Unit4 The art of having fun-Reading for writing课件 2025-2026学年外研版七年级英语下册

该初中英语课件围绕“平衡娱乐的艺术”展开，核心知识点为识别“时间吞噬怪物”（如电子设备、社交媒体等）并学会平衡娱乐与生活。课堂导入通过家庭活动提问、时间花费问卷、情景描述（如“沙发土豆”案例）及视频观看，逐步引导学生从日常体验过渡到问题认知，搭建“现象—分析—解决”的学习支架。 其亮点在于融合语言能力、思维品质与学习能力培养，通过“时间吞噬怪物”隐喻激发兴趣，结合情景分析（如健康问题关联）、短语整理（如“eat away”“get lost in”）及写作任务（如给Jack的回信），提升学生语言表达与问题解决能力。采用“问题探究+实践应用”模式，学生能增强平衡意识，教师可借助结构化资源高效开展听说读写综合教学。

Unit 4 The art of having fun What fun activities do you and your family often do? watch TV play sports work in the garden/on the farm do housework /do the cleaning cook lunch/dinner together take the dog(s) for a walk/walk the dog(s) tidy the room(s) Warming up I often ... My mother/My father... By April < << How much time do you spend on these activities each week? Lead-in If you spend too much time on these activities? How may they affect your life? < 30mins 2-5 hours >6 hours feel sleepy in class be absent-minded(走神） forget to do homework have bad eyesight Questionnare 问卷 What is the boy doing? a lot of snacks What does he look like? Does he get lost in TV shows? He is overweight and lazy, like a couch potato. Yes,he does. What problems will he meet if he does it every day? He might have bad eyesight and other health problems. TV shows sore necks fatter and fatter dry eyes He is watching TV. Can you give him some advice? Watch a video and get a clear picture about the phrase “couch potatoes”. 国家中小学课程资源 1. What activities can you see in the pictures? social media 社交媒体 TV shows get lost in... 沉迷... miss out 错过 eat away one’s time 耗费/ 侵蚀某人的时间 2. How much time do you spend on these activities? 3. How may they affect(影响) your life? Look and say. We may ________on sweet moments with our family and become _______ to the real world. miss out TV shows may ______________ our time. We may _____________the screens. eat away get lost in It is important to have fun in a balanced way. using his phone / spending time on social media watching TV So we need to have fun in a _________ way. Stand up and leave the screens. balanced deaf Guess: What is the monster like? big? small? scary? lovely? Check your guessing. What is the monster like? It’s not big or scary, but it’s very dangerous. What’s the structure of the passage? Para. 1 Para. 3 Para. 2 Para. 4 Para. 5 A Para.1 Para. 2&3 Para. 4&5 B Para. 1&2 Para. 3 Para. 4 Para. 5 C Why is it a monster? How do you fight the monster? What is the monster? What is the monster ? How does the writer lead in the topic? Why is it a monster? cause 原因 effect 影响 At first, we want just a little fun. But soon, the monster takes over. We didn't notice the monster. The time-eating monster We become couch potatoes. We miss out our sweet moments. We’re deaf to the real world. Learning to learn Using linking words for time order, like "at first" and "soon", makes your story easy to understand； Read the text again and answer It means the monster eats away our time and we don't notice it. What does “takes over” in Paragraph 2 mean? How do you fight the monster? Suggestioin Conclusion Topic sentence Example in a balanced way The choice is ours stand up... Go ... Play ... talk ... What suggestions does the writer give ? imperative sentences Because we can easily spend a lot of time before the screens. Calling the problem a “monster” shows that it is dangerous for us. go outside, feel the sun and jog in the fresh air. No, I don’t. 2. Why does the writer use a “monster” here? 1. Do you think the time-eating monster is a real monster? 3. What advice can we give him? stand up and leave the screens. We can ... Think and share Think and share 1.What is the main purpose (目的) of the passage? A. To show people different kinds of monsters in our daily life. B. To ask people to say no to all the electronic products. C. To let people notice the “time-eating monster” and live a balanced life. 国家中小学课程资源 Complete the notes with the words and expressions from the passage. What does the “time-eating monster” refer to? This monster comes in many forms - games, 1__________ and 2__________. How do we get 3_____________ in the monster’s world? We turn on the computer and start a game. But soon the monster takes over. It starts to 4____________our time, minute by minute. But we just sit there and look at the screen without 5_________ it at all. How does this affect our life? We become couch 6_______ with sore necks and dry eyes. We 7__________ on sweet moments with loved ones. We are deaf to 8_________________. What can we do to fight the monster? Stand up and_________the screens. Go outside, feel the sun on your face, and jog in the fresh air. Play tennis or go hiking with 10____________. Talk about your day with your family. social media TV shows lost eat away noticing potatoes miss out the real world leave your friends By April What else can we do to fight the monster? Listen to music Play football/basketball Imperatives Go for a run ... Enjoy the text video and sing The time-eating monster What is it like? Why is it a monster? How do you deal with the monster? It’s not ____or____,but it is very___________. It comes _______________-games, social media and TV shows. It starts to __________our time, minute by minute. But we just sit there and look at the screen without ___________ at all. We ____________the monster’s world.We become _____ with____ and____, we____on sweet moments with loved ones.We are ___to the real world We can keep it away by having fun________________.So,stand,leave,go,feel, jog,play,talk. The choice is... dangerous in a balanced way in many forms eat away noticing get lost in Discuss and retell deaf big scary couch potato sore necks