Unit 1 Animals Friends 阅读写作学案-2024-2025学年人教版英语七年级下册

2025年春初一下 Unit 1 Animals Friends 阅读写作学案

课前视频导读：

Malee is a common Thai female(adj.________)name,meaning "flower" in the Thai language.

I live in Thailand.I want to introduce (v.________)my favorite animals to you. They are huge.They have long noses and big ears. Can you guess what animals they are? You are right.They are elephants. Let's watch a video(n.________) about them.If you want to know more about them, you can read my post on my social media(________).

This video will teach you some interesting things about elephants.Elephants eat a lot of food.Elephants eat grass,trees and other plants.Large elephants can eat 150 kilograms of food in one day.

There are two kinds of elephants, Asian Elephants and African Elephants.African Elephants weigh about as much as a T-rex （恐龙）（Tyrannosaurus rex可缩写为T.rex）.They can be up to (________)seven point five tons and they can be up to four meters tall. Asian elephants are a bit smaller.Asian elephants can weigh(v.________) up to six tons and are about three meters tall,still very big,but a little small.

The elephant's ears are as big as fans(n.________).The male elephant's tusks (n.________)are extremely (=________)sharp.The elephant's nose is quite useful and interesting.It is called a trunk.A trunk here is being used to throw mud(n.________) to keep cool.It can be used to reach up to tall trees or suck(v.________) up water to drink here at the watering hole.

African elephants are the largest animals on earth,living on the land.Female elephants(mother and daughters)stay together in a family for their entire(=________) lives.

阅读前（Pre-reading）

1. Look at the picture on Page 6 and answer the questions.

(1)What animals can you see in the picture?__________________________________

(2)Where are they? _____________________________________________________

(3)What are they doing?_________________________________________________

2. What’s the type of the text? ___________A. News.B. Story.C. Diary.D. Post.
3. What do these signs on a website page mean?

________ ________________

阅读中（While-reading）

略读（Skimming）快速阅读获取主旨（main idea）

4. Match each paragraph with its main idea.

Paragraph ____:  What elephants are like   Paragraph ____: How to save the elephants

Paragraph ____: What elephants look like   Paragraph ____: Why Malee likes elephants

5. Read Malee’s post and choose the best title for it.

A. What Is an Elephant? B. My Favourite Animal: The Elephant C. How to Save Elephants

寻读（Scanning）：定位特定信息（如日期、人名）

6. Scan paragraph 1 and answer the questions.

Who wrote the text? ___________

Where is Malee from?__________

7. Read paragraph 2 and answer the questions.

  What is the national animal of Thailand?__________

What’s the cultural meaning of elephants in Thailand?__________

When do Thai people celebrate Thai Elephant Day?__________

Why does she like elephants?_____________________________

8. Read paragraph 3 and fill in the blanks.

How different are elephants from other animals?_________________

What are elephants like?They have ________ and __________.

What can elephants do?They can ______ and_____heavy things with their_________.

9. Read paragraph 4 to find the description words （描述词）about the elephants and fill in the blanks.

What are elephants like us in some ways?

They are _______.They love to___________, and they are great____________ .

They are _______.They can remember______ and _____ with food and water after many years.

They are _______.They ______other elephants when they don't feel______. The big elephants also help the baby _______.

细节理解（Detailed Reading）：回答问题或填写图表。

10. Read paragraph 5 to find the topic sentence of this paragraph and answer the questions.

Why are elephants in danger now? _______________________________________________.

Now they are in danger, what should we do?________________________________________.

推断（Inference）：根据上下文猜测隐含意义。

11. Which of the following is the right translation of "Every elephant counts"？________

1. 每头大象都会数数 B. 每头大象都很重要

阅读后（Post-reading）

讨论与辩论（Discussion & Debate）

A new UN（联合国） report says that about more than 20,000 kinds of animals are endangered species（濒临灭绝的物种）。What can we do to save the endangered animals?

Learn about the endangered animals._______________________________

Don’t buy things that may hurt animals._______________________________

Don’t throw trash everywhere._______________________________

Give money to the animal protection group._______________________________

In our little ways we can save the endangered animals!

单元写作：

 

Basic introduction:My …, is part of the family.…is my favorite animal.

 

Appearance（外貌）:XXX is big/scary/cute….XXX has long/short/beautiful fur.

Ability（能力）:…helps me …and stay safe.…can ……has great hearing.

 

Summary：I love …very much. We are close friends.