Unit1 课时5 Developing ideas（Reading for writing）（课件）英语新教材外研版七年级下册

该初中英语课件围绕“通过帮助他人获得快乐”主题，以周健留发助癌童故事为核心，通过Free talk讨论快乐来源、Pre-Reading图片预测、While-Reading分段分析、Post-Reading复述写作等环节，搭建从语言输入到输出的学习支架，帮助学生逐步理解文本并运用核心词汇句型。 其亮点在于融合语言能力、思维品质与学习能力培养。通过分段阅读匹配小标题、问题链分析人物行为情感，提升语言理解与思维推断能力，写作环节提供框架与范文，助力学生掌握故事类写作方法。学生能在语言实践中深化价值观，教师可依托系统流程高效开展读写教学。

The secrets of happiness Unit 1 Developing ideas （Reading for writing） 初中英语 / 外研版 / 七年级下册 1 学习目标 理解并认读与故事相关的核心词汇（如 hair, shame, surprised, receive, cancer, wig, smart 等）；通过阅读获取故事的时间顺序、人物行为、情感变化等关键信息；理解文章主旨和作者意图，明确“幸福来源于助人”的主题。 01 能根据阅读材料完成笔记填空、回答问题等任务，巩固对文本的理解；能使用文中出现的词汇和句型描述人物行为与情感；能根据写作框架组织思路，准备故事写作的素材。 02 能结合自身经历或想象，撰写一篇关于“通过帮助他人获得快乐”的短文；能在写作中表达个人对幸福的理解，体现情感和价值观的升华。 03 2 Contents Lead in 01 Pre-Reading 02 While-Reading 03 Post-Reading 04 Summary 05 Language points 06 Exercises 07 Homework 08 3 Lead in 01 4 Free talk We all want to be happy. What can make you happy? 5 Free talk Staying with family playing with friends getting good grades 6 Ask and answer What can make you happy? _____________can make me happy, what about you? 7 Let’s think Do you think helping others can make us happy? 8 Pre-reading 02 9 1.What can you see in the pictures ? Look at the pictures and answer the questions. 4.What is the letter about? 3.What is the hair like? 2.Where are they? One is cutting someone’s hair. They are in a barber’s shop. The hair is long. The letter is to thank Zhou Jian for helping kids with cancer. 10 Predict It’s about a young man with long hair. He’s keeping his hair long to help others. What is the passage about? 11 While-reading 03 12 Read the passage quickly and divide the passage into three parts. Part1 (Paras1-3) Part2 (Paras4-5) Part3 (Para6) 13 Match the subheadings with each part. Part1 Part2 Part3 Action and result Background and hope Understanding of happiness 14 Look at the title Can you “grow” happiness? Why can this young man grow it? 15 Read Part 1 carefully and answer the questions. Q1: What was Zhou Jian’s hair like? Q2: How did people react to Zhou Jian’s long hair? Q3: How did Zhou Jian feel about people’s words? Why? Q4: What does “hope grew together with his hair” mean? Zhou Jian had long hair. People often talked about his long hair behind his back and sometimes laughed at him. He never felt any shame because he had a special purpose for keeping his hair long. (Because he had hope in his heart.) It means that as his hair grew longer, his hope of helping others also became stronger. 16 Read Part 2 carefully and answer the questions. Q5: What did Zhou Jian do when the time came? Q6: Why did Zhou Jian want the barber to give him the hair? Q7: What happened a week later? He walked into a barber's shop, took off his hat, and asked the barber to cut his hair short and give him the hair. Because he wanted to send the hair to a children's hospital to make wigs for kids with cancer. He received a thank-you letter from the City Children's Hospital. 17 Read Part 3 carefully and answer the questions. Q8: What did Zhou Jian realize when he looked at himself in the mirror? Q9: Why does the writer use Plato’s words in the last paragraph? He realized that he looked like a smart young man and remembered that happiness comes from doing good and helping others. To point out the main idea of the passage: Zhou Jian gets happiness through others. It means he will keep his hair long again to help kids with cancer. Q10: What does “grow happiness again” mean? 18 Read the passage again then finish activity 3. long talked about laughed kept his hair long cut it short post office kids with cancer smiled grow happiness 19 Think and share 1. How do you feel when you read the letter in the passage? I feel surprised and happy for the kids with cancer. I understand why Zhou Jian grew his hair long. 2. What can you learn from the passage? I can learn from the passage that helping others makes us happy. To be happy, we shouldn’t only focus on our own lives. We should think about other people, too. 20 Post-reading 04 21 Let’s retell Zhou Jian had_________hair. People_________his long hair behind his back. Sometimes they_________at him. He_________for over two years. He went to a barber's shop to_________ He put the hair into a bag and took it to the_________ He wanted to help _________ After he got a letter from the hospital, he _________and said to himself, “It's time to _________again.” 