Unit 7 The secret of memory（ Reading）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“提高记忆力的方法”展开，通过Memory Challenge游戏引导学生体验记忆过程，结合Think and discuss环节分享记忆困难经历，再以Look and discuss的记忆技巧列表搭建从体验到探究的学习支架，帮助学生逐步梳理知识脉络。 其亮点在于融合语言能力训练（如过渡词识别、词汇运用任务）、思维品质培养（讨论设计记忆海报）和学习策略指导（名词变动词后缀学习），采用任务型教学法（如完成对话、设计海报），学生能提升语言运用和自主学习能力，教师可借助结构化活动高效落实教学目标。

英语沪教版八年级上册 Lesson 1 Reading Unit 7 of Memory The Secret Learning objectives 阅读并提取文中关于提高记忆力的具体方法； 重点 01 识别并运用过渡词梳理文章结构； 02 学习名词变动词的后缀； 03 通过讨论与反思，形成健康生活的意识，并尝试应用记忆方法。 04 通过本课时的学习，学生能够： Play a game Memory Challenge Look at the pictures for one minute and try to remember as many of these things as possible. Play a game Think and find Think and discuss Memory is important in our life. Have you ever found it difficult to memorize things? If so, how can you help yourself remember things better? Discuss in pairs. I think we can memorize things better if we ... I find it difficult to remember things when I’m sleepy and tired, or not focused. Memory tips Ways to improve your memory Get enough sleep. Exercise regularly. Ways to remember things well Create a rhyme or song and repeat it several times. Put things into groups. Make flash cards or take notes. Use tables or charts to organize information. Make it visual—create interesting images in your mind to help you remember. Eat healthy food. Play brain games. Look and discuss Look at the list of memory tips below and discuss whether they are useful to you. What does this article talk about? Skim and answer It’s about the ways to improve your memory. Read and complete Complete the notes below with the information from the article on page 101. Ways to improve your memory First,(1)1 ; a Try new things; b(2)1 ; c(3)1 ; Second, (4)1 ; a Keep (5)1 ; b(6) ; c(7) ; Third(8) ; Fourth, (9) 1 ； ; live a mentally active life Play brain games Use techniques like memory linking live a healthy life a healthy diet Do regular physical exercise Get enough sleep get plenty of rest don’t get too stressed or worried 1. What can you do to exercise your brain? Read and answer I can learn to play a new instrument or learn a foreign language. 2. What will happen to your memory if you get too stressed or worried? 3. Which sentence in the article summarizes the main idea? My memory will become less sharp. You can maintain and even improve your memory if you exercise your brain, live a healthy life and make time to relax! Read the article again and answer the questions. Find and complete (1) My grandmother is 93, but she still tries to stay (related to the mind)(line 5)active: she really likes doing crosswords! (2) It’s important to (to keep)(line 16) a healthy work-life balance. (3) Going for a walk in the park is my way to (to rest)(line 22). (4) It (is likely)(line 24) to be harder to remember things when we are hungry or tired. (5) It is (not strange or unusual)(line 25) to forget things sometimes.  mentally  maintain   relax   tends  normal The words in italics explain the meanings of some words from the article on page 101. Find them and complete the sentences. Change the form if necessary. Vocabulary practice Look and learn Mentally - related to the mind For example: Reading books keeps you mentally active. Maintain - to keep For example: We need to maintain good study habits. Relax - to rest For Example: Listening to music helps me relax after study. Tend - be likely For Example: People tend to forget things when they are tired. Nathan: Where did I put my keys? I keep forgetting things these days! Ellie: No wonder you forget things, you look really tired. Nathan: Yes, I (1) _________ to get tired in the afternoon, so I usually have a coffee. Ellie: But if you drink coffee this late in the afternoon, you won’t be able to sleep at night. And you may feel tired and (2) __________ the next day. That’s not good for your memory. tend stressed Read and complete Complete the conversation with the words below. maintain mentally relax stressed tend Nathan: Really? Can you give me some advice? Ellie: Sure. Your lifestyle affects how your brain works. For example, you need to get enough sleep to stay (3) ___________ healthy. Your diet is also important. If you eat healthy food, get enough sleep and exercise regularly, it will be easier to remember things. If you take time to (4) ________, you will feel less worried, and your brain will stay sharp. Nathan: That sounds easy, but you know how hard it is to (5) __________  good habits! Complete the conversation with the words below.  mentally relax maintain maintain mentally relax stressed tend Read and complete Answer and practise If I drink coffee too late, what am I likely to do? You tend to sleep badly. How do you feel when you have too much work? I feel stressed. Answer the questions with these words in the box. maintain mentally relax stressed tend Answer and practise What should I do after a long day of study? You should relax. Is it easy to keep good habits? No, it isn’t. It’s hard to maintain them. Answer the questions with these words in the box. Is doing crosswords a physical or mental activity? It’s a mental activity. Listen and repeat Listen and read the passage. Discuss and say (1) What can you do to improve your memory? (2) The writer says, “Everyone has moments of forgetfulness and memory tends to decline with age.” Do you think it is true? Why or why not? Find examples to support your view. Discuss the questions below. Learn and say Let’s learn useful suffixes to help you remember and create more words! We can add ____________ to the end of some nouns to make verbs. These verbs describe processes by which people or things are changed into a new state. -ise/ -ize memory (n. 记忆) → memorize (v. 记忆) We need to memorize these new words. hospital (n. 医院) → hospitalize (v. 送医治疗) After the accident, they had to hospitalize him. Learn and say Can you give more examples? summary (n. 总结) → summarize (v. 总结) modern (adj. 现代的) → modernize (v. 现代化) computer (n. 电脑) → computerize (v. 使电脑化) real (adj. 真实的) → realize (v. 意识到；实现) apology (n. 道歉) → apologize (v. 道歉) -ise / -ize Design a “Memory Improvement Poster” by using tips from the text. Discuss and design Words: maintain, regular, tend Phrases & structures: live a mentally active life play an important role in... It is helpful to... Research shows that... Memory’s Importance Way 2: Live a healthy life Way 3: Get plenty of rest Note on memory decline Way 1: Live a mentally active life Summary Ways to Improve Your Memory Homework 1. Finish your poster. 2. Write a short paragraph about one way you will try to improve your memory. Bye Bye null 151125.3 $