人教版八年级下册 Unit7 What's the highest mountain in the world？ SectionB 2a-2e 教案

Unit 7 What’s the highest mountain in the world
Section B (2a—2e)
Reading
Part 1 Teaching Aims:
1. Knowledge Objects:
(1) Function: talk about animal protection;
(2) Key Phrases: one every two years, die from…, cut down, be special to ;
(3) To enable the students to talk about something with Comparative Degree;
2. Ability Objects:
(1) To enable the students to understand the passage with the reading strategy－scanning;
(2)To help the students express the ways to protect animals.
3. Moral Objects:
(1)To make the students realize the importance of animal protection and take actions to protect the animals and the nature;
(2) To make the students have good teamwork spirit.
Part 2 Teaching Key Points
1. To enable the students to talk about something with Comparative Degree;
2. To express the ways to protect animals.
Part 3 Teaching Difficult Points
To make the students know how to protect the animals and express the ways to protect animals.
Part 4 Teaching Methods
Group work; Task-based teaching method.
Part 5 Teaching Presentation
Step 1 Pre-reading
1. Greeting.
2. The information about the pandas.
（1）T: Yesterday I received a letter from my pen pal Peter in Thailand. He told me that the elephant is a symbol of Thailand. But the number of the elephants is getting smaller and smaller. People cut down forests so that they don’t have place to live in. What’s more, some people kill the elephants for ivory. The elephants are in danger now. He wants to know something in China. What animal is the symbol of China Do you know
Ss: The panda.（板书）
T: Good. The panda is not only our national treasure, but also famous in the world.
（2）Tell me more information about the pandas.
T: Could you please tell me more information about the pandas
Ss: ……
S1:The pandas are black and white. And they like eating bamboo. They are cute.
S2: They live in the beautiful forests or zoos. Most of the pandas live in Si Chuan Province.
S3: The adult panda is 1.5meters tall and it weighs 100 kilograms.
T: Excellent! What exact numbers you get! I think the elephant is 2 meters taller than the panda, and it weighs many times more than the panda. Can you find the similarities between the two sentences
Ss:……
T: All parative Degree. Who can make a new sentence with it You please.
Ss:……
T: Well done. The elephant has bigger ears than the panda. You please.
Ss:……
T: Good job. You think the panda is cuter than the elephant.
Step 2 While-reading
1. Read fast and find out what these numbers mean.
(1) Do you want to know more information about the pandas Please read the passage fast and try to find out what these numbers mean:10, 12, 300, 2000.
(2) Reading strategy—scanning.
T: You did a good job. But how to do get the answers
Ss: ……
T: Sounds good. When we read the passage, move the eyes quickly down the page to find specific information. It is scanning, a very useful and important reading strategy. All these numbers show that the pandas are in danger. However, why are the pandas endangered
2. Read again and find out why the pandas are endangered with the reading strategy—scanning.(2 minutes)
S1: The pandas don’t have many babies, only one every two years. And the babies don’t live very long, they often die from illness.
S2: There used to be more forests in the forests in China, but now people cut down them so that the forests get smaller. Pandas can’t enough to eat. It made a great influence on them.
T: Good job, everyone.
3. Careful reading.
All these problems caused great attention in the world. Not only the government, but also some programs, research centers and scientists take actions to save the pandas. Please read the passage again carefully and underline the answers.(3 minutes)
(1)Play a game : I count 1、2、3 Go, the first student to stand up is the winner, you can choose a lucky number from the tower. There is a task behind each number, choose your lucky number and finish your task: what does the Chengdu Research Base/education program/government/scientists do for the pandas
(2)The phrase: be special to. It means that somebody or something is very important to somebody. For example: The pen is very special to me. Then ask the students to make new sentences like me.
Step 3 After-reading
People are trying their best to save the pandas.(画熊猫) It’s also our duty to do something for the pandas, right But what can we do Please discuss in groups and then show me your answers.
Step 4 Exercise
Step 5 Summary
Save the animals and protect the nature. Don’t make our humans the last animals in the world.