Unit 8 Road to success F Project 教学设计 2024-2025学年沪外教版（2024）七年级英语下册

Unit 8 Road to success-F Project This unit, "Road to success," focuses on the theme of achieving success. The F Project section requires students to make a poster about a successful person. Through this project, students will not only review and consolidate the language knowledge learned in this unit, such as vocabulary related to success, the past continuous tense with when and while, but also develop their comprehensive language skills, including information collection, organization, and presentation. They will explore the factors that lead to success by studying different successful individuals, which helps them establish positive values and attitudes towards success. 教学目标 A. Knowledge Objectives Students will be able to master and use words and phrases related to success, such as "achievement," "challenge," "determination," "ambition," etc. Review and be proficient in using the past continuous tense with when and while to describe past events in progress. B. Ability Objectives Be able to collect relevant information about a successful person through various channels, like the Internet and books. Organize the collected information logically and create an attractive and informative poster. Present the poster clearly and fluently in front of the class, expressing their understanding of the successful person and the factors contributing to their success. C. Emotional Objectives Inspire students to set their own goals and develop the determination to overcome difficulties on the road to success by learning about the experiences of successful people. Foster students' sense of cooperation and teamwork through group work. 教学重难点 A. Key Points The collection, organization, and presentation of information about successful people. The correct use of relevant vocabulary and grammar in the process of introducing successful people. B. Difficult Points How to help students deeply analyze and understand the factors that lead to a person's success and express their own insights. Cultivating students' ability to work effectively in groups and coordinate with each other. A. Vocabulary Success-related vocabulary achievement (n.) 成就 challenge (n. & v.) 挑战 determination (n.) 决心 ambition (n.) 抱负，志向 perseverance (n.) 毅力 overcome (v.) 克服 failure (n.) 失败 success (n.) 成功 successful (adj.) 成功的 succeed (v.) 成功 People's identities and occupations scientist (n.) 科学家 athlete (n.) 运动员 entrepreneur (n.) 企业家 artist (n.) 艺术家 inventor (n.) 发明家 B. Grammar The past continuous tense with when and while: When + past simple, past continuous. When I was walking in the park, I met my old friend. While + past continuous, past simple. While I was doing my homework, my mother came back. While + past continuous, past continuous. While I was reading, my sister was watching TV. 教学过程 A. Lead - in (5 minutes) Greet the students and show some pictures of famous successful people, such as Bill Gates, Michael Jordan, and Marie Curie. T: "Boys and girls, look at these pictures. Can you tell me who they are?" Ss: "Bill Gates... Michael Jordan... Marie Curie..." Ask students to briefly introduce one of these people and share what they know about their achievements. T: "Now, who can tell me something about one of them? For example, what did they do to become successful?" S1: "Bill Gates founded Microsoft and made great contributions to the computer industry." B. Pre - project (10 minutes) Present a model poster about a successful person, Gertrude Ederle, on the PPT. T: "Today, we are going to make a poster about a successful person. First, look at this model. This is about Gertrude Ederle." Analyze the elements of the poster together with the students, including the person's basic information (birthplace, birth year), achievements, challenges they faced, and factors contributing to their success. T: "Let's analyze this poster. What information can we see? First, her basic information. She was born in New York City in 1905. What were her achievements?" Ss: "She was the first woman to swim across the English Channel, and she was two hours quicker than the men’s record. She was an Olympic champion and a world record holder." T: "Good. Then, what challenges did she face?" Ss: "Failure of the first try, terrible weather, and long - distance swimming." T: "Right. And what were the factors to her success?" Ss: "Love for swimming, the spirit of never giving up, support from her family and coach." Divide students into groups of 4 - 5. Each group needs to choose a successful person they are interested in. C. While - project (20 minutes) Information collection Instruct students to use their mobile phones or the computers in the classroom (if available) to collect information about the chosen successful person. They can look for the person's life story, achievements, challenges, and the reasons for their success. T: "Now, it's time for you to collect information. You can use the Internet to find as much information as you can about the person you chose. Take notes carefully." Information organization After the information collection, ask students to organize the notes. They can use key words to help them sort out the main points. T: "After collecting the information, you need to organize it. Use key words to make your information clear and easy to understand." Poster making Provide each group with a large piece of white paper, colored pens, and other materials. Students work together in their groups to create the poster. They should include all the necessary elements as shown in the model, and also try to make the poster visually appealing with pictures and colorful designs. T: "Now, start making your posters. Work together, and make your posters beautiful and full of information." D. Post - project (10 minutes) Group presentation Each group sends a representative to present their poster to the class. The presenter should introduce the successful person on the poster, including their achievements, challenges, and the factors contributing to their success. T: "Now, each group, please send one person to present your poster. Tell us about the successful person you chose." Group 1 representative: "Our successful person is Thomas Edison. He was born in 1847... He invented the light bulb... He faced many failures... His success was due to his curiosity and perseverance..." Peer review After each presentation, other students can ask questions and give suggestions. T: "Now, classmates, do you have any questions or suggestions for them?" S2: "I think you can add more pictures to make the poster more attractive." 教学反思 Positive aspects The use of pictures of famous successful people in the lead - in stage successfully attracted students' attention and aroused their interest in the topic. It effectively activated their prior knowledge about successful people. The group work in the project - making process promoted students' cooperation ability. They learned to communicate with each other, divide tasks, and jointly complete the poster. Through the information collection and organization process, students improved their autonomous learning ability and information - processing ability. They learned how to search for useful information and organize it in a logical way. Areas for improvement Some groups had difficulties in choosing a suitable successful person. In the future, more guidance can be given at the beginning of the group work, such as providing a list of different types of successful people for students to choose from. During the group presentation, some presenters were a bit nervous and had problems with language fluency. More opportunities for oral practice should be provided in daily teaching to help students overcome stage fright and improve their speaking skills. In the peer - review part, some students did not give in - depth and constructive suggestions. Teachers can guide students on how to conduct peer review more effectively, for example, by giving some examples of good and bad reviews before the peer - review activity. 2 / 37 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $