventhoughSshavelearnedthecomparativeandthesuperlativedegree,theymaystillfeelhardtotalkaboutpandasandnature,becausetherearesomelargenumbersandunitsofmeasure.Thus,enoughpracticewillbeorganizedtohelpSslearnthe new reading strategy, new words and sentence structures.VII. Teaching ProceduresStep 1 Revision and lead-in1. Play the cartoon movie Kung fu Panda to lead in the topic about pandas.2. Review some facts about pandas learnt in last lesson.Step 2 Reading 1. Pre-readinga). Talk about panda in your class. Use these words to help you.big, bamboo, zoo, popular, cute, black and white,Sichuan, famous, endangered, beautiful, forest, protect,b). Reading guidance: scanningThis means moving your eyes quickly down the page to find specific information.2. Fast-reading tasks Scan the article to find out what these numbers mean: 10, 12, 200, 2000 Check the answers.3. Detailed-reading tasksa). Read after the tape and then try to find the answer to the questions.b). Get students to read the first paragraph together, next leave some time for students to read aloud by themselves and try to remember the key information. When they meet with the language points that they dont understand, they can mark them. Finally, have students finish some tasks related to this part with books closed. c). Finish teaching the rest three paragraphs in a similar way. 4. Post-reading a). Sum up the fact we learned about pandas in a chart. b). Discuss how to protect pandas and other rare endangered animals.Step 3 HomeworkMake a list about how to save pandas.Step4 Blackboard design Unit 7 Whats the highest mountain in the world?Section B (2a-2e) Reading(1) Key WordsBamboo, research, awake, excitement, illness, adult, remain, wild, government, preparefor, run over, fall over, die from, cut down（2）Target Language 1)Adult pandas spend more than 12 hours a day eating about 10