Unit 6课件- 2025-2026学年外研版（2024）英语七年级上册

Unit 6 The power of plants Developing ideas (阅读) 册 次：七年级上册 学 科：英语（外研社版） 1 What kind of drink do you like best? What is the most popular drink in the world? 1. What can you see in the pictures? 2. What do these pictures have in common? Look at the pictures and answer the questions. Let’s guess. Title What is the passage about? Read the passage. Find out the importance of tea to the Chinese and the Brits. 5 Read the passage again and answer the question. The writer shows that tea is a key part of different cultures by giving examples. What are the examples? Feng Tao from Chengdu, China. Emma Jones from Britain. Complete the form with the words and expressions from the passage. Green tea His grandpa (and his grandpa’s friends) In the teahouse Tea makes him feel back home. Black tea Her family At home It’s their way of connecting. 7 Answer the questions. 1. What does “a key part” mean? 2. What does “as many teahouses as leaves in a cup of tea” say about teahouses? 3. What does the expression “it’s no secret” mean? Answer the questions. 1. What does “a key part” mean? It means tea is an important part of different cultures. Answer the questions. 2. What does “as many teahouses as leaves in a cup of tea” say about teahouses? It says that the number of the teahouses is huge. Answer the questions. 3. What does the expression “it’s no secret” mean? It’s well-known that Brits love afternoon tea. Think and share. 1. What does the title mean? 2. What do the two stories have in common? 3. Do you agree that tea is “more than a drink”? Why or why not? Think and share. 1. What does the title mean? The title is a pun. It has two meanings. One meaning is about the kind of tea you like; the other is about the people or things you like. Think and share. 2. What do the two stories have in common? The two stories both describe the people who drink tea, the kind of tea they drink, the place where they drink tea and the meaning of tea to their cultures. Think and share. 3. Do you agree that tea is “more than a drink”? Why or why not? Yes, I think so. Tea is not only a drink, but also a symbol of cultures. Find another kind of plant that means a lot to the Chinese people and share your ideas to the class. Homework 16 THANK YOU $$Unit 6 The power of plants Understanding ideas (语法学习) 册 次：七年级上册 学 科：英语（外研社版） 《英语》（新标准）初中修订版 1 Worker No. 55 What is he going to do ? He is going to start work in the plant. Look and answer. be going to / will + 动词原形 Please find more sentences with these structures in the reading passage. Read the sentences and summarise the grammar rules. Simple future tense be going to + 动词原形 1. What are they going to produce? 2. Soon it’s going to get dark. More sentences with the structures will + 动词原形 1. The water will rise up to the Leaf through the Stem. 2. Then workers in the Leaf will mix water, CO2 and sunlight. 3. Most importantly (for them), there will be sugar! 4. Another product will be oxygen, but the plant doesn’t need much of it. What is the similarity and difference between the two structures? 两个结构都表示即将发生的事情。 Let’s discuss. Similarity: Difference: be going to do sth.结构表示打算做某事或即将发生某事。 will do sth.结构表示将来要发生的事，也可表示请求、允诺、同意等。 Complete the sentences with the simple future tense. will are going to will plan to Complete the guide’s words using the correct form of the words in the boxes. Rainforest Guide are going to walk will rain will see becomes makes give Read and answer. are going to walk will rain will see becomes makes give What does the guide think of the trees in the rainforest? Why? How? Plants are important to the natural world. Plants are important to the natural world. There is a Planting Day activity in your school. What are you going to do? Work in pairs. Discuss your plan for Planting Day. Work in pairs. Discuss your plan for Planting Day. Write a short paragraph about Planting Day and try to put it into practice. Homework 12 Unit 6 The power of plants Developing ideas (听说) 册 次：七年级上册 学 科：英语（外研社版） 《英语》（新标准）初中修订版 13 What plants can you see in the pictures? wheat rice corn Look and answer. How do you usually eat them? wheat rice corn Look and answer. Match the food with the plants. rice noodles bread taco wheat rice corn Jason is a vlogger. What is he doing? He is taking a vlog about the Sweet Corn Festival. Look and say. √ Listen to the opening of the vlog and choose the main idea. 19 Listen again and complete Jason’s notes for the vlog. 40 9,000 cooking 600 culture 20 Listen to the conversation and complete the sentences. seeds chips tea health dolls Corn has different uses to people. 21 Listen again. Then talk about how people ask for and give permission. Ask for permission: Can I try the taco? May I...? Give permission: Sure. Certainly! 22 Listen and repeat. 23 Work in pairs. Act out a conversation about the uses of a plant. Discuss different uses of some plants and think about how we can make full use of them. Homework 25 THANK YOU $$Unit 6 The power of plants Starting out & Understanding ideas (文本解读) 册 次：七年级上册 学 科：英语（外研社版） 1 1. What is this in the picture? 