Unit 7 What is the highest mountain in the world?
Section A
教材分析
通过谈论有关地理和自然的话题，进一步学习学习形容词和副词的比较级和最高级的用法，学会用形容词和副词的最高级来描述个人喜好。
单元教学内容
话题：Which is the highest mountain in the world?
功能： 1. 大数字的读法和表示度量的结构
2. 比较级和最高级的使用。
教学目标
【知识与能力目标】
1、能力目标：（1）能够听懂用比较级和最高级来讨论世界之最
（2）掌握和运用新单词和短语来描述珠穆朗玛的相关地理知识。
2、知识目标：（1）能听说读写课文中出现大纲要求掌握的单词。
（2）要知道必计较最高级的用法。
【过程与方法目标】
直观教学法、情景教学、探究型教学法
【情感态度价值观目标】
1、通过学习培养学生热爱大自然，保护环境的意识；
2、通过对珠穆朗玛的相关地理知识的学习，培养学生热爱大自然和遇到困难永不言弃的拼搏精神。
教学重难点
【教学重点】
1. 学习较大数字的表述。
2. 学会用不同句式表达比较级、最高级。
【教学难点】
形容词比较级、最高级的不同表达句式，如higher then any other mountain ,a lot bigger than, almost as big as等。学生需要大量的口头练习对比，才能把握目标语言并达到熟练运用。
课前准备
多媒体设备，智慧课堂教师平板
教学过程
创设情境
1. 询问学生最喜欢的科目，让学生猜猜我喜欢的科目。
T：What is your favorite subject?
Can you guess what my favorite subject is?
向学生介绍自己最喜欢的学科是地理由此引入这节课的学习。
2. 通过图片向学生展示四个“世界之最”的风景名胜引入接下来的学习。
3. 让学生完成课本1a的练习，让学生进一步了解这些“世界之最”的基本情况。
二、启发思考
1. 展示两张图片，让学生思考：Which is the highest mountain in the world?
Which is the longest river in the world?
从而了解最高级的用法。
2. 让学生完成课本1b的练习，了解用比较级和最高级来讨论“世界之最”。老师结合句子带领学生总结比较级和最高级的用法。
三、自主或小组探究s.
1. 让学生完成课本1c的练习，让学生结合1b的信息两两小组进行对话，反复操练最高级的使用。
Example:
A: What is the highest mountain in the world?
B: Qomolangma.
2. 通过2a和2b的练习让学生进一步了解“中国之最”的基本情况。
3. 小组合作：让学生完成课本中2c的练习，结合2a中的信息进行小组对话。
Example：
A: Did you know that China is one of the oldest countries in the world?
B: Yes, I did. It’s much older than my country.
4. 角色扮演: 让学生朗读2d中的对话并两人一组进行角色扮演，然后回答问题。
5. 教师结合课文进行语法点的讲解。
四、协作交流
1. 快速阅读
让学生快速阅读3a中的课文，读完后连线，让段落和内容匹配
Paragraph 1 Spirit of climbers
Paragraph 2 Achievements of climbers
Paragraph 3 Facts and dangers
2. 细节阅读
a. pre-reading
让学生观看珠穆朗玛的介绍视频，了解事实：Qomolangma is not only the highest mountain in the world, but also the Most Dangerous mountain in the world.
b. while-reading
分段落阅读课文，并回答问题：
Para 1 What are the dangers?
Para 2 What are the achievements?
Para 3 What are the reasons?
c. after reading
再次阅读课文，完成3b的表格，加深学生对课文的理解。
完成3c的练习，根据课文内容回答问题。
五、总结提高
根据课文内容判断对错。
It is very dangerous to climb Qomolangma.
The first people to reach the top were Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary on May 29, 1955.
The first Chinese woman to succeed in 1960.
It shows that humans can sometimes be stronger than the forces of nature.
作业：让学生和同伴讨论下列问题并写下答案：
If you have a chance to go to the Qomolangma, will you go? What should you take?
教学反思
本节课的内容主要在于让学生能学习新单词比较级最高级运用，还有各种比较级最高级句型表达，反馈下来知识点掌握存在问题的有最高级形容词前面要加the，单词拼写问题也出错较多，知识点掌握不牢固。
课件44张PPT。创设情境 人民教育出版社 八年级 | 下册 What is your favorite subject?
