Unit 4 Reading课件2024-2025学年沪教版（2024）英语七年级下册

Unit 4 Our animal friends ----- Reading 1 Learning objective By the end of the lesson, I will be able to... make inferences from the picture, introduction and title. find the elements of the story like when, where, who, and what happened. understand the plots of the story and finish the story mountain. retell the story by reporting. Lead-in What are they? How do these animals help us? They are . They can . save the people in danger dolphins They are . They provide . cows milk for us Lead-in What are they? How do these animals help us? They are . They provide . honey for us bees They are . They provide . hens eggs for us Lead-in What are they? How do these animals help us? They are . They provide . wool so we can make warm cloth sheep Lead-in What are they? How do these animals help us? They are . They can . can help . guard our houses dogs A police dog the police catch bad people Lead-in What are they? How do these animals help us? can help . rescue people in danger can help . A rescue dog A guide dog lead the way for the blind. It can bark when there is danger. Activity 1 Read the information and make prediction. Pre-reading Look at the photo, the title and the introduction (引言) on P53. 1. What do you think the word “eyes” means in the story? 2. What is the story probably about? While-reading Activity 2 Read the story quickly and find out the four elements of the story. Story Character (Who) Time（When） Place（Where） Event (What) The hotel was on fire and Charlie saved John. One night At a hotel John Dancer, Charlie, receptionist, fireman Page 54 Activity 3 Put the pictures in the correct order and write the numbers 1-6 in the boxes. 2 1 3 5 4 6 While-reading Activity 4 Read the passage and finish the story mountaion. What is the basic structure of a story? Beginning Development Climax Ending While-reading Activity 4 Read the passage and finish the story mountain. Part 2：_________ (Paragraph _____) Part 3：_________________ (Paragraph ______) Part 4：_________________ (Paragraph ______) Development 2 Climax 3 4 Ending Story Mountain Part 1：Beginning (Paragraph 1) While-reading “Good evening, sir,”said the receptionist when John arrived at the hotel. Then he saw Charlie. “ Sir, you’re welcome to stay, but we don’t allow pets here. Sorry!”he explained. “Charlie isn’t a pet,”said John. “He’s my eyes. I’m blind, and it’s hard for me to get around by myself. I need him to show me where to go.” The receptionist apologized and led John and Charlie to their room. Activity 5 Read para.1-2 and answer the questions. 1. Who is Charlie? 2. Was Charlie welcome to stay? Why? While-reading Reading strategy Making inferences(推断的结果) from context clues Good readers use context clues and their background knowledge to find out what the writer doesn’t directly mention in the text. In this story, the writer doesn’t tell us who Charlie is. But with the picture and the context clues, we can figure out that Charlie is a guide dog. Charlie wasn’t welcome to stay because the receptionist thought Charlie was a pet dog. Activity 6 Read para.3 and answer the questions. It was late. John was very tired after a long day. He went to bed and soon fell asleep. Charlie was sleeping beside the bed. Suddenly, Charlie started barking. John woke up and smelt smoke. A fire! Smoke started to come in from under the door. John knew they couldn’t get out that way now. Their room was on the 8th floor, so they couldn’t climb out of the window. They had to do something to stop the smoke. With Charlie's help, John put some wet clothes along the bottom of the door. Then he got down on the floor next to Charlie and waited. The minutes seemed like hours. Then he heard it. The sound of a fire engine. It was music to his ears. 1. Why did Charlie start barking suddenly? 2. How did John stop the smoke coming into the room? 3. What does the writer mean by “It was music to his ears”? While-reading Because Charlie smelt the smoke and wanted to wake John up. He put some wet clothes along the bottom of the door. John was very happy / pleased to hear the sound of the fire engine because they can be saved. Before long, a fireman arrived and got in the room from the window. When he found John, he quickly helped him get up and tried to get him out of the building. But John would not go without his “eyes”. Finally, the fireman got both John and Charlie out of the building safely. Activity 6 Read para.4 and answer the questions. 1. How did the fireman treat Charlie? What did John do? 2. What happened in the end? While-reading The fireman overlooked Charlie, but John would not go without Charlie. Both John and Charlie were saved. Post-reading Activity 7 Suppose you were Charlie, think about the question. How would you feel if you were Charlie? Situations(情景) Charlie’s feelings refused(被拒绝) by the receptionist disappointed, angry led to the room happy saw and smelt smoke coming in afraid, nervous got down on the floor worried ignored(被忽略) by the fireman sad, angry cherished(被珍视) by John moved Post-reading Activity 8 Discuss the questions below. (1)What do you think of Charlie? Use some words to describe him and give examples. (2) Did John save Charlie, or did Charlie save John? Why? Think Post-reading Activity 8 Discuss the questions below. (1)What do you think of Charlie? Use some words to describe it and give examples. Charlie (adj + examples) helpful He helped John put wet clothes along the bottom of the door. loyal(忠诚的) & responsible He didn’t run away from John when in danger. smart He woke up John when there was smoke. Post-reading Activity 8 Discuss the questions below. (2) Did John save Charlie, or did Charlie save John? Why? John saved Charlie. Charlie saved John. They helped each other. A friend in need is a friend indeed. Post-reading Activity 9 Work in pairs and interview（采访）the blind man. 1. When did you arrive at the hotel? 2. Why is there a pet dog in the hotel? 3. What did you do during the fire? 4. Who do you want to thank most? 1. I arrived at the hotel... 2. He is not a pet dog, but... 3. At the beginning, ... and then ... Finally, ... 4. I would like to thank ... most, because... I can do this! Yes No 1. I can make inferences from the picture,introduction,and title. 2. I can find the elements of the story like when, where, who, and what happened. 3. I can understand the plots of the story and finish the story mountain. 4. I can retell the story by reporting. Let’s check ourselves. Thanks！ $$