Unit 4 Helping out Understanding ideas Reading 教学设计 2025-2026学年外研版英语八年级下册

Unit 4 Helping out Understanding ideas 1. Basic Information Textbook: Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press, Grade 8 Volume 2 Teaching Topic: Unit 4 Helping out — Understanding ideas (Adding some colour) Class Type: Reading Lesson Teaching Duration: 45 minutes Teaching Objects: Grade 8 students Teaching Aids: Multimedia PPT, textbook, blackboard, relevant pictures of hospital and donation 2. Teaching Analysis 2.1 Textbook Analysis This lesson is the reading part Understanding ideas in Unit 4. The reading passage is entitled Adding some colour. The text tells the story of a girl called Leah who helps sick patients in hospital. In this lesson, students need to finish five fixed textbook tasks. First, students observe two pictures: one is a patient lying in a hospital bed, and the other is people donating and collecting supplies. Students answer questions with given words: patient, hospital, help, raise money, get through. Second, students read the passage and summarize what Leah did for other patients. Third, students choose another suitable title for the passage. Fourth, students complete a table including problems, causes, solutions and comments. Finally, students answer two deep-thinking questions about the ending and Leah’s personal qualities. This reading lesson focuses on cultivating students’ reading skills of locating information, summarizing passage and analyzing characters. It continues the unit theme of kindness and helping others. 2.2 Students Analysis Grade 8 students have mastered basic reading skills. They can find simple information from short passages. They are familiar with hospital and donation scenes in daily life. However, students have some common difficulties. They are not good at summarizing detailed information. They lack logical thinking to analyze characters and writer’s intention. Besides, some students feel confused about long difficult sentences in the passage. Therefore, clear task chains and hierarchical reading activities are designed to reduce learning pressure. 3. Teaching Objectives 3.1 Language Competence 1. Master key words and expressions: patient, hospital, raise money, get through, donate, share, bright, colour 2. Grasp reading skills: skimming for main idea, scanning for detailed information 3. Be able to describe pictures, complete the table and answer analytical questions independently. 3.2 Thinking Quality 1． Sort out the structure of the passage: problems, causes, solutions and comments. 2． Analyze Leah’s personal qualities and understand the writer’s writing purpose. 3.3 Cultural Awareness 1. Understand the meaning of voluntary work and public help. 2. Form a positive attitude towards helping people in need and caring for patients. 3.4 Learning Ability 1． Improve autonomous reading ability and cooperative inquiry ability. 2． Learn to summarize information and organize language logically. 4. Key Points and Difficult Points 4.1 Key Points 1. Master key expressions and finish all textbook tasks including picture analysis, table completion and title selection. 2. Grasp the main events: what Leah did to help hospital patients. 4.2 Difficult Points 1． Understand the implied meaning of “brighter pictures” at the end of the passage. 2． Use proper adjectives to describe Leah and support opinions with evidence. 5. Teaching Methods 1　 Situational Teaching Method: Show hospital and donation pictures to create real context. 2　 Task-based Teaching Method: Design picture tasks, reading tasks and table-filling tasks. 3　 Cooperative Learning Method: Students discuss in groups to analyze characters and deep questions. 4　 Guided Reading Method: Guide students to analyze passage structure step by step. 6. Teaching Procedures (45 minutes) Step 1 Warming-up & Lead-in (5 mins) 1.1 Greeting T: Good morning, class. Last lesson, we learned quotes about kindness. Today we will read a true story about a helpful girl. 1.2 Picture Lead-in The teacher shows two pictures in the textbook. Picture 1: A patient is lying on the hospital bed. Picture 2: People are donating and collecting goods. The teacher presents the given words: patient, hospital, help, raise money, get through. Step 2 Picture Observation Task (Pre-reading) (8 mins) The teacher shows the two original textbook questions: ① What can you see in the pictures? ② What can you do to help? 2.1 Picture Description Students observe the pictures and describe them with the given words. The teacher offers sentence frames: I can see a weak patient in the hospital. People are donating things. We can raise money to help them get through hard times. 2.2 Discussion Students talk about other ways to help sick people, such as accompanying patients, giving gifts and sharing warmth. Step 3 While-reading Activities (22 mins) 3.1 Skimming: Choose a new title Students read the passage quickly and choose another suitable title for Adding some colour. The teacher guides students to summarize the main idea: Leah brings warmth and colour to hospital patients. 3.2 Scanning 1: Find out what Leah did Students read carefully and answer the question: What did Leah do to help other patients? Students underline key actions in the passage. The teacher sorts out Leah’s deeds: she drew colourful pictures, shared beautiful works, cheered up patients and brought warmth to the hospital. 3.3 Scanning 2: Complete the table Students finish the table with expressions from the passage. The table includes four parts: The problem, Causes of the problem, Solutions, Comments. The teacher helps students sort out logic: Patients feel lonely and bored in hospital; the environment is dull; Leah draws pictures and shares art; her kindness makes patients feel warm and hopeful. Step 4 Post-reading Deep Analysis (8 mins) The teacher presents two textbook deep questions: ① Why does the writer mention “brighter pictures” in the end? ② What words would you use to describe Leah? 4.1 Group Discussion Students discuss in groups of four. The teacher gives hints: “Brighter pictures” not only mean colourful drawings, but also bright moods and hopeful futures. Leah is kind, warm-hearted, creative, helpful and thoughtful. 4.2 Students Presentation Several groups share their opinions. The teacher gives feedback and corrects expressions. Step 5 Summary & Homework (2 mins) 5.1 Class Summary The teacher concludes the passage structure, key words and Leah’s spirits. All students should learn to care about others and bring warmth to people in need. 5.2 Homework 1. Recite key words and expressions in this passage. 2. Retell Leah’s story in 6-8 sentences. 3. Write down three adjectives to describe Leah with reasons. 7. Teaching Reflection 7.1 Teaching Advantages This lesson strictly follows textbook tasks and arranges reading activities from easy to difficult. Picture introduction activates students’ interest. Hierarchical reading tasks help students grasp both surface information and deep meaning. The combination of table filling and character analysis improves students’ comprehensive reading ability. 7.2 Existing Problems Some students cannot understand the logical relationship of the table. A few students have trouble expressing Leah’s qualities with correct adjectives. The time for deep discussion is slightly insufficient. 7.3 Improvement Measures Simplify table logic for low-level students and give more adjective hints. Extend thinking time for deep questions. Encourage quiet students to take part in group cooperation and express their simple ideas bravely. 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $