内容正文:
Exploring
Lesson 4
Thinking Skills
&Reading Strategies
Unit 7 Being a Smart Shopper
CONTENT
01
Lead in
02
Pre-reading
03
While-reading
04
Post-reading
05
Language points
06
Exercise&Homework
Lesson Objectives:
In this lesson, we will be able to:
1. Learn to use the two thinking skills of analyzing character traits
and predicting from the title.
2. Be able to learn character traits from the character’s actions,
feelings and thoughts. We can also predict what the text is about
from the title.
3. Analyze character traits from his or her actions, feelings and
thoughts.
The boy helps his mother carry the bags.
/'kæri/ v. 拿;提;搬
Lead in
Look at the picture and guess what they are doing.
They’re shopping in the supermarket.
Thinking Skills
Analyzing character traits
What do you think of the boy?
What is the boy like?
We can learn character traits from the charater’s actions, feelings and thoughts. 我们可以从人物的行为、情感和心理状态中了解人物的性格特征。
Activity 1
Look at the picture and read the text. Learn how to analyze(分析)
character traits(人物的性格特征).
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?
What is Li Xiang like?
Character
What he does or thinks
Character trait
Li Xiang
helps his mother carry the heavy bags
helpful
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/what
she doesn’t need
smart
Activity 3
Pair work. Talk about what you usually do before and during shopping, and explain why.
Think about what I need to buy.
How about you?
What do you usually do before shopping?
I would ____________________.
(列购物清单)
make a shopping list
What do you usually do during shopping?
I usually look at the price and only buy things on sale.
Me, too.
And I never(从不) buy
what I ___________.(不需要)
don’t need
Activity 3
Pair work. Talk about what you usually do before and during shopping, and explain why.
Discuss
Are they both smart shoppers? Any why?
Yes. Because they make a plan before shopping and look for the best prices during shopping.
How about you?
Retell the passage with the help of the character trait chart.
Character
What she does or thinks
Character trait
__________
·makes a shopping list
·looks for the best prices
·doesn’t buy __________
__________
Lingling
smart
the skirt/what
she doesn’t need
Language points
Activity 1
1. He always helps his mother carry the heavy bags.
他总是帮妈妈提沉重的包。
1) help sb. (to) do sth. 意为“帮助某人做某事”, 可与help sb. with sth. 互换。
e.g. He often helps me ______ my English.
= He often helps me (to) learn my English.
她正在给她的儿子做风筝。
练习:Many helpful people _______ lots of schoolbags for the poor students
last year.
A. provides B. provide C. provided
with
B
Language points
Activity 1
1. He always helps his mother carry the heavy bags.
他总是帮妈妈提沉重的包。
2) 辨析take, carry, bring, get
carry 拿;提;扛 表示搬运、携带,具有负重的含义。
没有方向性。
take 拿走;带走 指把人或物从说话者所在的地方带到别处。
有方向性。
bring 拿走;带走 指把人或物从别的地方带到说话者所在的地方。
有方向性。
get 去取;去拿 指到某地去把某人或某物带来或拿来。
表示来回/往返。
练习:The old man needs someone ______ him ______ the bag.
A. to help; carry B. help; take C. to help; carrying D. help; to bring
A
Language points
Activity 2
2. She always makes a shopping list and looks for the best prices.
她总是列出购物清单并且寻找最优惠的价格。
1) list n. “清单;目录;名单”。
e.g. a list of names 名单
—Is your name on the list? 表上有你的名字吗?
—Yes, it is. 是的,有。
拓展:list v. “列表,列清单,拟定清单”。
e.g. Please list what you want to buy. 请把你要买的东西列出来。
2) price n. “价格;价钱”。
the price of/for... .......的价钱
at...prices/at a...price 以......的价格
Language points
Activity 2
3. So she decides not to buy it. 所以她决定不买。
decide v. 决定
decide (not) to do sth. 决定(不)做某事
decide + 特殊疑问词 + 不定式
decide + 宾语从句 decide on sth. 选定某事
e.g. He decided to help the people in need.
他决定帮助那些需要帮助的人。(陕西中考)
拓展:decision n. 决定;抉择
make a decision (to do sth.) = decide (to do sth.)
练习:— What’s your plan for the coming vacation, Rick?
