Unit 1 Look it up! （ Writing ）课件 -2025-2026学年沪教版（2024）八年级英语上册

Unit 1 Look Look it it up! up! Lesson 4 Writing 英语沪教版八年级上册 Learning objectives 通过本课时学习，学生能够： 准确掌握袁隆平百科条目中的关键信息，包括其基本信息、主要成就和荣誉等内容。 01 理解百科条目的结构和写作要求，掌握撰写百科条目的基本步骤与技能，并撰写名人百科条目。 02 总结并积累描写名人成就的常用短语和句式，通过模仿使用思维导图组织信息，辅助写作。 03 增强对名人伟人（如科学家袁隆平）成就和贡献的认识与尊重，树立正确的价值观。 04 重点 重点 Look and say Who are they? What do you know about them? Yuan Longping Father of Hybrid Rice Tu Youyou Nobel Prize Winner Discovered a medicine to treat malaria Marie Curie Famous scientist Discovered polonium and radium Qian Xuesen Father of Chinese Rocketry Look and say Who do you admire? And why? I admire Yuan Longping because he was a very smart scientist who found a way to grow more rice. This is really important because it helps a lot of people have enough food to eat. Read and know Here is a class writing competition about writing an encyclopaedia entry for Online Encyclopaedia for Teens. And the best writing will be sent to this website on behalf of our class. CLASS WRITING COMPETITION Free talk Who would you choose to write about? Do you know how to write an encyclopaedia entry? Read and analyze What are the necessary elements of an encyclopaedia entry? Title Text Picture Tip: Encyclopaedia entries should contain facts instead of opinions. Read and analyze What is the structure of an encyclopaedia entry? Wang Yao drew a mind map before she wrote an encyclopaedia entry about a scientist she admires. Look at the mind map and label the parts of the entry. Read and answer Read Wang Yao’s article again and answer the questions. Who does Wang Yao write about? What is his basic information? What are his main achievements? What awards and titles did he win? Yuan Longping. He was a Chinese agricultural scientist and was born in Beijing. He developed different kinds of hybrid rice and helped feed more people. He received the Medal of the Republic and people call him the “Father of Hybrid Rice”. Summarize Summarize the structure of the encyclopaedia entry. Part 1 The beginning (basic information) Part 2 The body (main achievements) Part 3 The ending (awards, titles, influence) Learn useful expressions Find useful expressions from the text. 出生于: 一生致力于......: 因......获得多个奖项: won many awards for... be born in one’s whole life doing sth. spend Fill and learn 2. 从早年开始 1. 出生于 be born in 3. 改变了......的方式 4. 在…... 有天赋 from an early age 5. 学习...... change the way learn to do be talented in Fill and learn show... talent win many awards for made great contributions to be regarded as devote one’s life to 7. 因......获得多个奖项 6. 展示出......天赋 8. 为......作出杰出贡献 9. 被认为是 10. 一生致力于 Huang Xuhua (1926-2025), a well-known Chinese scientist, was born in Chaoshan, Guangdong Province. From an early age, he showed great interest in science and engineering, and he was unusually talented in solving difficult problems.​ 黄旭华 1.基本信息：中国科学家，1926年生于广东潮汕，2025年逝世。 2.成长背景：早年对科学和工程学极感兴趣。 Learn useful expressions 黄旭华 3.主要成就：终生致力于中国核潜艇研究。他在核潜艇(Nuclear Submarines)方面取得成功，使中国国防(national defense)得到有力地加强。 Huang spent most of his life developing China’s first nuclear submarines. His efforts and knowledge played an important role in the success of China’s nuclear submarine project. Thanks to his work, China now has powerful submarines that can protect the country well, and his work has made great contributions to China’s national defense.​ Learn useful expressions Huang won many awards for his outstanding achievements. In 2019, he received the Medal of the Republic, one of China’s highest honours. People call him the “Father of China’s Nuclear Submarines”. 黄旭华 4.荣誉与影响：获得“共和国勋章”(the Medal of the Republic)被称为“中国核潜艇之父”(Father of China’s Nuclear Submarines )。 Learn useful expressions Let’s draw Who do you admire? Find information about this person and write an encyclopaedia entry. Step 1 Plan Draw your own mind map. Basic information ... XXXX Main achievements ... Awards and titles ... Let’s write Step 2 Write Write an encyclopaedia entry about the person you admire. Find a photo of the person you are writing about and add it to the article after class. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Check and revise Step 3 Check and revise Tick (√) the boxes to check your writing, and then revise it. I included important information about this person. I used facts instead of opinions in the encyclopaedia entry. I used the words and expressions I learnt in this unit. Peer revise Share your writing with your partners and give them feedback for further improvement. Content Include important information about this person. Use facts instead of opinions in the encyclopaedia entry. Use the words and expressions learned in this lesson. Use correct grammar and word spelling. Structure Organize the writing with a clear structure. Language Think and discuss Think about the impact of scientists on society and their relationship with your life. Human society Country Family Individual Example 1：Scientists help countries by creating new technology and medicine. For example, they make vaccines that protect us from diseases. This makes our country healthier and stronger. Example 2: Scientists improve our lives by finding new ways to do things. They study how to grow more food or make cars that don't pollute. This helps everyone on Earth live better. Choose and vote Choose the best writing in your group and share it with the class. The whole class vote for the best piece of writing and decide the winner of the competition. Summary entry Useful expressions be born in ... / from an early age / change the way... / be talented in... / learn to do /show... talent /won many awards for ... /made great contributions to /be regarded as /devoted one’s life to ...... title basic information text picture main achievements awards and titles Elements of an encyclopaedia entry Structure of an encyclopaedia entry Base: Revise your writing. Practice: Choose another notable scientist and write a brief encyclopaedia entry about him/her, using the structure you learned in class. Expand: Create a digital presentation or a short video that includes the encyclopaedia entry you wrote and additional multimedia elements (e.g., images, quotes, or a brief summary of their impact). 01 02 03 Homework BYE BYE BYE BYE $$