Unit 2 School life (Reading（ I）课件 2025-2026学年译林版（2024）八年级英语上册

该初中英语课件围绕“英国与日本学校生活”展开，通过Nancy和Tomoya的博客内容，引导学生从语言输入到输出，逐步构建对不同文化背景下教育特色的理解。教学设计以Free talk导入，激活学生已有经验，再通过Look and think、Read and predict等环节搭建学习支架，层层递进地引导学生关注细节信息、归纳主旨大意，并最终完成对比分析与表达输出。 其亮点在于深度融合语言能力、文化意识与思维品质三大核心素养，例如在对比两国学校特色时，学生不仅掌握few/a few等语法点，还通过真实语境理解文化差异，如日本的安全训练与中国的小班教学形成鲜明对照，培养跨文化认知与批判性思维。教师可借助表格整理、讨论任务和写作练习实现分层教学，既提升学生的语言运用能力，又激发他们对多元文化的尊重与思考，有效促进深度学习与课堂互动。

School School life life Reading (I) Unit 2 英语译林版八年级上册 1 通过略读、寻读，提取 Nancy 和 Tomoya 学校的关键信息（国家、特色课程、校园传统 ），完成表格填空。 2 理解两篇博客的细节内容（如 Nancy 对中文的态度、Tomoya 学校的安全课程 ）。 3 对比分析，感知英国、日本校园生活差异，了解各国校园文化，提升跨文化交际意识。 Learning objectives 重点 重点 Free talk Example What is your school life like? What is special about your school life? My school life is busy with sports meets. The special part is we have a student-run radio station. Look and think Nancy written by: 15/09 posted on : My name is Nancy. I am at Woodland Secondary School near London. Our school is small, so we have fewer students and smaller classes than most schools. Look at this blog page. Blogs are personal stories. What do you think a student might write about their school life here? Nancy might write about her school. Look and think Tomoya written by: 15/09 posted on : I am Tomoya from Japan, a Grade 8 student at Gekko Middle School in Tokyo. Look at this blog page. Blogs are personal stories. What do you think a student might write about their school life here? Tomoya could write about his junior high school life. Background Nancy is from the UK, where schools often emphasize arts and small-group learning. Tomoya is from Japan —their schools focus on safety (due to earthquakes) and daily traditions like cleaning. Read and predict What does the article mainly talk about? Nancy: arts classes Tomoya: safety training Think about the background info and the words in titles like “My school life” — connect them to UK and Japan’s school-related features we just learned! Tips subjects and what's special about the school feelings introduction to the writer and the school Read and divide Divide the articles into parts and tell their main ideas. Listen and choose Q1: Where is Woodland Secondary School? ( ) in the center of London near London Q2: What do students in Nancy’s school do for different lessons? ( ) stay in the same classroom go to different classrooms B B Read and answer Q1: What subjects does Nancy find interesting? Name two examples. Drama and foreign languages (like Chinese). Q2: Why is the arts building important in Nancy’s school? Because being creative helps students study better in other subjects. Listen and choose Q1: Where is Gekko Middle School? ( ) A) Tokyo, Japan B) a small city in Japan Q2: Why does Tomoya’s school offer safety programmes? ( ) A) Japan has many earthquakes. B) Students like doing drills. A A Read and answer Q3: How does food education help Tomoya and classmates? It makes them more aware of the importance of a healthy diet. Q4: What’s the benefit of the cleaning tradition in Tomoya’s school? It helps develop good habits from an early age. Read and fill Nancy Tomoya School Woodland Secondary School Gekko Middle School Country (1) ___________ (5) ___________ What is special England Japan · Small school, (2) __________ students and smaller classes · Different (3) ___________ to choose from · Pay great attention to (4) ___________ · Different (6) _______ programmes · (7) __________education at school · A tradition of (8) ___________ fewer subjects arts safety Food cleaning Complete the table below about Nancy’s and Tomoya’s schools. A Tomoya’s school has different programmes to teach students how to survive in the face of danger. 2. Tomoya’s school has different programmes to help students stay safe. _________ F Read and judge 1. Chinese is not easy to learn, but Nancy wants to have a go. _________ T 3. Tomoya does not know how to cook. _________ F Every day at school, Tomoya and his classmates need to clean classrooms, toilets and other school areas. 4. Every day at school, Tomoya and his classmates only need to clean the toilets._________ F Tomoya knows how to cook. Read and judge Let’s discuss I’d like to bring Tomoya’s cleaning tradition because it teaches us responsibility and keeps our school clean. Example Which school’s tradition would you like to bring to your school? Why? Use “I’d like to bring... because it can help us...” Language points few 作形容词时，意为“不多，很少”，它强调数量少，且通常带有否定的意味。 1. few /fjuː/ det.& adj. 不多，很少 pron. 很少人（或事物、地方） Few students understand this difficult maths problem. 很少有学生理解这道困难的数学问题。 修饰不可数名词 修饰可数名词 表肯定含义 a little（有点儿） a few（有几个） 表否定含义 little（几乎没有） few（几乎没有） Language points little, a little, few 与a few Practice 1.Although he is new in this city, he doesn’t feel lonely because he has _______ friends. A. a few B. few C. a little D. little 2.树上没几个苹果。 There are _________ apples on the tree. A few Language points 2. French / frentʃ / n. 法语；法国人 French 作名词，意为“法语；法国人”；表示全体“法国人”时通常与定冠词the 连用；表示一个“法国人”时，用a Frenchman。 France 名词，意为“法国”。 French 作形容词，意为“法国的；法国人的；法语的”。 Language points Language points 3. German /'dʒɜːmən/ n. 德语；德国人 German 作名词，意为“德国人”时，是可数名词，其复数形式是在其后加-s，即Germans；意为“德语”时，是不可数名词。 German 作形容词，意为“德国的”。 Germany 是名词，意为“德国”。 Practice 1.—Why are you worrying about eating with _________ (France) students? —I’m uncertain about French table manners. French 2. Many foreigners came to our school last week. They come from _______ and they’re _______. A. Germans; Germany B. Germany; Germans B Summary Topic: School life in the UK and Japan through Nancy’s and Tomoya’s blogs Key words small classes, subjects, arts, safety, food, tradition Key sentences  “We have fewer students and smaller classes...” ; “Japan has many earthquakes, so our school offers safety programmes...” 1 Base: Draw a comparison chart of your school life vs. Nancy’s/Tomoya’s. Homework 2 Practice: Write a short paragraph (50 words) introducing one special feature of your school, using words like “different”, “focus on”, “tradition” . 3 Expand: Research one more unique school tradition from another country and write 3 sentences to introduce it. Blues 743457.4 $