Unit 5 Starting out & Understanding ideas 课件- 2025-2026学年外研版（2024）英语七年级上册

The power of plants Starting out & Understanding ideas Unit 5 Contents Starting out Reading Grammar Language points By the end of the lesson, students will be able to: Teaching objectives Use words and expressions in the unit to describe plants; Understand the main idea of reading passage and master reading skills; Use the simple future tense to talk about the benefits of plants; Realize and spread the importance of plants. 3 Starting out A green plant is breaking through the ground. （破土而出） What is happening in the picture? 5 Look at the picture and answer the questions. What facts about plants do you know? Do you think plants are amazing? Why or why not? Look at the picture and answer the questions. What facts about plants do you know? Plants are everywhere. Plants have different shapes, sizes and colors. Plants provide food for humans and animals. … Look at the picture and answer the questions. Do you think plants are amazing? Why or why not? Yes, I think plants are amazing! They provide habitat (栖息地) and food for animals and play an important role in maintaining (保持） the balance of our ecosystem（生态系统）. … 9 In this unit, let’s explore more about plants. 10 Look at the pictures and answer the questions. What are the people doing? The girl is buying vegetables. B C D A He is making furniture. They are weighing(称重量) the materials(材料) of traditional Chinese medicine. She is drawing pictures of plants. A B C D 11 What can plants do for us? A B C D They can provide(提供) food, material, shelter(住处), clothing and beauty for us. 12 Understanding ideas 13 1. What’s the video mainly about? 2. What parts do plants have? The parts of plants. Root(根)and shoot(枝) (stem(茎), leaves, flowers and fruits.) Lead in Pre while post What can you see in the picture? What’s the picture about? Some workers are working. It’s like a factory, and it has two workshops. Pre while post What’s the picture about? The picture is about photosynthesis. (光合作用） It happens within a plant. Pre while post Look at the picture of plant and match the words to it. 二氧化碳 氧气 sugar leaf sunlight water 17 Let’s read the passage and check your answers. 18 Pre while post Read the passage and match the main idea with paragraphs. A The products are sugar and oxygen. C The process of the work in the Leaf. D Plants are important. B The day gets dark. Workers will take a rest. E Worker No.55 is going to start work. 19 Pre while post Read the passage and match the main idea with paragraphs. E C A B D A The products are sugar and oxygen. C The process of the work in the Leaf. D Plants are important. B The day gets dark. Workers will take a rest. E Worker No.55 is going to start work. Pre while post Choose another suitable title and give your reasons. How to make sugar. a How plants work. b Why plants are great. c Going to the green workshop. d How plants work. b I choose “b”. Because the passage tells us how different parts of plants work. Pre while post What is worker No. 55 going to do? He is going to start work in the plant. Read Para.1 and answer the question. 22 Pre while post Read Para. 2-4 How many workers are there? What do they do? There are 20 to 100 workers in each workshop. They collect sunlight and CO2 during the day. Pre while post Read Para. 2-4 What are they going to produce? sugar. 糖 oxygen. 氧气 They produce sugar and oxygen. Pre while post Complete the texts with the words and expressions from the passage. Sunlight and CO2 come into the 1_____________. 