冀教版初中英语八年级下册unit7教案.docx

1、冀教版初中英语八年级下册unit7教案 Lesson 49: Lets Learn Geography!Teaching Content:Mastery words and expressions: geography, population, ever, abroad, Asia, Japan, Japanese, village, town, India, worldOral words and expressions: some day, It is fun to travel around the world.Teaching Aims: 1. Talk about the count

2、ries.2. Be proud of ones country.Teaching Important Points:1. Talk about the geography.2. Learn something about the foreign countries.Teaching Difficult Countries:What languages do they speak in other countries?Teaching Preparation: a globeTeaching Aids: audiotape, flashcards, a globeType of lesson:

3、 new lessonTeaching Procedure:Step1. Look at the globe. Point to our country. Ask the students the questions: What country are you in?What language do we speak?Have you been abroad? Has anyone in your family been abroad? Where has he been? When?Step2. Come to “THINK ABOUT IT”.Whats your favourite su

4、bject?What is geography? Do you like geography?Step3. Listen to the tape and answer the following questions:1. Has Danny been abroad?2. What language do they speak in Japan?3. How long has Brains father been in Africa?4. Wheres Jennys mother pen pal from?Step4. Read and check the answers. 1. Read th

5、e text in roles. 2. Let some students act the dialogue out.Step5. Discuss the details in groups.1. Where would Danny love to go?2. What countries has Brian been to?3. Does Danny speak Chinese?4. Where is Brian from?5. Can you explain the meaning of “pen pal”?Step6. Come to “LETS DO IT”.Talk about th

6、e countries that you have visited. If you havent visited, what country would you like to visit? Why?Give a report to your class.Step7. Homework1. Finish off the exercises in the activity book.2. Go on the next reading in the student book. Summary:Travel around the world and know about the culture an

7、d customs of other countries. Thats all what we want to do. How many countries do the students know? What do they know about them? Can they have a vivid explanation of the countries that they are interested in? Lesson 50: The World Is a Big Place!Teaching Content:Mastery words and expressions: land,

8、 Europe, America, ocean, Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, earth, surface, island, riverOral words and expressions: Antarctica, the Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean, the Indian Ocean, Arctic, the Arctic Ocean, Greenland, northeast, NileTeaching Aims:1. Learn more about the worlds geography.2. Master the w

9、ords and expressions of the continents and oceans in English.Teaching Important Points: 1. The words and expressions in this lesson.2. Know about the worlds physical features.Teaching Difficult Points:Some geography features in the world.Teaching Preparation: a map of the worldTeaching Aids: audiota

10、pe, flashcards, a map of the worldTeaching Procedure:Step1. Talk about the question: 1. Where do you live? 2. Do you like to live here? Why?Step2. Come to “THINK ABOUT IT”.1. Which part of the world do you live in?2. What do you know about the place where you live?3. How many people are there in the

11、 world?Step3. Listening taskListen and answer the following questions:1. How many people are there in the world?2. Where do all the people live?3. How big are the worlds oceans?4. How many deserts does the world have?5. Whats the worlds biggest island?6. Whats the worlds longest river?Step4. Reading

12、 taskRead the text and finish Exercise 2 in activity book.1. Scientists predict the worlds population will be _ by 2050. There will be 9.1 billion people by _.2. About _ of the world is land. The land that is very _ is called desert. The deserts cover _ of the earths surface.3. There are _ continent

13、s. They are _, _, _, _, North America, South America and Antarctica. Antarctica is the worlds _ and the worlds _ continent.4. There are _ main oceans. They cover _ of the worlds surface. They are _, _, _ and the Arctic Ocean. _ is the biggest ocean. _ is the smallest ocean.5. The worlds _ island is

14、Greenland.6. The Nile River in Africa is the _ river.Step5. Listen to the tape again and ask the students to imitate after it. Step6. Read the text again and talk about the details about the text.How many deserts does the world have? What are they? Which is the second largest desert in the world?Wha

15、ts the worlds longest river? What is the second longest river? What is the third longest river? What are the physical features of them?Step7. Come to “LETS DO IT”.Prepare a dictionary before the class. When they meet new words, encourage them to look them up in the dictionary.Step8. Homework1. Finis