Can you guess what my favorite subject is?
geography人民教育出版社 八年级 | 下册 Do you know these interest places? Qomolangma人民教育出版社 八年级 | 下册 Do you know these interest places? the Nile人民教育出版社 八年级 | 下册 Do you know these interest places? the Caspian Sea人民教育出版社 八年级 | 下册 Do you know these interest places? the Sahara人民教育出版社 八年级 | 下册 1a Match the facts you know.人民教育出版社 八年级 | 下册 Do you know this?Which is the highest mountain in the world?
Which is the longest river in the world?…启发思考1. Qomolangma is _________ than any other mountain in the world.
2. The Sahara is __________ desert in the world.
3. The Caspian Sea is ___________ of all the salt lakes.
4. The Nile is _________ river in the world.人民教育出版社 八年级 | 下册 1b Listen and complete the sentences.higherthe biggestthe deepestthe longest人民教育出版社 八年级 | 下册 1c Use the information in 1b to make conversations.Example:
A: What is the highest mountain in the world?
B: Qomolangma.自主或小组探究人民教育出版社 八年级 | 下册 What is the longest river in the world?The Nile.自主或小组探究人民教育出版社 八年级 | 下册 PracticeWhat is the biggest desert in the world?The Sahara.人民教育出版社 八年级 | 下册 PracticeWhat is the longest river in Asia?The Yangtze River.人民教育出版社 八年级 | 下册 2aListen and number the facts(1- 4) in the order you hear them.6,300 5,000 5,464 300___ The Yangtze River is about ____ kilometers long and the Yellow River is ___ kilometers long.
___ China has the biggest population in the world. It’s a lot bigger than the population of the US.
___ China is over ___ years old. It has a much longer history than the US. The US is not even ___ years old.
___ China is almost as big as the US, but it is the biggest country in Asia.4213___ The Yangtze River is about ____ kilometers long and the Yellow River is ___ kilometers long.
___ China has the biggest population in the world. It’s a lot bigger than the population of the US.
___ China is over ___ years old. It has a much longer history than the US. The US is not even ___ years old.
___ China is almost as big as the US, but it is the biggest country in Asia.人民教育出版社 八年级 | 下册 2bListen again and fill in the blanks in 2a with the numbers in the box.6,300 5,000 5,464 3006,3005,4645,000300人民教育出版社 八年级 | 下册 2cMake conversations using the information in 2a.A: Did you know that China is one of the oldest countries in the world?
B: Yes, I did. It’s much older than my country.人民教育出版社 八年级 | 下册 2dRole-play the conversation and answer questions.What is the conversation about?
How long is the Ming Great Wall?人民教育出版社 八年级 | 下册 2dRole-play the conversation and answer questions.It’s about a tour to the Ming Great Wall.It’s about 8,850 kilomoters long.人民教育出版社 八年级 | 下册 1. Feel free to ask me anything on today’s Great Wall tour.
在今天的长城游中，大家尽管问我任何问题，不要拘束。
feel free是英语口语中一个常用表达。若有人让你feel free to do something,就是让你无需拘束，只管按照自己的意愿去做某事。
e.g. A: Can I use your bathroom?
我可以用一下你的卫生间吗？
B: Yes, feel free.可以，请随意。Language points人民教育出版社 八年级 | 下册 Language points2. How long is the wall?
长城有多长？
How long/ How high/How deep/How far…?
多长/多高/多深/多远……?
It’s about…meters/kilometers long.
3. ancient emperors 古代的皇帝人民教育出版社 八年级 | 下册 4. As far as I know, there are no man-made objects as big as this.
据我所知，再没有像它这样大的人造物体了。
as far as I know 是一个固定的表达方式，还可以说so far as I know，意思是“据我所知”。
e.g. As far as I know, Jack’s got twin sisters.
就我所知，杰克有一对孪生姐妹。
5. man-made 人造的Language points人民教育出版社 八年级 | 下册 6. the Ming Great Wall 明长城
“明长城”是指明朝时期为了防御北方游牧民族的骚扰，历时一百多年在北部地区 修筑的军事防御工程。这段长城东起辽宁虎山，西至甘肃嘉峪关，从东向西横贯多个省、 直辖市、自治区，全长约8850千米，是现存历代长城遗迹中最完整、最坚固的。Language points人民教育出版社 八年级 | 下册 3aRead the article and match each paragraph with the main ideas.Paragraph 1 Spirit of climbers
Paragraph 2 Achievements of climbers
Paragraph 3 Facts and dangers协作交流人民教育出版社 八年级 | 下册 Pre-readingQomolangma is not only the highest mountain in the world, but also the Most Dangerous mountain in the world.While-reading Para 1 What are the dangers?1. thick clouds cover the top and snow fall very hard
2. freezing weather conditions
3. heavy storms
4. hard to take in air
freezing adj. 极冷的; 冰冻的thick adj. 厚的；浓的Language points1. Thick clouds cover the top …
thick adj.