— I decide ________ a trip with my family to Yunnan.
A. take B. taking C. to take
C
Reading strategies
Predicting
from the title
Activity 1
Read the title and guess what the text is about. Circle the answer.
TIPS
You can read the title of a text first, and then predict what the text is about.
The text is about how to save/make money.
save money 节省钱
make money 赚钱
My Plan for My Pocket Money
Activity 2
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.
You can read the title of a text first, and then predict what the text is about.
Activity 3
Read the title and tick ( √ ) what the text may be about.
A Smart Shopper
The text may be about how to
spend money wisely.
make a shopping list.
go to a big store.
Activity 3
Read the text and check your prediction.
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.
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
How does Xiaoming become a wise shopper?
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.
He never wastes money.
He makes a shopping list before shopping.
He often goes to big stores to buy things at good prices.
Activity 3
Pair work. 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
Language points
Activity 2
1. between meals 两餐之间
辨析:between 和 among
between “在....之间” 通常指两者之间
among “在....之间/当中” 表示三者及以上之间
e.g. There’s a break between classes.
课间会有一段休息时间。(指两节课之间)
Among the 12 animals of the Chinese zodiac (生肖), the dragon is the only one that is not real. 在中国的12生肖中,龙是唯一一个不真实的。
练习:Both Lily ____ Lucy are standing ____ the two trees.
A. or, between B. or, among C. and, between D. and, among
C
Language points
Activity 3
2. He never wastes money. 他从不浪费钱。
waste v.浪费/ n.浪费;废弃物 / adj.废弃的
waste sth. on sth. 浪费某物在某事/物上(动词)
waste sth. (in) doing sth. 浪费某物做某事(动词)
a waste of... 浪费...... (名词)
e.g. I don’t waste time doing things I don’t want to do.
我不浪费时间做我不想做的事情。
It’s a waste to throw good food away. 把好好的食物扔掉太浪费了。
Don’t put waste water into the river. 不要将废水排入河中。
练习:It’s not wise of a student to waste too much time ____ video games.
A. to play B. playing C. plays D. play
B
Language points
Activity 3
3. He only buys what he needs and tries to spend as little as possible.
他只买自己需要的东西,尽量少花钱。
1)what he needs 作buys的宾语, 译为“需要的东西”。
2) 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
try doing sth. 尝试做某事 try on 试穿
3)as…as possible 是一种固定短语,意为“尽可能地……”。
其结构为:as + 形容词/副词的原形+ as possible
e.g. We need to finish this project as soon as possible.
我们需要尽快完成这个项目。
You should save money as much as possible. 你应该尽可能地存钱。
Language points
Activity 3
4. To buy things at good prices, he often goes to big stores for great
sales. 为了以优惠的价格买东西,他经常去有大甩卖的大商店。
store n. (大型)百货商店;商店;店铺
at... prices/at a(n)... price 以.....的价格
e.g. They sell vegetables at a good price. 他们以优惠的价格出售蔬菜。
拓展:the price of... .....的价格,作主语时,谓语动词用单数形式。
what’s the price of... .....多少钱?= How much....?
e.g. What’s the price of the coat? 这件外套多少钱?
= ________ ________ is the coat?
注意:修饰price可用high(高的)或low(低的); 而不用expensive(贵的)
或cheap(便宜的),它们的主语是物。
How much
巧记:价格有“高”“低”;
物品分“贵”“贱”
Exercises
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
B
B
B
Exercises
II. 根据句意及汉语或首字母提示补全句子。
1. The big house was sold at a high _________ (价格) last year.
2. I can’t _________ (决定) what I should buy for him.
3. This s________ sells different kinds of snacks(零食).
4. It’s necessary for teenagers to learn how to spend their pocket
money ________. (明智地)
5. Elephants can c________ heavy things.
price
wisely
decide
tore
arry
Exercises
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
notebook
waste need
as as possible
Summary
In this class, you
learned to use a chart to analyze character traits.
can predict the main idea from the title.
knew how to be a smart shopper.
Homework
Must do
Memorize the new words and phrases as well as the sentence patterns.
Review the thinking skills and the reading strategies.
Choose to do
Find out some passages and try to predict what the passages are about according to their titles.
Thank you!
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