3_____________, CO2 and sunlight will turn into 4_____________ and oxygen. Oxygen is important to humans – they need it to 5_____________. Water from the root will2_____________to the leaf through the stem. leaf rise up Water sugar breathe Pre while post Read Para. 5 Why are plants important? They give more than food and oxygen. Without plants, the natural world would be very different! 1. What does “plant” mean in the title and in the passage? Pre while post Think & Share plant in the title in the passage It can mean “plant” or “factory”. It can mean the living things. A pun (双关) is a word with more than one meaning. It’s a clever way to make the passage more interesting. Learning to think 2. In what other ways do plants help the world? Pre while post Think & Share They give food, materials and they help make our world more beautiful. Be like a tree Stay grounded. Connect with your roots. Turn over a new leaf. Bend before you break. Enjoy your unique natural beauty. Keep growing. Grammar rules 一般将来时 一般将来时表示将来某个时间发生的动作或存在的状态，其谓语结构一般为 “will+动词原形”。 will是助动词，意为“将；将要；将会”，will 可用于各种人称，无人称和数的变化。will not 可缩写won’t。 拓展：助动词 shall 也可表示“将；将要”，只用于第一人称，shall not 可缩写为shan’t。 The school holidays will come soon. 学校假期很快就到来了。 Students will use the Internet to learn. 学生们将利用因特网来学习。 一般将来时 含有 will 的一般将来时的句式结构： 肯定句 否定 一般疑问句 特殊疑问句 主语 +will+ 动词原形（＋其他） 主语 +won’t+动词原形（+其他）. Will+主语＋动词原形（＋其他）？ 肯定回答：Yes， … will. 否定回答：No，… won't. 疑问词+will + (主语+) 动词原形 (+其他)? there will be.. 意为“将会有…”相当于 there is/are going to be…。 tomorrow the day after tomorrow next in+将来年份 in+一段时间 in the future tomorrow the day after tomorrow next in+将来年份 in+一段时间 关键词 33 一般将来时 辨析：be going to 与 will be going to 表示事先已计划过或思考过的意图和打算；will 表示未事先思考或未计划过的意图。be going to 还可表示客观迹象表明有可能要发生；而will则表明说话者的观点、主观意识。 It ________ be New Year soon. 很快就是新年了。 I ______________ listen to music. 我打算听音乐。 I___________ answer the door. 我去开门。 I _____________see him tomorrow. 我打算明天去看他。 Look at the clouds. There ____________be rain. 看看这些云，将会有雨。 I hope it __________ be warm tomorrow. 我希望明天会暖和起来。 will will am going to am going to is going to will （强调将来的状态） （现在的打算） （未经事先考虑的意图） （事先经过思考） （客观迹象） （主观意愿） 一般将来时 现在进行时表示将来在英语中，一些表示位置移动的动词，如 come, go, fly, leave 等，常用现在进行时表示将来。 He ______________Nanjing tomorrow. 明天他将乘飞机去往南京。 We _______________Hainan this afternoon. 今天下午我们将动身去海南。 is flying to are leaving for 35 1 2 3 4 Jimmy ______ six next month. A. won’t going to be B. is going to be C. will be B 这里使用触发器原理，触发器在ABC选项上。 使用方法：移动鼠标，看到小手即可点击 36 1 2 3 4 2. We ______________cards tomorrow. A. will make B. is going to make C. will going to make A 这里使用触发器原理，触发器在ABC选项上。 使用方法：移动鼠标，看到小手即可点击 37 1 2 3 4 3. ---_________are you going to New York？ ---Next month. A. What time B. Where C. When C 这里使用触发器原理，触发器在ABC选项上。 使用方法：移动鼠标，看到小手即可点击 注意：大小通吃的意思是when既可以回答大的时间点，也可以回答小的时间点 38 Read the sentences from the reading passage and summarise the grammar rules. Grammar rules He is going to start work in the plant. They will take a rest. Grammar structure: will/ be going to Now find more sentences with this structure in the reading passage. Grammar rules The water will rise up to the Leaf through the Stem. Then workers in the Leaf will mix water, CO2 and sunlight. What are they going to produce? Most importantly (for them) , there will be sugar. Another product will be oxygen, but the plant doesn’t need much of it. Soon it’s going to get dark. Now find more sentences with this structure in the reading passage. Grammar structure: will/ be going to Grammar rules Complete the sentences with the simple future tense. Grammar structure: will/ be going to The sunflower seeds __________ grow into tall plants. We _________________ learn different parts of plants tomorrow. The leaves ____________ change