Unit 4 Ready, steady, go B Reading and critical thinking 教学设计 2025-2026学年沪外教版（2024）七年级英语上册

Unit 4 B Reading and critical thinking 教学设计 I. Teaching Objectives Understand Kexin's blog about the school sports day, master related vocabulary, and extract key information. Develop reading skills like predicting from title and pictures, and enhance critical thinking abilities through analyzing the blog and recalling, understanding, and applying information about the sports day. Be able to talk about school sports events, results, and personal preferences for sports events, using correct vocabulary and sentence structures. II. Language Knowledge 1. Key words & phrases sports day, fun and excitement, take part in, event, race, relay, cheer for, long - distance running, long jump, prize, unforgettable, all of something, event, performance, cheer, prize, unforgettable, taijiquan, team sports, individual sports 2. Key sentences We have Sports Day every year, and this year it was on the third Friday of October. The whole school was full of fun and excitement with flags and colourful flowers here and there. I joined in a 100m race and won a silver cup. The 4×100m relay was very exciting. Everyone cheered for the racers, and the sports field was full of laughter. My best friend Mike is very good at long - distance running. He came in first and finally won the race. In the long jump, my other friend, Rita, did not get a prize, but she tried her best. The sports day ended with a song. We sang together with Ms Lin, our teacher, and together for the good performance of the boys and girls in our class. What an unforgettable day! Sports are not just about winning, they’re also about making new friends, and staying healthy. 3. Key and challenging points Comprehend Kexin's blog and complete related reading tasks (choose best answers, answer questions, find descriptive sentences). Use correct forms of words to complete sentences and passages. Think critically about school sports days, recall events and results, distinguish team and individual sports, and talk about preferred sports events. III. Teaching Procedures Learning activities: Step 1 Lead - in Show the title “A sports day” and the pictures from the blog. T: Look at the title and pictures. What do you think the blog post is about? Invite Ss to predict. Then say: Today, we will read Kexin's blog about her school sports day. Step 2 Reading & Comprehension Work on Activity B1 T: Look at the title and pictures of the blog post. Choose the best answers. Use the skill of predicting from title and pictures. Ask Ss to predict the main idea, then read the blog to choose the correct answers. Then check the answers. Work on Activity B2 T: Answer the questions about Kexin's sports day. Ask Ss to read the blog carefully and answer the questions (when the sports day was, what the school was like, who performed best, why Ms Lin and students sang, if students enjoyed themselves). Then check the answers. Work on Activity B3 T: Find sentences Kexin wrote to describe her unforgettable sports day and fill in the table. Ask Ss to find descriptive sentences in the blog and fill in the table with lines, description, and key words. Then check the answers. Step 3 Word work Work on Activity B4 T: Write the words from the text. Use the meanings and the first letters to help you. Ask Ss to fill in the words (whole, race, performance, cheer, prize, unforgettable) based on meanings and first letters. Then check the answers. Work on Activity B5 T: Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the words in B4. Ask Ss to fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the words from B4 to complete the sentences. Then check the answers. Work on Activity B6 T: Complete the passage about popular sports with the words in the box. Ask Ss to fill in the blanks with the words (are full of, here and there, join in, try your best) to complete the passage about popular sports. Then check the answers. Step 4 Critical thinking Work on Critical thinking tasks Recall: T: List the sports events Kexin and her classmates took part in and the results they got. Fill in the table. Understand: T: Kexin and her classmates joined in different sports events. How many of them are team sports and how many are individual sports? Write T for team sports and I for individual sports. Apply: T: Your school is going to hold a sports day. Talk about one of the sports events you would like to take part in and give your reasons. Divide Ss into groups and let them discuss these tasks. Then invite some groups to share their ideas. IV. Assessment of Teaching Effectiveness Assess Ss' comprehension of Kexin's blog by observing their answers in Activities B1, B2, and B3. Observe whether Ss can use correct word forms to complete sentences and passages in Activities B4, B5, and B6. Evaluate Ss' critical thinking abilities and oral expression by observing their discussions and sharing in the critical thinking tasks. This lesson helps Ss improve reading comprehension and word - using skills. It also enhances their critical thinking and ability to express personal opinions about school sports days. V. Design Purpose The lead - in activates Ss' prior knowledge about sports days and uses the predicting skill to engage them with the blog topic. Reading and comprehension activities help Ss understand the blog content and practice reading skills. Word work activities reinforce vocabulary learning and usage. Critical thinking tasks encourage Ss to think deeply about school sports days, recall events, distinguish sports types, and share personal preferences, developing creativity and expression abilities. VI. Blackboard Design “A sports day” Reading and critical thinking Key words: sports day, race, relay, long - distance running, long jump, prize, unforgettable, team sports, individual sports Key sentences: The whole school was full of fun and excitement with flags and colourful flowers here and there. I joined in a 100m race and won a silver cup. The 4×100m relay was very exciting. What an unforgettable day! Sports events: 100m race (individual), 4×100m relay (team), long - distance running (individual), long jump (individual), football games (team), basketball games (team) VII. Homework Review the new vocabulary and Kexin's blog about the sports day. Write a short passage about your school's sports day (if you have had one) or a sports event you want to take part in, explaining why you like it. VIII. Teaching Reflection The reading and word work activities effectively helped Ss learn new vocabulary and understand the blog. Ss showed good engagement in critical thinking tasks. However, some Ss might need more guidance in expressing their opinions clearly about preferred sports events. In future lessons, more oral expression practice can be provided. 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$