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Unit
Family ties
Developing ideas Reading for writing
Racing together
2026新外研版七上
Learning Objectives
By the end of the lesson, you will be able to...
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Use visual mind maps to sort out family support in the text Racing Together in time order.
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Summarize Robert’s emotional changes.
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Introduce family members, share examples of family support, and comment on family members.
Enjoy the text video: Family moment
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do homework
read books
play basketball
What do you often do with your brother or sister?
Do you have brothers/sisters/cousins?
Lead-in
1. What are they doing?
2. What might be their relationship?
3. How do they feel?
Look at the pictures and describe them. Use the words and expression to help you.
Pre-reading
Brothers or friends.
Happy/ Excitied/ Enjoyable.
P1: They are building blocks. P2: The elder brother is helping his younger brother ride a bike.P3: They are playing football.
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a trailer 拖车
The boy is riding a bike.
The boy is sitting in the trailer.
Look at the title and the pictures. What can you see?
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The boy is smiling happily.
What is their relationship? What is the story about? Let’s read and find out.
Pre-reading
Enjoy the text video
1. What’s their relationship?
A. Friends. B. Cousins.
C. Brothers.
2. What’s story about?
A. The two brothers take part in bike races together in a special way.
B. Robert has a serious disease and cannot move at all.
C. The two brothers win the school bike race.
While-reading Task 1 Read and choose.
Who are they?
John
Robert
Why can’t Robert ride the bike?
Robert has a serious disease and cannot move at all.
What happened between them?
While-reading Task 2 Read para.1 and answer.
What happened between them?
At first
Robert ____ a serious _______. He cannot _____ at all. He wants to ______ and ____ other kids to ____.
Then
John finds a way. He puts Robert in a _______ and ______ it along with his bike.
Now
Robert often takes part in bike races with John. It’s _____ for John to pull Robert’s trailer. But John ______ to race without Robert. They ____ the time together.
has
disease
move
go out
join
play
trailer
pulls
hard
refuses
enjoy
What order does the passage follow?
Time order.
While-reading Task 3 Read para.1-3 and complete.
How does Robert feel at different time?
lonely
excited
happy
1. Do you think the Taylor brothers win? Why or why not?
Yes, I do. Because love is more important than winning. Love always wins.
2. What does the word “powers” mean?
It means “__________________________”.
A. gives energy to something
B. the abilty to do something
While-reading Task 4 Read para.4 and answer.
close to
lonely
pulls
first
time
love
Complete the notes with the words and expressions from the story.
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Post-reading Task 1
1 What does “it” refer to in “He puts Robert in a trailer and pulls it along with his bike”?
2 What does “They” refer to in “They don’t often win”?
Answer the questions.
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“They” refers to the brothers.
“It” refers to the trailer.
代词前指原则
近指原则
一致性原则
Post-reading Task 2
Support, happiness, company, help…
Family love
1. What really matters for the Taylor brothers?
Think and share.
Post-reading Task 3
Write a short paragraph about your family members’ support.
Step 1
How do your family members support each other? Think of some examples.
writing
Step 2
Complete the table.
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Sample
Step 3
Write your paragraph with the help of the table in Step 2.
I have a sister. She always supports me. I have an important running race, but I’m not good at running. I feel so worried. I sit by the road and cry. My sister comes to find me. She sits with me and listens to my worries. “I believe you can do it! You are the best,” she says. Then she runs with me to help me practise. With her support, I’m ready for the race. I want to say “Thank you!” to my sister. And I will surely support her when she needs me.
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Step 4
Check.
Did you:
☐ describe your family members’ support?
☐ use the words and expressions from the reading passage?
☐ write your comments?
Share your paragraph with the class.
Step 5
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writing
Father and Me
My father teaches me how to ride a bike. Every weekend, I learn to ride it with my father.
At first, I feels very nervous. I often fall down from my bike. My father encourages me to be brave. And he helps me and protects me. Then I am not so worried. I can ride it slowly. At last, I can ride it by myself. I was so excited. My father is proud of me, too.
For me, the love and support of my family give me power. I am really grateful to my family and I will love them forever.
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Homework
复习本单元重点单词,短语。
写一篇关于 “ Family Support”的小作文,包含以下要点:
Who were the family members?
What happened?
What do you think of the family members?
Thank You
“Brothers are like streetlights along the road, illuminating even the darkest paths of life.”
“兄弟就像路上的路灯,照亮人生最黑暗的道路。”
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