Unit 2 Understanding ideas教案 2025-2026学年外研版（2024）英语八年级上册

Unit 2 Getting along

Lesson 2: Understanding ideas

I. Teaching Objectives

（一）Language Ability

1.                            Master key phrases related to interpersonal relationships (e.g., selfish, share, warmth).
2.                            Analyze the plot development of The Selfish Giant and summarize the giant’s attitude changes.
3.                            Use complex sentences to describe the theme of "sharing brings happiness" (e.g., "At first, the giant... but later he realized that...").

（二）Cultural Awareness

1.                            Understand that the value of sharing is emphasized in many cultures, including through fairy tales like The Selfish Giant.
2.                            Recognize how stories reflect cultural norms about kindness and cooperation.

（三）Thinking Ability

1.                            Infer the symbolic meaning of elements in the story (e.g., "the frozen garden" as a symbol of selfishness).
2.                            Evaluate how the giant’s actions affect others and himself.

（四）Learning Ability

1.                            Develop close reading skills to identify character emotions and thematic messages.
2.                            Learn to extract evidence from the text to support analysis of the story’s theme.

II. Teaching Key Points

1.                            Key phrases: keep... out, knock down, melt away, be filled with.
2.                            The giant’s emotional arc (selfish → regretful → generous) and its connection to the garden’s changes.

III. Teaching Difficult Points

1.                            Interpreting the symbolic language in the story (e.g., "spring returned when the children came back").