22 Analyze the contents of the passage Who Zhou Jian When over two years, in his daily life and at a barber's shop What He kept long hair to donate it to children with cancer. How He ignored people’s laughs, cut his hair, sent it to the hospital, and felt happy. 23 Writing: write a short story about feeling happy through helping others. Organise your ideas by answering the following questions. 1)Who is the main character of the story? 2)When and where did the story happen? 3)What problem did he / she face? 4)What did he / she do to solve the problem? 5)How did he / she feel? Lily. Last summer, in her neighbourhood An old neighbour, Mr Wang, had trouble walking and couldn’t buy food. Lily helped him buy vegetables and fruits every weekend. She felt warm and happy inside. 24 Sample Last summer, Lily noticed that her old neighbour, Mr Wang, walked very slowly. She learned that he couldn’t go to the market to buy food. Every weekend, Lily went to the market for him. She bought fresh vegetables and fruits and brought them to his home. Mr Wang always smiled and thanked her. Lily didn’t do it for thanks—she just wanted to help. But every time she saw his happy face, she felt a warm feeling in her heart. She learned that helping others can make you really happy. 25 Write your story I / My friend / My teacher / … Useful expressions It happened at… on a… day. He / She found it hard to… ... tried his / her best to... He / She helped... by... He / She felt… 26 Share your story with the class. 27 Summary 05 28 Summary:phrases 1) keep one’s hair long 2) happiness 3) grow 4) smile 5) help others 6) do good 7) laugh at 8) cut it short 留长发 幸福 生长；种植 微笑 帮助他人 做好事 嘲笑 把它剪短 29 Summary:the contents of the passage Zhou Jian had_________hair. People_________his long hair behind his back. Sometimes they_________at him. He_________for over two years. He went to a barber's shop to_________ He put the hair into a bag and took it to the_________ He wanted to help _________ After he got a letter from the hospital, he _________and said to himself, “It's time to _________again.” 30 Language points 06 31 Let’s learn 1.“Just one more month!”he said to himself.他对自己说：“就再坚持一个月！” 【用法讲解】 短语“say to oneself”译为“对自己说、自言自语”。 Eg: “You must finish the work on time.” I said to myself.“你一定可以按时完成工作”我自言自语道。 2.People often talked about his long hair behind his back. 人们常常在背后议论他的长发。 【用法讲解】 短语“behind one’s back”译为“在某人背后、背地里”。 Eg: Don’t speak ill of others behind their backs. 不要背后说人坏话。 32 Let’s learn 3.Day after day, hope grew together with his hair.日复一日，希望和他的头发一起成长。 【用法讲解】 grow为动词，译为“生长、成长”，其过去式为grew，其过去分词为grown。 【常见搭配】 grow up 长大、成长 Eg: She wants to be a doctor after she grows up.她长大后想当一名医生。 33 Let’s learn 【易混辨析】 become, turn, go, grow和get的区别 become译为“变得”，强调变化过程的完成及身份的变化； turn译为“变得”，强调变化的结果，侧重颜色、方向或状态的变化； go译为“变得”，强调由好变坏； grow译为“变得”，强调逐渐变化的过程； get译为“变得”，强调短暂或逐渐的变化，常与形容词连用。 Eg: He became famous.他变得很有名。 The leaves turned yellow in autumn.树叶在秋天变成黄色。 The meat went bad. 肉变质了。 The tree grew tall.树长高了。 The days are getting longer and longer.白天变得越来越长。 34 Let’s learn 4.He took off his hat. 他摘掉帽子。 【用法讲解】 Take off为动词短语，译为“脱掉、拿掉”；还可译为“（飞机等）起飞”。 Eg: It is hot here, I want to take off your coat.这里很热，我想要脱掉外套。 The plane will take off in half an hour. 这架飞机半小时后起飞。 5.Thank you for helping kids with cancer.