Unit 4 The art of having fun Developing ideas ideas (Reading for Writing) 课件 2025-2026学年外研版英语七年级下册

该初中英语课件围绕“娱乐与学习平衡”主题，通过Warming up环节的图片提问结合提示表达引导学生联系生活，Reading部分分析“The time-eating monster”语篇提炼关键信息，Writing环节仿写段落，Grammar讲解how much/how many等用法，借助思维导图构建知识支架，实现从输入到输出的连贯学习。 其亮点在于融合语言能力与思维品质培养，Reading用“time-eating monster”比喻引导学生分析娱乐过度的影响及解决方法，培养批判性思维，Writing分步骤结合阅读词汇提升真实情境表达能力，思维导图辅助知识结构化。学生能提升语言运用与问题解决能力，教师可获得清晰的教学路径与活动设计支持。

Unit 4 The art of having fun Developing ideas (Reading for writing) 教学目标 思维品质 学习能力 文化意识 学生能够用本课时的核心词汇和句型，本课时话题进行探讨，复述并概括文章的主要内容，捕捉文章的语言特征。 通过教学活动的开展，锻炼学生的阅读与写作能力，学生能够分析篇章结构，提升逻辑思维能力；在思考中提升批判性思维。 通过阅读语篇内容，获取关键信息；能够分析篇章结构，并总结框架完成并分享自己的作文。 学生能够认识到时间管理的重要性；通过活动的展开，引导学生关注健康的生活习惯，平衡娱乐与学习。 语言能力 √ √ √ √ ★教学重难点 学生能够分析文章的篇章结构，掌握文章内容，提炼关键信息，形成清晰的知识结构框架；能够思考如何达到娱乐与学习平衡的问题。 学生能够掌握文章的内容与结构，仿照语篇进行写作，基于阅读语篇进行知识迁移。 Warming up What fun activities do you often do? Look at the pictures below and answer the questions. Use the expressions to help you. 1 What activities can you see in the pictures? 2 How much time do you spend on these activities each week? 3 How may they affect your life? Look at the pictures and answer the questions. Use the expressions to help you. The boy is looking at pictures on social media. The man and the woman are watching TV shows. social media TV shows eat away one's time get lost in miss out What activities can you see in the pictures? Reading Read the passage. How does the time-eating monster affect people's lives? The time-eating monster Have you ever noticed a monster around us? It's not big or scary, but it's very dangerous. This monster comes in many forms—games, social media and TV shows. You may ask, "It brings us so much fun. So why do you say it's a monster?" Read the passage. How does the time-eating monster affect people's lives? At first, we may all think, TIl just have a little fun." We turn on the computer and start a game. But soon the monster takes over It starts to eat away our time, minute by minute. But we just sit there and look at the screen without noticing it at all. We often get lost in the monster's world like this. We become couch potatoes with sore necks and dry eyes. We miss out on sweet moments with loved ones. We are deaf to the real world. Read the passage. How does the time-eating monster affect people's lives? Just remember, too much fun also makes Jack a dull boy! The time-eating monster will always be there. But we can keep it away by having fun in a balanced way. So, stand up and leave the screens! Go outside, feel the sun on your face, and jog in the fresh air. Play tennis or go hiking with your friends. Talk about your day with your family. There is so much for you to do. The choice is ours. 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, __________ and ___________. How do we get __________ in the monster's world? We turn on the computer and start a game. But soon the monster takes over. It starts to ___________ our time, minute by minute. But we just sit there and look at the screen without __________ it at all. social media TV shows get lost in eat away noticing Complete the notes with the words and expressions from the passage. How does this affect our life? •We become couch ___________ with sore necks and dry eyes. •We ___________ on sweet moments with loved ones. •We are deaf to ____________. 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 ______________. •Talk about your day with your family. potatoes miss out the real world leave your friends Answer the questions. 1 Why does the writer describe the problem as “the time-eating monster”? 2 What other expressions can you think of to describe the problem? Because we can easily spend a lot of time before the screens. Calling the problem a “monster” shows that it is dangerous for us. Other expressions include the time thief and the time-waster. 