Unit 7“探索”板块 Thinking Skills & Reading Strategies 课件 2025-2026学年仁爱科普版英语七年级下册

Being a Smart Shopper Thinking skills & Reading strategies Unit 7 Exploring Analyzing character traits &Predicting from the title 1 Learning aims 能从文章标题预测文章内容 能根据所给信息分析人物性格特征 2 Thinking Skills Analyzing character traits (分析人物的性格特征) Part 1 Lead in How can you analyze your character traits? Lead in How can you analyze others’ character traits? We can learn character traits from the character's _______, ________ and________. actions thoughts feelings 人物性格特征 Activity 1 Look at the picture and read the text. Learn how to analyze character traits. Mom, let me take the bag for you. Every Sunday, Li Xiang goes to the supermarket with his mother. He always helps his mother carry the heavy bags. What does the boy say? What does the boy do? What is the boy like? Character What he does or thinks Character trait Li Xiang helps his mother carry the heavy bags helpful 1. let sb. do sth. 让某人做某事 Let me _________ a look at your new clothes.（have） Let Tom _________ you with your English.（help） Language points have help eg. 他经常帮助我学英语。 He often helps me ________my English. (learn) =He often helps me ________ my English. Language points 2. He always helps his mother carry the heavy bags. 他总是帮妈妈提沉重的包。 help sb. (to) do sth. 帮助某人做某事 carry sth. with sb. 随身携带某物 eg. You can carry an umbrella with you. 可与help sb. with sth. 互换。 (to) learn with Activity 2 Read the text and complete the character trait chart. Linging is a smart shopper. She always makes a shopping list and looks for the best prices. She likes a skirt very much, but she doesn’t really need it. So she decides not to buy it. Character What she does or thinks Character trait __________ ·makes a shopping list ·looks for the best prices ·doesn’t buy __________ __________ Lingling the skirt smart thrifty 勤俭节约的 disciplined 自律的 列购物清单 寻找最优惠的价格 Language points 3. So she decides not to buy it. 所以她决定不买它。 decide not to do sth. 决定不做某事 I decide _________ home later. (go) decide to do sth. 决定去做某事 to go Pair work. Talk about what you usually do before and during shopping, and explain why. Before shopping: __________________ During shopping: __________________ Why: ____________________________ Example: A: What do you usually do before shopping? B: ... A: What do you often do in the shop? B: ... ... Activity 3 Reading strategies Predicting from the title Part 2 Predicting from the title Reading Strategies Activity 1 Read the title and guess what the text is about. Circle the answer. The text is about how to save / make money. My Plan for My Pocket Money save money 省钱 make money 赚钱 how to do sth.     怎样做某事 I know how _______English well. (learn) to learn You can read the title of a text first, and then predict what the text is about. Read the whole text and check your prediction in Activity 1. I like saving money. A new month begins. How can I use my pocket money? Here is my plan. Things to Buy Last Month (yuan) This Month (yuan) Saving (yuan) Drinks 40 30 10 Notebooks 28 25 3 Food between meals 50 40 10 Books 45 40 5 ... My prediction is  right  wrong. Activity 2 between... and ... 在...和....之间 指两者之间 Pair work. Read the title and tick(√) what the text may be about. Read the text and check your prediction, and then talk about how to be a smart shopper. A Smart Shopper The text may be about how to  spend money wisely.  make a shopping list.  go to a big store. Xiaoming is a smart shopper. He never wastes money. He only buys what he needs and tries to spend as little as possible. He usually makes a shopping list first and then goes shopping. To buy things at good prices, he often goes to big stores for great sales. My prediction is  right  wrong. Activity 3 Xiaoming is a smart shopper. He never wastes money. He only buys what he needs and tries to spend as little as possible. He usually makes a shopping list first and then goes shopping. To buy things at good prices, he often goes to big stores for great sales. 1. try to do sth. 尽力做某事 try one's best to do sth. 尽某人最大努力去做某事 I will try ________English well.(learn) to learn 2. sb. + spend ...on sth. 花费（时间/金钱）在某事上 sb. + spend ... (in) doing sth. 花费（时间/金钱）做某事 as + 形容词/副词 + as possible 尽可能地…… e.g. You should save money as much as possible. Xiaoming is a smart shopper. He never wastes money. He only buys what he needs and tries to spend as little as possible. He usually makes a shopping list first and then goes shopping. To buy things at good prices, he often goes to big stores for great sales. at... prices / at a(n)... price 以.....的价格 修饰price可用high(高的)或low(低的) 以优惠的价格 Read again and complete the character trait chart. Character What he does or thinks Character trait __________ ·never wastes money only buys what he _______ and tries to spend as _____ as possible ·makes a shopping list ________ shopping ·goes to big stores to buy things at good ________ __________ Xiaoming needs little before prices smart Talk about how to be a smart shopper. spend money wisely try to spend as little as possible only buy what you need make a shopping list before shopping go to big stores for great sales Summary ◆Thinking skills ◆Reading strategies We can learn character traits from the character’s actions, feelings and thoughts. We can predict what the text is about from the title. Content I can remember the words or phrases as well as the sentence patterns. I can use the thinking skills of analyzing character traits. I can predict what the text is about from the title. I can talk about how to be a smart shopper. What do you need to improve in this lesson? Remember the words or phrases Listening Speaking Self Assessment I. 单项选择。 1. One of my mother’s friends needs her ____ a lot of shopping bags. A. to carry B. carries C. carry D. carrying 2. It is raining, so John decides _______ at home. A. stay B. to stay C. stayed D. staying 3. You’d better memorize(记住) English words as ______ as possible. The more, the better. A. few B. many C. much D. more 4. —The new computer over there is about 5,000 yuan. —Oh, I don’t have enough money. The price is too ________. A. low B. high C. cheap D. expensive A Exercises B B B III. 完成译句。 1. 青少年为零花钱做一个预算是明智的。 It’s ________ of teenagers make a budget for their ________ ________. 2. 我书包里有一个笔记本，我用它做笔记。 There is a _________ in my schoolbag. I take notes in it. 3. 我从不浪费金钱。我只买我需要的物品。 I never ________ money. I only what I ________. 4. 医生建议我吃得尽可能健康一些。 The doctor advises me to eat ______ healthily ______ _________. wise pocket money Exercises notebook waste need as as possible Homework 1. Review and memorize the new words and phrases as well as sentence patterns in the lesson. 2. Review the thinking skills of analyzing character traits and the reading strategies of predicting the main idea from the title. You should Write a short passage about how to be a smart shopper. You may Thank you! 25 $