Unit 7 What is the highest mountain in the world?
Section B
本单元Section B主要内容围绕动物的相关知识展开，通过听力、阅读等多种形式呈现了数字的读法、比较级的表达和阅读策略的学习，并对爱护动物，保护动物的理念进行情感提升。
【语言知识目标】
1) 学会运用本单元单词：weigh, birth, at birth, up to, adult, bamboo, research, keeper, awake, excitement, walk into, fall over, or so, illness, wild, government, oil, protection, huge…
2）能运用本单元以下词组和句型：
This elephant weighs many times more than this panda.
prapare for, run over, with excitement, walk into, fall over, or so, die from, cut down…
【能力目标】
通过学习，能够听懂并使用比较级来讨论动物的差异；掌握和运用新的阅读技巧和方法进行课文分析。
【情感目标】
通过学习培养学生热爱大自然，保护环境的意识；通过谈论熊猫，教会学生热爱动物，保护动物。
【教学重点】
1. 阅读语篇的分析和阅读策略的学习、使用。
2. 学会用不同句式表达比较级。
【教学难点】
形容词比较级、最高级的不同表达句式。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 。
Multimedia
Step 1. Warming-up and lead-in
1. Enjoy a song about animals.
2. Show some pictures about different animals.
Step 2. Presentation
1. Show pictures of elephant and panda。
2. Describe the two animals.
3. Do 1a, compare facts about two animals.
4. More knowledge about elephants.
Step 3 . Listening
1. Read the numbers.
2. listen to 1b and circle the numbers.
3. Students listen again and complete the sentences.
Step 4. Practice
1. Students take turns telling about pandas.
2. More knowledge about pandas.
Step 5. Pairwork
1. Make the conversations using the information in 2a
2. Do 2c, choose some to act
Step 6. Pre-reading
1. Watch a short video about pandas.
2. Talk about pandas, use the words in 2a.
3. Do 2b, scan the article to find out what these numbers mean: 10, 12, 300, 2,000.
Step 7. While-Reading
1. Teach reading strategy——scanning
2. Do 2c, scan the article again and write short answers to the questions.
Step 8. After-Reading
1. Finish a mind map about the text.
2. Do 2d, complete the sentences using words and phrases from the passage.
3. Do 2e, what other ways do you think children can help to save the pandas?
Step 9. Pairwork
1. Have a discuss: what is panda`s problems?
2. How to save the pandas?
Step 10. Game
1. Can you guess what the animal is?
2. Do 3a, read the following words and phrases about whales. Put them in the correct place in the chart.
Step 11. Writing
1. Write a paragraph about whales and why they need to be protected. Use the information in 3a.
2. Watch a video about whales.
Step 12. Group-work
Discuss in groups of four and try to find out ways to protect animals!
Step 13. Summary
Love the animals, love the environment, love the world.
Step 14. Homework
Are there any other ways to protect the animals?
略。
课件41张PPT。人民教育出版社 八年级 | 下册 Do you know these animals? tigerLead-inlion人民教育出版社 八年级 | 下册 Do you know these animals? whalebear人民教育出版社 八年级 | 下册 Do you know these animals? elephantpanda人民教育出版社 八年级 | 下册 Describe the two animalsPresentationElephant
is 350 cm tall
weighs 5,000 kilos
eats 150 kilos of food a day人民教育出版社 八年级 | 下册 Describe the two animalsPresentationPanda
is 150 cm tall (standing on two legs)
weighs 100 kilos
eats 10 kilos of food a day人民教育出版社 八年级 | 下册 1aCompare facts about these two animals. Use the language in the box to help you make sentences.Example sentence: This elephant weighs many times more than this panda. (200 cm taller/shorter, weigh much more/less, eat much more/less, eat many times more)人民教育出版社 八年级 | 下册 1aCompare facts about these two animals. Use the language in the box to help you make sentences.This elephant is 200 cm taller than this panda.
This elephant weighs much more than this panda.
This elephant eats much more than this panda.人民教育出版社 八年级 | 下册 Do you know?大象是现存世界最大的陆栖动物，主要外部特征为柔韧而肌肉发达的长鼻和扇大的耳朵，具缠卷的功能，是象自卫和取食的有利工具。象肩高约2米，体重3～7吨。非洲象耳大，体型较大，体重较重。亚洲象耳小，身体较小，体重较轻。 人民教育出版社 八年级 | 下册 Read the numbers below one by one.
Practice0.1 0.2 16 20 50
100 120 150人民教育出版社 八年级 | 下册 1b Listen and check (√) the numbers you hear.
_____100 _____16 _____20 _____50
_____120 _____0.1 _____0.2 _____ 150
√√√√√人民教育出版社 八年级 | 下册 1b Listen again and complete the sentences.
1. At birth, a baby panda is about _______ to ________ kilos.
2. At birth, a baby panda is about _______ cm long.
3. A baby panda is not black. It is _______ and it has no _______.
4. A panda can live up to ________ to ________ years.0.10.215pinkteeth2030人民教育出版社 八年级 | 下册 1dTake turns telling your classmates about pandas.A: A baby panda cannot see.
B: An adult panda weighs many times more than a baby panda.人民教育出版社 八年级 | 下册 Do you know？大熊猫最奇特的一点是新生儿在出生时相当的不成熟，体重仅是它母亲体重的0.1%，平均为145克左右，约为成年的千分之一。照顾孩子是一项非常艰巨的任务，通常历时18个月，有时长达两年，直到她的下一个孩子出生。 人民教育出版社 八年级 | 下册 2aTalk about pandas in your class. Use these words
to help you. big bamboo zoo popular cute
black and white Sichuan famous
endangered beautiful forest protect人民教育出版社 八年级 | 下册 2bScan the article to find out what these numbers mean:
10, 12, 300, 2,000.10- Adult pandas eat 10 kilos of bamboo daily.
