Unit 4 Focusing on culture课件 -2025-2026学年沪教版（2024）英语八年级上册

该初中英语课件围绕活字印刷术主题，核心涵盖其发明（毕昇）、制作过程、发展（古登堡改进）及历史重要性。课堂导入以Jane的梦境故事为载体，从略读问题（时间、人物、主题）切入，逐步过渡到过程复述、发明家信息表格对比、故事填空，构建支架式学习脉络。 其亮点在于融合文化意识（毕昇与古登堡中外发明对比）、语言能力（复述步骤、表格填写、故事填空等活动）和思维品质（逻辑分析印刷过程）。通过表格梳理发明家信息、复述印刷步骤、故事填空整合知识，采用任务型教学，知识小结清晰。学生在学习中提升语言运用与文化理解，教师可借助自我评估表优化教学针对性。

Unit 4 Inventions Focusing on culture 1 02 03 Learning objectives By the end of this lesson, I can: 01 get the main idea of the story; retell the process of movable type printing; analyze the significance of movable type printing. What are the four great invetions in ancient China? When were they invented? Pre-reading 3. What do you think the story is about? 1. What is the girl doing? 2. What is the man doing? Who is he? She is dreaming. The man is sitting by a desk. He is busy working with his tools. Perhaps the man is Bi Sheng. Pre-reading 3. What kind of text is it? A. It’s a description of a real event. B. It’s a fictional story. C. It’s an article about the life of a famous person. It’s a story about a girl meeting a famous person from history. The events and the dialogue did not happen in real life. While-reading 1. When and where does the story start? In Jane’s bedroom, just before 10 p.m. 2. Who are the characters in the story? Jane and Bi Sheng. 3. What are they talking about? They are talking about how to print with moveable type. Skim through the story and answer the following questions. While-reading Describe the steps of printing a book with movable type with the information from the story on page 62. Step 1: Cut characters into pieces of clay. Step 2: (1)____________________________________________________ Step 3: (2)_______________________________________________________________ Step 4: (3)____________________________________________________ Step 5: (4)__________________________________________________ Step 7: (6)____________________________________________________ Bake them with fire to make them hard. Spread out a mixture of pine gum, wax and paper ash on a metal plate. Put each piece of type on the plate and fix them with a frame. Press down on the clay characters with a board to make sure the surface is even. Heat it up so that the mixture will melt. Brush the characters with ink. Step 6: (5)____________________________________________________ While-reading Try to retell the process of movable type printing While-reading Read the story and the notes on pages 62 and 63. Then complete the table about the development of movable type. Inventor Time period Material used Achievements Bi Sheng Gutenberg In the 15th century Metal He invented movable type. He improved movable type and introduced metal movable type to Europe. (In the Song dynasty) Between 1039 and 1048 Clay Post-reading Jane fell asleep while reading a book about __________________. In her dream, she met a man making type out of ______. The man explained that he was preparing to ___________. First, he ___________ into clay pieces and baked them to make them hard. Then, he _________________ pine gum, wax, and paper ash on a metal plate. After_________ each piece of type on the plate, he ________ them with a frame. Next, he _________the plate to melt the mixture. Then, he _________ the characters with a board to make the surface even. the history of printing clay print a book cut characters spread the mixture of placing heated pressed Fill in the blanks to complete the story. fixed Post-reading Finally, he _________the characters with ink to make them ready for printing. Jane realized the man was _________, the inventor of ___________. She told him that___________ improved his invention about 400 years later. When Jane woke up, she smiled at the book in her hands. brushed Bi Sheng movable type Gutenberg Post-reading Finally, he _________the characters with ink to make them ready for printing. Jane realized the man was _________, the inventor of ___________. She told him that___________ improved his invention about 400 years later. When Jane woke up, she smiled at the book in her hands. brushed Bi Sheng movable type Gutenberg Post-reading Why is the invention of printing important in history? Post-reading Why is the invention of printing important in history? 1. It made printing books faster and cheaper. 2. It helped spread knowledge and education to more people. 3. It also allowed new ideas to travel faster and helped cultures develop. Summary Self-assessment Criteria Rate yourself Evidence (课堂实例) I got the main idea of the story. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I retelled the process of movable printing. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I analyzed the significance of movable type printing. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Thank you! 17 $