Unit 1 A new start Developing ideas 课件-2025-2026学年外研版（2024）七年级英语上册

第3课时 Developing ideas Unit 1 A new start Lead in They are from students’ union. What are their tasks in students’ union? check and mark support students hold all kinds of activities such as cultural festivals and sports meets/meetings. help students with their problems What are their tasks in students’ union? Look and guess A paper boat. What is it? Free-talk A paper boat. Do you like a paper boat? Why? Read and fill in the blanks Mia, do you remember your sixth birthday? Of course, Dad. We made a paper boat together.Then we put our little boat in the pool. It sailed away. Look at this. A new paper boat for you! It's a letter from Mum and me. We want to share some thoughts with you. Oh, thank you. Before your journey starts Life is a journey. [ˈdʒɜːnɪ]旅行 What’s the meaning of “journey” in the title. Prediction Does it mean to travel? What do Mia’s parents give her? A new paper boat. Lead in Look at the picture and answer the question.. Why 2.How does Mia feel about the paper boat? Happy/Surprised [səˈpraɪzd]. 1.Why do Mia’s parents give it to her? 3.What’s the paper boat? It’s a letter. They want to share some thoughts with her. Pre-reading Read the conversation and think. [θɔːt] : an idea or an opinion 观点 可以引导学生猜测信中会有什么 Look and say Salutation 称呼 Signature 署名 What kind of passage is it? It is a letter. This is a letter from parents (dad and mum) to Mia. Find the structure(结构) C.A new start—Junior high B.Make a new paper boat and give good wishes Beginning (C) Body (A) Ending (B) Match the main idea of each paragraph. Reading tip: Pay attention to the key words. A.Comparison(对比) between primary school and junior high Read and find Read paragraph 2,and fill the chart. Primary school was like a pool. It was small and safe. Dad and Mum protected your boat from winds. But junior high is like a river. It is wide and the water moves fast. You will face new problems. We are still here to help. But sometimes you have to sail your boat by yourself. Just try your best and work hard. Remember this: No pain, no gain. You will go through storms towards the sea. primary school junior high school It was like a pool, small and safe. Parents your boats from winds. protected It is like It’s wide and the water moves fast. by yourself. You have to sail your boat Parents are always here to help their kids. a river. Task 1: lead in They hold all kinds of activities, such as cultural festivals [ˈkʌltʃərəl ˈfɛstəvəlz] sports meets The main idea of each paragaph. Find the structure(结构) C.A new start—junior high school. A. Comparison(比较) between primary school and junior high school. B.Make a new paper boat and give good wishes. Beginning Body Ending Task 1: lead in What do you know about The Students’ Union? The Students Union supports students at school. [səˈpɔːt] v. 支持，拥护 Think and share Do you agree with the description of primary school and junior high in the letter? Why or why not? Possible answer: Yes, I do. Primary school is safe and quite easy. But junior high is like a wide river because there is more to learn. The water in the river moves fast because there are many changes in junior high. Think and share Did your parents give you any advice about life at junior high? What was it? Possible answer: Yes, they did. They told us to study hard/keep healthy and safe/make more friends at school/ be happy every day. Share withe us! 03 Writing Write Mia’s replay to her parents. Step 1 Organise your reply with the chart. Show thanks to Dad and Mum How is life different at junior high? What is my problem? What am I going to do? Step 2 Write your reply with the help of the chart. Step 3.Check .Did you :include all the ideas from step 1.  use the word and expressions from the reading passage?  write about your feelings and experiences at junior high? Step 4 Share your reply with the class. Make creativity Express fluently Assessment Show clarity and comfidently Your are great. Show time luna 6709930837 97272.0 Lavf58.20.100 $$