Unit4 Lesson4 Theme Reading 课件- 2025-2026学年仁爱科普版英语八年级上册

Unit4 Changing and Growing Theme Reading 嵩县城关镇初级中学 盛娟娟 1 In this lesson, we will be able to： 1. Master new words: memory, junior, junior high school, trouble, courage, spare... Understand the structure and main ideas of Li Xiang’s email. 2. Skillfully use target words and sentences to discuss school-life troubles and solutions in pair and group activities. Complete reading tasks accurately. 3. Analyze ways to solve study-hobby conflicts from the text. Cultivate positive problem-solving awareness and the ability to care about others’ situations. Lesson Objectives: 2 1. Guide students to master core vocabulary and phrases, and familiarize them with reading strategies such as identifying key details and sorting out character development. 2.By completing tasks such as character growth charts, sentence filling exercises and group discussions, students are guided to apply relevant strategies to sort out information about Li Xiang's experiences, communicate stories about his campus life in English, and express their insights into how he balances his interests and academic studies. Key and difficult points: 3 4 Activity 1 Lead - in Look at the pictures,and think about the questions below ,Then Pair work. Talk about the following questions. Q1: Did you have any happy or sad meomries in junior high school? What were they? Q2: When you met some troubles at school, how did you solve them? 5 Activity 2 Pre-reading Predictiction ➸Who writes the email? To whom? ➸What may the email be about? ➸What’s the problem Li Xiang faces? ➸How can he balance his music activities and study? Let’s read and find out! Today we'll read an email from Li Xiang to Uncle Wang. 6 Activity 2 While-reading : Read the email and answer the questions. Are the following details important or unimportant for the purpose? 1. Last October, I signed up for a music club. ( Important/ Unimportant) 2. Mrs. Zhang advised me to have a talk with my parents. ( Important/Unimportant) 3. My parents finally understood my love for music. ( Important/Unimportant) 7 Activity 2 While-reading Read the email and answer the questions. What is your reading purpose for the email? To find out what took place in Li Xiang’s past school year. Activity 2 Read again and choose. 1. Which is NOT true about Li Xiang? ( ) A. He joined a music club last October. B. His parents never supported his singing. C. Mrs. Zhang is his music teacher. 2. What’s Li Xiang’s problem now? ( ) A. He can’t make friends in the music club. B. His parents don’t let him sing. C. He can’t balance study and singing activities. 3. How did Li Xiang feel when his parents didn't allow him to learn singing? ( ) A. Lucky and happy. B. Disappointed and confused(困惑的). C. Excited and nervous. D. Angry and upset. B C B Activity 3 Read the text again and complete the character- development chart. Beginning • He signed up for a music club and made some good friends there. • He felt _________ ________________ ________________ _________________. disappointed that his parents didn't allow him to learn singing Middle • ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________. • ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________. End • ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________. • ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________. His music teacher, Mrs. Zhang, advised him to have an open and hoest talk with his parents His parents started to understand his love for music He gathered his courage to talk to his parents However, he can't spare much time for his study now (because of the singing activities) Activity 3 Language points 1. Did you have any happy or sad memories in junior high school？ 你记得初中时难过或者快的事情吗？ memory /'mem(ə)rɪ/ c. n. 回忆；记忆 childhood memories 童年的回忆 翻译： 关于你的家乡, 你最早能记得什么？ What is your earliest memory about your hometown? 2. When you met some troubles at school, how did you solve them? 当你在学校遇到麻烦时，你如何解决呢？ trouble /'trʌb(ə)l/ n. 麻烦；烦恼 have trouble doing sth 做...有困难 翻译: 我们的麻烦让我们如此焦虑。 Our troubles make us so nervous. 3. Mrs. Zhang advised me to have a talk with my parents. 张老师建议我和我父母聊一聊。 advise /əd'vaɪz/ v. 建议；劝告，忠告； advise sb to do sth 建议某人做某事 翻译： 医生建议他每天锻炼一小时。 The doctor advises him to exercise for an hour every day. 4. I gathered my courage to talk to them. 我鼓起勇气和他们聊一聊。 区别：courage /'kʌrɪdʒ/ u.n 勇气；胆量 encourage /in'kʌridʒ/ v. 鼓励 Activity 4 Complete the sentences with the words or phrases from the text. 1. Li Xiang wrote to Uncle Wang for help because he had ____________. 2. Li Xiang signed up for a music club last October to __________ his singing skills. 3. Li Xiang's parents didn't allow Li Xiang to _________ singing because they thought it was ________________. 4. Li Xiang was _____________ and didn't know what to do. 5. After an open and _________ talk, Li Xiang was glad to receive his parents' support. a problem improve learn a waste of time disappointed honest Activity 5 Group work. Read the text again and discuss how to help Li Xiang to solve his problem. Li Xiang's Problem Your suggestion He can’t spare much time for his study because of the singing activities. 1. plan everything well 2. .... Exercises I. 用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空(有一项多余)。 1. We should always be __________ with our friends and family. 2. She gathered her __________ to speak in front of the whole class. 3. My teacher __________ me to read more English books to improve my skills. 4. Do you have any happy __________ from your primary school days? 5. I can’t __________ any time to go shopping this weekend because I have too much homework. memory courage trouble honest advise spare honest courage advised memories spare Summary We can: 1. key words: memory, junior, trouble, email, advise, disappointed, honest, gather, courage, spare, etc. Understand their meanings and usage in context. 2. key sentence patterns：learn to analyze the structure of an email (greeting, body, problem-solving, ending). We learn: improve reading (understand personal emails) and writing (compose advice emails) skills about school-life problems. 15 As students, we should learn to strike a balance between study and entertainment. When problems arise, we should communicate with our parents in a timely manner, and we can also turn to our teachers or friends for help. In this way, we can grow up happily. Emotional sublimation Homework 复习本节课生词，完成Activity 4和补充填空题的 仿写（用新的语境造句）。 基础层： 完成给Li Xiang的建议email写作，不少于80词。。 提高层： 采访身边3位同学，收集他们“平衡学习与爱好”的 方法，制作一份简单的调查报告。 拓展层： 01 02 03 17 THE END 18 $