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

seasons seasons The The Unit 3 英语沪教版七年级上册 Lesson 7 Project Learning objectives 1. 在日志设计与创作过程中，锻炼英语综合运用能力，特别是季节主题词汇的表达，如bud, silkworm, solar term, pleasant, quote。 2. 依据范例，独立设计包含日期、天气、温度、观察对象、感受的四季日志。 3. 研读和记录四季变化，深入理解中国传统节气文化，增强文化认同感。 重点 Sensory Exploration(感官探索): 1. What season is it now? 2. What can you see? 3. What can you hear? 4. What can you smell? 5. ... Free talk Look out of the classroom and answer the questions. Read and know We’ll create a special seasons journal. A seasons journal helps you explore and record the four seasons. Let’s plan Think about what you want to record in each season. For example: Plants and animals. Choose something easy to observe, such as the trees outside your window. Write down what they look like every two or three days, or every week. Festivals and activities. There are some traditional festivals in each season. Write down what you do on those days. Your feelings. Write down how you feel in this season. Quotes or poems you like about each season, as well as suitable photos. Step 1 Let’s plan Design the layout of your journal. In a journal, the date, weather and temperature are usually included. If there is a festival or solar term on that day, write it down. Here is an example: Step 2 Let’s plan Share your journal with your classmates every month or every two months. You will find interesting changes in your journal. Step 3 Plants & Animals Learn and take notes bud 芽；花蕾 blossom 开花 branch 树枝 nest 鸟巢 insect 昆虫 petal 花瓣 berry 莓果 Nouns: Buds are forming! Leaves are falling. (Autumn) Birds build nests. (Spring) Insects appear/hide. Flowers bloom/wither(枯萎). Useful sentences: Can you add more words? Learn and take notes Festivals & Activities tradition customs 传统习俗 lantern 灯笼 harvest 丰收 fireworks 烟花 ancestors 祖先 greetings 祝福 Useful expressions: exchange red envelopes (Spring Festival) eat mooncakes (Mid-Autumn Festival) sweep graves (Tomb Sweeping Day) watch lion dances set off firecrackers Can you add more words? Learn and take notes Feelings (Sensory & Emotional Words) cozy 温暖舒适的 refreshed 焕然一新的 joyful 充满喜悦的 peaceful 宁静祥和的 energetic 精力充沛的 grateful 感恩的 sleepy 困倦的 Useful expressions: I feel relaxed when... This season makes me think of... I love the smell of... (e.g., rain, flowers) I feel excited about... (e.g., holidays) The weather cheers me up! Can you add more words? Season Solar Term 中文 Spring Start of Spring 立春 Rain Water 雨水 Awakening of Insects 惊蛰 Spring Equinox 春分 Pure Brightness 清明 Grain Rain 谷雨 Summer Start of Summer 立夏 Grain Buds 小满 Grain in Ear 芒种 Summer Solstice 夏至 Minor Heat 小暑 Major Heat 大暑 Learn and take notes 24 Solar Terms Season Solar Term 中文 Autumn Start of Autumn 立秋 End of Heat 处暑 White Dew 白露 Autumn Equinox 秋分 Cold Dew 寒露 First Frost 霜降 Winter Start of Winter 立冬 Minor Snow 小雪 Major Snow 大雪 Winter Solstice 冬至 Minor Cold 小寒 Major Cold 大寒 Learn and take notes Read and learn Wits corner If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant. ——Anne Bradstreet. Read and learn More quotable quotes: April has put a spirit of youth in everything. Spring is when you feel like whistling even with a shoe full of slush. I love summer because when the sun shines, it’s like the whole world just seems to be sparkling. Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower. Winter is not just an empty, cold, lifeless time. It’s a time of reflection, of thinking, of planning, and yes, even of dreaming. Let’s reflect Observe carefully (Be nature spies. / Culture keepers!). Record regularly (Set a time! Weekly? Bi-weekly?). Use specific words (Check our vocabulary garden!). Be creative (Add drawings, photos, poems!). To make our journals amazing, we should: Summary bud, harvest, lantern, cozy, fireworks, ancestors, blossom... Vocabulary Things we can record in seasons journal Checklist Photos. Quotes or poems. Your feelings. Festivals and activities. Plants and animals. Observe carefully . Record regularly. Use specific words. Be creative. Homework 1. Use the expressions we learned to describe what you notice about the current season. 2. Set up a 7-day mini-calendar. Each day add no less than 15 words or one tiny drawing about your chosen plant / animal / custom. seasons Bye-bye! $