内容正文:
Exploring
Lesson 4
Thinking Skills
&Reading Strategies
Unit 10 Lending a Helping Hand
目
录
contents
01
Lead in
02
Pre-reading
03
While-reading
04
Post-reading
05
Language points
06
Exercise&Homework
Lesson Objectives:
In this lesson, we will be able to:
1. Learn to use plot analysis skills to create a plot diagram and
understand how a story develops.
2. Be able to quickly get the main content of the article by using
the reading strategy of predicting the main idea of a text through
the title and images.
3. Organize language according to the plot diagram and share your
personal summer experiences.
Thinking Skills
Analyzing plot
the plot
Plot is a sequence of connected events in a story. The events show
what happens in the story and how the plot develops.
When we understand a story, we can get help from ...
beginniing
middle
end
情节是一系列相互关联的事件,展示故事中发生的事情以及情节如何发展。
Activity 1
Look at some pictures, guess what happened in the story and put the pictures in order.
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1
2
3
Activity 1
Look at the pictures and read the text, and then learn how the plot develops.
Li Xiang went to visit his cousin Zhao Jie.
Beginniing
Li Xiang couldn't find the way to Zhao Jie's community.
Middle
He called Zhao Jie, and Zhao Jie picked him up later.
End
/pɪk/ v.采,摘;挑选
pick up 接人
the way to +地点名词
the way + 地点副词
(副词前省略to)
意为“去……的路”
Activity 2
Read the text and draw a chart to show how the plot develops.
During the summer holiday, Wang Junfeng went to a summer school in Chicago. He arrived on a sunny day and got a warm welcome from his American host family. Most of the time, Wang Junfeng had classes in the morning and took part in different activities in the afternoon. On weekends, he volunteered in the community. Wang stayed with his American family for 3 weeks. He had a lot of fun there.
Beginniing
Middle
End
Wang Junfeng went to a summer school in Chicago. He arrived on a sunny day and got a warm welcome from his American host family.
He had classes in the morning and took apart in different activities in the afternoon. On weekends, he volunteered in the community.
He stayed with American family for 3 weeks. He had a lot of fun there.
/həʊst/ n.主人 (host family寄宿家庭)
Activity 2
Retell Wang Junfeng’s Summer Adventure. Complete the story using emojis!
Beginning: (🎒 ✈🌞 → ) During the __________ holiday, Wang Junfeng ________ to a summer school in Chicago. He arrived _____
a ________ day and ______ a warm welcome from his American host family.
Middle: (📚 ☀ → ⚽🎨 → ❤🏘 ) Most of the time, Wang Junfeng had ________ in the morning and ________ part in different ________ in the afternoon. On weekends, he ___________ in the community.
End: ( 😊 ) Wang ________ with his American family for 3 weeks. He ________ a lot of fun there.
summer
went
on
sunny
got
classes
took
volunteered
activities
stayed
had
Activity 3
Pair work. Share a story in your summer holiday by using a plot chart.
Beginning:
The Lost Blue Suitcase
Middle:
End:
Read the text and draw a chart to show how the plot develops.
The Missing Blue Suitcase(行李箱)
While waiting for the bus, I was playing a game on my phone. When the game ended, I turned to get on the bus—but my blue suitcase was gone!
Just then, I saw a man hurrying away(匆忙离开) with a blue suitcase just like mine. I ran over and shouted, "Why did you take my suitcase?" We started arguing.
Suddenly, a police officer came with my real suitcase. "Is this yours?" he asked. I realized (意识到)I had made a mistake—the man's suitcase wasn’t mine after all.
I apologized sincerely(真诚道歉). That day I learned: Always double-check(仔细确认) before accusing someone!
Beginniing
Middle
End
🎮 👀 ➡🚌 ❌ 💼
Playing phone game → finds suitcase missing
👨 💼 🔵 �� ♂💢 👮
Sees man with similar suitcase → argues →
police comes
✅ 💼 😔 🙏 ✨
Realizes mistake
→ apologizes
(say sorry to him)
→ learns a lesson
Language points
Activity 1
He called Zhao Jie, and Zhao Jie picked him up later.
End
He called Zhao Jie, and Zhao Jie picked him up later. 他给赵杰打电话,赵杰过了会儿就去接了他。
1)pick v.“采,摘”。pick sth.“采摘某物”。
e.g. Zhao Jie picked some apples on the farm.
