Unit 4 The Earth-Section 4 Extending and developing competencies-Focus on culture 教学设计 2025-2026学年沪教版英语七年级上册

Unit 4 The Earth-Section 4 Extending and developing competencies-Focusing on culture This section, "Focusing on Culture" in Unit 4 "The Earth", mainly presents a real - life case of environmental governance - the Saihanba Afforestation Project. It shows how, through the arduous efforts of three generations of people over sixty years, the barren Saihanba has been transformed into a vast forest, creating a "green miracle". By studying this case, students are guided to think deeply about the significance of environmental protection. This not only helps students internalize and organize the vocabulary and expressions learned in this unit but also enables them to understand that environmental protection is a long - term and arduous task that requires the joint efforts of everyone. 教学目标 Students can understand and master key vocabulary related to environmental protection and the Saihanba case, such as "afforestation", "barren", "miracle", "generation", etc. Students are able to comprehend the main idea and details of the news report about Saihanba. 教学重难点 A. Key Points Guide students to understand the text about the Saihanba Afforestation Project and master relevant vocabulary. Enable students to discuss and summarize the significance and inspiration of the Saihanba case for environmental protection. B. Difficult Points Help students deeply understand the long - term and systematic nature of environmental protection work through the Saihanba case, and establish a correct concept of sustainable development. Cultivate students' ability to think independently and express their unique views on environmental protection issues in English. Vocabulary afforestation (n.) - the process of planting trees to create a forest barren (adj.) - (of land) too poor to produce much or any vegetation miracle (n.) - an extraordinary and welcome event that is not explicable by natural or scientific laws and is therefore considered to be the work of a divine agency; here, it means an amazing achievement in environmental restoration generation (n.) - all of the people born and living at about the same time, regarded collectively effort (n.) - a vigorous or determined attempt transform (v.) - make a marked change in the form, nature, or appearance of Key Sentences Through the efforts of three generations of people over sixty years, Saihanba has been transformed from a barren land into a vast forest. This is a great miracle in the history of China's environmental protection. We should learn from the spirit of the people in Saihanba and take actions to protect our environment. 教学过程 A. Lead - in (5 minutes) Greet the students as usual. Show some pictures of the current beautiful and green Saihanba on the PPT. Ask students: "Look at these pictures. What a beautiful place! Do you know where it is? Have you ever heard of the Saihanba Afforestation Project?" Let students express their initial impressions and knowledge. B. Pre - reading (10 minutes) Vocabulary teaching Present the new words "afforestation", "barren", "miracle", "generation", "effort", "transform" on the PPT one by one. Explain the meaning of each word with pictures, examples or simple English explanations. For example, when teaching "barren", show a picture of a dry and treeless land and say "This kind of land is barren. Nothing can grow well on it." Let students read the words after the teacher several times, and then ask individual students to read to check their pronunciation. Background introduction Briefly introduce the background of the Saihanba Afforestation Project to students: "Saihanba was once a barren and desolate place. But in order to improve the ecological environment, three generations of people in Saihanba have made unremitting efforts. After sixty years of hard work, they have achieved remarkable results." Let students have a preliminary understanding of the context of the text. C. While - reading (15 minutes) Skimming Let students quickly read the news report about Saihanba. Set a task: "Read the text quickly and find out the main idea of the passage. What is the text mainly about?" Give students 2 - 3 minutes to read. Then ask some students to share their answers. The expected answer is: The text is mainly about how Saihanba has been transformed from a barren land into a forest through the efforts of three generations of people. Scanning Let students read the text carefully again. Set some detailed questions on the PPT, such as: How long did it take for the people in Saihanba to transform the land? (Answer: Sixty years.) What was Saihanba like before? (Answer: It was barren.) What has it become now? (Answer: A vast forest.) Ask students to find the answers in the text and underline the relevant sentences. Then check the answers together. D. Post - reading (10 minutes) Group discussion Divide students into groups of 4 - 5. Pose a discussion topic: "What can we learn from the Saihanba Afforestation Project? How can we apply this spirit to our daily lives to protect the environment?" Let students discuss in groups for about 5 minutes. Walk around the classroom to listen to their discussions and give necessary guidance. Group report Ask each group to select a representative to report the group's discussion results. While the representative is reporting, other students can listen carefully and raise questions or add their own opinions. After each group's report, give appropriate praise and comments, such as "Your group has a very good idea. You really understand the significance of the Saihanba case." E. Summary and Homework (5 minutes) Summary Summarize the key points of this class with students: "Today, we learned about the Saihanba Afforestation Project. We know that through the continuous efforts of three generations of people, Saihanba has changed from a barren land to a beautiful forest. This teaches us that environmental protection requires our perseverance and joint efforts. We should also take actions to protect our environment in our daily lives." Homework Ask students to write a short passage about what they can do to protect the environment in their daily lives, with at least 80 words. Encourage students to collect more information about other successful environmental protection cases and share them in the next class. 教学反思 In the teaching process, the use of pictures and real - life cases can effectively arouse students' interest in learning. For example, showing pictures of Saihanba before and after transformation can make students more intuitive to feel the importance of environmental protection. However, in the future, more diverse teaching resources can be added, such as relevant videos, to make the class more vivid. Group discussion can actively mobilize students' enthusiasm for participation and cultivate their teamwork and communication skills. But in this class, some students were still a little shy and did not actively participate in the discussion. In the future, more guidance and encouragement should be given to these students to create a more relaxed and active discussion atmosphere. 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