2014年春人教版最新八年级英语下册《Unit7_What’s_the_highest_mountain_in_the_world_Section_A》课件

Unit 7 What’s the highest mountain in the world? 教案Period 4 Section B (1a-2e)Step 1 New words1. weigh v.称重2. adult n.成人adj. 成年的3. bamboo n.竹子4. endangered adj. 濒危的5. research n.&v.调查；研究6. keeper n.饲养员7. awake adj. 醒着8. excitement n. 激动9. illness n. 疾病10. artwork n. 插图11. wild adj. 野生的12. government n.政府Step 2 Discussion1. Compare facts about these two animals. Use the language in the box to help you make sentences.e.g. This elephant weighs many times more than this panda.(200 cm taller/shorter, weigh much more/less, eat much more/less, eat many times more)2. Discuss in pairs. Compare the panda and the elephant.3. Do 1a.Make more sentences using the information in 1a.Step 3 Listening1. 1b Listen and check(√) the numbers you hear.1c Listen again and complete the sentences.2. Practice. Take turns telling your classmates about pandas.A: A baby panda can not see.B: An adult panda weighs many times more than a baby panda.Step 4 DiscussionHere are some facts about koala, use the information above to make sentences.Koala— is 75 cm tall — weighs 10 kilos— eats leaves — sleeps 20 hours a dayStep 5 Reading1. Pre-readingTalk 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,2. Reading guidance: scanningThis means moving your eyes quickly down the page to find specific information.3. Reading tasks1. 2b Scan the article to find out what these numbers mean:10, 12, 200, 20002. 2c Scan the article again and write short answers to the questions.1. What is Lin Wei’s job?2. What do the baby pandas eat for breakfast?3. What do adult pandas eat?4. Why are pandas endangered?5. What is one way of saving pandas?Key: 1. A panda keeper.2. Milk.3. Bamboos.4. Less forest for pandas to live.5. Teaching children.3. 2d Complete the sentences using words and phrases from the passage.1. The panda _______ at the Chengdu Research Base are awake very early in the morningto _______ breakfast for the baby pandas.2. Adult pandas do not have babies very ____, and some of the babies only live for a shorttime because of _______.3. Another reason for fewer and fewer pandas is because people are cutting down ______so pandas have fewer places to live.4. A special program in Chengdu teaches _______ about why pandas are __________and how to save them.5. The __________ is also helping to save the pandas. It’s __________ more trees tomake more homes for the pandas.Keys: keepers, prepare, often, illnesses, trees, children, endangered,Chinese government, necessary to plant2e Discuss what other ways you think children can help to save the pandas.Step 6 Language points1. At birth, a baby panda is about…birth v.出生at birth 出生时e.g. Man’s nature at birth is good. 人之初，性本善。

Unit7What’s the highest mountain in the worldSection A （3a〜3c)Teaching Aims:1.Read the passage in 3a and train the student’s reading ability.2.Grasp superlative.3.Learn the spirit of the mountain climbers.Teaching courses:nguage points and focus: mountain climbing,the most popular,run along,of all, the most famous,...meters high, even more serious,freezing weather conditions,heavy storms,take in, in the force of,reach the top ,so many give up2.Vocabulary:paragraph,southwestern,thick,include,freezing,condition,s ucceed,Japan,challenge,achieve,force,nature3.The grammar:comparative and superlative.Teaching Importance and Difficulties:To retell the text.Teaching steps:Step1 Greetings and review(Ask students to recite new words and phrases learnt in last class.Then check the answers.)Step2 Lead-inask:Do you like climbing mountains?Have you climbed any mountains?What was your feeling about it?Do you know Qomolangma?What’s the weather on it?NOW let’s learn an article about Qomolangma and the climbers.Step3 listeningStep4Reading1.Read the passage in 3a and find out comparative adjectives and superlative adjective.2.Read aloud.First pronounce the new words aloud according to the phonetic symbols by themselves ,then check their pronunciation,and offer help if necessary.Finally read aloud the passage,try to retell it.3.Read the article carefully and silently to find the specific ideas.Andfinish the following tasks:Task One:True or False.1.The Himalayas run along the southeastern part of China.( )2.Qomolangma is8844.43 meters high.( )3.The weather of Qomolangma is cloudy ,but never snows.( )4.The first people to reach the topwere Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary on May29,1954.( )Task Two :Answer the following questions.1.Where are the Himalayas?2.How high is Qomolangma?3.Why do so many people try to climb this mountain even though it is dangerous?4.What does the spirit of the climbers tell us?Step 5 PresentationThe grammar of this text is about comparative and superlative.you should learn the meanings of them and their forms. Now lets review them together.Step6 PracticeRead the article again and complete the chart in 3b. Step7 Homework1.Recite the new words and read the text.2.Write a composition about “The spirit of climbers”人教版：八年级下册Unit7 What’s the highest mountain in the worldSection A （3a〜3c)西平第三初级中学：朱会枝。

