Unit 8 Follow your interests Section 1 教学设计-2024-2025学年沪教版七年级英语下册

Unit 8 Follow your interests Section 1 教学设计 I. Teaching Objectives 1. Knowledge Objectives Students will understand the article about Patrick Moore’s journey of turning interest in stars into a career, mastering vocabulary like astronomer, curiosity, lifetime interest, demonstrate. Students will learn to extract key details about how interests shape careers, answering questions and completing tasks. 2. Ability Objectives Improve reading skills: Comprehending biographical texts about interest - to - career transitions, analyzing evidence and demonstratives. Enhance listening skills: Extracting details about Linda’s hobby - to - career story, identifying job changes and feelings. 3. Affective Objectives Foster awareness of the importance of following interests, inspiring students to explore how hobbies can lead to careers. Encourage reflection on personal interests and dream jobs, strengthening the connection between passion and future paths. II. Language Knowledge 1. Key Vocabulary & Phrases Interest - career: astronomer, curiosity, lifetime interest, demonstrate, lively way. Listening - related: sailing teacher, hobby, career transition, training course. 2. Key Sentence Patterns From reading: “When I was eight, I got a book about stars… That was the beginning of my lifetime interest.” From listening: “Linda’s first job was… She now works as a sailing teacher, finding joy in it.” 3. Key and Challenging Points Key Points: Understanding how Patrick Moore and Linda turned interests into careers; identifying demonstratives in texts. Challenging Points: Analyzing evidence for statements about role models’ interests; capturing detailed listening information about career changes. III. Teaching Procedures (45 Minutes) Step 1 Pre - reading: Activate Interest - Career Knowledge (8 Minutes) Activity 1: Discuss Hobby - Job Links Use the “Think” prompt (“What careers can our interests possibly lead to?”). Students match hobbies to jobs (e.g., painting → painter), activating reading themes. Activity 2: Predict Biographical Content Look at the article title My lifetime interest—studying stars and picture. Predict: “What did Patrick Moore do to turn interest into career?” Step 2 Reading: Patrick Moore’s Story (15 Minutes) Activity 1: Read for Demonstratives Teach the reading strategy (identifying demonstratives: this, that, it). Students find and analyze their references in the article. Activity 2: Reading Comprehension Complete sentence - completion tasks (Reading comprehension 1), extracting Patrick’s journey steps. Find evidence for statements (Exercise 2), analyzing details like “night sky beauty, parental encouragement”. Step 3 Vocabulary Practice (10 Minutes) Activity 1: Synonym Matching & Usage Complete Vocabulary practice 1 (match words: curious, lively). Then use words in sentences (Exercise 3), describing a past - week enjoyable activity. Activity 2: Collocation Discussion Explore collocations (e.g., “lifetime interest, lively way”). Students create new collocations with unit vocabulary. Step 4 Listening: Linda’s Career Transition (8 Minutes) Activity 1: Pre - listen Discussion Discuss the sailing teacher picture. Predict: “How did Linda turn sailing hobby into career?” Activity 2: Listen & Respond Listen to the podcast, answer questions (Exercise 2). Then check true/false statements (Exercise 3), extracting job changes, training, feelings. Step 5 Summary & Homework (4 Minutes) Summary: Recap Patrick Moore’s interest - to - career path and Linda’s sailing - teacher journey, emphasizing following interests. Homework: Write a short paragraph about a hobby and its possible career link, using unit vocabulary. Research one more person who turned interest into career and note their story. IV. Assessment In - class: Check reading comprehension answers, vocabulary usage, and listening task accuracy. Homework: Evaluate hobby - career paragraphs for clarity, vocabulary application, and personal reflection. V. Design Purpose Skill Integration: Combine reading (biographical analysis) and listening (career - transition stories) with vocabulary, focusing on interest - to - career links. Inspiration - driven Learning: Use real - life stories of turning interests into careers to teach language skills and inspire future - planning. VI. Blackboard Design Unit 8 Section 1—Interests to Careers Key Vocabulary: astronomer, curiosity, lifetime interest, sailing teacher Reading Strategy: Identify demonstratives (this, that, it) and their references Homework: Hobby - career paragraph + extra interest - career story research! 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$