Unit 6 Reading—A switch-off weekend 课件+学案 2024-2025学年沪教版英语七年级下册

Unit six, electricity everywhere. Section one, experiencing and understanding language reading. Page eighty five. read the story and find out what Daisy weekend without electricity was like. A switch off weekend by Daisy from grade seven. Last week, our science teacher, mrs. Brown, taught us about electricity and how important IT is. Then SHE gave us a special task to try living without electricity for a weekend. Our family thought IT sounded interesting, so we decided to do IT together. However, IT turned out that IT was very hard to live without electricity. After IT got dark, my little brother benny and I could only read and write by candlelight. We usually watch a movie together on friday nights, but the TV doesn't work without electricity. Instead, we played video games for a while, but then our tablet ran out of battery. What about tomorrow? We thought since there wasn't tiny electricity, some things in the fridge quickly went bad. When we woke up on saturday morning, we discovered that we couldn't eat our breakfast cereal. We didn't have any milk or yogurt. By noon, IT got really hot inside our apartment, but we couldn't turn on the air conditioner. Even was most household tasks became very difficult without electricity. For example, we had to wash all our clothes by hand, and this took us a lot of time. However, there were also nice things about living without electricity. On sunday, we went on a bike trip and visited my grandparents in the countryside. We enjoyed a picnic in their garden, and we also played chess and painted pictures together. At night, we SAT under the stars and listen to my granddad stories. This was a really interesting experience, but I cannot imagine living without electricity for more than a few days. Unit 6 Electricity Everywhere A switch-off weekend Reading导学案 Name:___________ Class:_________ · Skimming & Scanning Task 1：Read for structure （ ）1.Which is the best structure of this passage? （ ）2.In what order(顺序)this story is organized(组织)? A. by space B. by time Task 2：Read and answer (1) What did Daisy learn in her science class last week? (P86) __________________________________________________. (2) What was special about last weekend for Daisy? (P86) __________________________________________________. Task 3：Read and Complete Read Part 2 (Para. 2 - Para. 4). What does Daisy's family usually do at the weekend, and how was their last weekend different? Complete the notes on Page 86. Task 4：Read and Fill （P86-1-3） Read the story again and find out how did Daisy's feelings change throughout the story? Para 1. She thought it ____________. Para 2. She thought it was very _______ to live without electricity. Para 3. Most household tasks became very __________. Para 4. She thought it can also be _____. Para 5. It was ________and__________. · Careful Reading Task 1: Read Para 1 and answer the questions. 1.Who is Mrs Brown? _______________________________________________________. 2.What did Mrs Brown teach the students last week? _______________________________________________________. 3.What did Daisy's family think of the special task？ _______________________________________________________. Task 2: Read Para 2 and choose the best answer,then answer the questions. ( )1.What did Daisy and his brother do after the TV didn't work? A. They went to bed at once. B. They played video games. C. They started to fix the TV. D. They read books by candlelight. ( )2.How did Daisy and his brother feel about the life without electricity? A. Excited. B. Cheerful . C. Worried. D. Scared. 3.What did Daisy and Benny usually do on Friday evenings? ______________________________________________________. 4.Why couldn't the TV work? ______________________________________________________. 5.How long did Daisy and Benny play video games? ______________________________________________________. Task 3: Read Para 3 and answer the questions. 1.What happened to some thinsgs in the fridge because there was no electricity? ______________________________________________________. 2. When did it really get hot inside their apartment? ______________________________________________________. 3. How did most household tasks become without electricity? ______________________________________________________. Task 4: Read Para 4 and answer the questions. 1.When did Daisy and his family go on a bike trip? ______________________________________________________. 2.Where did Daisy and his family have a picnic on Sunday? ______________________________________________________. 3.What did they do at night? ______________________________________________________. Task 5: Read the last paragraph and choose the best answer. ( )What can we know from the last paragraph? A. It was a boring experience for Daisy. B. Daisy found the switch-off weekend both interesting and challenging(有挑战性的). C. Daisy wants to live without electricity for a few days. D.Daisy’s family didn't like the switch-off weekend. 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$Watch and think Let's enjoy a video and think what it is about. Unit 6 Electricity everywhere How important is electricity? Key question Reading I 主题范畴:人与自然 无处不在的电 电有多重要? Unit objectives After learning this unit, you can: understand why electricity is important. explain different ways of producing electricity. observe safety rules for using electricity. talk about how to save electricity. 谈论如何节约用电。 理解为什么电很重要。 解释发电的不同方式。 遵守用电安全规则。 电的用途 驱动;推动 电为路灯和家中的 灯供电 电的相关知识 用电安全 不要在电线附近 放风筝 我们可以利用水、 风和阳光发电。 节电方法 不用电脑时 将其关闭 电有多重要 关于电你了解多少? 我们如何安全合理地使用电? 日常生活中我们如何节能? man-made man-made in nature Before you read / la tn / n.闪电 /b lb/ n. 灯泡 / b t ri/ n. 电池 有相同的特征(或特点等) They all have something to do with electricity. 它们都与电有关。 