初中英语人教新目标 (Go for it) 版八年级下册Section A教案设计

Unit7  What’s the highest mountain in the world?

The third period    Grammar Focus-4c

Teaching Aims

1. Knowledge aims

Students can use the key structures:

1)-What’s the highest mountain in the world? –Qomolangma.

2)-How high is Qomolangma?  -It’s 8,844.43 meters high. It’s higher than any other mountain.

3)-Which is the deepest salt lake in the world? –The Caspian Sea is the deepest of all the salt lakes.

4)—Did you know that China is one of the oldest countries in the world? – Yes, I did. It’s much older than the US.

2. Ability Aims

   Learn and master how to talk about geography and nature using comparatives and superlatives with adjectives and adverbs.

3. Moral Aims    Educate students to love our nature, love our life.

Teaching Key Points

Learn to describe things using comparatives and superlatives .

Teaching Difficult Points

Learn to talk about geography and nature using comparatives and superlatives with adjectives and adverbs.

Teaching Methods

The activity teaching method, the cooperative learning method, and the task-based language

Teaching method.

Teaching Aids

The pictures about nature; PPT

Teaching Procedures

Step1 Warming-up  Sing the English song What a wonderful world

Step2  Grammar Focus

Show students some pictures to talk about nature.

1）Show students the picture of Qomolangma and ask students to talk about it.

T: --What’s the highest mountain in the world?

Ss:-- Qomolangma

T:-- How high is it?

Ss: It’s 8,844.43 meters high.

T: It’s higher than any other mountain. It’s the highest mountain in the world.

2）Show pictures of Caspian Sea ,China and ask students to work in pairs to talk about the pictures.

3) Have students read and remember the sentences of Grammar Focus by themselves.

4) Ask them to sum up.

A. 形容词，副词比较级和最高级的变化规则

规则变化

clever — cleverer — cleverest 

few — fewer — fewest 

1)     一般情况下，单音节或双音节的形容词/副词比较级＋______， 最高级＋________。

nice — nicer — nicest 

cute — cuter — cutest 

 2) 以e结尾的词，比较级＋___，最高级＋_____ 即可

easy — easier — easiest  

happy — happier — happiest

3) 以辅音字母＋y结尾的变___为____＋_____或_____

fat — fatter — fattest  

 thin — thinner — thinnest

4) 重读闭音节，单辅音结尾的，_____这个辅音字母＋_____ 或 ______

careful － more careful － the most careful
useful － more useful － the most useful

5) 多音节和部分双音节的词需要在形容词原级前＋_____构成比较级，＋_______ 构

成最高级。

不规则变化：

good — better — best  

well — better — best

bad — worse — worst    

many/much — more — most

far — farther —farthest        

far — further — furthest     

old — elder — eldest             

old — older — oldest   

B 使用比较级和最高级的标志词

Step3 Practice(4a)   

1. Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the worlds in the box. 
2. Check the answers.

Step4  Debate in two groups(4b)

1. Devide students into two groups and debate about two cities and two animals ,try to find which one is better.
2. Write a report according to the bebate.

Step5 Groupwork(4c)

1. Write five questions about your classmates using comparisons. Then ask your partners in your group your questions.
2. Write a report

Step6 Homework

1. Compare your family members.
2. Surf the internet to find something about panda and elephant.