人教版八年级下册英语 Unit 7 What's the hightest mountain in the world 单元教案

Unit 7 What's the highest mountain in the

world?

一、教学目标：

【知识目标】：能掌握本单元重点词汇，并能用比较级和最高级谈论“世界

之最”。

【能力目标】：能听懂谈论地理和自然的话题。学会对事实和数字的比较，提

高听说能力。

【情感目标】：培养学生热爱大自然和保护大自然。 二．教学重点：

短语: take in, in the face of, even though, risk their lives, challenge themselves,

walk into, fall over, or so, run over with excitement, take care of, cut down

the forests, in the remaining forests, endangered animals, wild animals

句子:

1)—What's the highest mountain in the world? —Qomolangma. 2)—How high is Qomolangma?

—It's 8,844.43 meters high. It's higher than any other mountain. 3)—Which is the deepest salt lake in the world?

—The Caspian Sea is the deepest of all the salt lakes.

4)—Did you know that China is one of the oldest countries in the world? — Yes, I did. It's much older than the US. 语法：形容词比较级和最高级。

三、教学难点： Large numbers

Comparative and superlative form of adj. and adv. 四、教具准备：PPT

The First Period Section A(1a-2d)

Ⅰ．Teaching Aims and Demands 1．Knowledge Objects （1） Key Vocabulary square n.平方 meter n.米 population n. 人口 Asia n. 亚洲 wall n. 墙 （2）Target Language

—What's the highest mountain in the world? —Qomolangma. —How high is Qomolangma?

—It's 8,844.43 meters high.It's higher than any other mountain. —Which is the deepest salt lake in the world?

—The Caspian Sea is the deepest of all the salt lake. (3)Structure: Large numbers

Comparative and superlative form of adj. and adv. 2.Ability Objects

（1) Learn to use the numeral to talk about the facts of the world.

（2) Learn and master the usage of the comparative and superlative form of adj. and adv.

3． Moral objects

Teach Ss to love our nature and protect our environment Ⅰ.Teaching Key Point

Learn and master large numbers Ⅰ．Teaching Difficult Points

Learn to talk about comparative and superlative form of adj. and adv. by using the target language. Ⅰ． Teaching Methods

1．The situational teaching approach,task-based language teaching method. 2．Pair-work. Ⅰ． Teaching Aids

1． A tape recorder 2． The blackboard Ⅰ．Teaching Procedures

Step Ⅰ Greeting and presentation square meter deep desert population Asia tour tourist wall amazing ancient wide Step 2 Warming-up

See the pictures on Page 49 and ask the students: How big/high/long/big is …?

Then help the students to answer:It's …meters/kilometers/cm big/high/long/big. Step 3 1a Match the facts you know.

Practice in pairs using the information in 1a.

Qomolangma about 9,600,000 square

kilometers in size

The Sahara 1,025 meters deep

The Caspian Sea 6,671 kilometers long

The Nile 8,844.43 meters high

Step 4 Explanation

…8,844 meters high. 8,844米高 … meters high (long, wide…) ……米高（长,宽……)。

英语表示有多长（宽，高……）时，一般将数词和数量单位放在表示长宽高

的形容词前作状语。

e.g. The wall is 1.7 meters wide. Step 5 Listening

1. 1b Listen and complete the sentences.

1) Qomolangma is __________ than any other mountain in the world. 2) The Sahara is ____________ desert in the world. 3) The Caspian Sea is _________ of all the salt lakes. 4) The Nile is _________ river in the world.

2. 2a Listen and number the facts(1- 4) in the order you hear them.

2b Listen again and fill in the blanks in 2a with the numbers in the box.

6,300 5,000 5,464 300

___ The Yangtze River is about ____ kilometers long and the Yellow River is ___ kilometers long.

___ China has the biggest population in the world. It's a lot bigger than the population

of the US.

___China is over ___ years old. It has a much longer history than the US. The US is not even ___ years old.

___ China is almost as big as the US, but it is the biggest country in Asia. Step 6 Practice

1c Make conversations in pairs. Examples:

A: Did you know that China if one of the oldest countries in the world? B: Yes, I did. It's much older than my country.

Step 7 2d 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? Step 8 Language points and summary

1. Fell free to ask me anything on today's Great Wall tour. 在今天的长城游中，尽管问我问题，不要拘束。

feel free to do something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。

e.g. As far as I know, Jack's got twin sisters. 就我所知，杰克有一对孪生姐妹。 Step 9 Homework

To memorize the important phrases and sentences. Step10 Blackboard Design Unit 7 What's the highest mountain in the world? The First Period Section A(1a-2d) How big/high/long/big is …? It's …meters/kilometers/cm big/high/long/big.