into different colours in autumn. will are going to will Grammar rules Complete the diary using the correct form of the words in brackets. are going to walk will rain will see makes give Work in pairs. Discuss your plan for Planting Day. Use the words and expressions from the reading passage and the Useful expressions to help you. Secrets of the Forest Grammar rules Student 1: Planting Day is coming. Let's do something. Student 2: Sure, plants mean a lot to us. They are homes to animals. They also give us food and clean air. Student 1: So what are your plans for Planting Day? Student 2: I'm going to make a "Green Corner". How about growing some flowers in our classroom? Student 1: Sounds great! Example have oxygen to breathe, have enough food to eat, and have somewhere to live. have oxygen to breathe, have enough food, materials and better environment. plant more trees. Plants mean a lot to us. Useful expressions Without plants, … will / won’t … … mean a lot to … … is useful for … … need … to … … can make … … give more than … Language points Language points Now workers from the Root send up water. send〔及物动词〕送出，发出 send sb. sth. = send sth. to sb. 发送/ 寄给某人某物 send sb. to +地点名词 把某人送到某地 She sends me emails every week. = She ____________________every week. 她每周给我发电子邮件。 My father often ______________________on weekdays. 在工作日我父亲经常送我去学校。 sends emails to me sends me to my school Language points It's useful for the growth of the plant. useful〔形容词〕有用的；有益的 useful虽然以元音字母u开头，但其读音为/’ju:sfl/，即读音以辅音音素开头，故 useful 作定语修饰可数名词单数时，其前如果需要加不定冠词应用a而不用an。 This is ___________book. 这是一本有用的书。 The dictionary ______________. 这本词典非常有用。 a useful is very useful 拓展: It is useful to do sth. 做某事是有用的。 Language points Another product will be oxygen, but the plant doesn't need much of it. 辨析：another, the other, the others, other与 others another the other the others other others 泛指三个或三个以上同类事物中的“另一个”，代替或修饰单数可数名词 特指两者中的“另一个”，one…the other.. 意“一个…另一个…”; the other 之后也可接数词或复数名词，特指“其他的” 特指某一范围内“其他的人或物”，是the other 的复数形式，相当于“the other+复数名词” 作形容词或代词，泛指“别的，其他的” 作代词，泛指“其他的人或物” Language points It means a lot to animals and humans, though—they need it to breathe！ Though ①〔副词〕不过，然而; 常放在句末。 Our team lost. It ___________________________. 我们队输了。可是这也不失为一场好球赛。 was a good game though ②〔连词〕虽然；尽管 与 although 同义。引导让步状语从句，在何中不能与 but 连用，但可与 yet 或 still 连用。 __________________Zhang Guimei isn't in good health, she works hard to help her students. 虽然张桂梅身体不好，但她努力工作帮助她的学生。 Though/Although Language points The trees in a rainforest can make their own rain. Own ①〔代词或形容词〕自己的，属于自己的；用在所有格或形容词性物主代词之后，强调某事物为某人自己所有。 Of one‘s own 自己的 on one's own 独自地 These students have opinions_____________. 这些学生有他们自己的见解。 ②〔动词〕拥有；占有； 不用于进行时。相当于 have。 Who _______________? 这所房子归谁所有？ owns this house of their own Language points Well, look up— way, way, up and you will see clouds at the top of these trees. ①抬头往上看 He _______________his book as I entered the room. 我进入房间时，他从书本上抬起头来看了看。 looked up from ②查；查找; 宾语是需要查找的某种信息，如 time, word, phone number 等。 Let’s ____________________________ on the Internet. 咱们在因特网上查查开放时间吧。 look up the opening time Assessment（学习评价表） 项目 标准 自评 互评 Habits and interests of learning English I can focus on the class and be active. Grammar I can use the simple future tense to talk about the benefits of plants Reading I can understand the main idea of reading passage and master reading skills; Feelings I can realize and spread the importance of plants. :Great :Super : Good Homework 用英语向同桌复述植物光合作用的过程。 记忆和背诵本课生词和短语； 完成课后练习。 Thanks for Listening www.aliyun.com - Media Transcoding Lavf58.29.100 Bilibili VXCode Swarm Transcoder v0.3.78 null 85038.38 null 33297.457 $