1. Which "time-eating monsters" might be in people's pockets, in their living rooms, or on their desks? 2. Why do you think we like these "time-eating monsters" so much? 3. Do you think people spend more time on these "monsters" nowadays? Why or why not? Learning to think for question 1 While reading a passage, we can connect our own life experiences to the ideas in it. Think about some similar situations, events or emotions. This helps us understand the theme better. Think and share Writing Write a short paragraph about having fun in a balanced way. Answer the questions to help you plan your paragraph. Step 1 •What fun activities do you like to do? •When you don't have fun in a balanced way, how can it be harmful? 例：Watch TV shows, check social media, play table tennis, play computer games, listen to music... 例：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... Write a short paragraph about having fun in a balanced way. Answer the questions to help you plan your paragraph. Step 1 •What can you do to solve the problem? 例：Have fun in a balanced way, do exercise, talk to your family and friends... Step 2 Write your paragraph with the help of the questions. Write a short paragraph about having fun in a balanced way. Step 3 Check. Did you: ☐ include problems and solutions? ☐ use the words and expressions from the reading passage? ☐ give your opinion about having fun in a balanced way? Step 4 Share your paragraph with the class. 例：I love checking social media and listening to music. They are great ways to have fun. However, spending too much time on them is harmful. I will get lost in the online world and be deaf to the real life around me. I don’t have enough time for exercise and family time. So I decide to enjoy my hobbies in a balanced way. I will make a good plan every day. I will do more exercise and chat more with my family after study. Fun is necessary for everyone, but we must know when to stop. A balanced way of having fun helps us live a happy and healthy life. Grammer how much / how many ▶how many + 可数名词复数 → 问数量 how much + 不可数名词 → 问数量 / 问价格 •问数量：How many + 可数名词复数 + 一般疑问句？ How much + 不可数名词 + 一般疑问句？ 例：How many books do you have?（你有多少本书？） How much time do you need?（你需要多少时间？） •问价格：How much + be 动词 + 主语？ 例：How much are these shoes?（这双鞋多少钱？） notice ▶notice： v.注意到；察觉 / n.通知；布告 •notice sb do sth：注意到某人做了某事（全过程、经常性动作） 例：I noticed him play table tennis. （我看到他打乒乓球了。）（全程看完） •notice sb doing sth：注意到某人正在做某事（动作正在进行） 例：She noticed me reading a book.（她发现我正在看书。） dangerous ▶dangerous： adj. 危险的 •be dangerous： 很危险 例：Staying up late is dangerous.（熬夜很危险。） •be dangerous for sb.： 对某人来说很危险 例：This game is dangerous for kids.（这个游戏对孩子来说很危险。） •It’s dangerous to do sth.： 做某事是危险的 例：It is dangerous to play on the road.（在路上玩很危险。） outside ①adv.：在外面；向外面 例：Let’s play outside.（我们去外面玩吧。） ②prep.：在…… 外面 例：She waits outside the school gate.（她在校门外等着。） ③adj.：外部的；外面的 例：We love the outside world.（我们喜爱外面的世界。） ④n.：外部；外面 例：You can’t know a person from the outside.（你不能从外表判断一个人。） harmful ▶harmful： adj. 有害的 •be harmful to…：对…… 有害 例：Smoking is harmful to health. 吸烟有害健康。 Too much screen time is harmful to eyes. 长时间看屏幕对眼睛有害。 Exercise 根据括号内容填空 1. We mustn’t swim in the river in summer. It’s really _____________ (危险的). 2. I have a habit of eating some ______________ (新鲜的) fruit every day. 3. To keep healthy, you should do sports and have a _______________ (均衡的) diet. 4. Close the door. It’s cold _______________(外面). dangerous fresh balanced outside 根据中文句意翻译句子 1. 我们正在外面堆雪人。 ________________________________________________. 2. 我进来时注意到他正在写东西。 ________________________________________________. 3. 请不要把任何食物或饮料带进图书馆。(not bring) ________________________________________________. We are making a snowman outside I noticed him writing when Icame in Please don't bring any food or drinks into the library Homework Homework 1. Review the keywords and sentence structures in today’s lesson. 2. Finish your composition. Thanks! $