Unit 7
What’s the highest mountain in the world
学习内容 人教版八年级下unit7 Section A 3a-3c
学 习 目 标 知识目标:1.了解珠穆朗玛峰的相关事实资料; 2.熟练掌握词汇achieve, achievement, include, freezing, condition, succeed, force, nature, in the face of, take in, even though/if 3.复习比较级和最高级技能目标:1.通过搜寻具体信息,培养寻读技能; 2.通过罗列事实及数据,初步学习说明文的写作。情感目标:学习登山者克服困难、挑战极限的勇气与实践精神;
重点难点 通过罗列事实和数据说明事物;训练寻读技能
教学过程
Step1: ReviewTalk about the world records: the Sahara, the Nile, the Caspian Sea, QomolangmaStep2: Before Reading How much do you know about Qomolangma Are you brave enough to climb Qomolangma Why or why not Can you imagine what difficulties we will have climbing Qomolangma Step3 While readingRead the article and match each paragraph with the main ideas in 3a; Reading tips: Skimming(跳读)读标题看图片读每段的首句和尾句 Paragraph 1: Facts and dangersParagraph 2: Achievements of climbersParagraph 3: Spirit of climbersListen to the article and make True or False (1) Climbers have trouble breathing as they get near the top. (2)The first people to reach the top were Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary on March 29, 1953. (3) The first Chinese woman to succeed in 1960. (4) The spirit shows that humans can sometimes be stronger than the forces of nature.3b:Read the article again to complete the chart in 3b; Paragraph 1Paragraph 2List four dangers for climbersList three achievements3c: Read paragraph 3 to answer the questions:(1)Why do so many people try to climb this mountain even though it is dangerous (2)What does the spirit of the climbers tell us Ask students to do the tasks in groups:Para 1: Group 1 and Group 2Para 2: Group 3 and Group 4Para 3: Group 5 and Group 6Reading tips: Scanning(寻读)读懂问题,抓关键词回归课文,寻关键词Step 4: After reading1. Who has the same spirit as these climbers in our class/in your group 2. Enjoy the video,then talk about what we can learn from him. 3. Use the words in 3a to fill in the blanks.More and more people are becoming interested in dangerous sports that i________ climbing the highest mountains and exploring (探索) unknown parts of the world. Now, however, many people are __________ (挑战) themselves to look for a quick pleasure that lasts a few minutes or even seconds. Bungee jumping is one of such activities. You jump from a high place with an elastic rope (弹力绳 ) to your ankles (踝). You fall at up to 150 kilometers an hour until the rope stops you from r________ the ground. It is said that 2, 000, 000 people around the world have now tried bungee jumping. Some people even try to jump under more terrible _________ (状况) ,like from a mountain full of _______ clouds or on a freezing day from a cliff (悬崖) . Why do those people risk their lives ______ _______ (即使) it is dangerous Some people think it’s a good way to relax themselves in the f_______ of worries. Others do it because they want to a_________ their dreams of having a bird’s eye view at the world.Step 5 Summary1.Help students to remember the new words by a chant:Conditions Force,Conditions Force Bad conditions! Full of forces!Include, Succeed,include, Succeed,Include you and me! We will succeed!Challenge, Achieve,Challenge, Achieve,Challenge ourselves! Achieve our dreams!2.Help students to remember the important points by a mind-map.板书:the mind-map:
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