Unit 7 Writing 课件 2025-2026学年沪教版八年级英语下册

Writing By the end of this lesson, students will be able to: learn to collect information about a Chinese astronaut. write an article about a Chinese astronaut. Next month, the Science Club will focus on astronauts from around the world. We'd like you to write articles about Chinese astronauts. The best articles will be put on the school website. Which Chinese astronauts do you know? China’s first astronaut in space Yang Liwei China’s first spacewalker Zhai Zhigang China’s first female astronaut Liu Yang Do you know how to write an article about a Chinese astronaut? Wang Yao has written an article about Chinese astronaut Nie Haisheng. Before she wrote the article, she did some research and made some notes. Read her notes and learn how to organize the information. Basic personal information Early life (childhood) Important events in his career (in time order) Honours and titles His quotes P108 1 1 Read her notes and article. Then answer the questions. What information from her notes did she use? What did she not use? information she did not use Read her article and learn how the author organized the article. Nie’s early life and famous quotes His honours and titles Important events in his career an eye-catching title Learn the useful expressions. dream of doing sth 梦想做某事 be determined to do sth 决心做某事 make one's dream come true 使某人的梦想成真 never give up 决不放弃 be ready to do sth 准备好做某事 go on one's first space flight 进行某人的首次太空飞行 serve as commander 担任指令长 perform a spacewalk 进行太空行走 be given the title 被授予……称号 be named after sb 以某人的名字命名 2 Write an article about a Chinese astronaut. P109 2 Step 1 Plan Choose an astronaut and collect information about him or her. Think about how to organize the information. Use the table as a sample. Step 2 Write Write your article. Try to give it an eye-catching title. Find a photo of the astronaut you are writing about and add it to the article. P109 2 We look forward to your reply. Yours sincerely, (Signature) ___________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ photo dream of doing sth be determined to do sth make one's dream come true never give up be ready to do sth go on one's first space flight serve as commander perform a spacewalk be given the title be named after sb Useful expressions ■ I included the most suitable facts from my notes in my article.  ■ I used the words and expressions I learnt in this unit.  ■ I used correct spelling, grammar and punctuation.  Step 3 Check and revise Tick (√) the boxes to check your writing, and then revise it. P109 2 1. Can you collect information about a Chinese astronaut? 2. Can you write an article about a Chinese astronaut? 1. Polish your writing. 2. Preview the Focus on culture part on pages 110-111. $