Unit 4 Thinking Skills & Reading Strategies 课件-2025-2026学年仁爱科普版英语八年级上册

Changing and Growing Unit 4 Thinking Skills & Reading Strategies 英语仁爱科普版八年级上册 通过本课时学习，学生能够： 1. 通过分析角色的行为、情感及变化原因，理解人物发展变化过程， 培养归纳与推断的思维能力； 2. 绘制人物发展图表，概括故事中人物变化的阶段及原因；   3. 运用带着目的阅读这一策略，快速定位关键信息，区分重要与非 重要信息。 Learning objectives 重点 重点 Look and discuss Look at the pictures and discuss the questions. How did the boy feel in the two pictures? first day; after school a month later; after school nervous; lonely; ... happy; excited; ... 1. How did the student change? 2. Why do you think that happened? Look and predict 1. How did Kangkang feel in picture 1? 2. What did his friend Li Ming do in picture 2? 3. What can we learn from the last picture? Look at the pictures and predict the answers. 1 2 3 Beginning Kangkang lost the 100-meter race and was very upset. Middle His friend, Li Ming, came up to him and cheered him up. End Kangkang laughed again and walked with Li Ming happily. Read the text and answer the questions. 1. Why did Kangkang feel upset? Because he lost the 100-meter race. 2. What did Li Ming do to Kangkang? He came up to Kangkang and cheered him up. 3. What was the result of the story? Kangkang laughed again and walked with Li Ming happily. Read and answer Analyze and answer Beginning Kangkang lost the 100-meter race and was very upset. Middle His friend, Li Ming, came up to him and cheered him up. End Kangkang laughed again and walked with Li Ming happily. 1. How did Kangkang change? At first, Kangkang felt upset because of losing the race. → In the end, he became happy. 2. Why did he change? Characters grow and change in the story. You can understand character development by analyzing how and why a character changes. Because his friend Li Ming cheered him up. Read and complete Read the text and analyze how and why the character changes, and then complete the character-development chart. Li Hong became our new classmate a month ago. In the beginning, she was always lonely because she didn’t have any friends. Miss Wang, our English teacher, then introduced her to Lingling. Lingling was very good at English and helped Li Hong a lot. They soon became very close friends. Now, Li Hong has many friends at school and gets along well with us. She enjoys her school life very much. Beginning Li Hong didn’t have any friends and 1._______________. Middle Miss Wang 2. __________ ______________ and they soon became very close friends. End Li Hong has many friends at school and enjoys 3. __________ _________________. introduced her to Lingling  was always lonely life very much her school Read and circle Read the text and circle the words or phrases that indicate the sequence of time in the passage. Li Hong became our new classmate a month ago. In the beginning, she was always lonely because she didn’t have any friends. Miss Wang, our English teacher, then introduced her to Lingling. Lingling was very good at English and helped Li Hong a lot. They soon became very close friends. Now, Li Hong has many friends at school and gets along well with us. She enjoys her school life very much. These words can clearly sort out the chronological development of events, allowing readers to better understand how things change over time. Talk and share Work in pairs. Talk about how and why Li Hong changes based on the character-development chart. Beginning Li Hong didn’t have any friends and 1._______________. Middle Miss Wang 2. __________ ______________ and they soon became very close friends. End Li Hong has many friends at school and enjoys 3. __________ _________________. introduced her to Lingling  was always lonely life very much her school How does Li Hong change according to the chart? In the beginning, Li Hong didn’t have any friends and was always lonely. Now, she has many friends... Why does she change? Because ... Think and say What changes have you experienced since you grew up? Could you share one of them and explain what caused such a change? Read and complete Read the beginning part of a text and complete the sentence. The period of time from age 13 to 19 is a very important stage of human life. Many important life changes take place during this teenage stage. Your reading purpose is to find out _______________________________________________________. what important life changes take place during the teenage stage Good readers set a purpose for reading. n. 一段时间；时期 adj. 青少年的 n. 青少年时期 n. 阶段 Read and circle Read each sentence and decide whether the information is important or unimportant for your reading purpose. Then circle the words. As teenagers grow in age, their bodies reach their full adult height. This is the clearest change. Also, hair grows on certain areas of the body, and their voices change too. 1. Teenagers grow in age. Important/Unimportant 2. Their bodies reach their full adult height. Important/Unimportant 3. Hair grows on certain areas of the body, and their voices change too. Important/Unimportant Good readers can decide what is important and what is not for the reading purpose. Read the text and set a reading purpose. As a teenager, you also have growing pains. You face problems like schoolwork stress, pressure from other people and so on. Then, how can you deal with the growing pains? Firstly, learn to listen and understand. This can help you learn more about life and people around you. Secondly, make friends with your classmates. Your friends may have the same problem as yours, so you can always understand and help each other. Lastly, don’t compare yourself with others. Everyone shines in their own ways. You should discover and develop your own strong points. Your reading purpose is to find out _______________________________. how to deal with the growing pains Read and set Think and circle According to the reading purpose, decide whether the information is important or not. Then circle the words. 1. You also have growing pains. Important/Unimportant 2. Learn to listen and understand. Important/Unimportant 3. Make friends with your classmates. Important/Unimportant 4. Don’t compare yourself with others. Important/Unimportant As a teenager, you also have growing pains. You face problems like schoolwork stress, pressure from other people and so on. Then, how can you deal with the growing pains? Firstly, learn to listen and understand. This can help you learn more about life and people around you. Secondly, make friends with your classmates. Your friends may have the same problem as yours, so you can always understand and help each other. Lastly, don’t compare yourself with others. Everyone shines in their own ways. You should discover and develop your own strong points. Talk and share Work in groups. Talk about how teenagers can deal with the growing pains and share your practical ways or useful suggestions. Talk to people you trust.   Do sports to let out bad feelings. Set small goals to build confidence gradually. ... Growth brings many changes. When we are young, we are small and need help with many things. As we grow, we get taller and stronger. We learn to do things by ourselves. Our interests also change. We might like toys when we are little, but as we grow, we start to like books, music, or sports. We make new friends and learn new things. Our feelings change too. We might be shy when we are young, but as we grow, we become more confident. We learn to face challenges and solve problems. These changes help us become better people. Growth is a wonderful journey. Read and finish Read the text and finish the tasks. 1. Set a reading purpose. _________________________________________________________________________ 2. Answer the questions. 1). Which information is important? ______ A. We are young. B. As we grow, we get taller and stronger. C. Growth is a wonderful journey. 2). Which information is unimportant? _______ A. Our interests also change. B. Our feelings change too. C. These changes help us become better people. My reading purpose is to find out the changes that growth brings. B C Let’s enjoy Summary understand character development by analyzing how and why a character changes. 1 After learning this lesson, I can set a reading purpose and decide whether the information is important or not for my purpose. 2 Homework 1. Talk about your changes at school with your family. 2. Preview Theme Reading. Bye-bye! $