人教版八年级下册Unit 7 What's the highest mountain in the world？Section B 2a-2e 教学设计

Unit 7 What's the highest mountain in the world
Section B 2a-2e
教材分析
本课时内容人教版新目标初中英语教材8下Unit 7 ,该单元话题是“Facts about the world”, 功能是“Talk about geography and nature”，此节课型定位为以话题为核心的“阅读课型”，以“pandas”为主题的一篇报道，具有说明文的一些特征。2a的读前活动提供了一些词汇，让学生自己组织语言说一说大熊猫，为2b的阅读活动做好话题准备。2b要求学生阅读文章，运用寻读法(scanning)，快速查找每个数字所表达的意义。2c的读后活动让学生再次运用寻读策略，根据问题所要求的信息点快速定位并找出问题的答案。2d要求学生理解文本细节信息并运用文中的语言将相关句子补充完整。2e是一个开放性的问题，要求学生想出更多方法帮助拯救大熊猫，启发学生思考。本节的话题与日常生活联系紧密，这也有利于培养学生的环保意识和学以致用的能力。
教学目标
（一）知识目标:
1.词汇：endangered, research, keeper, awake, excitement, walk into, fall over, illness, or so, artwork, wild, government。
2.词组：run over,with excitement, fall over, die from, cut down,the importance of
3.句型：
Lin Wei and the other panda keepers are preparing the milk for…
When the babies see the keepers，they run over with excitement…
The babies often die from illnesses and do not live very long.
Adult pandas spend more than 12 hours a day eating about 10 kilos of bamboo.
They send people to schools to tell children about the importance of saving these animals.
（二）能力目标:
1.能运用所学语句或固定表达方式口语表达出有关熊猫的知识。
2.学会运用个阅读策略（scanning、skimming/detailed reading/summarizing），能理解文本细节信息语篇语义并运用文中的语言完成相关练习，提高文章理解能力
（三）情感目标:
培养学生热爱家乡，热爱祖国，保护大自然, 保护环境的意识。
三．教学重难点
教学重点：
①熟练掌握寻读法在阅读中的用法。
②能理解文本细节信息并运用文中的语言完成相关练习。
教学难点
① 运用扫读、寻读、精读等阅读策略与技巧完成阅读任务；
② 树立环保意识并提出保护濒危动物的建议。
四．教学过程
Step 1 Greeting and Leading in
Show some pictures and a video to lead in the new topic and get the Ss to be interested in this lesson.
Step 2 Pre-reading
Show a picture of pandas and some words about pandas. Encourage the Ss to talk about pandas by using these words.
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big
bamboo
zoo popular cute
black and white Sichuan famous
endangered
beautiful forest protect
)
Lead the Ss to talk about pandas by mind-map.
Step 3 While-reading
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Tip 1: Skimming(
略
读）
—
find

only the

main

ideas
)1.Task 1: Tell the Ss to skim the passage and choose the main idea and best title.
Paragraph 1:The scene about panda keepers feeding pandas
Paragraph 2:Lin Wei's opinion of her job
Paragraph 3:The reasons for fewer pandas
Paragraph 4:The ways of protecting pandas
Title: save pandas
2.Task 2: Tell the Ss to scan the passage and find out what these numbers mean: 10, 12, 300, 2000.
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Tip 2: Scanning (
扫读）
—
specific(
具体的）
information

ideas
)
10 — Adult pandas eat about 10 kilos of bamboo a day.
12 — Adult pandas spend more than 12 hours a day eating bamboo.
300 — Another 300 or so live in zoos or research centers in China and other countries.
2,000 — Scientists say there are now fewer than 2,000 pandas living in the forests.
3.Task 3: Tell the Ss to scan the Para.1~2 carefully and answer the questions. Underline the key words for the students and pay attention to the “when”，“where”, “who”, “do”, “have”, “think of”.
When is it now ——It is 8:30 a.m.
Where are the pandas ——At the Chengdu Research Base.
Who is the panda keeper ——Lin Wei.
What does she do every day ——She washes,feeds and plays with pandas every day.
What do the baby pandas have for breakfast —— Milk.
What does the panda keeper think of pandas ——Cute and lovely.
4.Task 4:Read Para.3 & Para.4 carefully to learn the pandas' problems and the ways of protecting them. And then ask some individuals to choose one card and answer the question.
Where do most pandas live
Why are pandas endangered
Why are scientists doing research
What does the the education program in Chengdu do
A mother panda maybe gives birth to a baby every year. ( T / F )
5.Task 5: Read the article again, then finish 2d on Page 55. Ss read and try to complete the sentences.
Check the answers.
Step 4 Post-reading
6.Task 6 :Finish the chart and retell the passage.
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Tip 3: Summarizing(
总结）
—
mind-map
)
7.Task 7:Encourage the Ss to discuss in groups and make a report about saving the pandas.
Panda’s problems—
How can we save the pandas —
Not only pandas are endangered, there are also many other animals in danger.
Watch a video about famous people how to protect other animals.
Step 5 Homework
Write a short passage about one kind of animals ,why they need to be protected and how to protect .