课件12张PPT。Unit 7
What's the highest mountain in the world?Section A 3a
readingI can_____ ____ fresh air.weather conditionstake infreezingthick cloudsI like nature.Qomolangmathe HimalayasThey want to challenge......come true________ their dreamsachieveSome people try to climb Qomolangma.It is their dream to reach the top. They want tomake their dreams ____ ____.They succeeded. skim the article and match each paragraph with the main ideas.3aParagraph 1
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 3Fast readingAchievements of climbersFacts and dangersSpirit of climbersfactsdangersPara.1 facts and dangersPara.2 achievements of climbersPara.3 spirit of climbersCareful readingPara.1 facts and dangersOne of the most popular places for mountain climbing is............run along the southwestern part of China Qomolangma is......It’s 8844.43 meters high.It’s very high.Thick clouds cover the top.Snow can fall very hard.Weather conditions are freezing.The storms are heavy.It’s hard to take in air.naturethe forces of The forces of nature are very _______.strongBut many people are not afraid. They succeeded in reaching the top.Careful readingPara.2 achievements of climbers three achievements1953--1960--1975--Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary were the first to reach the topThe first Chinese team did soJunko Tabei from Japan was the first woman to succeedreached the topWhat do you think of the climbers?the spirit of the climbersThinkingCareful readingPara.3 Spirit of climbersRead Para.3 carefully and answer the two questions.Why do so many people try to climb Qomolqngma even though it is dangerous?
What does the spirit of the climbers tell us?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 spirit of the climbersAs a student, what can you learn from the climbers?ThinkingCareful readingRead para.1 and 3 again and list some comparisons.most dangerous sportmost popular placesrises the highestthe most famousstrongerthe most dangerous sportthe most popular placesrun alongrise the highest 8844.43 meters be dangerous to thick clouds snow weather conditions storms be hard to1953 Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary 1960 the first Chinese team 1975 Junko Tabei risk their lives challenge themselves in the face of the spirit of the climbers never give up achieve our dreams be stronger RetellingWhat is your dream?How are you going to achieve your dream?What will you do when you are in the face of difficulties?My dreamSpeakingin the face of......
succeed
challenge ......
achieve one’s dream
the spirit of……
……It is my dream to......
In order to achieve my dream, I......
When I am in the face of difficulties, I...... HomeworkLevel one: tell your partener about your dream
Level two: write a summary for the passageTeaching Plan
Teaching Material: Go For It Grade 8 Unit 7 3a reading
Objectives:
By the end of the class, students are expected to
● understand the new words and phrases: achievement, southwestern, thick, include, freezing, condition, take in
succeed, challenge onself, in the face of, achieve one’s dreams, the forces of nature
● understand the article and know more about Qomolangma
● develop the spirit of the climbers and never give up in the face of difficulties
Teaching key points:
● get students to understand the article and know more about Qomolangma
● get students to talk about their dreams.
Learning difficult points:
have difficulties reading the names of the climbers
have difficulties talking about their dreams
Steps
Learning activities
Teaching purposes
Lead-in
Free talk---what do you usually do in your free time?
▲ To lead in the topic.
Pre-reading
Learn the new words and phrases.
▲ To clear the way for reading.
While-reading
Skim the article and match each paragraph with the main ideas
Read and find about which sentences are about facts and which sentences are about dangers
How many achievements?
What’s the spirit?
▲ To get Ss to skim for main ideas
Para.1
Fill in the table
To guide students to get detail information through reading
To help students have a better understanding of the text
To enable students to learn from the spirit of the climbers
Para.2
①list three achievements
②Further thinking: What do you think of these climbers?
Para.3
Why do many people try to climb this mountain even though it is dangerous?
What does the spirit of the climbers tell us?
Further thinking: As a student, what can you learn from the climbers?
Post-reading
Retell the text
Write a letter about your dreams
To help students summarize the story
To get .students talk about the dreams
Assignment
Level 1:tell your partner about your dream
Level2: write a summary for the passage
To consolidate some key words and phrases.