1). 浓的, 浓厚的; 粘稠的; 混浊的
It is dangerous to drive in a thick fog.
在浓雾天驾车很危险。
2). 厚的; 粗的
How thick is the board?
这块木板有多厚?Language points2. freezing adj. 冻结的；冰冻的；极冷的
It’s freezing outside now.
现在外面冷极了。
It’s very cold today, and the temperature has dropped to freezing point.
今天很冷，温度降到了冰点。Language pointsLanguage points3. It is also very hard to take in air as you get near the top.
take in 吸入；吞入（体内）
On weekends the Smiths usually drive to the countryside and take in the fresh air there.
周末，史密斯一家常驱车到农村去吸收那里的新鲜空气。
take in 理解
She read a few poems, but did not take them in.
她读了几首诗，但没有理解。While-reading Para 2 What are the achievements?1953 —
1960 —
1975 —Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary were the first people to reach the top.The first Chinese team did so. (reach the top)The first woman Junko Tabei succeeded doing so.achievements1953年5月29日，34岁来自新西兰的登山家埃德蒙·希拉里（Edmund Hillary）作为英国登山队队员与39岁的尼泊尔向导丹增·诺尔盖 （Tenzing Norgay ）一起沿东南山脊路线登上珠穆朗玛峰，是纪录上第一个登顶成功的登山队伍。 achievements1960年5月25日，中华人民共和国人首次登上珠穆朗玛峰。他们是王富洲、贡布（藏族）、屈银华。此次攀登，也是首次从北坡攀登成功。 achievements1975年5月16日，日本人田部井淳子的从南坡登上了珠峰。 achievements2010年5月22日，13岁的美国男孩乔丹·罗梅罗(Jordan Romero)成为有史以来最年轻的登上珠峰的人。achievements2013年5月23日，日本80岁探险家三浦雄一郎成功攀上珠穆朗玛峰峰顶，成为世界上登顶珠峰年龄最大的人。While-reading Para 3 What are the reasons?People want to challenge themselves in the face of difficulties.2. We should never give up trying to achieve our dreams.3. Humans can sometimes be stronger than the forces of nature.Language pointsThe spirit of these climbers shows us that we should never give up trying to achieve our dreams.
1 ) give up 放弃；抛弃；戒除
It is a pity to give up the job.??
要放弃这份工作，真是遗憾。
You ought to give up smoking; I gave it up last year.
你应该戒烟，我去年就戒掉了。Language points2 ) achieve our dreams 相当于make our dreams come true
其中动词achieve表示“（通过努力）实现；取得；获取；达到（梦想、成绩、成功、目的)”等。
例如：He achieved great success in a short time.
他用很短的时间取得了极大的成功。
Lin Tao achieved very good exam results.
林涛考试取得了 很好的成绩。3bRead the article again and complete the chart.After-reading3bRead the article again and complete the chart.
freezing weather conditions
heavy storms
very hard to take in air as you get near the top1960-The first Chinese team reached the top
1975- Junko Tabei from Japan was the first woman to reach the topmost popular place
highest
most famous
1. Where are the Himalayas?
2. How high is Qomolangma?
3cAnswer the questions using information from the article.The Himalayas run along the southwestern part of China.Qomolangma is 8,844.43 meters high.3cAnswer the questions using information from the article.3. Why do so many people try to climb this mountain even though it is dangerous?
4. What does the spirit of the climbers tell us?
Because they want to challenge themselves in the face of difficulties.The spirit of the climbers tells us that we should never give up trying to achieve our dreams. 1. It is very dangerous to climb Qomolangma.
2. The first people to reach the top were Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary on May 29, 1955.
3. The first Chinese woman to succeed in 1960.
4. It shows that humans can sometimes be stronger than the forces of nature. Mark T (true) or F (false)T F F T 总结提高Homework Talk with your partner and write down the answer:
If you have a chance to go to the Qomolangma, will you go? What should you take?
