Unit2 Reading for Writing教学设计 2025-2026学年外研版英语八年级下册
Unit 2 Growing Pains and Gains
Reading for Writing
Textbook Version: Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press, Grade 8, Volume 2
Unit Theme: Growing pains and gains
Class Content: Reading for Writing
Class Duration: 45 minutes
Students: Grade 8 students
Class Type: Reading and Writing Integrated Class
- Master core vocabulary and expressions related to "failure, pain and gain" (pain, gain, failure, encourage, give up, overcome, difficulty, realize, value, etc.) and key sentence patterns in the passage.
- Be able to understand the main idea and details of the passage "From Pain to Gain", grasp the writer’s experience of turning pain into gain, and accurately extract key information from the passage.
- Be able to use the words, expressions and sentence patterns from the passage to complete the chart, answer related questions, and write a short passage about a time of failure in their own life.
1．Improve reading ability, master reading skills such as skimming for main idea, scanning for details, and extracting key information to complete reading tasks.
2．Enhance critical thinking ability, be able to analyze and answer questions related to the passage, and understand the profound meaning of proverbs and life philosophy in the passage.
3．Develop writing ability, be able to use the writing structure and language from the passage to describe their own failure experience, express their feelings and gains, and complete a coherent short passage.
- Realize that failure and pain are inevitable in the process of growth, and understand that
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pain can be turned into gain through efforts and persistence — "Your pain is an opportunity for you to learn about yourself".
- Cultivate the spirit of perseverance, learn to face failure bravely, overcome difficulties actively, and establish a positive attitude towards growth and setbacks.
- Be willing to share their own failure experiences and gains, and understand the truth that "when one door closes, another opens" in life.
III. Key and Difficult Teaching Points
1．Complete the 5 designated core activities: look at the picture and answer questions (with the help of words and expressions), read the passage and find the writer’s pain, complete the chart with words and expressions from the passage, answer the three questions, and write a passage about a personal failure experience.
2．Master the reading skills of extracting key information from the passage and using the passage’s language to complete related tasks.
3．Grasp the writing structure of "describing failure — expressing feelings — talking about gains" and use it to write a short passage about personal experience.
- Accurately extract the writer’s pain and key details from the passage, and complete the chart correctly and completely with the required words and expressions.
- Deeply understand the meaning of the proverb "when one door closes, another opens" and combine the passage to express personal views on setbacks.
- Use the learned words, expressions and writing structure to describe personal failure experience coherently, logically and truly, and correctly express feelings and gains, especially the process of turning pain into gain.
1．Teacher’s Preparation: Multimedia courseware (PPT) with the picture related to the passage, the passage "From Pain to Gain", the chart for key information, the three discussion questions, core vocabulary and expression cards, and writing demonstration samples.
2．Students’ Preparation: Preview the core vocabulary of this unit, recall a time of failure in their own life, and prepare for in-class reading and writing.
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Step 1: Warm-up & Lead-in (5 minutes)
- Warm-up Activity: The teacher shows the picture related to the passage (e.g., a student who fails in a basketball game, looks sad but then works hard to practice) on the PPT, and presents helpful words and expressions (e.g., failure, sad, practice, overcome, gain, give up).
① Guided Questions: Ask students to look at the picture carefully and answer the following questions with the help of the given words and expressions:
② What can you see in the picture?
③ How do you think the person in the picture feels?
④ What do you think he/she will do next?
- Lead-in: Invite 2-3 students to share their answers, then summarize: "Everyone may meet failure and pain in life. Today, we will read a passage ‘From Pain to Gain’ to learn about the writer’s pain and how he turns pain into gain. Let’s start our reading and writing journey."
Step 2: Reading Practice (20 minutes)
This section focuses on the first 4 core activities, guiding students to read the passage, extract key information, and complete related tasks, laying the foundation for writing.
Activity 1: Read the passage and find the writer’s pain (5 minutes)
1．Task Description: The teacher distributes the passage "From Pain to Gain" or presents it on the PPT, asks students to read the passage silently for the first time, and focus on finding the writer’s pain (what difficulty or failure the writer met).
2．Reading Guidance: Remind students to pay attention to key sentences that express "pain" (e.g., sentences with words like sad, disappointed, failed, difficult).
3．Sharing and Checking: Invite students to share their answers, the teacher checks and summarizes the writer’s pain (e.g., The writer loved basketball and tried his best to join the school basketball team, but he failed and felt very sad and disappointed; he even wanted to give up basketball).
Activity 2: Complete the chart with the words and expressions from the passage (7 minutes)
- Task Description: The teacher presents the chart (with columns such as "The writer’s pain", "The writer’s feelings", "What the writer did", "The writer’s gain"), guides students to read the passage again carefully (skimming and scanning), and fill in the chart with the exact words and expressions from the passage.
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