Unit 11 Thinking skills & Reading strategies课件2025-2026学年仁爱科普版英语八年级下册

Unit 11 Fantastic Chinese Culture Thinking skills & Reading strategies 英语仁爱科普版八年级下册 Learning objectives 通过本节课的学习，学生能够： 1.掌握与中国文化相关的核心词汇，读懂描述人物行为与 动机、介绍旗袍文化的文本； 2.运用“理解人物动机”的思维方法，搭建逻辑分析框架； 3.运用“监控与澄清”的阅读策略，借用线索解决阅读障碍； 4.了解中国传统的文化元素，增强文化的认同感与自豪感， 树立文化自信。   重点 重点 Look at these pictures. Let’s guess! Look and say The girl is giving her mom hot water. Because she shows love to her mom. What is the girl doing? Why does the girl do this? Look at these pictures. Let’s guess! Look and say What are the people doing? Why do the people do this? Because they want to celebrate festivals. They are performing lion dances. Look at these pictures. Let’s guess! Look and say They are carrying exercise books. Because they want to help the teacher. What are the boys doing? Why do the boys do this? Think and learn What is a “Motive”? Character’s motives are the reasons why a character behaves in a certain way. Logic Chain: Action → Motive Analyze the character’s behavior to infer their underlying motivation. Used to explain the reason for an action. Sentence pattern: because.../to... Examples: The girl is giving her mum hot water. The girl wants to show love to her mum. Action: a character’s behaviors Motives: why a character behaves in this way Look and fill Look at the pictures and read the sentences, and then fill out the chart. People in Chinatown are performing lion dances to celebrate the Spring Festival. Mr. Zhang likes traveling very much because he wants to learn more about different cultures. Character’s Action Mr. Zhang likes traveling very much. People in Chinatown are performing ___________. Character’s Motive He wants to learn about different ____________. They’re celebrating the Spring Festival. cultures lion dances Read and answer Read the text and answer the questions. Xuanxuan is the president of the kung fu club in her school. Many students want to join the club. Some want to practice kung fu to become stronger, because kung fu is a good physical exercise. Some want to be more confident through the practice of kung fu, because it teaches people to face difficulties bravely. Still, others want to learn more about Chinese culture through kung fu, because it is a good symbol of the Chinese spirit of never giving up. 1. What is the action of the students? 2. How many groups of motives are there? They want to join the kung fu club. Three groups. Read and answer Read the text and answer the questions. Xuanxuan is the president of the kung fu club in her school. Many students want to join the club. Some want to practice kung fu to become stronger, because kung fu is a good physical exercise. Some want to be more confident through the practice of kung fu, because it teaches people to face difficulties bravely. Still, others want to learn more about Chinese culture through kung fu, because it is a good symbol of the Chinese spirit of never giving up. 3. What is the first motive? How do you know? 4. Why does kung fu make people confident? 5. What is the Chinese spirit in kung fu? Become stronger, because the text says “to become stronger because...”. Because it teaches people to face difficulties bravely. Never giving up. Read and complete Read the text and complete the character’s motive chart. Xuanxuan is the president of the kung fu club in her school. Many students want to join the club. Some want to practice kung fu to become stronger, because kung fu is a good physical exercise. Some want to be more confident through the practice of kung fu, because it teaches people to face difficulties bravely. Still, others want to learn more about Chinese culture through kung fu, because it is a good symbol of the Chinese spirit of never giving up. Character’s Action Many students want to join the kung fu club. Character’s Motive Some want to ____________________________. Some want to ____________________________. Others want to ___________________________. become stronger be more confident learn more about Chinese culture Talk about what you like about Chinese culture. Pair work Sentence patterns: 1. I like __________ (Chinese culture) very much. 2. My motive is that _______________________. 3. Because it can help me ___________________. 