Unit 4 The art of having fun Presenting ideas 教学设计 2024-2025学年外研版（2024）七年级英语下册

Unit 4 The art of having fun-Presenting ideas This unit, "The art of having fun", falls within the "People and Self" category, specifically related to "rich, fulfilling, and positive lifestyles". The "Presenting ideas" section serves as a culmination of the unit, integrating previously learned knowledge and skills. Students are required to use the vocabulary, sentence patterns, and grammar from the unit to conduct a class survey on fun activities, analyze the data, and present their findings in a report. This not only helps students review and consolidate what they've learned but also enables them to apply English in real - life situations, improving their language practical ability and critical thinking. The main activities in this period include survey design, data collection and analysis, and report writing. Through these activities, students will understand the diversity of fun activities, explore the importance of having fun, and learn how to balance fun with other aspects of life. 教学目标 Students will be able to master vocabulary related to "fun activities", "surveys", and "reports", such as "fun activities", "survey", "results", "benefits", "favorite", "hobby", etc. They can understand and use expressions related to "moderate entertainment", like "half of us", "most of the class", "no one", "a few of", etc. 教学重难点 1 Teaching Key Points The use of vocabulary and expressions related to fun activities, surveys, and reports. How to guide students to design a reasonable questionnaire, collect valid data, and analyze the data accurately. The structure and writing format of a report on fun activities. 2 Teaching Difficult Points Helping students to critically think about the pros and cons of different fun activities and put forward reasonable suggestions for a balanced lifestyle. Training students to present their survey results clearly, logically, and interestingly in English, overcoming language and psychological barriers. 1 Vocabulary Fun activities: reading, watching movies, playing sports, singing, dancing, drawing, playing video games, etc. Survey - related: survey, questionnaire, question, answer, data, collect, analyze Report - related: report, introduction, result, conclusion, benefit, importance 2 Sentence Patterns What fun activities do you usually do after school/on weekends? How often do you do...? Why do you like...? The survey shows that... Most of the students in our class like... No one likes... Having fun is important for a balanced life. 3 Grammar Review the usage of simple present tense in the context of discussing habits and preferences for fun activities. The use of imperatives to give suggestions about how to enjoy fun activities in a balanced way, such as "Remember to balance your study and fun." "Don't spend too much time on playing video games." 教学过程 1 Warming - up (5 minutes) Activity: Show some pictures of various fun activities on the PPT, such as children playing football, reading books in the library, and singing in a concert. Then ask students: "What can you see in the pictures? What fun activities do you like best among them? Why?" Purpose: This activity can quickly arouse students' interest, activate their prior knowledge about fun activities, and create a relaxed and pleasant English - learning atmosphere for the following class. 2 Pre - task (10 minutes) Activity 1: Introduction to the survey Explain to students that they will conduct a class survey on fun activities today. Show them a simple example of a survey report on the PPT, briefly introduce the structure of the report, including the introduction (purpose of the survey), results (data presentation), and conclusion (findings and suggestions). Ask students: "What aspects do you think we should include in our survey about fun activities? For example, what questions should we ask?" Guide students to think about questions related to the types of fun activities, the frequency of participation, and the reasons for liking them. Activity 2: Designing the questionnaire Divide students into groups of 4 - Each group is required to design a questionnaire about fun activities. Provide them with some guidance, such as: The questionnaire should have at least 5 questions. The questions should cover different aspects like the types of fun activities students like, how often they do them, and why they like them. Use simple and clear English sentences for the questions. Walk around the classroom, offer help and suggestions to each group. Purpose: These two activities can help students understand the task of this class - conducting a survey on fun activities. By introducing the survey report structure and guiding students to design the questionnaire, students can have a clear idea of what to do next and be well - prepared for the subsequent data collection and report writing. 3 While - task (20 minutes) Activity 1: Data collection After each group finishes designing the questionnaire, each member of the group is assigned to interview several classmates in other groups. They need to fill in the questionnaire according to the interviewees' answers. Encourage students to communicate with their classmates in English bravely. Remind them to be polite when interviewing. Activity 2: Data analysis After the data collection is completed, each group returns to their original seats. Group members work together to analyze the data they collected. They can use simple statistical methods, such as counting the number of people who like each type of fun activity, calculating the proportion of students who participate in an activity frequently. Provide some sentence patterns on the PPT to help students describe the data analysis results, such as "Half of the students we interviewed like playing basketball." "Most of the classmates do reading once a week." Purpose: In the data collection process, students can practice their oral English communication ability. And through data analysis, students can learn how to process information and use English to describe data, which improves their language application ability and logical thinking ability. 4 Post - task (10 minutes) Activity 1: Report writing Each group starts to write a report based on the data analysis results. Remind students to follow the structure of the report introduced before: Introduction: Briefly state the purpose of the survey, such as "The purpose of this survey is to find out the favorite fun activities of the students in our class." Results: Present the data in a clear way, using graphs (if possible) or simple sentences. For example, "The survey shows that 30% of the students like watching movies best, followed by playing sports, which accounts for 25%." Conclusion: Summarize the findings and give some suggestions. For example, "From the survey, we can see that our classmates have diverse fun activities. We should balance our study and fun, and choose healthy and meaningful activities." Walk around the classroom to provide necessary language and content - related help. Activity 2: Report presentation Select 2 - 3 groups to come to the front of the class to present their reports. Each group has 2 - 3 minutes to present. After each presentation, ask other students to ask questions or give comments. Give positive feedback to each group, praise their good points, and also point out areas for improvement. Purpose: Report writing can comprehensively improve students' writing ability, including organizing ideas, using language accurately, and following the writing format. And the report presentation can train students' public speaking ability and listening comprehension ability. The question - asking and comment - giving session can promote students' communication and critical thinking. 教学反思 In this class, students were actively involved in various activities. The group - based questionnaire design, data collection, analysis, and report writing and presentation effectively promoted students' cooperation and communication skills. However, some students still had difficulties in using English to express complex ideas during the report writing and presentation, especially when describing data and giving suggestions. In future teaching, more writing guidance and oral practice should be provided, such as giving more sample sentences and organizing more oral presentation drills. The process of data collection and analysis was a bit time - consuming. Some groups didn't have enough time to fully analyze the data and write a detailed report. Next time, the time allocation can be adjusted more reasonably, or some data - analysis tools can be introduced in advance to speed up the process. The interaction between students during the question - asking and comment - giving session after the report presentation was relatively active. But some students' questions were not deep - enough. Teachers can guide students to ask more critical and thought - provoking questions in the future to further develop students' thinking 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 $$