Unit 7 Fun after school Section 2 Exploring and applying rules (Grammar) 教学设计- 2025-2026学年沪教版英语七年级上册

Unit 7 Fun after school-Section 2 Exploring and applying rules (Grammar) This section focuses on the grammar - the simple past tense. It aims to help students understand when and how to use the simple past tense to describe past events. By analyzing texts and examples related to after - school activities in Unit 7, students will observe the forms of verbs in the simple past tense, including regular and irregular verb changes. They will learn to form affirmative, negative, and interrogative sentences in the simple past tense, and recognize the common time adverbials indicating past time. This grammar knowledge will enable students to accurately express their experiences and events that happened in the past in both speaking and writing. 教学目标 Students will be able to understand the concept and usage of the simple past tense. They can master the regular and irregular changes of verbs in the simple past tense. Students will recognize common time adverbials used with the simple past tense, such as “yesterday”, “last week”, “a moment ago”, etc. 教学重难点 1. Key Points The formation and usage of the simple past tense. Regular verb changes in the simple past tense: adding “-ed” to the base form, with different spelling rules according to the endings of the verbs (e.g., for verbs ending in “-e”, just add “-d”; for verbs ending in “consonant + y”, change “y” to “i” and add “-ed”; for one - syllable verbs with a single vowel letter followed by a single consonant letter at the end, double the final consonant letter and add “-ed”). Recognition of common time adverbials for the simple past tense. 2. Difficult Points Irregular verb changes in the simple past tense, as these verbs do not follow the regular “-ed” addition rule and need to be memorized individually. Distinguishing between the simple past tense and other tenses in context, especially for students who are still in the initial stage of grammar learning. Using the simple past tense accurately in complex sentences and real - life communication. 1. The Concept of the Simple Past Tense The simple past tense is used to describe actions or states that happened at a definite time in the past. For example: “I went to the park yesterday.” Here, “went” is the past form of the verb “go”, indicating that the action of going to the park occurred yesterday, which is a specific past time. 2. Regular Verb Changes General rule: Most verbs add “-ed” to the base form to form the past tense. For example: work - worked play - played look - looked Verbs ending in -e: Just add “-d” to the base form. For example: like - liked live - lived use - used Verbs ending in “consonant + y”: Change “y” to “i” and add “-ed”. For example: study - studied carry - carried try - tried One - syllable verbs with a single vowel letter followed by a single consonant letter at the end: Double the final consonant letter and add “-ed”. For example: stop - stopped plan - planned drop - dropped 3. Irregular Verb Changes There are many irregular verbs in English, and their past forms do not follow the regular “-ed” rule. Some common ones are: be - was/were (am/is - was; are - were) go - went do - did have - had see - saw come - came 4. Time Adverbials for the Simple Past Tense yesterday (yesterday morning/afternoon/evening) last week/month/year ago (a moment ago, three days ago) in + past year (in 2023) just now 教学过程 1. Warming - up (5 minutes) Greet the students as usual. Then, show some pictures of students' after - school activities, such as playing basketball, reading books, and drawing. Ask students: “What are these students doing in the pictures?” Elicit students' answers. Then, say: “We know these are after - school activities. Now, I want to ask you. Did you do these activities yesterday? Let's talk about your after - school activities in the past.” This can lead to the topic of the simple past tense naturally. 2. Presentation (12 minutes) Write the following sentences on the blackboard or show them on the PPT: I played basketball yesterday. She went to the library last week. They were in the park just now. Ask students to read these sentences aloud and observe the verbs. Guide them to find out the differences between these verbs and the verbs they usually use. For example, “play” becomes “played”, “go” becomes “went”, and “are” becomes “were”. Explain the concept of the simple past tense: “We use the simple past tense to talk about things that happened in the past. The verbs in these sentences are in the past form. For regular verbs like ‘play’, we usually add ‘-ed’ to make it past tense. But for some verbs like ‘go’, they are irregular, and we need to remember their special past forms.” Show some more examples of regular and irregular verb changes on the PPT, and let students read and repeat to get familiar with them. 3. Rule - finding and Practice (15 minutes) Divide the students into groups of four. Give each group a set of cards with different verbs written on them, including regular and irregular verbs. Ask the groups to classify the verbs into regular and irregular ones, and then write down the past forms of the regular verbs according to the rules they just learned. For irregular verbs, they need to discuss and try to recall the past forms. Walk around the classroom to monitor the group work. After a few minutes, ask each group to report their classification results. Write the correct answers on the blackboard. Then, do some exercises on the PPT. Show some sentences with blanks, and students need to fill in the blanks with the correct past forms of the given verbs. For example: He ____ (visit) his grandparents last weekend. She ____ (study) English hard yesterday. They ____ (be) late for school this morning. Check the answers together, and explain the reasons for each answer. 4. Listening and Speaking Practice (8 minutes) Play a short dialogue recording. The dialogue is about two students talking about their after - school activities last week. For example: A: Hi, B. What did you do last week after school? B: I played badminton with my friends. How about you? A: I went to the art club. I drew some pictures. Ask students to listen carefully and answer some questions on the PPT, such as “What did A do last week after school?” and “What did B do?” Play the recording again if necessary. After that, ask students to work in pairs. They need to make up a similar dialogue about their own after - school activities last week, using the simple past tense. Encourage them to use as many different activities as possible. Invite some pairs to come to the front of the class and act out their dialogues. Give praise and encouragement to the students. 5. Summary and Homework (5 minutes) Summarize the key points of this class: “Today, we learned the simple past tense. We know that we use it to talk about past events. Regular verbs usually change by adding ‘-ed’ with different rules, and irregular verbs have their own special past forms. We also learned some common time adverbials for the simple past tense. Remember to practice using the simple past tense in your daily life.” Assign homework: Ask students to write a short passage about their most interesting after - school activity in the past. They need to use at least five sentences with the simple past tense. Let students make a list of 10 irregular verbs and their past forms, and memorize them. 教学反思 After this class, I think the following aspects can be evaluated. In terms of teaching methods, the use of pictures, group work, and listening - speaking practice can effectively arouse students' interest and help them understand and master the simple past tense. However, some students still have difficulty in remembering irregular verb changes. Maybe in future classes, more games or memory - training activities can be designed to strengthen their memory. During the group work, some groups did not cooperate well enough, and some students were less active. In the future, more guidance on group cooperation should be given, and a more scientific group evaluation system can be established to encourage students to actively participate in group activities. Also, in the speaking practice, some students were a bit shy and did not express themselves fluently. More opportunities and encouragement should be provided to help them overcome this problem and improve their oral English ability. Overall, this class has achieved certain teaching goals, but there is still room for improvement. 2 / 37 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$