2. What is happening in the picture? 3. Is it powerful? It’s a seed of the plant. Look at the picture and answer the questions. 2 The power of plants Importance in the natural world Uses to people Meanings to cultures Make a poster about plants 3 1. What facts about plants do you know? 2. Do you think plants are amazing? Why or why not? Look at the picture and answer the questions. 4 What are the people doing? What can plants do for us? food materials for house inspiration of art They are as amazing and useful as our great friends. medicine Look at the pictures and answer the questions. a b c d buy vegetables work on wood weigh the herb draw trees and grass 5 Look and say. 1. What do you see in the picture? 2. What is the picture about? Photosynthesis ? 光合作用 6 Look at the picture of a plant and match the words to it. 7 Look at the picture of a plant and match the words to it. sunlight sugar water leaf Read the passage and check. 8 Read the passage again, choose another suitable title and give your reasons. √ Do they have the same meaning? What does “plant” mean in the title? The word “plant” has two meanings. One is about the living thing. The other is about the place the workers work in. 9 Complete the texts with the words and expressions from the passage. leaf rise up Water sugar breathe Let’s retell. leaf rise up Water sugar breathe In what other ways do plants help the world? Plants mean a lot and help a lot. They give more than food and oxygen to animals and people. They are important to animals and people. Think and share. 12 Write a short paragraph about how plants work and how they help people and animals. Homework 13 Unit 6 The power of plants Developing ideas (写作) 册 次：七年级上册 学 科：英语（外研社版） 14 Let’s review. Feng Tao Emma Jones Feng Tao and his grandpa Her husband, kids and herself Green tea Black tea Teahouses in Chengdu In the yard at home His grandpa used to take him to the teahouse... She made tea for her kids after school... Warm tea makes him feel like he’s back home. Tea connects her and her family. Who drinks tea in... family? What kind of tea do they like? Where do they drink tea? Do they have any stories of drinking tea? How does tea make them feel? 15 Write a short paragraph about tea and your family. 16 Write a short paragraph about tea and your family. Step 1 Write down some ideas below. 17 Write a short paragraph about tea and your family. Step 2 Write your paragraph using the information in Step 1. 18 Write a short paragraph about tea and your family. Step 2 Write your paragraph using the information in Step 1. Sample My mum and dad drink tea. My mum likes Longjing tea. My dad drinks Pu’er tea. They mostly drink tea at home. They like to drink tea with their friends. They tell stories and share news. My mum and dad met at a teahouse. Their friends introduced them. That’s why tea is special to them. Drinking tea makes them feel relaxed and happy. It reminds them of good times. Tea is an important part of Chinese culture. It connects us to other people and to our history. 19 Write a short paragraph about tea and your family. Step 3 Check. Did you: ☐ include the main points in Step 1? ☐ use the words from the reading passage? ☐ explain the importance of tea to culture? Write a short paragraph about tea and your family. Step 4 Share your paragraph with the class. Further polish your writing after class. Homework 22 THANK YOU $$Unit 6 The power of plants Presenting ideas & Reflection 册 次：七年级上册 学 科：英语（外研社版） 《英语》（新标准）初中修订版 1 The power of plants 2 The amazing plants 3 Group work: Make a poster about plants. 4 Group work: Make a poster about plants. Search for information about different plants. Take a group vote to decide on the plants and find photos of them for your poster. Step 1 5 Group work: Make a poster about plants. Organise your ideas with the help of the following outline and make your poster. Step 2 How to introduce a plant? Why are the plants important in nature? How can we make use of the plants? What do the plants mean to cultures? 6 Group work: Make a poster about plants. Organise your ideas with the help of the following outline and make your poster. Step 2 7 Group work: Make a poster about plants. Organise your ideas with the help of the following outline and make your poster. Step 2 8 Group work: Make a poster about plants. Organise your ideas with the help of the following outline and make your poster. Step 2 9 Group work: Make a poster about plants. Organise your ideas with the help of the following outline and make your poster. Step 2 10 Group work: Make a poster about plants. Step 3 Practise and present your poster to the class. 11 Group work: Make a poster about plants. Step 4 Vote on the best three posters and the best three presentations. 12 After completing this unit, I understand more about the importance of plants. Reflection useful different cultures 13 Reflection I still need to improve… 14 Show your poster to your parents and tell them the importance of plants. Homework 15 THANK YOU $$