Unit 4 Role Models-Lesson 3 The Man Bringing Hope on Four Wheels 教学设计 2025-2026学年北师大版英语八年级上册

Unit 4 Role Models-Lesson 3 The Man Bringing Hope on Four Wheels "The Man Bringing Hope on Four Wheels" tells the story of a man named Rick Hansen, a Canadian paralympian. Despite suffering a spinal cord injury that left him paralyzed from the waist down, Hansen did not give up. He decided to embark on a journey around the world in his wheelchair to raise awareness about spinal cord injury research and to inspire people. The journey, called the "Man in Motion World Tour", covered over 40,000 kilometers across 五大洲. Hansen faced numerous difficulties during his journey, such as different terrains, harsh weather conditions, and financial challenges. However, his determination and perseverance enabled him to complete the tour successfully. His story is not only about his personal struggle but also about his great love and contribution to the cause of helping the disabled and inspiring the world. 教学目标 1. Knowledge Objectives Students will be able to master the new words and phrases related to the story, such as "paralympian", "spinal cord injury", "wheelchair", "awareness", "terrain", "perseverance", etc. Students can understand the key sentences and complex sentence structures in the text, for example, "Despite suffering a spinal cord injury that left him paralyzed from the waist down, Hansen did not give up." Students will learn about the story of Rick Hansen and the details of his "Man in Motion World Tour". 2. Ability Objectives Improve students' reading skills, including skimming for the main idea, scanning for specific information, and inferring the meaning of new words from the context. Develop students' oral English skills by discussing the story and expressing their opinions. Enhance students' writing ability by asking them to summarize the story or write about their feelings after reading. 3. Emotional Objectives Inspire students to face difficulties bravely in their lives through Rick Hansen's story. Cultivate students' sense of social responsibility and empathy for the disabled. 教学重难点 1. Key Points The understanding of new words, phrases, and sentence structures related to the story. Grasping the main idea and details of Rick Hansen's story. Training students' reading strategies like skimming and scanning. 2. Difficult Points Helping students understand the profound significance behind Rick Hansen's actions, such as the importance of his contribution to the disabled community and his inspiration to the world. Guiding students to express their deep thoughts and feelings about the story in English. 1. New Words paralympian /ˌpærəˈlɪmpiən/n. 残奥会运动员 spinal /ˈspaɪnl/adj. 脊柱的 cord /kɔːd/n. 绳索；（脊髓的）索 injury /ˈɪndʒəri/n. 伤害；损伤 wheelchair /ˈwiːltʃeə(r)/n. 轮椅 awareness /əˈweənəs/n. 意识；认识 terrain /təˈreɪn/n. 地形；地势 perseverance /ˌpɜːsəˈvɪərəns/n. 毅力；坚持不懈 2. Phrases suffer from 遭受 be paralyzed from...down 从…… 以下瘫痪 embark on 开始，着手（重大事情） raise awareness about 提高对…… 的认识 face difficulties 面对困难 financial challenge 经济挑战 be able to 能够 教学过程 1. Lead - in (5 minutes) Show students some pictures of disabled athletes participating in sports events, such as wheelchair basketball, para - athletics, etc. Then ask students: "What do you think of these athletes? Do you know any famous disabled athletes?" Let several students share their ideas, and then introduce Rick Hansen briefly to arouse students' interest in the following reading. 2. Pre - reading (5 minutes) Present the new words and phrases on the PPT. Teach students the pronunciation, meaning, and usage of each word and phrase. For example, when teaching "paralympian", show some pictures of famous paralympians and explain the difference between the Olympics and the Paralympics. Divide students into pairs. Let them practice using the new words and phrases to make simple sentences, and then ask several pairs to share their sentences with the class. 3. While - reading (20 minutes) Skimming Ask students to read the text quickly within 3 minutes and answer the following questions: What is the main idea of the passage? Who is the main character? What did he do? Let students exchange their answers in groups and then invite some students to report to the whole class. Scanning After students finish, check the answers together. Careful Reading Analyze the key sentences in the text with students. Explain the grammar and sentence structures, and let students understand the deep meaning of each sentence. For example, for the sentence "Despite suffering a spinal cord injury that left him paralyzed from the waist down, Hansen did not give up.", explain the usage of "despite" and the attributive clause "that left him paralyzed from the waist down". Let students read the text aloud sentence by sentence, imitate the intonation and pronunciation in the recording. 4. Post - reading (10 minutes) Group Discussion Divide students into groups of 4 - 5. Give them the following discussion topics: What do you think is the most difficult part of Rick Hansen's journey? How did Rick Hansen's story inspire you? If you were in Rick Hansen's situation, what would you do? Let each group choose a representative to share their discussion results with the class. Writing Ask students to write a short summary of Rick Hansen's story within 100 words. Remind them to include the main events and the inspiration they got from the story. After students finish writing, ask several students to read their summaries aloud, and give them some comments and suggestions. 5. Summary and Homework (5 minutes) Summary Review the new words, phrases, and key sentences learned in this class with students. Summarize Rick Hansen's story and the reading strategies used in class. Homework Ask students to write a composition about a person who has inspired them, following the structure of introducing the person, describing what the person did, and explaining how they were inspired. The composition should be at least 150 words. Let students search for more information about other famous disabled people and their contributions, and share it in the next class. 教学反思 In this class, through various teaching methods such as picture - leading, word - teaching, reading - training, and group - discussion, students have a relatively good understanding of the story of Rick Hansen. The new words and phrases are well - learned through multiple practices. However, there are still some areas that need improvement. For example, in the group discussion part, some students are a bit shy and do not actively participate in the discussion. In the future, more encouragement and guidance should be given to these students to make them more involved. Also, in the writing part, some students still have grammar mistakes and problems with organizing ideas. More writing training and grammar review are needed in the following classes. Overall, this class has achieved most of the teaching objectives, but continuous improvement is necessary 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 $