Unit7 What’s the hightest mountain in the world?Section B 1a-1d应城市开发区学校肖爱芳Knowledge Objects:1.Key words: cm=centimeter, weigh ,birth, at birth ,adult, up to2.Target Language:This elephant weighs many times more than this panda.The elephant is 200 cm taller than the panda.At birth, a baby panda is about 15 cm long.Ability Objects :1.Learn to use large numbers to talk about some animals.2.Learn to describe the animals’ feasure with comparisions ofadj.and adv.3.Train studnts’ list ening and speaking skills.Moral Objects: Animals are our friends, we should care foranimals and protect them.Teaching Key Points:Talk about animals’ features by listening and speaking. Teaching Difficult Points: comparisions of adj.and adv. Teaching Aids: pptTeaching Procedures：Step1. Review1.Look at the pictures and talk about the top of the world.2.Match the places with the numbers and say out the facts.Step2 Lead-inFree talk : Do you like animals ? Which is the biggest animal on land? What an imal only lives in China? Now let’s learn about elephants and pandas.Step3 Presentation1.Learn some new words. (Show some pictures to Ss.)cm-centimeter厘米2cm—two centimetersweigh 称重—weight重量The baby weighs 4 kilos.up to 达到 A baby can weighs up to 2.5- 5 kilos.an adult成人, an adult panda 成年的熊猫at birth 出生At birth , a baby panda is very small.many times 许多倍A baby panda is many more times smaller than an adult panda.2.Description: Describe the elephant and the panda with theinformation in the box.3.Pair work :1a Compare facts about the elephant and the panda.Step 4 Listening1.Look at the pictures and learn more about pandas.(1)A re the baby pandas black and white?(2)Do the baby pandas have teeth?(3)C an they see anything？(4)H ow Long are they?(5)H ow long can a panda live?2.1b. Listen and check the numbers you hear.3.1c. Listen and complete the sentences.Then check the answers. Step 5. Practice1.1d Take turns telling your classmates about pandas.2.Fill in the blanks of the passage.(ppt)Step 6. Summary1.Words and phrases:Weigh, at birth, up to, many times, adult2.Sentences:This elephant weighs many times more than the panda.This elephant is 200 cm taller than the panda.At birth , a baby panda ia about 15 cm long.Step7 Homework1a Write 8 sentences to compare pandas and elephants.。

Unit 7 What’s the highest mountain in the world?Section A第一课时教学设计教学目标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:What’s 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:T Teaching important points:1. The comparative and superlative of adj.2. Note its grammar meaning and use “what” questions to ask about the world’s tops.教学重难点Teaching difficult points:The students can ask questions to get information to improve their listening and speaking abilities.o train the students to care about the world’s environment through tal king about the world’s tops.教学准备Teaching aids :CAL,a recorder教学过程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 pairwork, 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 tha 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 Homework1.Recite the 5 sentences in 1b.2,Write and remember the words.板书设计Unit 7 What’s the highest mountain in the world?Period 1 Section A (1a-2c)A: What’s the highest mountain in the world? k ilomerters long / deep / bigB: Qomolangma. one of the oldest countuies in the world the second longest river in the world。

Unit 7 What’s the highest mountain in the world?Section A (3a—3c)Teaching AimsKnowledge Objects(1).Key Vocabulary and phrasesachievement , southwestern, thick, include, freezing, condition, take in, succeed, in the face of, achieve, force, nature, even though(2) .Target LanguageOf all the places , the Hamalayas is the most popular.Of all the mountains , Qomolangma rises the highest and is the most famous.1.Ability Objects(1).Be able to understand the passage and find out the main idea of eachparagraph.(2).Train students’ reading and writing ability.(3).Learn and master the usage of the comparative and superlative form of adj.and adv..3. Moral Objects(1)Encourage students to face challenge and never give up.(2).In the face of difficulties, we can sometimes be stronger than the force ofnature.Teaching key pointsLearn and master the usage of the comparative and superlative form of adj. and adv.Teaching difficult pointsLearn and master the usage of the comparative and superlative form of adj. and adv..Teaching methods1.The situational teaching approach , task-based language teaching method.Listening method to improve the students listening ability.2.Pair work.Teaching AidsA tape recorder. PPTTeaching ProceduresStep 1.RevisionWarming upEnjoy a video and have a free talkWhat kind of dangers can you find when climbing the mountains?Step2 . Learn the new wordsachievement (n)成就，成绩Southwestern（adj.）西南的，西南方向的Thick（adj.）厚的,浓的Include(v)包括,包含Freezing(adj.)极冷的, 冰冻的Condition（n）条件,状况take in吸入,引入succeed（v）实现目标,成功in the face of面对（问题，困难等）achieve（v）达到，完成，成功force（n）力,力量nature（n）自然界,大自然even though（=even if）即使，虽然Step3.SkimmingLook quickly through the passage to find out the main idea without reading each word. It’s still a good idea to read the first sentence in each paragraph a little more carefully. Then answer these questions.1.What do you think of Himalayas?2.What is the main idea of each paragraph?Step4. ScanningRead the passage more carefully to find specific information and then complete the chart.(Work in groups.)Answer the questions using the information from the article.1.Where are the Himalayas?2.How high is Qomolangma?3.Why do so many people try to climb this mountain even though it isdangerous?4.What does the spirit of the climber tell us?nguage points1.One of the world’s most dangerous sports is mountain climbing,“one of the +形容词的最高级+复数名词“，意为”最……之一“。

