Unit 5 The power of plants Developing ideas 教学设计 2025-2026学年外研版七年级英语上册

学科 英语 年级 七年级 学期 秋季 课题 Unit 6 The power of plants Developing ideas(period 1) 教材分析 1. Analysis of the Teaching Materials Unit 6 is composed of 5 sections: Starting out, Understanding ideas, Developing ideas, Presenting ideas and Reflection. It shows the beauty and power of plants and tells students the importance of plants. The big idea of the unit: 2. Analysis of the Target Discourse What Theme: Human & Nature Topic: The natural ecosystem Content: The vlog consists of 3 parts: the opening, the body part and the ending of the vlog taken in a corn festival. Why Purpose & Thematic meaning: To introduce corn in many ways such as its structure, history, uses and so on.To show the importance of corn to Mexico. Attitude & Value: To arouse students’ interests in this plant and let them know the importance of a plant to a country and its culture. How Genre: Speech and conversation Structure: Opening-body-ending Language features: Interactive, vivid … 学情分析 Analysis of the Target Students Existing Foundation： The target students are seventh-graders who are new in junior high. They’re interested in the nature and have learned something about it in daily life and at school. They have acquired some words and expressions of plants and learned about genres such as narration,exposition,etc. Development Demands：They may want to know more about plants such as the structure, history and uses of them. They want to know how to make a poster of plants. They need to use simple future tense to express certain things. Existing Barriers：They may have difficulty in combing and summarizing different aspects of plants and understanding the importance of them to the world. Preset Measures：Communicative methods and tablet computers. In-time guidance from the teacher. 教学目标 By the end of the class, students will be able to: 1. Obtain information of corn with the help of the notes and comb the discourse to find out its structure. 2. Summarize different uses of corn and analyze its importance to Mexicans. 3. Acquire and apply the way to ask for and give permission. 4. Develop the structural knowledge of the discourse and describe plants with the help of it. 教学内容 Key points: 1. Obtain information of corn and the structure of the discourse. 2. Acquire and apply the way to ask for and give permission. Difficult points: 1. Analyze the importance of corn and summarize different uses of plants. 2. Develop the structural knowledge and transfer. Solutions: Communicative methods and tablet computers. 教学过程 Learning activities （学习活动） Purpose （设计意图） Assessmen t （效果评价） Activity 1: Lead-in 1. Students view the three pictures of rice, wheat and corn and answer questions. Q1: What plants can you see the the pictures? Q2: How do we eat rice and wheat in China? Q3: What about corn? 2. Students watch pictures of Mexicans and corn and answer questions with the help of tablet computers. Q1: Which country are they from? Q2: How do they eat corn? Activity 2: Predict Students predict according to the picture and answer questions. Q1: Where is Jason? Q2: What’s in his right hand? Q3: What may he tell us? Activity 3: Listen for the main idea Students listen to the opening of the vlog and choose the main idea. Activity 4: Listen for details 1. Students listen again and complete Jason’s notes for the vlog. 2. Students think about questions: Q1: Why does Jason use numbers to describe corn? Q2: What aspects do you know about corn now? To lead in the topic and arouse students’ attention. To pave the way for following activities. To develop their prediction skill and remove the barrier for the following listening activities. To let students obtain the gist. To help students obtain and comb the details. Observe students’ performance and check if they can answer the questions in simple words. Check if they can actively raise up hands and give proper feedback. Check if they can give the right answer. Check if they can tease （By comparing two ways of expressions to help answer Q1.By matching words to help answer Q2.） 3. Students learn about parts of corn and listen to the rest ofthe vlog and complete sentences. Based on the above activities, students summarize the structure of the discourse: opening-body-ending. (Objective 1 &2 are achieved.) To improve students’ thinking skills and pave the way for the following activities. out and analyze the detailed information efficiently. Check if they can summarize it easily based on what they’ve learned. 核心素养提升点：语言能力：学生能掌握目标词汇、短语等；能获取、梳理、概括语篇中的信息。学习能力：学生能运用听力技能从听力材料中获取信息。 （活动层次： 学习理解） Activity 5: Learn to talk To help deepen Teacher Students find out the sentences to ask for and give permission in a polite way from the conversation between Jason and the Mexicans. Activity 6: Think and share Q1:Without corn, there is no country. Do you agree? Q2: Why is corn important to Mexicans? their understanding of the target language and apply later. To develop students’ critical thinking and help them to achieve deep learning. assessment: In- time oral feedback. Peer assessment: work in pairs; comments from the class. 核心素养提升点：语言能力：学生能应用目标语言进行相应表达。思维品质：学生能分析概括出玉米对于墨西哥人在生活、文化等方面的重要性。文化意识：学生对话时能礼貌寻求和给予许可。 （活动层次： 学习理解 应用实践） Activity 7: Discuss and act Students work in pairs and act out a conversation about the uses of plant. (Objective 3&4 are achieved.) To help students apply what they’ve learned into practice and develop creative thinking. Teacher assessment: In- time oral feedback and guidance. Peer assessment: Discussion in groups; comments from the class. 核心素养提升点：语言能力：学生能将目标语言运用到真实情境中解决问题，进行真实交际。文化意识：学生对话时能礼貌寻求和给予许可。思维品质:学生能明确植物的多种用途及其对人类社会的重要性，树立保护植物的意识。 （活动层次： 应用实践 迁移创新） Homework 1. Polish your conversation and think of as many uses of the plant as possible.(Level one) 2. Take a vlog to introduce a plant.(Level two) 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $