Unit 1 课时2 Reading and critical thinking（同步课件）-【上好课】2024-2025学年七年级英语上册同步精品课堂（沪外教版2024）

nullReading and critical thinking School Life Do you like your new school now? How is it different from your primary school? (in which aspect? e.g. classmates? subjects? school buildings? environment? ... ...) My Colourful School Life Pre- reading Skim the article Lisa writes for the school website about her new middle school life. Skimming is reading a text quickly to understand what it is about. Check the title, pictures, and the first sentence of each paragraph to get the main ideas. today, I invite Xu Xiake to come here, we will travel around the world together! Here he comes, wow, he is well-prepared, right? Together with his phone and camera Are you ready,too? Skimming Match the main ideas with paragraphs 1–5. a places in a school b subjects and teachers paragraphs 1 paragraphs 2 Guess the name of these cities Skimming c school activities d my classmates e the meaning of school life paragraphs 3 paragraphs 4 paragraphs 5 Match the main ideas with paragraphs 1–5. Guess the name of these cities Reading My school is a beautiful place with trees and a lawn. I am glad to be a student of this school. The library is my favourite place. We can read, study, and listen to interesting lectures there. The food in our canteen is delicious. During lunch, we can talk about something fun. Read the article in detail. Reading We learn more subjects at middle school, such as Geography, Science and History. I love the new subjects. Sometimes they are difficult, but our teachers are always happy to help us. Read the article in detail. My classmates are also friendly. We like playing games during breaks. Helen likes tug-of-war, and I like playing basketball. Reading There are a lot of clubs and activities in our school. Every Friday afternoon I’m so excited to go to the paper-cutting class with Rita. We really look forward to the festivals of science and art, and the sports event in October. Read the article in detail. To me, school life is not only a journey of learning but also a journey of discovering. It never ends, and it’s always exciting 1. Lisa is happy to be a student of the new school. 2. Lisa’s favourite place in school is the library. 3. Geography is a new subject for Lisa in middle school. 4. Lisa doesn’t like the new subjects because they are difficult. 5. Lisa likes playing basketball and Helen likes tug-of-war. 6. Rita goes to the paper-cutting class every Monday afternoon. T/F Read and Judge (True or false) . T T T F T F listen to lectures in the library tug-of-war a lawn Answer questions 1. What new subjects do Lisa and her classmates learn in middle school? Geography, Science and History. Some other Subjects Chemistry Biology Physics Physical Education French Japanese Musical Instrument Answer questions 2. What does Lisa do with her classmates during breaks? They like playing games during breaks. Other things to do during breaks playing basketball skipping chatting playing chess staring blankly Answer questions 3. What does school life mean to Lisa? To her, school life is not only a journey of learning but also a journey of discovering. What does school life mean to you? As far as I am concerned, it’s a journey of __________ . (making mistakes improving myself) (appreciating others being friendly) (torturing one’s mind enjoying hard work) Answer questions 4. What’s your favourite activity in school, and why? e.g. My favourite activity is the English Singing Contest. Because we can share many beautiful songs. Other activities at school Sports meeting Maths competition English Play Show Dancing Competition Spring and autun outings Answer questions 5. What do you think of your school life? In my opinion, our school life is ______________ . Because ____________________________________________________ . Other rooms at school Laboratory I.T. (information technology) Room Indoor Stadium Gymnasium Teachers’ office Headmistress’ Office Pyschology Room Clinic Reading Room Canteen (school restaurant) Hall Broadcasting Station Office of Students’ Affair Listing List the colourful activities Lisa and her classmates can do in their school. e.g. listening to interesting lectures in the library talking about something fun during lunch at canteen playing tug-of-war and basketball during breaks having paper-cutting class joining the festivals of science and art taking part in the sports event ... ... Critical thinking List some activities in your school. How do you