4. It stands for _____________ (Chinese spirit/culture). Contents: traditional festivals, calligraphy, Peking Opera, Chinese tea culture ... Talk about Chinese culture and share your motives with your partner. Pair work I like the Spring Festival very much. My motive is that it is a warm time for my family. Because all my family members get together, we eat delicious dumplings, watch lion dances and set off fireworks. It makes me feel happy and loved. I’m really into Chinese kung fu. My motive is that it teaches me to face difficulties bravely. Kung fu is not only a good exercise to keep me strong, but also a symbol of the Chinese spirit of never giving up. And it helps me become more confident. Guessing game Think carefully and tell me the answer. Guess What It Is! Clue 3: It’s long, red, and very beautiful. Qipao Clue 1: It’s a traditional dress for Chinese women. Clue 2: It has beautiful flowers and animals on it. Think and learn We’ll learn two reading strategies. Monitoring means checking your own understanding while reading. When you read, you ask: Do I understand this? If not clear → stop and ask questions. When you are not clear about something, stop and ask yourself questions. Clarifying means doing something to make things clear. It is the way to find answers to your questions. Then do something to find the answers. You can reread, look at the picture, or read on. Read and learn Read the text and learn how to monitor and clarify. Qipao is a traditional dress for Chinese women. There are beautiful embroideries on it. For example, you can see animal and flower embroideries on a qipao. To monitor, you stop and ask what you don’t understand. What does “embroideries” mean? To clarify, you do something to make it clear. I look at the picture and read ahead for clues. Now, you understand ... The word means the animals and flowers on the qipao. Read and put Read the text and put the sentences in the right order. The qipao is part of Chinese culture. The Manchu women first wore qipao in the Qing Dynasty. In the 1920s, it became a fashion in Shanghai and then quickly became popular in other parts of China. Now, Chinese women wear qipaos at special events like weddings. The newly-married wife looks beautiful in qipao and the newly-married husband is happy to see that. ( ) A. It became popular in other parts of China. ( ) B. Manchu women wore qipaos in the Qing Dynasty. ( ) C. Now women wear qipaos at special events. ( ) D. It became a fashion in Shanghai in the 1920s. 1 2 3 4 Read and practice Read the text and and practice monitoring and clarifying. The qipao is part of Chinese culture. The Manchu women first wore qipao in the Qing Dynasty. In the 1920s, it became a fashion in Shanghai and then quickly became popular in other parts of China. Now, Chinese women wear qipaos at special events like weddings. The newly-married wife looks beautiful in qipao and the newly-married husband is happy to see that. I stop and ask ... I do something ... Now I understand ... What does “Manchu” mean? I read ahead for clues and think about the culture. It means a traditional ethnic group in Qing Dynasty. Read and practice Read the text and and practice monitoring and clarifying. The qipao is part of Chinese culture. The Manchu women first wore qipao in the Qing Dynasty. In the 1920s, it became a fashion in Shanghai and then quickly became popular in other parts of China. Now, Chinese women wear qipaos at special events like weddings. The newly-married wife looks beautiful in qipao and the newly-married husband is happy to see that. I stop and ask ... I do something ... Now I understand ... What does “wedding” mean? I re-read the text and look at the picture. It means a special event where a couple get married. Read the text again and circle what you don’t understand. Tell your partner how you get to understand it. Pair work The qipao is part of Chinese culture. The Manchu women first wore qipao in the Qing Dynasty. In the 1920s, it became a fashion in Shanghai and then quickly became popular in other parts of China. Now, Chinese women wear qipaos at special events like weddings. The newly-married wife looks beautiful in qipao and the newly-married husband is happy to see that. I stop and ask ... I do something ... Now I understand ... What does “fashion” mean? I read ahead for clues and look at the picture. It means something popular. . Read the text again and circle what you don’t understand. Tell your partner how you get to understand it. Pair work The qipao is part of Chinese culture. The Manchu women first wore qipao in the Qing Dynasty. In the 1920s, it became a fashion in Shanghai and then quickly became popular in other parts of China. Now, Chinese women wear qipaos at special events like weddings. The newly-married wife looks beautiful in qipao and the newly-married husband is happy to see that. I stop and ask ... I do something ... Now I understand ... What does “newly-married” mean? I break the word into “newly” and “married”. It means the husband and wife just got married. Summary 2 1 After learning this lesson, I can 3 know more about Chinese traditional cultures. understand new words by monitoring and clarifying. find out characters’ motives. Homework 1. Write a short paragraph about one thing you love doing (e.g. playing an instrument, learning Chinese calligraphy) and clearly explain your motive for doing it, then share it with your partner next class. 2. Find an article about a Chinese traditional culture, use the “monitoring and clarifying” strategy to read it, and write down one word you didn’t understand, how you clarified it, and its meaning. $