Unit 5 Lesson 4 Theme Reading 课件2024-2025学年仁爱科普版（2024）七年级英语上册

Unit 5 Love Mother Nature! Theme reading 23027 Use the reading strategy of guessing the meaning of words through pictures to understand the new words in the text; Master thinking skills of comparison and contrast, understand the details in the text; Comprehend the colorful nature; 学习目标 23027 Look and guess. What kind of landform is it? What kind of landform is it? 新课讲授 23027 What kind of landform is it? Rainforest. Look and guess. 23027 What kind of landform is it? Desert. Look and guess. 23027 Watch a video and answer the questions. 23027 Watch a video and answer the questions. Q: What kind of landforms are they? Q: What do you know about the landforms? Desert and rainforest. The desert has little rain here, so it’s very dry. The rainforest is hot and wet. It is home to many plants and animals. 23027 Activity 1 Pair work. Look at the pictures and talk about what you know about rainforests and deserts. 1. What’s the difference between them? 2. What do they have in common? (the climate, food, animals…) be home to… Pre-reading 23027 Skim the text and choose. What is the main idea of the text? It’s about the climates in rainforests and deserts. It’s about the animals in rainforests and deserts. Rainforests and deserts are two different living places in nature. D. It’s about the plants in rainforests and deserts. [meɪn] adj. 主要的 2. Write a proper title for the text. ____________________________________ Rainforests and Deserts Rainforests and deserts are two very different living places in nature. In a rainforest, it is warm and wet, and it rains a lot. You can find many kinds of plants and animals there. Plants can grow very tall, and animals have plenty of food to eat. The desert is hot and dry. It rains very little there. There are also some kinds of plants in the desert, like cactuses. The plants can keep water grow. Only a few animals can live in the desert. They don’t have much to eat and many of them live on other small animals. Rainforests and deserts are wonders of nature. They are home to many animals and plants. What is the main idea of the text? It’s about the climates in rainforests and deserts. It’s about the animals in rainforests and deserts. Rainforests and deserts are two different living places in nature. D. It’s about the plants in rainforests and deserts. Skim the text and choose. Skim means reading quickly to get a general idea of the text without focusing on details. While-reading 23027 Scan the text and answer the questions. What is the climate like in rainforests? Why do only a few animals live in the desert? Scan the text and answer the questions. It is warm and wet, and it rains a lot. They don’t have much to eat and many of them live on other small animals. Scan means looking quickly through a text to find specific information such as a particular word, phrase, or fact. Rainforests and deserts are two very different living places in nature. In a rainforest, it is warm and wet, and it rains a lot. You can find many kinds of plants and animals there. Plants can grow very tall, and animals have plenty of food to eat. The desert is hot and dry. It rains very little there. There are also some kinds of plants in the desert, like cactuses. The plants can keep water grow. Only a few animals can live in the desert. They don’t have much to eat and many of them live on other small animals. Rainforests and deserts are wonders of nature. They are home to many animals and plants. What is the climate like in rainforests? Why do only a few animals live in the desert? While-reading 23027 Read again and find out the main idea of each paragraph. Introduction(介绍) Differences Similarities(相似点) Rainforests and deserts are two very different living places in nature. In a rainforest, it is warm and wet, and it rains a lot. You can find many kinds of plants and animals there. Plants can grow very tall, and animals have plenty of food to eat. The desert is hot and dry. It rains very little there. There are also some kinds of plants in the desert, like cactuses. The plants can keep water grow. Only a few animals can live in the desert. They don’t have much to eat and many of them live on other small animals. Rainforests and deserts are wonders of nature. They are home to many animals and plants. While-reading 23027 Rainforests and deserts are two very different living places in nature. In a rainforest, it is warm and wet, and it rains a lot. You can find many kinds of plants and animals there. Plants can grow very tall, and animals have plenty of food to eat. The desert is hot and dry. It rains very little there. There are also some kinds of plants in the desert, like cactuses. The plants can keep water grow. Only a few animals can live in the desert. They don’t have much to eat and many of them live on other small animals. Rainforests and deserts are wonders of nature. They are home to many animals and plants. Read again and find out the main idea of each paragraph. Introduction(介绍) Differences Similarities(相似点) Paragraph 1 (Beginning) Paragraph 2 (Body) Paragraph 3 (End) While-reading 23027 Activity 2 Read the text and guess the meaning of the underlined words. Rainforests and deserts are two very different living places in nature. In a rainforest, it is warm and wet, and it rains a lot. You can find many kinds of plants and animals there. Plants can grow very tall, and animals have plenty of food to eat. The desert is hot and dry. It rains very little there. There are also some kinds of plants in the desert, like cactuses. The plants can keep water grow. Only a few animals can live in the desert. They don’t have much to eat and many of them live on other small animals. Rainforests and deserts are wonders of nature. They are home to many animals and plants. plenty: 大量 cactuses: 仙人掌 [‘wʌndə(r)] n. 奇迹 v.想知道 [fju:] det., adj. 有些，几个pron. 一些 [ˈplenti] pron. While-reading 23027 Activity 3 Read the text carefully and complete the table. Paragraph 1 (Beginning) The two different ______________ in nature. Paragraph 2 (Body) The main differences: climate _____________ _____________ Paragraph 3 (End) They are: _____________ of nature _____________ to animals and plants [ˈdɪfrəns] n. 差别 While-reading 23027 Activity 3 Read the text carefully and complete the table. Paragraph 1 (Beginning) The two different ______________ in nature. living places Rainforests and deserts are two very different living places in nature. In a rainforest, it is warm and wet, and it rains a lot. You can find many kinds of plants and animals there. Plants can grow very tall, and animals have plenty of food to eat. The desert is hot and dry. It rains very little there. There are also some kinds of plants in the desert, like cactuses. The plants can keep water grow. Only a few animals can live in the desert. They don’t have much to eat and many of them live on other small animals. Rainforests and deserts are wonders of nature. They are home to many animals and plants. While-reading 23027 Activity 3 Read the text carefully and complete the table. Paragraph 2 (Body) The main differences: climate _____________ _____________ plants animals Rainforests and deserts are two very different living places in nature. In a rainforest, it is warm and wet, and it rains a lot. You can find many kinds of plants and animals there. Plants can grow very tall, and animals have plenty of food to eat. The desert is hot and dry. It rains very little there. There are also some kinds of plants in the desert, like cactuses. The plants can keep water grow. Only a few animals can live in the desert. They don’t have much to eat and many of them live on other small animals. Rainforests and deserts are wonders of nature. They are home to many animals and plants. While-reading 23027 Paragraph 3 (End) They are: _____________ of nature _____________ to animals and plants wonders home Activity 3 Read the text carefully and complete the table. Rainforests and deserts are two very different living places in nature. In a rainforest, it is warm and wet, and it rains a lot. You can find many kinds of plants and animals there. Plants can grow very tall, and animals have plenty of food to eat. The desert is hot and dry. It rains very little there. There are also some kinds of plants in the desert, like cactuses. The plants can keep water grow. Only a few animals can live in the desert. They don’t have much to eat and many of them live on other small animals. Rainforests and deserts are wonders of nature. They are home to many animals and plants. While-reading 23027 Rainforests Climate:____________ and____________ Plants:_____________ Animals: many kinds, with____________ Deserts Climate:______________ and______________ Plants:_______________ Animals: only a few kinds, live on_______________ They are the wonders of nature and home to many animals and plants. warm wet very tall plenty of food hot dry some kinds of plants other small animals Activity 4 Complete the chart according to the text. comparison contrast While-reading 23027 Retell the text with the help of the chart. Rainforests Climate:____________ and____________ Plants:_____________ Animals: many kinds, with____________ Deserts Climate:______________ and______________ Plants:_______________ Animals: only a few kinds, live on_______________ They are the wonders of nature and home to many animals and plants. warm wet very tall plenty of food hot dry some kinds of plants other small animals Post-reading 23027 Activity 5 Fill in the blanks with the phrases in the box. plenty of many kinds of live on be home to Horses _______________ grass and they drink water. There are ______________ flowers in my garden. The sea _______________ different kinds of fish. There is _______________ food for animals in the rainforest. live on many kinds of is home to plenty of ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) 4 2 3 1 Post-reading 23027 Horses _______________ grass and they drink water. There are ______________ flowers in my garden. The sea _______________ different kinds of fish. There is _______________ food for animals in the rainforest. live on many kinds of is home to plenty of ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) 4 2 3 1 Match the sentences with the pictures. Post-reading 23027 Choose two landforms and complete the comparison and contrast chart. Climate:____________ and____________ Plants:_____________ Animals: many kinds, with____________ Climate:______________ and______________ Plants:_______________ Animals: only a few kinds, live on_______________ Group work Post-reading 23027 Introduce the two landforms to the class. 23027 The earth does not belong to us: we belong to the earth. Post-reading 23027 基础题： 根据文本内容，写出热带雨林和沙漠的气候特点和主要动植物。 提高题： 用英语描述一种自己喜欢的自然环境，并说明喜欢的原因。 拓展题： 查阅资料，了解一种濒危的动植物，并制作一张海报介绍它的生存环境、面临的威胁以及保护措施。 Homework 23027 Lavf58.20.100 Lavf58.20.100 $$