12- Adult pandas spend more than 12 hours a day eating.
300- About 200 pandas live in zoos or research centers in China or other countries.
2000- Scientists say there are fewer than 2000 pandas living in the forests.While-reading 人民教育出版社 八年级 | 下册 Scanning
This means moving your eyes quickly down the page to find specific information.人民教育出版社 八年级 | 下册 2cScan the article again and write short answers to the questions.1. What is Lin Wei’s job?
2. What do the baby pandas eat for breakfast?
3. What do adult pandas eat?
Lin Wei is a panda keeper.Baby pandas drink milk for breakfast.Adult pandas eat bamboo.人民教育出版社 八年级 | 下册 2cScan the article again and write short answers to the questions.4. Why are pandas endangered?
5. What is one way of saving pandas?
Pandas are endangered because humans started cutting down bamboo forests, causing pandas to have fewer places to live (in) and less food to eat.One way is to plant more bamboo trees so there will be more forests for pandas to live in.After-reading 人民教育出版社 八年级 | 下册 PandasBaby pandasAmount of foodOnly _____________Babies often die from __________________.10 _____________
a dayone every two yearsillnesseskilos of bambooAfter-reading 人民教育出版社 八年级 | 下册 PandasNumber of pandasWays to protect pandas2,000 _____________200 _______________Teach _______. Tell them about the ___________ of saving pandas.in the remaining forestsin zoos or research centerschildrenimportanceis also planting more bamboo treesmore forests for pandasThe Chinese government __________________________
____. There’ll be ___________ to live in.人民教育出版社 八年级 | 下册 2dComplete the sentences using words and phrases from the passage.1. The panda __________ at the Chengdu Research Base are awake very early in the morning to _________ breakfast for the baby pandas.
2. Adult pandas do not have babies very __________, and some of the babies only live for a short time because of __________.keepersprepareoftenillnesses人民教育出版社 八年级 | 下册 2dComplete the sentences using words and phrases from the passage.3. Another reason for fewer and fewer pandas is because people are cutting down _______________ so pandas have fewer places to live.
4. A special program in Chengdu teaches _______________ about why pandas are _________________ and how to save them.
5. The ____________ is also helping to save the pandas. It is ____________ more trees to make more homes for the pandas.(bamboo) forestschildrenendangered (animals)governmentplanting人民教育出版社 八年级 | 下册 2eWhat other ways do you think children can help to save the pandas?Giant pandas are in danger.Pairwork 人民教育出版社 八年级 | 下册 Our life is not as good as you think. We have many problems.Panda’s problemsPairwork 人民教育出版社 八年级 | 下册 Panda’s problemsHelp me !We need to protect the pandas. Pairwork 人民教育出版社 八年级 | 下册 How to save the pandas?the symbol for
the World Wild Fund for Nature (世界野生动物基金会) Pairwork 人民教育出版社 八年级 | 下册 How to save the pandas?Build more reservesStop cutting down treesNo more using the panda’s furMake some posters or signs. Put them up or hand out notices to let people know.Volunteer to help plant more bamboo trees and protect pandas’ living environment.Game 人民教育出版社 八年级 | 下册 Can you guess?They are huge animals.
They live in the sea.
They can sing songs.
They can jump high out of water.
They are very clever and also very friendly.
What are they?Game 人民教育出版社 八年级 | 下册 whale人民教育出版社 八年级 | 下册 3aRead the following words and phrases about whales. Put them in the correct place in the chart.人民教育出版社 八年级 | 下册 3aRead the following words and phrases about whales. Put them in the correct place in the chart.Humans catch whales for meat, fat and oil
Eat small fish and other sea life
Jump high out of the water
Rules on whale protection
Huge
Water pollution人民教育出版社 八年级 | 下册 3aRead the following words and phrases about whales. Put them in the correct place in the chart.Live in the sea
Some kinds have teeth
Learn more about whales
Stop putting rubbish into the sea
Sing songs
Whale parts sold to make things like
candles and soap人民教育出版社 八年级 | 下册 3aRead the following words and phrases about whales. Put them in the correct place in the chart.Huge
Some kinds have teethIn the seaSmall fish and other sea lifeJump high out of the water
Sing songs人民教育出版社 八年级 | 下册 3aRead the following words and phrases about whales. Put them in the correct place in the chart.Human catch whales for meat, fat and oil
Water pollution
Whale parts sold to make things like candles and soapRules on whale protection
Learn more about whales
Stop putting rubbish into the sea
Sing songs (to make people more aware of the importance of protecting whales)人民教育出版社 八年级 | 下册 3bWrite a paragraph about whales and why they need to be protected. Use the information in 3a. Then make a poster.Whales are ... They live in ...
They eat... They can ...
One interesting fact is ...
Another interesting fact is ...
Some kinds of whales are in
danger because ...
We should protect whales from ...
I think people should/shouldn’t...人民教育出版社 八年级 | 下册 3bWrite a paragraph about whales and why they need to be protected. Use the information in 3a. Then make a poster.Groupwork 人民教育出版社 八年级 | 下册 Let’s help the animals!Discuss in groups of four and try to find out ways to protect animals!1. Don’t make the water dirty.
…2. Make some posters to protect animals.
…Groupwork 人民教育出版社 八年级 | 下册 No business, no massacre. Love animals.
Love the environment.
Love the world.人民教育出版社 八年级 | 下册 Homework Talk with your partner:
Are there any other ways to protect the animals?
