Unit 2 Growing pains and gains Developing ideas Reading for writing 课件 2025-2026学年外研版八年级英语下册

Unit 2 Growing pains and gains 外研版八年级下册 (Reading for writing) Before reading Look at the pictures below and answer the questions. Use the words and expression to help you. 1. What growing pains can you see? 2. What gains can they make? hurt grow up disappointed failure Look at the pictures below and answer the questions. Use the words and expression to help you. 1. What growing pains can you see? 2. What gains can they make? hurt grow up disappointed failure disappointed hurt failure They can grow up by learning from their experience and trying again. Pre-writing Look at the pictures below and answer the question. What information can you get from the two pictures? feel disappointed / sad face failure / challenge give up / keep going proud / succeed / ... Read the passage. What was the writer's pain? 21 Oct 2019 Dear diary, I had a really bad day. I tried out for the basketball team, but the coach said I wasn't tall enough. This has been my dream since I was little! I have practised so much, and it all ended today. I feel very bad... While reading Read for details. I was so hurt by my failure back then, and my friends were all worried. “Why not try something else, like swimming or skiing?” suggested my best friend. At first, I swam just to take my mind off things. But soon, I fell completely in love with the sport. I’ve won several competitions now and I’ve made a lot of friends. My life has taken a different turn. Climax 3. What’s the “gain” in the title? The writer fell completely in love with swimming. He has won several competitions. He has made a lot of friends. 6 Pre-writing Skim the passage and answer the following questions. What's the meaning of the title? What is the genre of the passage? 从痛苦走向收获 A. A novel. B. A diary. C. A news report. D. A poem. Cultural note 中考英语中日记的体现 一、两大考查方向 1. 阅读理解(客观题) 选材:多为个人成长、生活经历、情感变化类日记(如本次 “From pain to gain”),贴近学生生活,语言口语化、情感真挚。 考点:细节理解(时间、事件、感受)、推理判断(作者情感、态度)、主旨大意(日记核心主题)、词义猜测(结合语境理解情感类词汇)。 示例:常考 “作者为什么感到失望?”“作者后来通过什么获得了成长?” 等问题,对应日记中的具体事件和情感转变。 2. 书面表达(主观题,高频考点) Read for details. It’s great to look back and see my pains and gains with fresh eyes. Growing up will never be an easy thing. But we need to look at challenges the right way. Now I understand that failure is a part of life. It may fall upon us at any stage in our lives. I have experienced many other terrible moments since then. But I have never felt so bad again. I know clearly that failure lasts just a moment. When one door closes, another opens. Life is waiting for us with many other surprises. Tomorrow is another day. 1. What can you learn from the writer’s pains and gains? We need to look at challenges the right way when gowing up. Resolution 9 From what sentences can we see she was in so much pain? be so disappointed at doing sth... heartbreaking heartbroken break heart 1. What happened to this girl? She failed to get on the basketball team because she wasn't tall enough. 2. How did she feel? This made her feel very bad. Complete the chart with the words and expressions from the passage. tried out for tall disappointed best friend challenges in love pains and gains Growing up Failure a moment 12 Read for details. It’s great to look back and see my pains and gains with fresh eyes. Growing up will never be an easy thing. But we need to look at challenges the right way. Now I understand that failure is a part of life. It may fall upon us at any stage in our lives. I have experienced many other terrible moments since then. But I have never felt so bad again. I know clearly that failure lasts just a moment. When one door closes, another opens. Life is waiting for us with many other surprises. Tomorrow is another day. What’s the meaning of “When one door closes, another opens.”? It means that when one chance ends, a new chance will always appear — so don’t give up. Resolution 13 How much did she love basketball? doing sth/sth has been my dream since I was a little girl/boy. doing sth/sth is/was really big deal for sb. 1. What’s the writer’s understanding of failure? The writer thinks that failure is a part of life but it lasts just a moment. Think and share. Learning to think To predict the writer’s feelings, you need to consider: How did the writer feel about the failure four years ago? How does she feel about it now? What has she learnt in these years? 15 2. Have you ever experienced a terrible moment? Share it with the class. Yes. I failed a math competition last year and felt so bad. Then I draw lessons from the failure and prepared for a new chance. I always believe that failure lasts just a moment. Life is waiting for us with many other surprises. Think and share. 16 3. How did she change? She started _ and _ the sport. She has won_ She has become _ and has made a lot of _. Her life has taken a _. swimming fell in love with several competitions a good swimmer friends different turn tried out for tall disappointed best friend in love pains and gains Growing up challengs Failure a moment null 2025 175290.92 $