感谢你帮助患癌的孩子。 【用法讲解】“Thank you for ...”常常用于表达感谢，译为“感谢...”，其后常常接名词、代词或动名词。 Eg: Thank you for your help. 谢谢你的帮助。 Thank you for taking care of me. 感谢你照顾我。 35 Let’s learn 6.Happiness springs from doing good and helping others. 幸福源于行善和帮助他人。 【用法讲解】 spring在此处为动词，译为“源于”，也可译为“跳跃”；spring也可作名词，译为“春天、泉水、弹簧”等。 【常见搭配】spring Festival 春节 spring breeze 春风 spring roll 春卷 spring up 出现、涌出 spring into action 立即行动 Eg: The cat crouched ready to spring. 这只猫弓起背准备跳。 My favourite season is spring. 我最喜欢的季节是春天。 The spring dried up long ago. 这泉水早就干涸了。 The wire spring is evenly coiled.这钢丝弹簧绕得很均匀。 36 Let’s learn 7.It’s time to grow happiness again.是时候再次播种幸福了。 【用法详解】 句式“It’s time for sth. = It’s time to do sth.”译为“到了做某事的时候” 【知识拓展】 time为可数名词时，译为“次数”，time为不可数名词时，译为“时间”。 【常见搭配】 three times 三次 How many times 多少次 Eg: How many times do you visit your grandparents in a week? 你一周看望爷爷奶奶几次？ It’s time for dinner. = It’s time to have dinner.到了吃晚饭的时候了。 37 Let’s learn 8.What did he do with his hair? 他怎么处理他的头发？ 【用法讲解】 do with译为“处理、应对”，起同义词组为 deal with。 注意：deal with常和how连用，而do with常和what连用。 Eg: How do you deal with this vase? = What do you do with this vase? 你如何处理这个花瓶？ 38 Let’s learn 9.Search for information about ways to be happy.搜寻关于快乐方式的信息。 【用法讲解】 search为动词，译为“搜寻、调查”等；search也可作名词，译为“调查”。 【常见搭配】 search for ... 搜寻... search through 仔细搜寻、查看 Eg: She is searching for her lost phone. 她正在寻找她丢失的手机。 I searched through all the files to find the document. 我查看了所有的文件以找到那份文件。 39 Let’s learn 【易混辨析】 news、information和message区别： information (不可数名词) “信息；消息”常指通过观察、学习、调查或交谈所获得的消息、情报及资料等。在表示信息数量时，可以用“数词 + 量词 + of + 不可数名词”的结构，也可用some/much/a little等修饰。 message (可数名词)“消息；电报”；常指口头、书面、无线电等多种渠道传送的信息等。 news (不可数名词) “新闻”；常指通过电视、报纸、广播等新闻媒体向大众发布的各种最新消息。 Eg: You can search for the information on the Internet.你可以在网上搜寻信息。 I can leave a message for you.我可以为你捎个口信。 I have got good news for you.我有好消息告诉你。 40 Exercises 07 41 Excercise 一、单项选择 1. Zhou Jian decided to ______ his hair for over two years to help children with cancer. A. keep long B. cut C. wash 2. People sometimes ______ him because of his long hair, but he never felt shame. A. helped B. laughed at C. thanked 3. When the wind blew off his hat, his long hair ______ in the air. A. fell down B. waved C. disappeared 4. Zhou Jian finally went to a ______ to cut his hair. A. hospital B. post office C. barber's shop 5. After cutting his hair, he put it into a bag and sent it to the ______. A. school B. hospital C. post office A B B C C 42 Excercise 6. The hospital wrote a letter to thank him because his hair could be used to make ______ for kids with cancer. A. clothes B. wigs C. toys 7. Zhou Jian looked at himself in the ______ and saw a smart young man. A. photo B. mirror C. window 8. He remembered that happiness ______ from doing good and helping others. A. runs B. springs C. comes 9. At the end of the story, Zhou Jian smiled and said, “It’s time to ______ again.” A. cut hair B. write letters C. grow happiness 10. The phrase “day after day” in the passage means ______. A. every day B. once a week C. sometimes B B B C A 43 Let’s learn 二、根据汉语意思完成句子 1. 周健决定留长发两年多，是为了帮助癌症儿童。 Zhou Jian decided to ___________ ___________ __________ ___________ for over two years to help kids with cancer. 2. 我们应该多帮助他人，这样我们自己也会快乐。 We should often __________ ___________, and then we’ll be happy too. 3. 妈妈说：“做好事会让你感到内心温暖。” Mum said, “__________ __________ will make you feel warm inside.” 4. 不要嘲笑别人，这是不礼貌的。 Don’t __________ ___________ others; it’s not polite. 5. 他终于去理发店剪短了头发。 He finally went to the barber’s shop to _________ __________ __________. keep his hair long help others Doing good laugh at cut it short 44 Homework 08 45 1. 基础作业： 抄写本课核心词汇和句子各3遍。 2. 进阶作业： 根据教材第4页的写作步骤，完成一篇题为“A Time I Felt Happy by Helping Others”的短文（80词左右）。 3. 拓展作业：找一则关于“助人为乐”的真实新闻或故事，用英语写出概要并分享感受。 Thanks for listening 47 $