2014年春人教版最新八年级英语下册《Unit7 What’s the highest mountain in the world Section A》课件Unit 7 What’s the highest mountain in the world Section A-Do you know its name-It is Amazon-Do you know howlong it is-It’s about 6,500kilometers long.The second longest riverin the world Do you know howhigh it is?It is 8,844 metershighQomolangmaThe world’s highestmountain in the world.SaharaDo you know Sahara is the biggestdesert in the world?Yes, it is about 9,600,000 squarekilometers in size. sizen.1. [C][U]What’s the size of the park?2. , [C]This shirt is your size.The world’sdeepest salt lakeThe Caspian SeaDo you know that how deep the world’sdeepest Salt lake?Yes, it is 1,025 meters deep.The longest riverin AsiaThe Yangtze RiverDo you know that the Yangtze Riveris the longest river in Asia?Yes, it is 6,300 kilometers long. It’s 8,844 meters high. 8,844 It is … meters high long, wide… …… , ……“…… ” 1.The table is two meters longand one meter wide.2. 1500The mountain is 1,500 meters high 3. 120The building is 120 meters tall.4.The dictionary is five centimeters thick.5. 1025How deep is the lake? It’s 1,o25 meters deep. 1 Feel free to ask me anything ontoday’s Great Wall tour.feel free to do sthCan I use your bathroom?Yes, feel free.2 ancient adjMy grandmother often tells me oldancient stories.3 protect v.Sunglasses are used for protecting oureyes in the sun.4 As far as I know, there are no man-made objects as big as this.as far as I knowAs far as I know , Tom has a twinsister.5 achievement n achieve v.This is a wonderful achievement in Chinesehistory.6 southwestern adjsouthwest n.Our hometown is in the southwestern partof this city.7 thick adjThere is thick fog in the morning in this mountain area.8 Even more serious difficulties include freezing weather conditions and heavystorms.1 difficultyIf you have any difficulties, you can call mefor help.We found the house without difficulty.2 include vOur subjects include Chinese , Englishmath and so on.9 freezing adjIt is freezing outside, and put on your wintercoat.10 condition nThe piano was in good condition.11 take inLarge fish takes in small fish in the sea .12 succeed vsuccess n. successfuladj. successfully adv.I hope she will succeed soon by workinghard.13 challenge v.It is a big challenge for the girl to dohousework by herself.The boy challenged his friend to a fightafter school.14 in the face ofThey showed their couragein the face of difficulty.15 The spirit of these climbers shows usthat we should never give up trying toachieve our dreams.1 give up doing sthHe gave up smoking after he got out of thehospital.2 achieve our dreammake our dream come trueHe achieved great success in a short time.16 force nThe army was the most important force inthe country17 nature nThe beauty of nature makes people forget trouble.l o n g e s tl o n g e rh i g hp o p u l a rb i go l d e r m u c hReviewadj n longlength wide width deep depth highheight tall tallness thick thickness the height of the population ofthe length ofthe speed ofper hourman-made structuresThe mountain is 1,500 meters high.The mountain is 1,500 meters in height.The height of the mountain i s 1,500 meters.the world’s highest mountainthe highest mountain in the worldthe longest riverthe second longest riverthe biggest desertbamboo foreststhe most common animalsthe most populated placeone of the oldestcivilizationsas…asGrammar1 The Sahara is the biggest desert inthe worldthemost the" "It is a most important problem.It is a very important problem.:Tom is the tallest of his three brothers.Tom is the tallest of the three brothers.2 by far, far, much,mostly, almostThis hat is nearly / almost the biggest.a. very , muchThis is the very best.This is much the best.bAfrica is the second largest continent.3Mike is the most intelligent in his class.Mike is more intelligent than any otherstudents in his class.4 " + " " +so… as"Nothing is so easy as this.Nothing is easier than this.This is the easiest thing.1. -Which is ____ season in Beijing2003 -I think it's autumn.A. goodB. betterC. bestD. the bestseason, ,, ,the, D 2. - Which is__________ , the sun, themoon or the earth?2004-- Of course, the moon is.A. smallB. smallerC. smallestD. the smallestD"the sun, themoon or the earth", 3. The air in Beijing is getting much _____ now than a few yearsago.2005A. cleanB. cleanerC. cleanestD. the cleanestthan than。