P84 a pack of batteries wind power water power solar power Before you read 水力 太阳能 风力 They are the different ways to produce wlectricity. Where do we often use electricity? Where do we often use electricity? at home at school at the cinema at the supermarket on the road ... Why do you think electricity is important to us? Because electricity makes our lives easier and more convenient. 2 Discuss in pairs why electricity is important in our daily lives. P84 run v. (使)运转, 运行; 操作 run on sth. 依靠某种动力运行 In our daily lives, what else do household appliances run on electricity? Electricity rice cooker fridge smartphone electric car light bulb washing machine air conditioner What may happen if the electricity is off ? Read the title, the writer's name and the beginning of each paragraph and guess: What happens in the story? 一个没有电的周末 It is about a family's weekend living without electricity. Prediction Last week, our science teacher, Mrs Brown, taught us about electricity and how important it is.Then she gave us a special task: to try living without electricity for a weekend. Our family thought it sounded interesting, so we decided to do it together. A switch-off weekend However, it turned out that it was very hard to live without electricity. After it got dark, my little brother Benny and I could only read and write by candlelight. We usually watch a movie together on Friday nights, but the TV doesn't work without electricity. Instead, we played video games for a while, but then our tablet ran out of battery. “What about tomorrow?” we thought. P85 by Daisy from Grade 7 Read and repeat Since there wasn't any electricity, some things in the fridge quickly went bad. When we woke up on Saturday morning, we discovered that we couldn't eat our breakfast cereal (n. 麦片) —we didn't have any milk or yogurt! By noon, it got really hot inside our apartment, but we couldn't turn on the air conditioner. Even worse, most household tasks became very difficult without electricity. For example, we had to wash all our clothes by hand, and this took us a lot of time. However, there were also nice things about living without electricity. On Sunday, we went on a bike trip and visited my grandparents in the countryside. We enjoyed a picnic in their garden, and we also played chess and painted pictures together. At night, we sat under the stars and listened to my grandad's stories. This was a really interesting experience, but I cannot imagine living without electricity for more than a few days. Which is the best structure of this passage? Background Daisy's weekend without electricity Daisy's feelings after this experience A. B. C. D. Summarize the structure 2.What is the sequence(顺序) of events(事件) in this story? A. by space B. by time Read Para. 1 and answer the questions with the information from the story on page 85. (1) What did Daisy learn in her science class last week? (2) What was special about last weekend for Daisy? She learnt electricity and how important it is. It was a weekend without electricity. (P86-1/2) Read and answer Read Part 2 (Para. 2 - Para. 4). What does Daisy's family usually do at the weekend, and how was their last weekend different? Complete the notes below. P86 watch TV play video games have cereal with milk or yogurt for breakfast wash clothes with the washing machine use the air conditioner washed clothes by hand went on a bike trip and visited grandparents in the countryside had a picnic in the garden played chess and painted pictures sat under the stars and listened to Grandad's stories How did Daisy's feelings change throughout the story? P86 interesting very hard very difficult nice interesting and challenging Who is Mrs Brown? What did Mrs Brown teach the students last week? What did Daisy's family think of the special task? She taught them about electricity and how important it is. She is Daisy's science teacher. Interesting. Read and answer Read para. 1 and answer the questions below. 1.What did Daisy and his brother do after the TV didn't work? A. They went to bed at once. B. They played video games. C. They started to fix the TV. D. They read books by candlelight. Read and choose Read para. 2 and choose the best answer. 2.How did Daisy and her brother feel about the life without electricity? A. Excited. B. Cheerful. C. Worried. D. Scared. Read and choose 1.What did Daisy and Benny usually do on Friday nights? 2.Why couldn't the TV work? 3.How long did Daisy and Benny play video games? They usually watch a movie together on Friday nights. Because there was no electricity. For a while. Read and answer Read para. 3 and answer the questions below. Read and answer 1.What happened to some things in the fridge because there was no electricity? 2.When did it really get hot inside their apartment? 3.How did most household tasks become without electricity? Some things in the fridge quickly went bad. By noon. Difficult. Read para. 3 and answer the questions below. When did Daisy and his family go on a bike trip? Where did Daisy and his family have a picnic on Sunday? What did they do at night? Read and answer On Sunday. In their garden. They sat under the stars and listened to their granddad's stories. Read para. 4 and answer the questions below. What can we know from the last paragraph? A. It was a boring experience for Daisy. B. Daisy found the switch-off weekend both interesting and challenging(有挑战性的). C. Daisy wants to live without electricity for a few days. D.Daizy’s family didn't like the switch-off weekend. Read and choose Read para. 5 and answer the questions below. Try to describe the switch-off weekend of Daisy. Tips Last week After it got dark Tomorrow On Saturday morning By noon On Sunday At night c a b c a Vocabulary practice P87 apartment while fridge go bad ran out 1. Try to draw a mindmap of the events in the story. 2. Finish the homework in Weekly Paper on P9. Homework 2024 Blues 178922.3 $$