Unit 6 Wisdom counts（ Focusing on culture）课件 2025-2026学年沪教版英语八年级上册

该初中英语课件围绕“草船借箭”故事展开，引导学生获取并梳理故事的人物、事件经过及结果，理解智慧的体现。课堂导入从《三国演义》入手，通过提问“是否知道这部经典小说”“了解哪些智慧故事”激活学生已知，建立与中国历史文化的联系。学习支架包括词汇匹配、阅读理解问答、事件排序及补全故事等活动，逐步引导学生深入理解文本信息。 其亮点在于融合文化意识与思维品质，通过“草船借箭”故事加深学生对中国历史文化的理解，培养家国情怀。“Think and discuss”环节分析诸葛亮利用天气（雾）和声音（鼓声）的策略，探讨成功要素，提升学生的分析与批判思维。采用多样语言活动，学生在学习中不仅能提升语言理解与表达能力，还能增强文化认同，教师可借助系统活动设计有效提高教学效率。

W i s d o m c o u n t s Focusing on culture 英语沪教版八年级上册 Unit 6 通过阅读，获取并梳理“草船借箭”故事的关键信息（人物、事件经过、结果），理解故事体现的智慧。 1 重点 欣赏古人的智慧，加深对中国历史文化的理解。 2 Learning objectives 通过本课时的学习，学生能够： Look and say Romance of the Three Kingdoms 1. Do you know the classic novel? Romance of the Three Kingdoms is a classical novel written by Luo Guanzhong. The novel starts at the end of the Han dynasty, and it tells the story of the wars between the kingdoms of Cao Wei, Shu Han and Sun Wu. 2. There are many famous stories in it, and some of them are about wisdom. Which ones do you know? Empty fort strategy; The Battle of Chibi; Arrows Borrowed from an Enemy; ... He was a great strategist known for his wisdom. smart super brain intelligent Think and say What do you know about Zhuge Liang? Zhuge Liang There is a main character in the novel—Zhuge Liang. What do you think of him? amazing ... Match the words with their correct meanings. a. thick clouds at ground level d. to not succeed in achieving something c. a person or army someone is fighting against f. a musical instrument you beat e. dry plant stems from wheat or rice b. an act of trying to hurt or kill somebody enemy fail attack fog drum straw Read and match Read and answer Read the text and answer the questions. Q1: Who were the two wise men in the story? They were ____________ and ________. Q2: Why did Zhou Yu ask Zhuge Liang to make 100,000 arrows within ten days? Because Zhou Yu was _______ of Zhuge Liang and wanted him to ________. Zhuge Liang Zhou Yu jealous fail Read and answer Read the text and answer the questions. Q3: What did Zhuge Liang do on the first two days? He did nothing on the first two days. Q4: What were the 20 large boats filled with? The 20 large boats were filled with straw men. Read and answer Q5: How did Zhuge Liang get the arrows? He sailed the boats with straw-men towards Cao Cao's army camps in the fog. Cao Cao's soldiers shot arrows at the sounds of drums and shouting. The boats were soon full of arrows and Zhuge Liang’s soldiers then turned the boats around. Read and sort Find out which army did the following things. Zhuge Liang’s army Cao Cao’s army sailed the boats towards Cao Cao’s camps thought they were under attack shouted and beat their drums loudly could not see through the thick fog shot arrows towards the sounds of the drums and the shouting Read and order 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Read the text more carefully to number the key events of Zhuge Liang's plan in the correct order.  Cao Cao's soldiers shot arrows at the sounds. He asked his soldiers to fill boats with straw men on the third day. The soldiers sailed the boats towards Cao Cao's camps. The boats were full of arrows. They shouted and beat drums loudly. Zhuge Liang brought the arrows to Zhou Yu. Zhuge Liang did nothing for the first two days. Zhuge Liang's soldiers turned the boats around and thanked Cao Cao. One of Cao Cao's soldiers told the story to his family. Imagine that you were the soldier and complete the story. Let’s complete In the early morning that day, most of us were sleeping in our camps. Suddenly we heard some loud noises from the river. We quickly got up and went to look ... It was a foggy day. We couldn’t see anything on the river. We could only hear many enemy soldiers beating drums and shouting on the river. We thought they were going to attack us. When the general saw this, he ordered us to shoot arrows towards the sounds. However, the sounds suddenly stopped. We were very surprised. Later we heard the enemy soldiers shout “Thank you for your arrows, Cao Cao.” Then we knew that it was a trick. Think and discuss Why is this story considered wise? How did Zhuge Liang use the weather (fog) and sound (drums)? This story is seen as wise because Zhuge Liang used clever, creative thinking instead of hard work. He used the fog to hide his boats and straw men. Cao Cao's soldiers could not see them. He used the drums and shouting to make noise. This made Cao Cao's army think they were under attack. Think and discuss What were the key elements that made Zhuge Liang's plan successful? Making use of the weather: Zhuge Liang predicted that there would be heavy fog. He used this opportunity to hide his boats so he could trick the enemy. Making use of deception: Zhuge Liang used the sounds of drums and shouts to get the enemy to shoot arrows at the straw-covered boats. The arrows stuck to the straw. Making use of the enemy's expectations: Zhuge Liang predicted that the fog would make Cao Cao cautious. He was right— Cao Cao thought it was a trap, so he did not send out his own boats to attack the straw-covered boats. This played into Zhuge Liang's hands. Discuss and say 1. What does this story tell us about wisdom? Wisdom is not just about knowledge from books, but about solving problems in smart ways. Sometimes being smart is better than being strong. You can win by using your brain, not just fighting. Wisdom means using what you have (like fog and drums) to achieve your goal. 2. Do you know any other stories from Romance of the Three Kingdoms? Select one and retell it to your classmates. 3. Which character from Romance of the Three Kingdoms do you like best? Why? Discuss and say ... ... Over to you Homework Write a short paragraph about your favourite character from Romance of the Three Kingdoms, stating who he is and why you like him. Read another story from Romance of the Three Kingdoms and prepare to share it briefly next class. B y e- b y e $