16、h off the exercises in activity book.2. Go on the next reading in the student book. Summary:Ask the students to prepare a dictionary before the class. Some words are new for the classmates. Especially some names of places. When the students are discussing, help them if it is necessary.All the questi

17、ons have only one answer. When you have questions, remember to search on the Internet. Lesson 51: AsiaTeaching Content: Mastery words and expressions: area, Russian, mountainOral words and expressions: square kilometer, geographical, feature, Mont Everest, Qomolangma, Himalayas, the Yangtze River, T

18、okyoTeaching Aims:1. Use the Internet and the tools to search the information.2. Create the students interests in learning English.Teaching Important Points:1. Learn the geographical features of Asia.2. Name the main countries in Asia. What are in the main cities in the countries?Teaching Difficult

19、Points:Some words and expressions are too difficult for the students.Teaching Preparation: a map of the worldTeaching Aids: audiotape, flashcards, a map of the worldType of lesson: new lessonTeaching Procedure:Step1. Say some countries and the capital cities.Country Capital CityU. K. LondonU. S. Was

20、hington, D. C.Canada OttawaAustralia CanberraChina BeijingStep2. Come to “THINK ABOUT IT.”1. What continent do you live in?2. What languages do people speak in Asia?Talk about the countries and the languages that they speak.Step3. Listening task:Listen and answer the following questions;1. How big i

21、s Asia?2. What countries are in Asia?3. How many people live in Asia?4. What languages do they speak?5. What are the main geographical features of Asia?6. What are the biggest cities in Asia?Step4. Read the new words for the students. Then let them read after the teacher for several times. Now ask t

22、hem if they have some words that are new to them. Let them talk about the words and guess the meanings together.Step5. Reading task Read the text and check the answers. Read the text again and finish Exercise3 in the activity book.How big is Asia? Asia is the _ continent. It _ more than 44 million s

23、quare kilometers. There are over _ countries. China is the biggest country in _ and population. More than three _ people live in Asia. Thats more than _ the worlds population. Mount Qomolangma is the highest _ in the world. The Yangtze River in China is the _ longest river in the world. Tokyo and _

24、are two of the biggest _ in Asia. The _ city of China is Beijing. The Great Wall in China is world-famous. Step6. Read together. Find the mistakes and help them correct them.Step7. Come to “PROJECT”.CHOOSE A CONTINENTTalk about the project in groups of three of four. Each group chooses a region of t

25、he world. Students collect the facts of the region. They must work together and give a report to the class.Instruct the students to begin writing their reports. Let them draw a map of their region. Can they locate cities and other features of the map?Students continue to work in the same group. Inst

26、ruct the students to begin writing their reports. Remind the students to think about illustrations for their presentations.In the next class, students continue to work in their groups. Go on writing their reports. Encourage them to search more information on the Internet.Step8. Homework1. Finish off

27、 the exercises in activity book.2. Go on the next reading in the student book. Summary:It is difficult to finish the project. Students must search more information on the Internet. They must work together to finish different parts by different students. If they want to give a good report to the clas

28、s, they must have good translation. When they need help, the teacher should help them at once because this is a challenge for them. Lesson 52: East We GoTeaching Content: Mastery words and expressions: coast, RussiaOral words and expressions: Will/ Would/ Could you please?Teaching Aims:1. Learn abou

29、t the rhythm of the foreign songs.2. Know more about the worlds geography.Teaching Important Points:1. Travel around the world.2. How to look up words in a dictionary.Teaching Difficult Points:The way we travel around the world.Teaching Preparation: a map of the worldTeaching Aids: audiotape, flashc

30、ards, a map of the worldType of lesson: new lessonTeaching Procedure:Step1. Point to the map of the world and explain the song to the class. Ask the students: “Do you want to travel around the world?”Step2. Let the students read the song and understand the meaning of it. Draw the way of traveling on

31、 the map. Make sure students can read rhythmically with a good sense of the rhymes!Step3. Listen to the tape and sing after it. Play the tape again. Have the class follow in their books.Step4. Have the students practice singing the song repeatedly until they sing it well.Step5. Practice some words. Let the students find their meanings in the dictionary. Step6. Make up dialogues.Divide the class into several groups. P