Unit8 Section B 1a～1d课件-2024-2025学年人教版七年级英语下册

Unit 8 Once upon a Time Section B 1a-1d story play In this class, our goal is to change the story of The Ugly Duckling into a play. scene 场景 character 角色 narrator 旁白 dialogue 对话 Look at the picture and the title. And try to predict (预测). Who are in the photo? A mother duck and six little ducklings. Which one is the “ugly duckling”? The grey one. Why do you think so? Why are the yelllow ducklings close to the mother duck? 1a Look at the pictures. What do you think happens in the story? Number the pictures. a cat / a hen a little grey duck two big ducks? some swans a mother duck some ducklings a newborn duckling Describe the pictures: What happens? say no - said laugh at - laughed feel sad - felt talk - talked look at - looked Tip 1: The pictures can tell us about the _________ ______________ in the story. main characters Read and circle the characters in the story. Para. 1 Para. 2 Para. 3 Para. 4 a mother duck five of the ducklings the “ugly” duckling other birds a cat and a hen three beautiful swans Read and check your prediction in 1a. 1 2 3 4 Tip 2: There are _____________ scenes in the story. four Read Para. 1 and circle T or F. 1. The ugly duckling was different from the other ducklings in colour and size. T F 2. The other ducklings liked the ugly duckling. T F 3. The mother duck agreed with the five ducklings. T F Read Para. 2 and answer the questions. 1. How was the ugly duckling similar to the other ducklings? He swam well like the other ducklings. 2. Did the similarity (相似处) change anything? No. They still laughed at him and told him to go away. 3. How did the ugly duckling feel about it? He felt very sad. 4. What did he decide to do? He decided to search for a new home. = look for 搜寻 laugh at 嘲笑 Read Para. 2 & 3 and fill in the table. Is it easy for the ugly duckling to find a new home? Do they want to live with him? Why or why not? many other birds the cat the hen They thought he was ugly. He could not purr. He could not lay eggs. 下蛋 Read Para. 4 and role-play this part. Who did he meet at last? 1. Who were in this part? 2. What did they do/say? 3. How did they feel? These questions may help you!! Checklist (评价量表) 1. right roles ⭐⭐⭐ 2. right words ⭐⭐⭐ 3. right emotion (情绪) ⭐⭐⭐ 4. body language ⭐⭐⭐ story mountain Read again and retell the story with the help of the story mountain. Introduction (开场) The duckling was ___________ from the others in size and color. Rising Action (上升情节) The ducklings thought him _____ and told him to go away. Feeling _____, he decided to search for a new ________. Climax (高潮) The other birds, the cat and the hen didn’t want to ___________ with him. Falling Action (回落情节) He saw beautiful ________ by a lake. Resolution (结局) He found that he was a __________ white swan. different ugly sad home live / stay swans beautiful Draw a picture for the ending. Were they friendly to the “ugly” duckling? the mother duck five ducklings many other birds the cat and the hen the swans corrected the other ducklings; spoke for him. thought him ugly laughed at him told him to go away thought him ugly didn’t want to ... didn’t like him because he could not purr or lay eggs showed kindness and praised him Tip 3: We can know about the characters better from their ________ and ________. actions words 1d Match the characters with their opinions. D B C A Why didn’t the five ducklings, other birds, the cat and the hen accept (接受) the “ugly” duckling? Because they thought he looked different and ugly. And he didn’t have special skills. What do you think the story teaches us? Discuss in groups and share your opinions. You are more than what you look like. Don’t judge others by their looks. Believe in yourself. You’ll shine in your way. To others: Always be friendly and kind to others. To yourself: Scene One background 背景 narrator 旁白 Scene Two Scene Three Scene Four Scene ... [place] Dialogue (characters/narrator, words) Step 1 Divide into four groups. Each group works on a scene. The Ugly Duckling [Adapted from Hans Christian Andersen’s Fairy Tales] Narrator: Once upon a time, there was a mother duck. She had six little ducklings. Five of the ducklings were small and yellow, but the last duckling was big and grey. Scene One [place] ... (dialogue) Scene Two [place] ... (dialogue) Scene Three [place] ... (dialogue) Scene Four [place] ... (dialogue) Step 2 Discuss and change. Scene ... [place] Dialogue (characters/narrator, words) Be kind ! Be brave ! Be confident ! Homework Need to do: Role-play the story according to the script we’ve written. 根据已完成的剧本表演。 Choose to do: Rewrite the ending of the story. “What if the ugly duckling didn’t turn into a swan? How would the story change?” How well can you do these things? Very well OK Needs work 1. I can understand the story The Ugly Duckling. 2. I can improve reading abilities, such as predicting through pictures, analyzing the haracters' personalities based on the text. 3. I can change the story of The Ugly Duckling into a play. Reflecting $$