1、教学目标 Knowledge aims: 1.Words and phrases: the earth, in Asia, the Yangtze River, the Yellow River, the Nile, in Africa, the Caspian Sea, Qomolangma, desert, the Sahara, square kilometers 2. Expressions: Whats the highest mountain / the longest river / the deepest salt lake / the biggest desert in th
2、e world? To express the big numbers using: thousand, million,billion, kilometer long / deep / high Ability aims: 1. The students can use the questions to get information to improve their listening and speaking abilities. 2. To train the studentscooperation with their partners. Emotional aims: To tra
3、in the students to care about the worlds environment through talking about the worlds tops. 教学重难点 Teaching important points: 1. The comparative and superlative of adj. 2. Note its grammar meaning and use “what” questions to ask about the worlds tops. Teaching difficult points: The students can ask q
4、uestions to get information to improve their listening and speaking abilities. 教学过程设计 Step 1 Grammar preview Review the superlative of adj. Step 2 Presentation & talk 1. Show on the screen some pictures and learn the new words. 2. Practice the conversations like this: A: What is the longest river in
5、 the world? B: The Nile. A: How long is it? B: It is 6,671 kilometers long. Step3Activity 1a 1. Get the students to read through the pictures in Activity 1a and match the statements with the right picture. 2. Talking: The Yangtze River is about 6,300 kilometers long. Step 4 Listening (1b) 1. Get the
6、 students to listen and complete the sentences. 2. Listen again and repeat after the tape. Step 5 Pair work (1c) 1. Get the students to have a pairwork, talking about the places in the picture. 2. Practice the conversations with the partners. Step 6 Listening 1. Listen and number the facts in the or
7、der you hear them. (2a) 2. Listen again and fill in the blanks with the right numbers. (2b) 3. Check tha answers. Step 7 Activity 2c 1. Get the students to have a dialogue like the one in 2c using the information in 2a. 2.Ask some pairs to practice their dialogues. Step 8 Homework 1. Recite the 5 sentences in 1b. 板书设计 Unit 7 Whats the highest mountain in the world? Period 1 Section A(1a-2c) A: Whats the highest mountain in the world?kilomerters long / deep / big B: Qomolangma.one of the oldest countuies in the world the second longest river in the world
