Unit8 课时4 Thinking Skills&Reading Strategies（课件）【趣味课堂】英语仁爱科普版七年级下册

该初中英语课件围绕“水的重要性”与“水循环”核心知识点，通过看图提问导入激活学生已知，再以主旨与细节图表分析、可视化阅读策略为支架，引导学生从具体实例到抽象概念逐步理解，构建完整知识脉络。 其亮点在于融合思维品质（如主旨与细节图表绘制）、学习能力（可视化阅读策略训练）和语言能力（词汇短语情境化练习）。例如通过水循环文本想象画面并完成思维导图，提升学生逻辑思维与信息加工能力。学生能掌握实用阅读策略，教师可依托结构化活动高效开展教学。

Exploring Lesson 4 Thinking Skills &Reading Strategies Unit 8 Our Blue Planet 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. Be able to use the thinking skills of identifying the main idea and details, draw a diagram of the main idea and details. 2. Be able to use visual reading strategies to better understand the process of water cycle through observation and imagination. 3. Sort out three steps to recognize the limited nature of water resources and cultivate awareness of cherishing water resources. Lead in Look at the picture and answer the questions. Who need water? Why do they need water? Plants, animals and people. Water can keep them alive. Read and learn Activity 1 Look at the pictures and read the text. Learn how the details support the main idea. /sə'pɔːt/ n./v.支持;支撑;证实 Main idea: All living things need water. Detail 1: People and animals drink water every day. Detail 2: Plants need water to grow. The main idea gives us the most important information. The supporting details tell us more about the main idea. living things 生物 Activity 2 Read the text and complete the main idea and detail chart. Water is very useful. At home, we use water to do some cooking, washing or cleaning. Outside home, we can travel by water, do exercise in water, and have fun with water. Detail 1: At home ·_____________________ ·_____________________ ·_____________________ Detail 2: Outside home ·_____________________ ·_____________________ ·_____________________ Main idea: ________________________ Water is very useful. use water to do some cooking to do some cleaning to do some washing do exercise in water travel by water have fun with water Language points Find the new words and phrases. Water is very useful. At home, we use water to do some cooking, washing or cleaning. Outside home, we can travel by water, do exercise in water, and have fun with water. /'juːsfl/ adj.有用的;有帮助的 /wɒʃ/ v.洗 /,aʊt'saɪd/ prep./adv. 在...外面/在外面 at home 在家 do some washing = do washing = wash clothes 洗衣服 do some cleaning = do cleaning = clean up 打扫卫生 do exercise 做运动;做体操 do exercise in water 做水上运动 have fun 玩得开心 同义短语：have a good time; enjoy oneself have fun with water 玩水 do some cooking = do cooking = cook 做饭 by water 乘船/走水路 相当于：by boat/ship Language points Water is very useful. At home, we use water to do some cooking, washing or cleaning. Outside home, we can travel by water, do exercise in water, and have fun with water. 在家，我们用水做饭、洗衣服或打扫卫生。 1) wash v. 意为“洗”。 do dome washing 意为“洗衣服”， = ____ _________ / wash clothes do washing 拓展: wash the dishes = do the dishes 洗餐具 wash sth. for sb. 为某人洗某物 2) do some cleaning 意为“打扫卫生” = ____ _________/ clean up do cleaning Language points Water is very useful. At home, we use water to do some cooking, washing or cleaning. Outside home, we can travel by water, do exercise in water, and have fun with water. 在户外，我们可以乘船旅行，做水上运动和玩水。 outside prep. 意为“在......外面”。 e.g. You can park your car outside ourhouse. 可以把汽车停在我们家屋外。 辨析: outside和out 单词 词性 意思 反义词 out 副词 向外；出来 in outside 在外面；向外面 inside 闯关练习： 1. —________ your hands before meals, Tony. —No problem, Mom. A. Wash B. Washing C. To wash D. Washes 2. He often eats _________. A. outside B. in outside C. in home D. at outside 3. 外面正在下雨。待在家里，不要外出。(完成译句) It’s raining __________. Stay in and don’t go out. 祈使句，以动词原形开头。 outside outside和home均为副词，前面不用介词，排除BCD。 Activity 2 Fill in the blanks according to the pictures. Then retell the text. Detail 1: At home ·_____________________ ·_____________________ ·_____________________ Detail 2: Outside home ·_____________________ ·_____________________ ·_____________________ Main idea: ________________________ Water is very useful. use water to do some cooking to do some cleaning to do some washing do exercise in water travel by water have fun with water Water is very useful. At home, we use water to do some cooking, washing or cleaning. Outside home, we can travel by water, do exercise in water, and have fun with water. Activity 3 Pair work. Talk about more uses of water in your daily life. Try to use a main idea and detail chart. An example Detail 1: For eating ·_____________________ ·_____________________ _____________________ Detail 2: For cleaning ·_____________________ _____________________ ·_____________________ Main idea: _____________________________________ Water is very important in our daily life.  to stay healthy to wash vegetables, cook rice, make soup to wash clothes, clean dishes, mop the floor to take a shower/bath Activity 3 Pair work. Talk about more uses of water in your daily life. Try to use a main idea and detail chart. Write down the uses Detail 1: For eating ·_____________________ ·_____________________ _____________________ Detail 2: For cleaning ·_____________________ _____________________ ·_____________________ Main idea: _____________________________________ Water is very important in our daily life.  to stay healthy to wash vegetables, cook rice, make soup to wash clothes, clean dishes, mop the floor to take a shower/bath Water is very important in our daily life. We need water to stay healthy. Without water, we can’t live. We use water to wash vegetables, cook rice, and make soup. We use water to wash clothes, clean dishes, and mop the floor. We also use water to take a shower or bath to stay clean and fresh.   Reading strategies Visualizing ➸可视化后的“思维”形象具体，更有利于理解和记忆， 可以更好地达到信息加工及信息传递的目的与功能。 什么是可视化阅读策略 (Visualize) ➸可视化阅读策略是指孩子在阅读中，通过脑海里 的画面想象，形成动画片情节类似的相关画面。 What is Visualizing? water the plants wash the clothes do some cleaning Making pictures in your mind while reading can help you have a better understanding of what is going on in the text. Activity 1 Read the text and use the picture to help you visualize what you read. On sunny days, water goes up in the air and turns into clouds in the sky. Steps to visualize: What do you read? I read: how water turns into clouds. First， What do you see in your mind? Draw a picture. What do you understand? Then， I see in my mind: some water, the sun and some clouds. After that， I draw a picture in my mind. Now, I understand: clouds come from water. Activity 1 Find the phrases. On sunny days, water goes up in the air and turns into clouds in the sky. Steps to visualize: I read: how water turns into clouds. I see in my mind: some water, the sun and some clouds. Now, I understand: clouds come from water. go up 上升；上涨 in the air 在空(气)中 turn into 变成 = change into come from 来自 = be from in the sky 在空中 Language points On sunny days, water goes up in the air and turns into clouds in the sky. 在晴天，水会上升到空气中，在空中变成云。 turn...into... 意为“把......变成......”。同义词组：change...into... e.g. Water can turn into ice below 0℃. 在零度以下水会变成冰。 Please turn English into Chinese. 请把英语翻译成汉语。 拓展: turn 作实义动词，意为“转身；转动；翻转；转弯”。 作系动词，意为“变成”，常指突然之间的变化或颜色变化。 作名词，意为“转弯；轮流；机会”。 常用短语: turn on 打开 turn off 关闭 turn down 调小；拒绝 turn up 调大；出现 in turn 依次；轮流 Activity 2 Read the text and underline what makes you picture(v. 想象) something in your mind. Do you know the water cycle? Water in the air gets cold, makes clouds and then forms water drops. The drops fall and it rains. Rainwater goes into rivers, lakes and oceans. When it is sunny, water goes up into the sky, forms clouds and then rains again. /'saɪkl/ n.循环 water cycle 水循环 你知道水循环吗？ 空气中的水变冷，形成云， 然后变成水滴。水滴落下， 就会下雨。雨水流入河流、 湖泊和海洋。当天气晴朗时， 水又会升到天空中， 形成云，然后再次下雨。 