like them? Period of time Activity Opinion spring term planting trees enjoyable end of Septmber sports meeting excited mid October science festival amazed late December English Stage Gala fascinated early March Charity Fair moved and happy ... ... ... Critical thinking Some students are talking about interesting activities in middle school. book exchange trade ... for mystery novel comic book Critical thinking peer mentor program a ninth-grade student show sb. around join a club Some students are talking about interesting activities in middle school. Critical thinking Talk about your own favourite school activity. Name of the activity Time: Things we/ you do: Effects: Your own feelings: Word classes The same word may belong to different word classes. Word classes 开放性的实意词 1. Nouns 名词 are words for people, places or things 指人、地点或事物的词语。 2. Verbs 动词 are action or state words 是动作或状态词。 3. Adjectives 形容词a re words that describe nouns 描述名词的词。 4. Adverbs 副词 are words that modify verbs, adjectives or other adverbs. 是修饰动词、形容词或其他副词的词。 Word classes 较为封闭的非实意词 1. Determiners 限定词 are a word that introduces a noun. It always comes before a noun, not after, and it also comes before any other adjectives used to describe the noun. 是引入名词的词。它总是出现在名词之前，而不是之后，它也出现在其他用来描述名词的形容词之前。 2. Prepositions 介词 are words usually in front of a noun or pronoun and expressing a relation to another word or element, 通常是放在名词或代词前面的单词，用来表达与另一个单词或元素的关系。 Word classes 3. Pronouns 代词 are words that take the place of nouns 是代替名词的词。 4. Conjunctions 连词 are a word that joins words, phrases, clauses or sentences 是连接单词、短语、从句或句子的词。 5. Interjections 感叹词 have no grammatical value e.g. ah, hey, oh, ouch, um, well 较为封闭的非实意词 Word classes The same English word may have different meanings and parts of speech depending on the context. The phenomenon of polysemy 一词多义 Word classes Bank：‌既可以指金融机构，‌ 如“I deposited money in the bank.” （‌我在银行存了钱。‌）‌ 也可以指河岸，‌ 如“They were sitting on the grassy bank of the river.” （‌他们坐在河边的草地上。‌）‌ Examples of polysemy Word classes Spring：‌可以指春天，‌ 如“I love the flowers that bloom in the spring.” （‌我喜欢春天开的花。‌）‌ 也可以指弹簧，‌ 如“The spring in the mattress is broken.” （‌床垫里的弹簧坏了。‌）‌ 还可以指泉水，‌ 如“The water from the spring is very clean.” （‌泉水非常清澈。‌）‌ Examples of polysemy Word classes End：‌可以指结束，作动词‌ 如“The story ends.” （‌这个故事结束了。‌）‌ 也可以解释为末尾，作名词‌ 如“At the end of July.” （‌在七月份的末尾。‌）‌ Examples of polysemy Exercises Write the words from the text and their word classes. 1 lecture n. a talk that is given to a group of people to teach them about a subject. 2 d________ ___ to find out about something. 3 e________ ___ to finish. 4 f________ ___ a day or period of the year when people celebrate a special event. discover v. end v. festival n. Exercises Write the words from the text and their word classes. 5 e________ ___ causing great interest or excitement 6 b________ ___ a short period of time between lessons 7 j________ ___ an act of travelling from one place to another event n. break n. journey n. Exercises Complete the sentences. 1 The expert gave a wonderful ______________on the development of AI. 2 Let’s have a(n) ___________and then go on with our homework. 3 We have a lot of ___________and colourful activities in school. lecture break events Exercises 4 My parents and I are planning a trip to visit my grandparents after the spring term ___________. 5 During the Science ____________ , we learned stories of many famous Chinese and foreign scientists. ends festival Complete the sentences. Exercises Complete the passage about Tim’s school life. Tim’s school life is 1_____________ . He joins the gardening 2 ____________ , and learns all about taking care of different plants. On his 3_____________ to learn more about the environment, he often finds bugs and insects in the schoolyard. colorful club journey Exercises He even made friends with a ladybird! He really 4____________________ the science lecture, because he is excited to learn about the stars in the sky. With so many interesting activities in school, Tim can’t wait to 5 ___________what’s coming next! looks forward to discover Complete the passage about Tim’s school life. Recite words and phrases to ensure you can use them to make proper sentences. Complete the exercises in your work book. Find out and write down your different ideas about different school activities we have now in your notebook. Think about some other examples of polysemy and write down the sentences in your note books. Homework 104492.18 null 28839.375 null 32261.494 $$