Unit 3 The seasons （Reading）课件 -2025-2026学年沪教版英语七年级上册

该初中英语课件围绕四季主题，系统呈现季节词汇、天气描述短语、动植物及人类活动句式，涵盖形容词后缀“-y”构词法。课堂导入通过“Look and say”识别季节词汇，“Read and complete”填充诗歌激活兴趣，再“Read and predict”预测主旨，构建从词汇积累到文本信息提取的学习支架。 其亮点在于融合语言能力与思维品质培养，“Read and fill”表格梳理四季天气、动植物及活动，提升信息归纳能力；“Think and say”中“-y”构词法练习结合词汇分类，强化语言运用。小组讨论和Pair work活动助力学生综合描述季节，激发兴趣，也为教师提供结构化教学活动支持。

seasons seasons The The Unit 3 Lesson 1 Reading 英语沪教版七年级上册 Learning objectives ① 准确认读和拼写与四季相关的重点词汇，掌握描述四季天气、动植物及人类活动的重点短语和句式；理解形容词后缀 “-y” 的构词法，并能正确运用相关形容词描述四季。 ② 阅读关于四季的文本，正确理解其含义；能从文本中提取关键信息，准确总结四季的主要特征；能用英语简单描述自己喜欢的季节及在该季节的活动，提升口语表达能力。 ③ 培养对英语学习的兴趣，增强对自然季节变化的认知和热爱；通过小组合作交流，提升学生的团队合作意识和沟通能力。 重点 重点 重点 重点 Look and say What season is it? summer autumn winter spring Read and complete Complete the poem with the words below. Then read the poem aloud. autumn spring summer winter Footprints In (1)__________ Watch us go, Making footprints In the snow. winter In (3) _________ By the sea, Sandy footprints Made by me. summer In (2) ________ My shoes are wet. See how deep The puddles get. spring In (4) ________Trees are brown. I kick the leavesAll over town. autumn Pair work I like to go to parks with my friends. We have picnics there. What’s your favourite springtime activity? What do you like to do in spring? I enjoy flying kites... Talk in pairs about things you like to do in each season. Q: What does the article mainly talk about？ Tip: Read and predict We can predict the main idea of an article from the title, subheadings and pictures. About the four seasons. Read the article and answer the questions. 1. How many seasons are mentioned in the passage? ( ) Read and answer C A. Two B. Three C. Four D. Five weather+changes+human activities 2. What does each part mainly talk about? Please use three words or phrases to summarize your idea. Season Weather Plants and animals Human activities Spring The snow _____. __________falls on the______________. ___________________________________________________. Farmers__________ ________________.It is exciting to _________________ ___________________________. melts Read paragraph 1 and fill in the blanks. Warm rain forests and fields Plants start to grow, and birds come back from the south begin to work their land take a trip in the countryside in springtime Read and fill Read and fill Read paragraph 2 and fill in the blanks. Season Weather Plants and animals Human activities Summer The weather is______. The sun___________ _______ in the clear, blue sky. There is often_____________ ________ in the afternoon. ________________. Many people like to ________________ ______________. It is nice to________ _________________ ___________. thunder and lightning Cicadas sing loudly go to the beach and swim in the sea eat ice cream or fresh fruit in summer hot shines brightly Read and fill Read paragraph 3 and fill in the blanks. Season Weather Plants and animals Human activities Autumn The weather is ______________. Leaves________________________________________________________. _________________ for the cold winter. Farmers__________ ________________. It is great to_______ _________________ _________________. cool and dry turn brown, red or yellow and start falling from the trees Squirrels gather food are busy with their harvest go on a family outing at this time of year Read and fill Read paragraph 4 and fill in the blanks. Season Weather Plants and animals Human activities Winter It is_____________ in many places. __________________________________________through the winter. Children love winter because they_____ _________________. cold and snowy Bears and snakes find warm places to sleep love to play in the snow Read the article again and answer the questions below. 1. What words best describe each of the four seasons? Read and answer Spring Summer Autumn Winter exciting, a time of new life and new hope beautiful, full of colour, great peaceful, fun bright, noisy, nice Read the article again and answer the questions below. Read and answer Spring. Because life begins again in spring and nature wakes up after the long winter. 2. Which season is best for plants and wild animals? Why? Autumn. Because they are busy with the harvest in autumn. 3. Which season is best for farmers? Why? Listen and follow (1) without clouds (2) a sudden bright light in the sky when there is a storm (3) recently picked or made (4) to move around and collect things (e.g. fruit) (5) calm and quite clear lightning fresh gather peaceful Read and find 1. Find the words in the article on page 37 with these meanings. _________(line 10) _________(line 11) _________(line 12) _________(line 17) _________(line 21) (1) The best part of winter is the winter holiday. My family always visit my grandparents. Life is very__________and relaxing. (2) The weather is usually warm and rainy in spring. On______sunny days, the parks are always full of people. (3) Summer is usually hot and sunny, but sometimes it is cloudy. There are often bright flashes of_________ and loud thunder at night. We eat a lot of______fruit and vegetables at this time of year. (4) In autumn, many animals start preparing for winter. Birds fly south, and squirrels_______food for the long, cold months ahead. clear lightning fresh gather peaceful Let’s fill Vocabulary practice 2. Complete the sentences with the words from Exercise 1. Change the form if necessary. 3. Make sentences about the weather, colours and sounds of your favourite season. How does this season make you feel? Use the words bellow. Read and sentences cold rainy brown exciting calm hot warm windy snowy sunny red quiet relaxed cool green nice noisy excited happy yellow e.g. About weather: It is usually cold and snowy in winter. About colours: Everything is white. About sounds: It is quiet in winter. About feelings: Winter is calm and happy. Adjective suffix:-y We can add -y to the end of some nouns to make adjectives. snow→snowy Note the spelling change with some words. sun→sunny fog→foggy Think and say Vocabulary practice Circle the words that are similar and add more words. cold rainy brown exciting calm hot warm windy snowy sunny red quiet relaxed cool green nice noisy excited happy yellow sleepy funny ... What festivals do we celebrate in each season? Discuss and share Summer: Dragon Boat Festival, Children’s Day. Autumn: Mid-Autumn Festival, National Day. Winter: Spring Festival, Lantern Festival. Spring: Tomb-Sweeping Day, Labor Day. How can we introduce a season? the weather festivals feelings human activities Changes (plants&animals) Season The weather is adj. The sun shines brightly... The Dragon Boat Festival The Spring Festival ……. It is exciting to... It is +adj+ to do.. ...love to/like to/enjoy... Leaves turn adj. Plants start to... It is nice to... Discuss and share Summary wake up (nature in spring) shine brightly (sun in summer) gather food (squirrels in autumn) be busy with harvest (farmers in autumn) sleep through winter (bears, snakes) Phrases & Expressions Season words: spring, summer, autumn, winter Weather: warm, hot, cool, cold, rainy, sunny Actions: melt, wake up, shine, gather, harvest Nouns: cicada, squirrel, leaf, snow Key Vocabulary Homework 1. Base: Remember the key vocabulary and phrases in this lesson. 2. Practice: Use the learned vocabulary and sentence patterns to write a short passage introducing your favorite season, no less than 80 words. 3. Expand: Collect more English poems or essays about the four seasons, and share them in the next class. Bye-bye! null 132837.8 $