Unit 3 Reading 课件-2025-2026学年沪教版七年级英语下册

By the end of the lesson, you will be able to: Use skimming and scanning to get the main ideas of the passage. Summarize the key values of trees mentioned in the text. Tell facts from opinions and explain the title Our silent friends. Introduce ways to protect trees with key words and sentences. Learning Objectives Let’s watch a video about our silent friends. Warm up Steps: Warm up Who are our silent friends? What can we do to help them? Task: Give a speech for them! 🔍 Know about trees 💡Care for trees 📢 Speak for trees 4 fruit branch trunk root flower leaf (leaves) Warm up 🔍 Know about trees 💡Care for trees 📢 Speak for trees Warm up Talk in pairs about what trees do for us use、eat、drink、wear… 🔍 Know about trees 💡Care for trees 📢 Speak for trees Pre-reading Look at the introduction, title and pictures. Then answer the question below. What do you think the school wants students to learn from this article? title introduction The importance of trees The need to protect trees To take action for our planet … Prediction 🔍 Know about trees 💡Care for trees 📢 Speak for trees 7 While-reading Pay attention to the introduction, title, pictures and the first sentence of each paragraph. Read for the main idea A. describing trees’ appearance B. explaining why trees are important C. criticizing human activities D. explaining how to plant trees This article is mainly about 　　　. 🔍 Know about trees 💡Care for trees 📢 Speak for trees 8 While-reading Trees are important for all living things. We need to do more to protect trees. Trees are everywhere. Trees make our lives more convenient. Skim the passage and match each paragraph with its main idea. ④ ③ ② ① Read for the structure 🔍 Know about trees 💡Care for trees 📢 Speak for trees While-reading Trees are important for all living things. We need to do more to protect trees. Trees are everywhere. Trees make our lives more convenient. Read for the structure ④ ③ ② ① Introduction Body Conclusion Meet Our Silent Friends The Value of Trees A Call to Protect Trees 🔍 Know about trees 💡Care for trees 📢 Speak for trees 10 While-reading Read for the details Trees are everywhere. ① What words show the relationship between trees and humans? What does the word “overlook” most likely mean here? A. To look at something carefully. B. To fail to see or notice something. C. To see something from a high place. D. To take care of something. 🔍 Know about trees 💡Care for trees 📢 Speak for trees While-reading Read for the details Trees are important for all living things. ② Why are trees very important for all living things on Earth? For animals, insects and plants: Provide a safe place to live. For humans: Take in greenhouse gases and produce oxygen. 🔍 Know about trees 💡Care for trees 📢 Speak for trees While-reading Read for the details Trees are important for all living things. ② Listing: They can make your ideas more logical (有逻辑的). Try to find out the linking words in Paragraph 2. 🔍 Know about trees 💡Care for trees 📢 Speak for trees 13 While-reading Read for the details Trees make our lives more convenient. ③ We can get many things from trees. For example, ... paper … pencils furniture fruit drinks tea Can you speak out more？ 🔍 Know about trees 💡Care for trees 📢 Speak for trees 14 While-reading Read for the details Trees make our lives more convenient. ③ Try to find out the linking words in Paragraph 3. Giving examples: This can make your arguments more persuasive (有说服力的). 🔍 Know about trees 💡Care for trees 📢 Speak for trees 15 While-reading Read for the details We need to do more to protect trees. ④ How are we treating trees now? We are cutting down forests all over the world. We are polluting the water and the air. This harms trees. Do we treat trees in a kind way? 🔍 Know about trees 💡Care for trees 📢 Speak for trees 16 While-reading Read for language Reading strategy Telling facts from opinions Opinions are people's personal feelings and beliefs. Facts are true pieces of information about the world. Fact Opinion What are facts? What are opinions? While-reading Read for language Facts Opinions Find examples of facts and opinions in the article. While-reading Read for language Now try to complete the table. Facts Opinions ... they take in greenhouse gases like CO₂ and produce oxygen. They are our silent friends, but we often overlook them. Many of the things around us, such as paper and pencils, come from trees. In fact, trees are very important for all living things on Earth. For example, we can make tea from the leaves of the tea tree. We are cutting down forests all around the world. We are polluting the water and the air, and this harms trees. ... forests are a safe place for animals, insects and plants to live. Trees make our lives more convenient. We can't imagine a world without them. However, humans are not treating trees in a kind way. We need to do more to protect trees and save our planet. While-reading Read for thinking This article shows us the importance of trees in our daily lives. And the writer wants to tell us to protect them. What is the purpose of the article? What does the writer want to tell us? 🔍 Know about trees 💡Care for trees 📢 Speak for trees Why are trees our silent friends? Silent: No sound, overlooked by people. Friends: Provide homes, clean air, food and materials for all living things. 20 While-reading Read for thinking 🔍 Know about trees 💡Care for trees 📢 Speak for trees How do you understand the sentence “We can't imagine a world without them”？ 21 What will happen if there are no trees on the Earth? While-reading Read for thinking 🔍 Know about trees 💡Care for trees 📢 Speak for trees no food no home dirty and harmful air no furniture What can we do to save the trees? get sick mudslide While-reading Read for thinking 🔍 Know about trees 💡Care for trees 📢 Speak for trees What can we do to save the trees? disposable chopsticks Small steps can make a big difference. plant… Stop… Post-reading 🔍 Know about trees 💡Care for trees 📢 Speak for trees Trees are our friends Knowing about trees Caring for trees Protecting trees important for living things make our lives convenient in danger plant … stop … home to… take in … produce … paper and pencils furniture fruit drinks (e.g. tea) cut down … pollute … … Give a speech about trees and call on people to take action to protect trees. 发表关于树木的演讲，呼吁人们采取行动保护树木。 Checklist Stars Content （内容） 1. Is the introduction of trees proper(合理的)? ★ 2. Are the suggestions proper(合理的)? ★ Language（语言） 3. Does he/she pronounce accurately(准确地)？ ★ 4. Does he/she speak fluently(流利地)？ ★ Performance (表现) 5. Does he/she describe vividly(生动地)？ ★ Total Stars (five stars) Give a speech about trees and call on people to take action to protect trees. 发表关于树木的演讲，呼吁人们采取行动保护树木。 Post-reading 🔍 Know about trees 💡Care for trees 📢 Speak for trees 25 1 For reading 3 For discussing 2 For thinking Let’s summarize Summary 26 Homework You are required to get at least 5 stars. 1. Retell the reading passage in your own words. 2. Write a short passage about "How to care for trees in our daily life". 3. Design a mini-poster with slogans to call on people to protect and care for trees. Homework ⭐⭐⭐ ⭐⭐⭐ ⭐⭐ 27 Cherish our silent friends. Protect trees and save our planet. 28 Lavf57.71.100 Packed by Bilibili XCoder v2.0.2 $