Unit 2 reading for writing学习单2025-2026学年外研版八年级英语下册

学习任务单 姓名 班级 课题 U2 Growing pains and gains (reading for writing) 学习目标 1.学生能梳理语篇中的叙事线，概括作者的感情变化。（学习理解） 2.学生能以小组为单位，讨论"How the writer turned pain into gain",运用所学的词汇和句式表达自己的观点。（应用实践） 3.学生能运用核心词汇和一般过去时，从experience-feelings-actions-growth四个维度口头描述语篇中主人公的经历。（应用实践） 4.学生能够辩证分析失败的意义，树立“积极面对挫折、勇于尝试新事物”的人生态度，以成长的视角看待自身学习生活中的挑战与困难。（迁移创新） Activity 1: Read for the main idea. What was the girl's dream and why was it broken? What did she try after the failure?（Turning point) What did the girl get from the new activity? Activity 2: Careful-reading (In 2021) 1.How did the girl feel after she failed to get on the basketball team? A. Nervous B. Disappointed 2.Why did she feel so? Activity 3: Careful-reading (In 2025) 1. What did the writer do to stop feeling bad about the basketball team? A. She practised basketball even harder. B. She started swimming C. She stopped doing sports. 2. How did she feel about swimming at first? A. She loved it immediately. B. She thought it was boring. C. She tried it just to forget her disappointment. 3. How did she feel about swimming later? A. She still felt sad. B. She fell completely in love with it. C. She thought it was too hard. Activity 4: Post-reading Please finish the time line. Experiences Feelings 21 October 2021 Turning point 17 September 2025 I would like to share the story of my best friend. Four years ago, ...I advised her to try swimming or skiing... From her story, I learned... Activity 5: Post-reading Please share your terrible moments. I have experienced terrible moment when _________________________________________. I felt ____________________________ at first. However, ______________________________ _______________________________________________________. So I changed my attitude and__________________________________________________________________________. As a result, ___________________________________________________________________. Useful words and expressions: Failures: lost a game / didn’t join the team / said something wrong / felt lonely... Feelings: sad / upset / angry / disappointed / terrible / like crying... Actions: ... helped me / I talked to... / I didn’t give up / I tried again / I practiced more / worked harder / tried something new / asked for help / kept going... Result: I did better in... / I succeeded in... / I felt proud of... / I learned... 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $