Unit 1 The secrets of happiness-Presenting ideas 教学设计2024-2025学年外研版英语七年级下册.

Unit 1 The secrets of happiness-Presenting ideas This unit focuses on the theme of "The secrets of happiness". In the "Presenting ideas" part, students are guided to explore and present their own ideas about happiness. They will learn relevant vocabulary and expressions related to happiness, and through various activities such as group discussions and making a book page, they will express their understanding of what makes people happy, how to achieve happiness, and give suggestions to those who are not happy. This part aims to not only improve students' language skills but also cultivate their positive attitude towards life and the ability to think and communicate about abstract concepts. 教学目标 Students can understand and master vocabulary related to happiness, such as "happiness", "secret", "smile", "positive", "success", "kind", "rich", "poor", etc. They are able to comprehend and use phrases and sentence patterns about expressing happiness, like "be full of", "the key to...", "It's important to...", "When people..., it makes...", etc. 教学重难点 1 Key Points Master the core vocabulary and phrases related to the theme of happiness, and be able to pronounce them accurately and understand their meanings. Comprehend and skillfully use key sentence patterns for describing happiness to express ideas. Understand the content of the text and sort out different people's views on happiness. 2 Difficult Points Flexibly use the learned vocabulary and sentence patterns in real - life situations to clearly and systematically express their unique insights into happiness. Deeply understand that happiness is not only the satisfaction of the material level but also the richness of the spiritual level, and be able to elaborate on it in combination with real - life situations. 1 Vocabulary Happiness - related nouns: happiness (幸福), joy (欢乐), secret (秘密), success (成功), kindness (善良), wealth (财富), poverty (贫穷) Adjectives: positive (积极的), kind (善良的), rich (富有的), poor (贫穷的), optimistic (乐观的) Verbs: smile (微笑), satisfy (使满意), fulfill (实现) 2 Phrases be full of (充满) the key to... (…… 的关键) It's important to... (做…… 是重要的) bring sb. happiness (给某人带来幸福) make sb. feel happy (使某人感到幸福) 3 Sentence Patterns Happiness is a feeling of joy and satisfaction. (幸福是一种快乐和满足的感觉。) People can find happiness in different ways. (人们可以通过不同的方式找到幸福。) The secret of happiness is to be grateful for what you have. (幸福的秘诀是对你所拥有的心存感激。) When people help others, it makes them feel happy. (当人们帮助别人时，这会让他们感到快乐。) 教学过程 1 Warming - up (5 minutes) Show some pictures of people with big smiles on their faces. Ask students: "Look at these pictures. How do these people feel? What do you think makes them so happy?" Let students discuss in pairs for about 1 minute and then invite some pairs to share their ideas. This activity can quickly arouse students' interest in the topic of happiness and activate their prior knowledge related to happiness. 2 Vocabulary Teaching (10 minutes) Present the new vocabulary related to happiness on the PPT one by one, such as "happiness", "secret", "smile", etc. Read each word aloud for students to imitate the pronunciation, and explain the meaning of each word with simple examples. For example, when teaching "smile", say "Look, when you are happy, you often smile like this" and show a big smile. After presenting all the words, play a word - matching game. Divide the new words into two columns on the PPT, one column is the English words and the other is the Chinese meanings. Ask students to quickly match them. This can help students review and consolidate the newly learned vocabulary in a fun way. 3 Text Analysis (10 minutes) Let students read a short text about different people's views on happiness silently for the first time. After reading, ask them some general questions, such as "How many people's views are mentioned in the text?" and "What are the main ideas of these views?". This can help students get a general understanding of the text. Then, let students read the text again carefully. This time, ask them to find out the specific reasons why each person thinks they are happy. For example, if the text mentions that a person thinks family makes them happy because they always support each other, ask students to underline this sentence. After that, invite several students to share their findings. Through this process, students can improve their reading comprehension ability and better understand different views on happiness. 4 Group Discussion (12 minutes) Divide students into groups of 4 - Give each group three discussion topics: What makes you feel happy in your daily life? How can you help others to be happy? What suggestions can you give to those who are not happy? Let each group discuss these topics for about 8 minutes. During the discussion, the teacher walks around each group to listen to their conversations and provide necessary guidance and help. For example, if a group has difficulty expressing an idea, the teacher can offer some relevant vocabulary or sentence patterns. After the discussion, each group selects a representative to report their group's discussion results to the whole class. Each report should last about 1 - 2 minutes. This activity can not only improve students' oral English expression ability but also cultivate their teamwork and communication skills. 5 Making a Book Page (8 minutes) Tell students that they are going to make a book page about the secrets of happiness. On the book page, they need to include a title, some pictures or decorations, and their own ideas about happiness. They can use the ideas they discussed in the group just now. Give students about 5 minutes to design and draw their book pages. Then, invite several students to come to the front of the class and show their book pages to the whole class, explaining their designs and ideas. This activity can give full play to students' creativity and allow them to express their understanding of happiness in a more vivid way. 教学反思 After this class, on the one hand, the overall teaching effect is relatively good. Through various activities such as warming - up, vocabulary teaching, text analysis, group discussion, and making a book page, students have shown great interest in the topic of happiness. They actively participated in classroom discussions and activities, which improved their language skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing to a certain extent. Also, most students can understand the diversity of happiness and express their own views on happiness. On the other hand, there are still some areas for improvement. For example, in the group discussion part, although most students actively participated, a few students were relatively quiet and did not fully express their opinions. In future teaching, more attention should be paid to these students to encourage them to actively participate in group activities. In addition, when teaching vocabulary, more real - life examples and interactive games can be added to make vocabulary learning more vivid and interesting. Also, in the process of text analysis, some students still had difficulty understanding some long and complex sentences. In the future, more sentence - pattern analysis and reading - skills training should be carried out to help students improve their reading comprehension ability. 2 / 37 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$