赵杰在农场摘了一些苹果。
2)pick up “(开车)接人”;捡起;拿起;接电话;
e.g. My dad picked me up at the airport.
我爸爸在机场接我。
练习:________ the flowers “摘花”
__________ the flowers “(从地上)捡起花”
pick
pick up
Language points
Activity 2
During the summer holiday, Wang Junfeng went to a summer school in Chicago. He arrived on a sunny day and got a warm welcome from his American host family. Most of the time, Wang Junfeng had classes in the morning and took part in different activities in the afternoon. On weekends, he volunteered in the community. Wang stayed with his American family for 3 weeks. He had a lot of fun there.
welcome n.“欢迎”。
get a warm welcome from... 意为“受到......的热烈欢迎”。
e.g.We got a warm welcome from students when we volunteered to help them.
当我们自愿去帮助学生们时,我们受到了他们的热烈欢迎。
拓展: give sb. a warm welcome 意为“给予某人热烈的欢迎”。
e.g. Li Jing gave me a warm welcome when I visited her.
当我拜访李静的时候,她热烈地欢迎了我。
链接:welcome to + 地点 “欢迎来到......”。
若后跟home, hear, there时,to则需省略。
他在一个阳光明媚的日子到了,然后受到他的美国寄宿家庭的热烈欢迎。
Reading strategies
Previewing
and predicting
Reading Strategies
Previewing and predicting
Before reading, you can preview the title (and the pictures if any) and make predictions about what the text is about.
在阅读时,预测是一种有效的阅读策略,
我们可以通过文章的标题、图片、数字等获得一些信息,然后在利用这些信息来预测故事情节的发展、结果以及
作者的意图和态度。
What are predictions ?
Why do we need to make predictions?
Activity 1
Read the title and look at the two pictures, and then predict what you're going to read.
I predict: The text talks about _____________________________.
Changes in My Community
The title is Changes in My Community.
The pictures are about the Changes in My Community.
the changes in my community
/'taɪtl/ n.标题;题目
I see:
I read:
Activity 2
Scan the text and check your prediction.
Changes in My Community
Years ago, my community was very old and crowded. There were no tall
My prediction is
correct
wrong
not mentioned.
new and tall. The playground is big and wide. And there are trees and flowers everywhere.
Now, my community looks very beautiful.
buildings.
The buildings are
/ə'ɡəʊ/ adv.以前
/'kraʊdɪd/ adj.拥挤的
Activity 3
Read the title and look at the picture. Make your prediction about
what you're going to read, and then check your prediction.
___________________________
___________________________
__________________________
A Meaningful Activity
I read:
I see:
I predict:
The title is A Meaningful Activity.
The picture is about volunteer activity of cleaning the street.
The volunteer activity is meaningful.
/'miːnɪŋfl/ adj.重要的
Activity 3
Read the title and look at the picture. Make your prediction about
what you're going to read, and then check your prediction.
___________________________
___________________________
____________________________
A Meaningful Activity
I read:
I see:
I predict:
Yesterday afternoon, we worked as volunteers in the community. Xiaoming picked up the litter. Xiao Ya swept the street. Lingling and I put the rubbish into the rubbish bags.
My prediction is correct wrong not mentioned.
The title is A Meaningful Activity.
The picture is about volunteer activity of cleaning the street.
The volunteer activity is meaningful.
Practice
What are the similarities and differences between these two pictures?
The same Points:
They are in a _________.
Different Points:
In Picture A, they _________ the park.
In Picture B, they have a _______ in the park.
park
clean up
A
B
picnic
Practice
Match the titles with the correct pictures.
A
B
A Meaningful Activity
A Happy Picnic
Thinking
If you had to draw one picture that shows both 'meaningful' and 'happy,' what would you draw?
Plot is the Key, Emotion is the Treasure!
Language points
Activity 2
Years ago, my community was very old and crowded. There were no tall buildings. Now, my community looks very beautiful. The buildings are new and tall. The playground is big and wide. And there are trees and flowers everywhere.
