Unit 4 Changing and Growing-Wrapping up the Topic-Review 教学设计2025-2026学年仁爱科普版（2024）八年级英语上册

Unit 4 Changing and Growing-Wrapping up the Topic-Review Unit 4 of the Ren'ai Science Edition (2024) English textbook for Grade 8 centers around the theme of "Changing and Growing". It delves into various aspects of growth, including physical and mental changes during adolescence, dealing with stress and emotions, and the process of self - discovery. The unit is rich in vocabulary related to feelings, experiences, and personal development. Through reading materials, students are exposed to different stories and situations that reflect the challenges and changes in the growing - up process. The grammar focuses on the past continuous tense, which is used to describe actions that were in progress at a specific time in the past. This unit also emphasizes reading with a purpose and writing to describe character development, enabling students to express their own growth experiences and understand those of others. 教学目标 Students will be able to review and master the key vocabulary related to growing and changing, such as "vision", "touch", "soft", "calm", "regret", "breath", "upset", "nervous", "sense", "lonely", "push", "recommend", "stage", "purpose", etc. Review and correctly use the past continuous tense to describe past ongoing actions, and be able to distinguish it from the simple past tense. Recall and apply important phrases and sentence patterns learned in this unit, for example, "have a poor/good vision", "touch experience", "take a deep breath", "regret doing sth.", "feel nervous/upset/lonely", "recommend sb. sth./recommend sth. to sb.", "the teenage stage", "the purpose in life". 教学重难点 A. Key Points Key vocabulary and phrases related to growing and changing, and their correct usage in sentences. The structure and usage of the past continuous tense. Reading comprehension skills, especially reading with a purpose to understand texts about growth. B. Difficult Points Differentiating the past continuous tense from the simple past tense in context and using them accurately. Writing a coherent and vivid description of character development or personal growth experiences, including proper organization of ideas and use of language. Helping students deeply understand the emotional and psychological changes during the growing - up process and expressing their own insights clearly. A. Vocabulary Nouns: vision (视力), touch (触觉), breath (呼吸), flu (流感), stage (阶段), purpose (目标), teenager (青少年), sense (感觉), stress (压力), courage (勇气) Verbs: cover (覆盖), die (死亡), protect (保护), understand (理解), send (发送), regret (后悔), recommend (推荐), push (推), move (移动), touch (触摸) Adjectives: soft (柔软的), calm (冷静的), upset (心烦的), nervous (紧张的), lonely (孤独的), thin (瘦的), true (真实的) Adverb: softly (柔软地), calmly (冷静地) B. Phrases have a poor/good vision 视力不好 / 好 touch experience 触觉体验 take a deep breath 深呼吸 regret doing sth. 后悔做某事 feel nervous/upset/lonely 感到紧张 / 心烦 / 孤独 recommend sb. sth./recommend sth. to sb. 给某人推荐某物 the teenage stage 青少年阶段 the purpose in life 生活目标 die of/from 死于…… protect...from/against... 保护…… 免受…… C. Grammar: The Past Continuous Tense Structure: was/were + doing Usage: To describe an action that was in progress at a specific time in the past. For example, "I was doing my homework at 8 o'clock last night." To set the background for another action in the past. For example, "While I was walking in the park, I met my old friend." 教学过程 A. Lead - in (5 minutes) Greet the students and start the class. Show some pictures related to the growing - up process, such as a child growing taller, a teenager going through puberty, or a student facing an exam. Ask students to briefly describe what they see in the pictures and how these pictures make them feel. Guide students to recall the main topic of Unit 4, "Changing and Growing", and arouse their interest in the review class. B. Knowledge Review (15 minutes) Vocabulary Review Use flashcards to review key vocabulary. Show the English words on the flashcards and ask students to say the Chinese meanings and make sentences with them. For example, show the word "regret", and students may say "后悔" and make a sentence like "I regret not studying hard for the last exam." Conduct a vocabulary game. Divide the class into two groups. One group says an English word related to Unit 4, and the other group has to quickly give the Chinese meaning. Then switch. The group that answers more correctly and quickly wins. Grammar Review: The Past Continuous Tense Review the structure and usage of the past continuous tense on the blackboard. Write some examples: "He was playing football at 3 p.m. yesterday." "They were watching TV when I came in." Ask students to make their own sentences using the past continuous tense. Invite several students to share their sentences with the class and correct any mistakes. Present some exercises on the screen about the past continuous tense, including filling in the blanks, choosing the correct form of the verb, and rewriting sentences. Let students do the exercises individually first, and then check the answers together. C. Reading Comprehension (12 minutes) Select a short passage related to growing and changing from the textbook or supplementary materials. Distribute the passage to students. Before reading, ask students some pre - reading questions to arouse their curiosity, such as "What do you think the passage will talk about according to the title?" Let students read the passage quickly to get the main idea. Then, ask them to read it again carefully and answer some detailed questions on the screen, which are designed to train their reading - with - a - purpose skills. For example, "What was the main character doing when the important event happened?" "How did the main character feel about the change?" Ask students to work in pairs to discuss the answers. Then, call on some pairs to share their answers with the class. Provide explanations and clarifications if necessary. D. Writing Practice (8 minutes) Give students a writing topic related to growing and changing, such as "Describe an important change in your life". Guide students to organize their ideas before writing. They can make a simple outline, including what the change was, when it happened, what they were doing at that time, and how the change affected them. Let students start writing. Walk around the classroom to offer help and guidance to students who have difficulties. After students finish writing, ask them to exchange their compositions with their partners and give each other some suggestions for improvement, such as grammar mistakes, vocabulary usage, and the organization of ideas. E. Summary and Homework Assignment (5 minutes) Summarize the key points of this review class, including important vocabulary, grammar (the past continuous tense), reading skills, and writing practice. Emphasize the importance of understanding and applying these knowledge and skills in the process of learning English. Assign homework: Ask students to write a more detailed composition about their growth experiences, using at least 5 sentences in the past continuous tense. Review the vocabulary and grammar of Unit 4 again and prepare for a small quiz in the next class. 教学反思 After this 45 - minute review class, overall, the teaching objectives were generally achieved. Most students showed active participation in vocabulary review games and grammar exercises, which indicated that they had a certain degree of mastery of the key vocabulary and grammar knowledge. However, in the reading comprehension part, some students still had difficulties in accurately extracting key information, especially when the text was a bit more complex. This may be due to insufficient reading speed and lack of effective reading strategies. In future teaching, more reading training with different levels of difficulty should be provided, and specific reading strategies should be taught and practiced. During the writing practice, it was found that some students had problems with the logical organization of their compositions. Although they could use the past continuous tense to describe actions, the connection between sentences and paragraphs was not smooth. In the follow - up teaching, more attention should be paid to guiding students on how to organize their ideas before writing and how to use transitional words and phrases to make their writing more coherent. In general, this review class provided a good opportunity for students to review and consolidate the knowledge of Unit 4. But there are still areas that need improvement, and corresponding teaching adjustments will be made in the future to better meet the learning needs of students. 2 / 37 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$