Activity 3 Read the text in Activity 2 again and tell your partners what you visualize, and then talk about the water cycle. Do you know the water cycle? Water in the air gets cold, makes clouds and then forms water drops. The drops fall and it rains. Rainwater goes into rivers, lakes and oceans. When it is sunny, water goes up into the sky, forms clouds and then rains again. Steps to visualize: I read: __________________________________ I see in my mind: _________________________ Now, I understand: _______________________ Water in the air gets cold, makes clouds and then forms water drops. Then drops fall and it rains. When it’s sunny, water goes up into the sky. When it’s cold, water forms water drops and falls. Rain comes from clouds./ Where rain is from. Activity 3 Read again and complete the main idea and detail chart. Do you know the water cycle? Water in the air gets cold, makes clouds and then forms water drops. The drops fall and it rains. Rainwater goes into rivers, lakes and oceans. When it is sunny, water goes up into the sky, forms clouds and then rains again. Detail 1: Go up ·_____________________ _____________________ ·_____________________ Detail 2: Fall ·_____________________ ·_____________________ _____________________ Main idea: ________________________ Water cycle. on sunny day, water goes up into the sky. gets cold and makes clouds, then forms water drops. rainwater goes into rivers, lakes and oceans. water drops fall and its rains. Exercises I. 完成句子。 1. 所有的生物都需要水。 All _______ _______ need water. 2. 在晴天，水会上升到空气中，在空中变成云。 On sunny days, water _______ _______ in the air and _______ ______ clouds in the sky. 3. 晚饭前你应该洗手。 You should _______ _______ _______ before having dinner. 4. 透过窗户，我可以看到外面的青山绿水。 Through the window, I can see the green mountains and clear water _________. 5. 每年从春天到冬天, 这就是季节的循环。 It goes from spring to winter every year. This is the ________ of the seasons. living things outside goes up turns into wash your hands cycle Exercises II. 根据短文完成思维导图。 Living green This is the easiest way to have a healthy lifestyle. Plant trees or flowers around your house. Also, try your best to save water. Stop using things if they are bad for the environment. Main idea: _____________________ Detail 1: ______________________________________ Detail 3: ____________________________________ Detail 2: ______________________________________ Plant trees or flowers around your house. Try your best to save water. Stop using things if they are bad for the environment. Have a healthy lifesyle. Exercises III. 短文填空。 Water is everywhere in the world. 1. _________ we all know, it’s important to people, animals and plants. When we 2. _________ thirsty, we need to drink water. If we cook, we also need wate. Every day, we use water 3. _________ do some washing. For example, we use water to wash clothes and cars. We also need water if we want to take a shower. But we can only use about 1% of the water on the 4. _________. The rest is all sea water or ice. And there is little water in some places in the world. So, we should save every drop 5. _________ water. We should always tell ourselves that we shouldn’t waste water. How can we do it, then? For example, we can reuse water to clean the floor after washing clothes. We can also collect rainwater to water flowers and plants. As are to earth of Summary We learn: the thinking skills of identifying the main idea and details. the reading strategies of visualizing to have a better understanding of what is going on in the text. We can: apply the thinking skills and reading strategies to have a better understanding of the text. Homework Must do： 1. memorize the new words and phrases. 2. follow the steps of visualizing to understand more about water cycle. 2. Choose to do： retell how water cycles with the help of visualizing. Thank you! $