dry eyes miss out The time-eating monster What is it like? Why is it a monster? How do you deal with the monster? It’s not...or...,but it is very... It comes in many forms... It starts to ...our time, minute by minute. But we just sit there and look at ...without ...at all. We get lost in...We become ...with... and... we miss out on ... with ...We are deaf to... We can keep ...away by ...in a balanced way So,stand...and leave...! Go...,feel...,and jog... Play...or go... Talk about... There is so much...The choice is... Discuss and retell 1.Why does the writer describe the problem as “the time-eating monster”? Because we can easily spend a lot of time before the screens. Calling the problem a “monster” shows that it is dangerous for us. 2.What other expressions can you think of to describe the problem? The time thief(小偷), the time-waster(浪费) and the time eater... Read and answer It is important to have fun in a balanced way. in many forms以多种形式 social media 社交媒体 so much fun 如此多的乐趣 at first 起初 turn on 打开（电器） take over 占据，控制 eat away 吃掉；消耗 minute by minute 一分一秒地 get lost in 沉迷于 miss out on 错失 be deaf to 对...充耳不闻 too much 太多 couch potato 懒人 keep... away... 远离 in a balanced way以平衡方式 in the fresh air 在新鲜空气中 go hiking 远足 talk with sb about sth 和某人讨论某事 there be sth to do 有某事要做 Which “time-eating monsters" might be in people's pockets, in their living rooms, or on their desks? Post-reading Why do you think we like these “time-eating monsters” so much? They are fun and easy to use. We don’t need to exercise or think hard to use them. Mobile phones, Pads, TVs and vedio games... What can you learn from the passage? Think and Share Learning to think While reading a passage, we can connect (联系)our own life experiences to the ideas in it. Think about some similar situations (情况), events or emotions(情感). This helps us understand the theme better. Do you think people spend more time on these “monsters" nowadays? Why or why not? Post-reading Yes, I do. I usually spend three hours on my phone everyday. I think it’s unhealthy... Think about the question and write a short passage about having fun in a balanced way. P63 Step one By April Step 1: Answer the questions to help you plan your paragraph. What fun activities do you like to do? When you don’t have fun in a balanced way, how can it be harmful? write a short paragraph about having fun in a balanced way. What can you do to solve the problem? Activity Harm Solution Write a short paragraph about having fun in a balanced way. 5 Eat away our time, miss out on sweet moments with family and friends, get lost in, be bad for our body, be deaf to the real world... Have fun in a balanced way, do exercise, talk to your family and friends... Watch TV shows/check social media/play table tennis/ play computer games/listen to music... What fun activities do you like to do? When you don’t have fun in a balanced way, how can it be harmful? What can you do to solve the problem? By April Answer the questions to help you plan your paragraph. A:What fun activities do you like to do? B:I like... / I enjoy... / I am interested in... / I have an interest in... A:When you don’t have fun in a balanced way, how can it be harmful? B:I get lost in... / I forget to... / It's hard for me to... A:What can you do to solve the problem? B:I can solve this problem by... / To use my time properly, I need to... / I should keep a balance between my study and life. ... is my favourite activity for fun because... Don’t forget to take some time out to enjoy life and have fun. 假设你是李明，你的好友Jack写信向你求助。请你根据他的信件内容给他写一封回信。 Dear Li Ming, I am writing to ask you for help. I am a couch potato. I am lazy with my work. I spend most of my time on screens. All my friends call me Dull Jack. Now I often have a sore neck and I am too fat. Can you help me? Yours, Jack What is his problem? All play and no work. He can't keep a balanced way between work and fun. 假设你是李明，你的好友Jack写信向你求助。请你根据他的信件内容给他写一封回信。 Dear Li Ming, I am writing to ask you for help. I am a couch potato. I am lazy with my work. I spend most of my time on screens. All my friends call me Dull Jack. Now I often have a sore neck and I am too fat. Can you help me? Yours, Jack What is his problem? All play and no work. He can't keep a balanced way between work and fun. Dear Jack: I am sorry to hear that you often have a sore neck and you are too fat. In fact, I have the same problems with you .I like/am interested in .......It's a fun activity, but sometimes I.... for too long. I get lost in ...... and they eat away my time. I forget to ...and I go to bed late. Then I feel tired. ...be bad for.....I miss out .....I can solve this problem . For example, I can .......after finishing my homework. I think I could join ........Having fun is.......We must....... Here is my advice. If you follow...,you will... Beginning Body Ending Beginning Dear Jack: I am sorry to hear that you often have a sore neck and you are too fat. Body In fact,I have the same problems with you . I like/am interested in .......It's a fun activity, but sometimes I.... for too long. I get lost in ...... and it eats away my time. I forget to ...and I go to bed late. Then I feel tired. ...be bad for.....I miss out ..... I can solve this problem . For example, I can .......after finishing my homework. I think you could join ........Having fun is....... We must....... Ending Here is my advice. If you follow...,you will... Must do Make a survey on fun activities your friends or your family members do. Read the passage loudly and retell it in your groups. Choose to do Homework Lavf58.29.100 Packed by Bilibili XCoder v2.0.2 $