Unit 1 Understanding Ideas教学设计 2025-2026学年外研版八年级英语下册

该初中英语教学设计聚焦“告别、成长与职业期望”主题，通过文本《The Saying Goodbye to My Years Up High》的理解，掌握核心词汇（如cherish, expectation）、短语（say goodbye to, look back on）及句型（When I look back on...）。课堂导入采用“情感词联想”活动与成长告别短视频，激活学生经验，搭建从个人情感到文本主题的学习支架，梳理“回顾过去-成长收获-展望未来”的文本脉络。 该资料亮点在于融合语言能力与思维品质培养，通过小组讨论分析作者情感变化（怀旧→感恩→期待），引导学生结合校园记忆分享职业期望，提升语言表达与深度思考能力。利用短视频、情感卡片等资源增强体验，分层作业（基础抄写、提升写作、拓展访谈）适配不同水平，过程性评价关注参与度与表达，助力教师精准教学，帮助学生建立积极成长观与职业规划意识。

Unit 1 Career Talks Understanding Ideas 教学设计 I. Basic Information · Textbook: Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press 2024 Grade 8 Volume 2 · Unit: Unit 1 Career Talks · Class Hour: Understanding Ideas (45 minutes) · Core Tasks: a. Read and understand the text "The Saying Goodbye to My Years Up High", grasp the main idea, key details and emotional changes of the text. b. Master the core words, phrases and sentence patterns in the text, and be able to use them to express feelings about goodbye, growth and career expectations. c. Analyze the emotional connotation of the text, understand the connection between growth, goodbye and career, and combine with personal experience to talk about their own feelings of saying goodbye and expectations for the future. d. Cultivate the awareness of cherishing the present, facing growth bravely and looking forward to the future, and lay a foundation for the subsequent learning of career planning. · Students: Grade 8 Students II. Teaching Objectives 1. Knowledge Objectives 1. Master the core words: goodbye, cherish, memory, gain, experience, expectation, career, future, brave, grateful, grow up, graduate, journey, challenge. 2. Master the core phrases: say goodbye to, look back on, be grateful to, learn from, look forward to, be ready for, face challenges, make progress, grow into, full of hope. 3. Master the key sentence patterns: ① When I look back on my years up high, I can’t help thinking of... ② Saying goodbye to the past doesn’t mean forgetting, but means... ③ I have gained a lot from these years, such as... ④ I look forward to my future career, and I hope to... ⑤ It’s hard to say goodbye, but it’s also a new start of growth. 4. Understand the structure of the text (introduction → looking back on the past → gains from growth → saying goodbye and looking forward to the future) and the emotional clue (nostalgia → gratitude → expectation). 2. Ability Objectives 1． Be able to read the text quickly to get the main idea, and read carefully to extract key details (such as the author’s memories, gains and expectations), improving the ability of reading comprehension and information extraction. 2． Be able to analyze the author’s emotional changes in the text, understand the deep meaning of "saying goodbye", and improve the ability of emotional perception and text analysis. 3． Be able to use the core words, phrases and sentence patterns learned to talk about their own memories, growth gains and future career expectations, improving the ability of oral expression and language application. 4． Be able to combine the text theme with personal experience, express true feelings, and improve the ability of thinking and emotional expression. 3. Emotional Objectives 1. Cherish the beautiful memories of study life, be grateful to the people who have helped themselves in the growth process (teachers, classmates, parents), and establish a sense of gratitude. 2. Understand that saying goodbye is a normal part of growth, learn to face goodbye bravely, and realize that goodbye is a new start of growth and a step towards a better future. 3. Arouse the interest in exploring the future career, establish a positive attitude towards growth and career, and cultivate the awareness of planning their own future. 4. Be willing to share their own growth experience and feelings, enhance the confidence of English expression, and cultivate the quality of bravery and positivity. III. Key and Difficult Points 1. Key Points 1． Understand the main idea and key details of the text "The Saying Goodbye to My Years Up High", and grasp the text structure and emotional clue. 2． Master the core words, phrases and key sentence patterns related to goodbye, growth and career expectations, and be able to use them flexibly in oral and written expression. 3． Understand the deep meaning of "saying goodbye" in the text — it is not forgetting the past, but growing up and looking forward to the future. 2. Difficult Points 1. Analyze the author’s emotional changes and the deep connotation of the text, and connect the text theme with personal experience to express true and in-depth feelings. 