人教版八年级下册 Unit 7 What's the highest mountain in the world？Section A 3a-3c 教案

U Unit 7 What’s the highest mountain in the world
S Section A (3a-3c)
Teaching aims:
Knowledge aims:
1.Get the students to learn the words and phrases:
Mountain climbing, the Himalayas, challenge themselves, freezing weather conditions, heavy storms, very hard to take in air as you get near the top, stronger than the forces of nature, more serious difficulties
2.The students will be able to use the sentence structure:
It's hard to ….
Ability aims:
1. The students can use the comparative and superlative of the adj. to retell the article.
2. Try to find necessary information with the reading strategies.
Emotional aims:
We should never give up trying to achieve our dreams.
Teaching important points:
People want to challenge themselves in the face of difficulties.
We should never give up trying to achieve our dreams.
Humans can sometimes be stronger than the forces of nature.
The comparative and superlative of the adj.
Teaching difficult points:
Comprehend the spirit of the climbers and learn it from them.
Talk about Qomolangma.
Teaching procedures:
Step 1 . Leading-in
Free talk: Look at the picture:
1.What can you see in the picture
2.How 's the weather
Step 2.Pre-reading
Let the students predict: Is Qomolangma the most dangerous mountain in the world
Watch a short video about climbing Qomolangma. Help the students to get a very vivid image of a story.
Students watch and think.
T: Which mountain is the video about
T: How was the man when he succeeded in standing on the top
T: What about the situation of the climbers
Step 3. While- reading
1. Fast read and match each paragraph with the main ideas.
Help the students foster the ability of skimming.
2.Read Paragraph One fast again and find out the facts about Qomolangma Help the students foster the ability of scanning.
1. Get the students to have a careful reading. Find out the difficulties when people climb Qomolangma and the achievements of climbers.
Help to foster the ability of reading for certain details.
4.Share the spirit of the climbers and read the passage aloud.
Step4. Post-reading
Ask a few students to retell the article following the clues and the key words.
Step5. Summary
Summarize the article. Remember the spirit and learn from it.
Step6. Extension
Play a short video about Nick Vujicic who has no arms and legs but never gives up his dreams and encourage the students to learn from him.