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Unit 12 Better Together-Wrapping up the Topic-Project
The "Project" section of Unit 12 in the Ren'ai Science Edition (2024) English textbook for Grade 7 is a practical project activity. Centered around the unit theme of "Cooperation promotes communication, and the team grows together," students are required to integrate interdisciplinary knowledge and social - cultural knowledge. They need to plan a team activity, learn to use language to accomplish tasks, and deeply experience the joy of applying what they have learned to solve real - life problems, thereby promoting the coordinated development of language ability, cultural awareness, thinking quality, and learning ability.
In Activity 1, students observe pictures of teamwork activities and answer questions to understand the practical content and implementation methods of team activity projects. Subsequently, in Activity 2, students carry out practical projects in groups, plan team activities, draw charts, analyze possible problems and solutions in the activities, and present a team activity plan following the example. Finally, in Activity 3, students summarize the project results and introduce the group's team activity plan to the whole class through an oral presentation, thus completing the project practice activity.
The "Review" part is for unit review. Through listening, speaking activities, and reading comprehension, it reviews the unit theme and the theme vocabulary and grammar items of the unit. In Activity 1, students listen to the audio, complete the listening - filling activity, and discuss the content of the passage to deepen their understanding of the unit theme. In Activity 2, students review theme vocabulary through a crossword puzzle game, consolidate and internalize vocabulary knowledge, and improve vocabulary application ability. In Activity 3, students read the text and complete the story with the conjunctions "and", "but", or "or", using the learned knowledge in a specific context to enhance the practical application and transfer - innovation ability of grammar knowledge. In Activity 4, students read the text and answer questions to consolidate the thinking skills and reading strategies learned in this unit and improve their comprehensive language application ability.
教学目标
Knowledge Objectives
Students can review and consolidate the topic vocabulary, grammar, thinking skills, and reading strategies of this unit through listening, speaking, reading, and writing activities. For example, they can master words related to teamwork such as "team", "cooperation", "goal", etc., and use conjunctions like "and", "but", "or" correctly.
Students can understand the process and key elements of planning a team activity, including setting goals, dividing tasks, and dealing with difficulties.
Ability Objectives
Students can plan a team activity and present the activity plan through project - based learning, improving their comprehensive language application ability, communication ability, critical thinking ability, and problem - solving ability.
Students can use self - assessment forms to conduct self - assessment and reflection, promoting self - supervised learning and improving their learning autonomy.
Emotional Objectives
Students can deeply understand the importance of teamwork and cooperation, and cultivate a positive attitude towards team activities and cooperation spirit.
Students can enhance their confidence in using English to express themselves and participate in team activities through various tasks.
教学重难点
Key Points
Review and master the vocabulary, grammar, and reading strategies related to teamwork in this unit. For instance, students should be proficient in using the present simple tense and present continuous tense to describe team activities, and use modal verbs like "can", "could" to express ability and requests.
Guide students to plan a complete team activity, including clarifying the activity goals, arranging team members' tasks, and predicting and solving possible problems.
Difficult Points
How to cultivate students' ability to analyze problems and put forward solutions in the process of planning team activities, and improve their logical thinking ability.
How to promote students to actively participate in team activities, cooperate effectively, and improve their communication and cooperation skills in English.
Vocabulary
Teamwork - related: team, cooperation, member, leader, goal, project, task, etc.
Action - related: communicate, share, help, support, solve, organize, join, etc.
Emotion - related: friendly, kind, helpful, united, trust, respect, etc.
Phrases
work together, achieve goals, solve problems, share ideas, build trust, cooperate with, etc.
Sentence Patterns
We should work together to...
It's important to...
Let's...
Can you...?
We can...
Grammar
Modal Verbs: can / could. For example, We can achieve more if we work together. Could you help me with this project?
Present Continuous Tense for Future Plans: be (am / is / are)+ verb - ing. For example, They are having a team meeting tomorrow. She is volunteering at the hospital next Sunday.
Infinitive as Adverbial of Purpose: verb + to + verb - original form. For example, We study hard to achieve our goals. He joined the club to make new friends.
教学过程
Lead - in (5 minutes)
Show some pictures of different teamwork activities, such as a basketball game, a group project in the classroom, and a community cleaning activity.
Ask students: "What are they doing in the pictures? Is it a teamwork activity? What do you think their common goal is?" Let students discuss in pairs and then share their ideas with the class.
Activity 1: Analyzing a Teamwork Activity (10 minutes)
Present a picture of a classroom - cleaning teamwork activity.
Ask students to look at the picture carefully and answer the following questions:
"What is the goal of the teamwork activity?"
"What are the jobs and who are responsible for them?"
"What difficulty do the students face and how do they solve it?"
Let students read the example on the textbook and then discuss the questions in groups.
Invite some groups to report their answers to the class. Write down the key points on the blackboard:
Goal: To clean the classroom.
Jobs and members: To clean the desks (Li Mei and Xiao Ya); To clean the blackboard (Kangkang and Lingling); To sweep the floor (Li Xiang).
Difficulty: It is difficult to clean the top of the blackboard.
Solution: Kangkang stands on a chair and Lingling helps.
Activity 2: Planning a Teamwork Activity (15 minutes)
Divide students into groups of 4 - 5.
Instruct each group to think about one teamwork activity they want to plan, such as organizing a school talent show, a charity sale, or a sports event.
Provide each group with a chart:
Goal: ____________________________
Guide students to discuss in their groups and fill in the chart. Remind them to use the vocabulary and sentence patterns they have learned. For example, when talking about difficulties, they can say "It may be difficult to... because..."; when presenting solutions, they can say "We can... to solve this problem".
Walk around the classroom, offering help and guidance to each group.
Activity 3: Reporting the Teamwork Activity (10 minutes)
Ask each group to choose a representative to report their teamwork activity plan to the class.
The representative should start like this: "Our group plans to... We have different jobs... There may be some difficulties, such as... but we can...".
While the representative is reporting, other students listen carefully and take notes. After the report, they can ask questions or give suggestions.
After all the groups have reported, have a brief discussion about which teamwork activity plan is the most creative, practical, etc.
Summary (3 minutes)
Summarize the key points of this class, including the vocabulary, grammar and the process of planning a teamwork activity.
Emphasize the importance of teamwork and how to use English to communicate about teamwork activities.
Homework (2 minutes)
Ask students to write a short passage about their group's teamwork activity plan at home, with at least 80 words. They should include the goal, jobs, difficulties and solutions.
Encourage students to think about how they can actually carry out the teamwork activity they planned in real life.
教学反思
Positive Aspects
The use of pictures in the lead - in stage effectively attracted students' attention and aroused their interest in the topic of teamwork. Most students were actively involved in the discussion.
Group work in Activity 2 provided students with a good opportunity to cooperate and communicate in English. They could share their ideas and learn from each other, which enhanced their practical English - using ability.
The reporting part in Activity 3 improved students' oral presentation skills. They tried their best to use the correct grammar and vocabulary to present their plans clearly.
Areas for Improvement
Some students still had difficulty in coming up with creative solutions to the predicted difficulties in their teamwork activities. In future teaching, more brainstorming activities can be designed to train students' critical thinking ability.
During the group work, a few students were less active and relied too much on their group members. It is necessary to find ways to encourage every student to participate actively, such as setting individual tasks within the group work.
The time for each group to report was a bit tight, which made some groups unable to fully elaborate on their plans. Next time, the time allocation can be adjusted more reasonably.
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