2. Use the learned words, phrases and sentence patterns to express their own growth gains and career expectations fluently and logically, avoiding empty and perfunctory expression. 3. Understand the connection between "saying goodbye to the past" and "career expectations", and establish a correct view of growth and career. IV. Teaching Preparations 1． Multimedia Courseware (PPT): The text "The Saying Goodbye to My Years Up High" (with phonetic symbols and key points marked), core words and phrases list, key sentence patterns templates, pictures of school life memories, short video about growth and goodbye, and emotional analysis prompts. 2． Learning Materials: The text handout (with key sentences underlined), word and phrase exercise sheets, emotional analysis worksheets, and sharing prompts. 3． Teaching Aids: Word cards, emotional expression cards (nostalgia, gratitude, expectation), small gifts, blackboard eraser, chalk. 4． Preview Task: Ask students to read the text silently, try to understand the main idea, mark the new words and sentences they don’t understand, and recall their own memories of school life and feelings of saying goodbye to the past. V. Teaching Procedures (45 minutes) Step 1: Warm-up & Lead-in (5 minutes) 1　 Warm-up Activity: "Emotional Word Association" The teacher writes the word "goodbye" on the blackboard, asks students to think about the words, phrases or sentences related to "goodbye" (e.g., memory, tears, growth, new start), and invites students to share freely. The teacher shows the short video about growth and goodbye (including scenes of graduating from primary school, saying goodbye to classmates, etc.), and asks: "How do you feel when you watch the video? Have you ever said goodbye to someone or something? What did you feel at that time?" Guide students to express their feelings in simple English. 2　 Lead-in: The teacher says, "Today we will learn a text called ‘The Saying Goodbye to My Years Up High’. It tells the author’s feelings of saying goodbye to his high school years, the gains from growth and the expectations for the future career. Let’s read the text together and feel the author’s emotions and thoughts." Then introduce the learning objectives of this class. Step 2: Text Comprehension — Read and Understand (15 minutes) 1. Fast Reading (3 minutes) 1. Ask students to read the text quickly, and answer the following questions: What is the main topic of the text? What does the author mainly talk about in the text? 2. Check the answers with the whole class, and summarize the main idea: The text mainly talks about the author’s feelings of saying goodbye to his high school years, looks back on the beautiful memories and growth gains, and expresses the expectations for the future career. 2. Careful Reading (8 minutes) Complete the post with the correct form of the words and expressions from the speech. Jake On my first day as a "spiderman", I was encouraged by Robert's speech. From him, I learnt more about the challenges and 1 joys of the job. I was really moved by these warm stories.The woman was so 2 kind to give him a piece of watermelon on a hot day. Julie: The story about the baby was really touching. Robert watched her 3 grow bit by bit. She was always 4 excited to see him at the window. She even drew5 picture of Robert! They became friends. Eric: Robert was right. Some people don’t consider 6 window cleaning a good job. But they should! The city7 shines brighter because of these "spidermen"! Everyone should try to have a sense of 8 achievement from their own work. 3. Language Points Explanation (4 minutes) The teacher focuses on explaining the core words, phrases and key sentence patterns in the text, combined with examples to help students understand and master: 1　 Phrases: say goodbye to, look back on, be grateful to, look forward to, face challenges. 2　 Sentence Patterns: ① When I look back on..., I can’t help thinking of... ② Saying goodbye to... doesn’t mean..., but means... ③ I look forward to..., and I hope to... 3　 Give examples combined with students’ daily life: e.g., "When I look back on my primary school life, I can’t help thinking of my good friends." "I look forward to my future, and I hope to be a teacher." Step 3: Emotional Analysis & Experience (12 minutes) 1. Group Discussion (6 minutes): Ask students to discuss the following questions in groups, and organize their language to express their views: 1　 Why does the author say "saying goodbye to my years up high is not a sad thing"? What does "goodbye" mean to the author? 