1)ago adv.“以前”。常用于“一段时间+ago”结构中,不可单独使用,
是一般过去时的标志性时间状语。
e.g. an hour ago 一个小时前 three months ago 三个月前
two years ago两年前
练习:I ________ (be) in Guangzhou 5 years ago. 五年前我在广州。
很多年前,我住的社区又旧又拥挤。
2)crowded adj.“拥挤的” be crowded with... 意为“挤满......”
e.g. It is always crowded at peak times. 在高峰期总是很拥挤。
拓展:crowd n.人群 a crowd of 一群..... / v. 挤满,塞满
练习:The Great Wall is __________ with people every summer.
每年夏天长城都挤满了人。
was
crowded
Language points
Activity 3
A Meaningful Activity
Yesterday afternoon, we worked as volunteers in the community. Xiaoming picked up the litter. Xiao Ya swept the street. Lingling and I put the rubbish into the rubbish bags.
一项意义深远的活动
meaningful adj.“重要的;有意义的”。
其反义词:meaningless “毫无意义的”
e.g. It is meaningful for us to do voluntary work.
对我们来说,做志愿者工作是有意义的。
归纳:由后缀-ful/-less构成的常用词
care n. 小心 → careful 小心的;谨慎的→ careless 粗心的
help n.帮助 → helpful 有帮助的→ helpless 无助的
hope n. 希望 → hopeful 满怀希望的→ hopeless 无望的
use n.使用 → useful 有用的→ useless 无用的
Language points
Activity 3
Yesterday afternoon, we worked as volunteers in the community. Xiaoming picked up the litter. Xiao Ya swept the street. Lingling and I put the rubbish into the rubbish bags.
昨天下午,我们在社区当志愿者。
work as 意为“从事.......工作”,as后面接职业名词。
work在此处作动词,意为“工作”。
e.g. She works as a volunteer in a hospital. 她在医院当一名志愿者。
归纳: work for 为....工作
work out 计算出;解决某事
work on 从事于;努力改善或完成
pick up 捡起
sweep the street
打扫街道
put...into... 把...放入...
rubbish bags 垃圾袋
Exercises
I. 单项选择。
1. She fell down on her way back ______.
A. school B. home C. her community
2. Lily ______ come to school three days ago.
A. didn’t B. doesn’t C. don’t
3. It rained too heavily just now, so my father ______.
A. picks me up B. picked me up C. picked up me
4. We traveled to Yunnan by bus ______ a sunny day last weekend.
A. in B. at C. on
5. We ____ a warm welcome ___ the children when we volunteered to help them.
A. get...from B. got...from C. gave...to
B
A
B
C
B
Exercises
II. 根据语境及所给提示填空。
1. You should read the ________ /'taɪtl/ of the news first.
2. They ________ (sweep) the floor after school and then went home.
3. I just ________ (stay) in the hotel because it was raining most
________ the time.
4. The restaurant is always ________ (crowd) with people. The food there
must be delicious.
5. The little boy ________ (pick) up a piece of waste paper and put it
________ the rubbish bag.
6. —How do you like the film Ne Zha 2?
—It's ___________ (mean). I like watching it.
title
swept
stayed
of
crowded
picked
into
meaningful
Exercises
III. 完成句子。
1. There were some movie theaters in our community. (改为否定句)
There ________ ________ movie theaters in our community.
2. My sister picked up little Tom from school yesterday. (改为否定句)
My sister ________ ________ up little Tom from school yesterday.
3. I worked as a volunteer in the National Library last Saturday. (对画线部分提问)
________ ________ you work as a volunteer in the National Library?
4. Maria stayed with Jane at the train station for two hours. (对画线部分提问)
________ ________ did Maria stay with Jane at the train station?
5. 当他们在一个下雪的夜晚到达时,村庄里满是白色的雪。(完成译句)
When they ________ ________ a snowy night, the village was full of white snow.
weren't any
didn't pick
When did
How long
arrived on
arrive因后面没有地点名词,在此处单独使用,不用加介词in/at。on a snowy night 表示在具体某天的晚上,用介词on。
Summary
In this class, we learnt
1. some new words and expressions, such as host, crowded, town,
pick up and so on.
2. the way of analyzing plot.
3. a reading strategy of previewing and predicting.
4. how to use the thinking skill and the reading strategy
to solve problems.
Homework
Must do:
1. Review the thinking skill and the reading strategy
that has been learnt in class.
2. Draw a plot chart to tell a story in your daily life.
Choose to do:
Write a short story in your summer holiday by using a plot chart.
Thank you!
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