Unit 3 Curious minds-D A healthy dose of curiosity (Writing & Discovery)教学设计 2025-2026学年沪教版（五四学制）英语八年级上册

该初中英语教学设计聚焦“好奇心”主题，核心知识点包括curious、curiosity等词汇，“I'm curious about...”等句型及写作结构（引言-主体-结论）与连接词使用技能。课堂导入通过展示爱迪生、牛顿等科学家图片引导讨论，建立好奇心与发明发现的联系，作为学习支架连接生活经验与语言学习，铺垫词汇句型学习和写作任务。 资料亮点在于融合语言能力与思维品质培养。阅读分析环节通过范文解析结构与表达，提升语言理解与运用能力；写作指导中小组头脑风暴分享好奇经历、结构模板（引言点明好奇点-主体描述探索过程-结论总结感悟）及连接词支架，促进合作与逻辑思维，培养批判性思考（探索好奇心的重要性）。对学生提升英语表达与思维深度，对教师提供完整教学流程与反思调整依据，助力高效教学。

Unit 3 Curious minds-D A healthy dose of curiosity (Writing & Discovery) This part of Unit 3 focuses on the theme of curiosity. It aims to guide students to understand the importance of curiosity in learning and life through various activities. The writing section helps students practice writing a short passage about a curious experience, while the discovery part encourages them to explore and think about the world around them with a curious mind. 教学目标 A. Knowledge Objectives Students can master the key words and phrases related to curiosity, such as "curious", "curiosity", "explore", "discover", etc. Students are able to understand and use the sentence patterns for expressing curiosity, like "I'm curious about...", "What makes me curious is...". Students can learn some writing skills, including how to organize ideas, use proper connecting words, and write a clear and coherent passage. B. Ability Objectives Develop students' ability to express their own thoughts and experiences in English. Improve students' reading comprehension ability by reading related materials about curiosity. Train students' writing ability to complete a short composition about a curious experience. Foster students' thinking ability, especially the ability to think critically and creatively with a curious mind. C. Emotional Objectives Cultivate students' curiosity and encourage them to explore the unknown world. Enhance students' confidence in using English to communicate and express themselves. Promote students' cooperation and communication skills through group work. 教学重难点 A. Key Points The understanding and application of key words, phrases and sentence patterns related to curiosity. The guidance of writing skills, including the organization of ideas and the use of connecting words. The exploration of the importance of curiosity and how to cultivate it. B. Difficult Points How to help students write a vivid and interesting passage about a curious experience with proper language and logical structure. How to inspire students to think deeply about the role of curiosity in their lives and encourage them to take actions to maintain their curiosity. A. Key Words and Phrases curious /ˈkjʊəriəs/adj. 好奇的 curiosity /ˌkjʊəriˈɒsəti/n. 好奇心 explore /ɪkˈsplɔː(r)/v. 探索 discovery /dɪˈskʌvəri/n. 发现 experiment /ɪkˈsperɪmənt/n. 实验 wonder /ˈwʌndə(r)/v. 想知道；感到疑惑 be curious about 对…… 好奇 satisfy one's curiosity 满足某人的好奇心 out of curiosity 出于好奇 B. Key Sentence Patterns I'm curious about + sth. /doing sth. 我对某事 / 做某事感到好奇。 I'm curious about the history of this ancient city. 我对这座古城的历史感到好奇。 What makes me curious is... 让我好奇的是…… What makes me curious is how he managed to solve the difficult problem. 让我好奇的是他是如何设法解决这个难题的。 It is curiosity that leads us to... 正是好奇心引领我们去…… It is curiosity that leads us to explore the mysteries of the universe. 正是好奇心引领我们去探索宇宙的奥秘。 教学过程 A. Lead - in (5 minutes) Show some pictures of famous scientists like Thomas Edison, Isaac Newton, etc. and ask students: "Do you know these people? What do they have in common?" Guide students to discuss and come to the conclusion that they are all curious people and their curiosity led to great inventions and discoveries. Then introduce the topic of this class - curiosity. B. Knowledge Presentation (10 minutes) Vocabulary Teaching Present the key words and phrases on the PPT one by one. Explain their meanings, pronunciations and usages with examples. For example, when teaching "curious", show sentences like "The boy is curious about everything around him." and let students imitate to make their own sentences. Do some vocabulary exercises, such as filling in the blanks with the correct forms of the words or matching the words with their definitions. Sentence Pattern Teaching Teach the key sentence patterns. Use the blackboard or PPT to show the structures and examples. Then ask students to practice making sentences with these patterns. For instance, ask students to share what they are curious about using "I'm curious about...". C. Reading and Analysis (10 minutes) Provide a short passage about a person's curious experience, such as a child's exploration in the forest. Let students read the passage quickly and answer the general questions, like "What is the main idea of the passage?" and "Who is the main character?" Then let students read the passage carefully again. Analyze the passage with students, focusing on the organization of ideas (beginning - middle - end), the use of key words and phrases, and how the writer expresses curiosity. For example, find out sentences that show the character's curiosity and explain why the writer uses certain words or sentence patterns. After that, ask some detailed questions to check students' understanding, like "What did the character do out of curiosity?" and "What did the character discover in the end?" D. Writing Guidance (10 minutes) Brainstorming Divide students into groups of 4 - 5. Let them discuss a curious experience they have had or heard of. Encourage them to share different ideas and details. Each group selects a representative to report their discussion results to the whole class. Write down the main ideas on the blackboard. Writing Structure Introduction Explain the basic structure of a short passage about a curious experience: Introduction: Briefly introduce what made you curious. Body: Describe what you did to satisfy your curiosity, including the process and details. Conclusion: Share what you learned or how you felt after the experience. Provide some connecting words and phrases, such as "firstly", "then", "next", "finally", "as a result", etc. to help students make their writing more coherent. Drafting Let students start writing their own passages according to the guidance. Walk around the classroom to offer help and guidance when necessary. E. Summary and Homework (10 minutes) Summary Summarize the key points of this class, including the key words, phrases, sentence patterns, writing skills and the importance of curiosity. Select some students to share their writing drafts briefly. Give them some positive feedback and point out some common mistakes. Homework Ask students to revise their writing drafts at home, making sure their passages are well - organized, with correct grammar and rich details. Encourage students to read more materials about curiosity and write down any new words or interesting ideas they find. 教学反思 After the class, it is necessary to reflect on whether the teaching objectives have been achieved. Check if students have mastered the key knowledge and skills, and whether their curiosity has been inspired as expected. Analyze the effectiveness of the teaching methods used. For example, whether the group work in the writing guidance stage has promoted students' communication and cooperation skills, and whether the reading analysis has effectively helped students understand the writing structure and expression methods. Consider the problems that occurred during the teaching process. Maybe some students had difficulties in expressing their ideas in English during the discussion, or some students had trouble in using the connecting words correctly in their writing. Think about how to solve these problems in future teaching, such as providing more language support in advance or doing more targeted exercises. Evaluate the time management of the teaching process. Check if each part of the class was allocated an appropriate amount of time, and if there were any parts that needed more or less time. Adjust the teaching plan accordingly for future classes. 2 / 37 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$