2　 What gains has the author got from his high school years? What gains have you got from your study life so far? 3　 What are the author’s expectations for his future career? What are your expectations for your future career? Why? 2. Class Sharing (5 minutes): Invite 3-4 students to share their views and feelings. The teacher comments positively, guides students to deeply understand the theme of the text — saying goodbye is a new start of growth, and encourages students to express their true feelings. 3. Emotional Sublimation (1 minute): The teacher says, "Saying goodbye to the past is not forgetting, but cherishing the memories and growing better. Every goodbye is a step towards our future career. We should cherish the present, be grateful for the gains, and look forward to the future bravely." Step 4: Consolidation & Practice (8 minutes) 1.What are the joys and challenges being a “spiderman”? Joys: He gets to meet kind people, make friends (like the baby), and feels proud of his work. Challenges: Being a "spiderman" means working high up in the air, dealing with bad weather like hot days, and some people don’t think it’s a good job. 2. Why does Robert say “That was the sweetest watermelon of my life.”? On a very hot day, Robert was tired and sweating a lot. A kind woman gave him a watermelon. The kindness behind this gift made the watermelon feel the sweetest to him. 3.What does the last paragraph of the passage mean? Robert is saying goodbye to his job as a “spiderman”. He tells the new workers that their window-cleaning work makes the city look brighter. Also, this job will bring them a sense of pride. Finally, he wishes them all the best. Step 5: Summary & Homework (5 minutes) 1． Summary (2 minutes): The teacher summarizes the key content of this class: "Today we read and understood the text ‘The Saying Goodbye to My Years Up High’, mastered the core words, phrases and sentence patterns related to goodbye, growth and career expectations, analyzed the author’s emotions, and shared our own feelings and expectations. We learned that saying goodbye is a new start of growth, and we should cherish the present and look forward to the future." 2． Homework (3 minutes): 1　 Basic Homework: Copy the core words and phrases 5 times each, and recite the key sentence patterns. Read the text aloud for 10 minutes every day. 2　 Improvement Homework: Write a short passage (80-100 words) about "My Feelings of Saying Goodbye and My Career Expectations", using the learned words, phrases and sentence patterns. 3　 Extension Homework: Talk with your parents about their career experience and their expectations for you, and take notes in English (3-5 sentences). VI. Teaching Evaluation 1. Process Evaluation: Observe students’ participation in warm-up activities, group discussions, text reading and class sharing. Evaluate their enthusiasm, initiative and ability to express in English. 2. Task Evaluation: Check students’ performance in text comprehension tasks, language practice and pair work. Evaluate their mastery of core language points and their ability to extract text information and express emotions. 3. Hierarchical Evaluation: Pay attention to the performance of students at different levels. For students with weak foundation, focus on their mastery of words, phrases and simple sentences; for students with strong ability, focus on their ability to analyze emotions and express in-depth feelings. VII. Teaching Reflection (After Class) 1． Did students understand the main idea and key details of the text? Were there any difficulties in reading comprehension that need to be further explained? 2． How was students’ mastery of the core words, phrases and sentence patterns? Were they able to use them flexibly in oral and written expression? 3． How was students’ participation in group discussions and class sharing? Were they able to express their true feelings and connect the text theme with personal experience? 4． Was the emotional analysis link designed reasonably? Were students able to deeply understand the connotation of "saying goodbye" and the connection between growth and career? 5． Follow-up Improvement Measures: According to the problems found, strengthen the training of text reading and language application, design more personalized emotional experience activities, and help students better express their feelings and establish a correct view of growth and career. 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $