Unit 12 The Wonderland of Literature Thinking skills and Reading strategies 课件 2025-2026学年仁爱科普版八年级英语下册

该初中英语课件围绕“文学中的思维技能与阅读策略”展开，核心涵盖人物性格特质分析与阅读策略选择。课堂导入通过“Watch and talk”及“Look and Answer”活动，结合图片引导学生观察角色行为并推测性格，为后续文本分析搭建从具体到抽象的学习支架。 其亮点在于以《卖火柴的小女孩》《狐狸与鹳》为载体，通过“行为—性格”表格分析培养思维品质，借助策略选择步骤（明确目标、选策略、用策略）提升学习能力。任务型活动设计（如Pair work、Show time）强化语言能力，学生能掌握推断性格与运用阅读策略的方法，教师可依托结构化流程高效开展教学。

nullUnit 12 The Wonderland of Literature Thinking skills & Reading strategies （仁爱版 2024）八年级 下 1 Learning objectives 0 Lead in Presentation 2 Practice Production 4 Summary Assessment 6 Homework 1 3 5 7 By the end of the lesson, I will be able to... 1 2 3 master stress, weak forms and sense group rules; mark pauses and liaison, finish relevant practices; appreciate poetic rhythm and complete reading shows. 00 Learning objectives Q: How does he change at the end? A: He becomes__________________________. 01 Lead in Watch and talk. Q: How is the main character at first? A: He is________________________________. cold and doesn’t care about others kind and helpful 02 Lead in Look and Answer. Q: What does he do? A: He _________________ on the island. builds a shelter Q: What kind of man is he? A: He is ____________________________. brave and hard-working Look and Answer. Q: What does he do? A: He _____________________________. walks slowly but steadily Q: What kind of man is he? A: He is ____________________________. patient and determined Look and Answer. Q: What does she do? A: She carries a basket to _______________. visit her grandma Q: What kind of girl is she? A: She is ____________________________. caring and polite Look and Answer. Q: What does Li Xiang do? A: He helps his mum_____________________. carry the heavy bags Q: What kind of boy is he? A: He is __________________. helpful and kind Look and Answer. Q: What does Xiao Ying like to do? A: She liked to ________________ and often_______________________. invent things Q: What kind of girl is she? A: She is __________________. creative comes up with new ideas 02 Presentation Read and think. He is cold and doesn’t care about others. He becomes kind and helpful. He builds a shelter on the island. He walks slowly but steadily. She carries a basket to visit her grandma. He helps his mum carry the heavy bags. She likes to invent things and often comes up with new ideas. He is cold and doesn’t care about others. He becomes kind and helpful. He is brave and hard-working. He is patient and determined. She is caring and polite. He is helpful and kind. She is creative. Q: What do the characters do? Q: What are the characters like? Q: What do they do? Q: What are they like? analyzing characters' traits Character traits are about what a person or character is_____________. We can learn about a character's traits through his/her_________________. Q: What do the characters do? Q: What are the characters like? 02 Presentation Read and think. characters’ traits like inside How to actions or words Activity 1 Look at the picture and fill out the character’s trait chart. Character What the character does What the character is like Xiao Ying likes to invent things. She often comes up with new ideas. She is _____________. __________ Xiao Ying creative 02 Presentation Look and fill. 02 Presentation Read and learn. 我们不能直接 “看到” 性格，只能通过两个线索来推断： Actions（行为）：角色做了什么事 Words/thoughts（语言 / 想法）：角色说了什么、心里想什么 ✅示例：Xiao Ying Step 1：找线索（行为） Xiao Ying likes to invent things. She often comes up with new ideas. Character traits（人物特征 / 性格） ✅定义：是指一个角色 / 人物内在的特点，比如善良、聪明、有毅力。 02 Presentation Read and learn. Character traits（人物特征 / 性格） Step 2：推断性格（Trait） So： We know Xiao Ying is _______ because she often______________________. Xiao Ying likes to invent things. She often comes up with new ideas. 她喜欢发明、总能想出新点子。 She is creative.（她很有创造力） creative comes up with new ideas 02 Presentation Look at the picture and answer the following questions. Look and answer. Q: Do you like reading stories ? Q: What kind of story do you like best ? Q: Do you know the girl in the picture? Please share with us. The Little Match Girl On a snowy and dark night, a little girl was selling matches in the street. “Matches, matches,” she cried. The wind was blowing, and the snow was falling. She was cold and hungry. How she wanted to leave the place and go home! But she was afraid to do so. If she did not sell all the matches, her father would punish her. “Perhaps a burning match will warm me up,” she thought. Quickly, she lit three matches. In the light of the matches, she saw delicious food and a Christmas tree. However, they disappeared when the light went out. The next morning, people found the girl lying against the wall, dead. 02 Presentation Read and order. 1 2 3 17 Activity 2 Read the text and underline the character’s actions, words or thoughts. 02 Presentation Read and underline. The Little Match Girl On a snowy and dark night, a little girl was selling matches in the street. “Matches, matches,” she cried. The wind was blowing, and the snow was falling. She was cold and hungry. How she wanted to leave the place and go home! But she was afraid to do so. If she did not sell all the matches, her father would punish her. “Perhaps a burning match will warm me up,” she thought. Quickly, she lit three matches. In the light of the matches, she saw delicious food and a Christmas tree. However, they disappeared when the light went out. The next morning, people found the girl lying against the wall, dead. Character What the character does What the character is like words Actions Thoughts Step 1: Find the clues（找线索）：圈出角色的行为、语言、想法 _____________ _______________ __________ __________ The little match girl “Matches, matches,” she cried. “Perhaps a burning match will warm me up,” she _________ thought helplessness hopeful Read the text and complete the character’s trait chart 02 Presentation Read and complete. Character What the character does What the character is like Step 2: Think about what they mean（想含义） Step 3: Name the trait（定性格词） Discuss the little match girl's character traits based on her actions and words. The following table will help you. Time Place Weather What the little match girl did 02 Presentation On a snowy and dark night a little girl was selling matches in the street. The wind was blowing, and the snow was falling. She was cold and hungry. How she wanted to leave the place and go home! She was afraid to go home. Because if she did not sell all the matches, her father would punish her. She lit three matches to warm her up. In the light of the matches, she saw delicious food and a Christmas tree. She was lying against the wall and was dead the next morning. Activity 3 Read and fill. Actions/Words/Thoughts Traits So a little girl was selling matches in the street. She was afraid to go home. Because if she did not sell all the matches, her father would punish her. She lit three matches to warm her up. In the light of the matches, she saw delicious food and a Christmas tree. She sells matches in the cold street. She is poor and helpless. She lights matches to get warm. She is cold and lonely. She is afraid to go home. She is scared and unhappy. poor, helpless, hard-working cold, lonely, eager for warmth scared, unhappy, unloved Activity 3 Read and fill. 02 Presentation 02 Presentation Activity 3 Pair work. Actions/Words/Thoughts Traits So a little girl was selling matches in the street. She was afraid to go home. Because if she did not sell all the matches, her father would punish her. She lit three matches to warm her up. In the light of the matches, she saw delicious food and a Christmas tree. She sells matches in the cold street. She is poor and helpless. She lights matches to get warm. She is cold and lonely. She is afraid to go home. She is scared and unhappy. poor, helpless, hard-working cold, lonely, eager for warmth scared, unhappy, unloved Discuss the little match girl's character traits basedon her actions and words. Let's discuss the little match girl's character based on her actions. Okay. First, she sold matches in the cold street… Look and guess. Presentation 02 What animals can you see? What will happen between them? What reading skill can we use first? We can _________to guess the story. We can understand Bowen’s learning experience better by ________________________with our own learning experiences. making connections Look and review. Presentation 02 We know Li Ming wants to save enough money to buy a guitar by _________________. making inferences We can understand the text about Typhoon Jamie better by ___________________ before, during and after reading. asking questions We can know early computers were very big and heavy by ________________________ from the details about the first electronic computer. drawing conclusions Look and review. Presentation 02 We can understand what “embroideries” means in the qipao text by_________ ______________________ it with clues. monitoring and clarifying We can get some information about the 2025 Two Sessions quickly by _____________ the news. scanning Good reader will often use more than _____________ to help understand the text. It is important to know ________________ to use and ______________them. Choosing reading strategies Look and review. Presentation 02 Previewing and Predicting Skimming and Scanning Making Connections Making Inferences Asking Questions Making Conclusions Monitoring and Clarifying one strategy which strategies when to use Activity 1 Look at the picture and learn how to choose a reading strategy. Look and learn. Presentation 02 Step 1: Think about what you want to understand or know. √ I want to understand the meaning of “stork”. √ I want to know what the story is about. eg: The Fox and the Stork √ I want to … Activity 1 Look at the picture and learn how to choose a reading strategy. Look and learn. Presentation 02 Step 2: Decide which strategies you can use. eg: The Fox and the Stork √ I can use … √ I can use monitoring and clarifying strategies. √ I can use previewing and predicting strategies. √ I want to understand the meaning of “stork”. √ I want to know what the story is about. Activity 1 Look at the picture and learn how to choose a reading strategy. Look and learn. Presentation 02 Step 3: Think about how the strategies help you. eg: The Fox and the Stork √ I can use monitoring and clarifying strategies. √ I can use previewing and predicting strategies. √ I want to understand the meaning of “stork”. √ I want to know what the story is about. I use _________________________to get the meaning of “stork”. the picture and a dictionary I predict from ___________ that the story is about a fox and a stork having dinner together. the picture stork Presentation 02 Activity 1 Look at the picture and learn how to choose a reading strategy. Look and learn. Think about how the strategies help you. √ I can use the picture and a dictionary to get the meaning of _________. √ I predict from the picture that the story is about ________________. a fox and a stork Activity 2 Read the text and answer the questions. One day, a fox invited a stork to his home for dinner. The fox served the soup in a small dish. While the fox enjoyed the delicious soup, the stork couldn’t eat anything because of his long beak. Feeling hungry and angry, the stork left for home. A few days later, the stork decided to invite the fox to his home for dinner. The stork served delicious meat in a jar with a long neck. The fox’s small mouth prevented him from eating anything, while the stork enjoyed the meal easily by using his long beak. This time, the fox returned home, hungry and angry. Read and answer. Practice 03 Activity 2 Read the text and answer the questions. Read and answer. Q: What do you want to understand or know? 例 1：I want to know what happens between the fox and the stork. 例 2：I want to know why the fox and the stork are angry. 例 3：I want to know the lesson of the story. Q: Which strategies can you use? 想知道故事内容→ what → Skimming（略读，快速抓大意） 想知道原因细节→ why → Scanning（扫读，找关键词） 想知道寓意→ the lesson → Making Conclusions（总结结论） Practice 03 Activity 2 Read the text and answer the questions. Practice 03 Read and answer. Q: How did the strategies help you? I used skimming to know the story is about a fox tricking the stork, then the stork tricking the fox back. I used scanning to find the key sentences: “the stork couldn’t eat anything” and “the fox returned home hungry and angry”. I made a conclusion: the story tells us to treat others the way we want to be treated. Tell your partners how you use the strategies to help you understand the text. Activity 3 Pair work. Production 04 📝 Sentence Structure A: What reading strategy did you use to understand the text? B: I used ______. A: How did you use it? B: I ______. It helped me ______. A: That’s a good way! I used ______. I ______. Previewing and Predicting Skimming and Scanning Making Connections Making Inferences Asking Questions Making Conclusions Monitoring and Clarifying Show time Talk clearly (内容清晰) Pronunciation(发音标准) Body language(使用肢体语言) Fluently(流利的) Reasonable(理由合理) Grade and share: The words we have learned 一、写出下列短语的英文表达 人物性格特质 _________________________ 人物行为 _________________________ 阅读策略 _________________________ 预测与预览 _________________________ character’s trait _________________________ reading strategy _________________________ previewing and predicting _________________________ sell matches _________________________ light matches _________________________ come up with new ideas _________________________ Summary 05 character’s trait character’s action reading strategy previewing and predicting 人物性格特质 阅读策略 预测与预览 卖火柴 点燃火柴 想出新点子 The words we have learned 二、句子互译 我们可以通过人物的行为或语言来了解他们的性格特质。 _______________________________________________________________ 肖颖喜欢发明东西，她经常想出新点子。 _______________________________________________________________ 卖火柴的小女孩在又黑又冷的夜里，在街上卖火柴。 _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________当你阅读时，可以通过预测与预览策略来了解故事大意。 _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________v通过分析人物的行为，我们能推断出他们的性格特点。_______________________________________________________________ Summary 05 We can learn about a character’s traits through his/her actions or words. Xiao Ying likes to invent things, and she often comes up with new ideas. The little match girl was selling matches in the street on a dark and cold night. When you read, you can use previewing and predicting strategies to understand the main idea of the story. By analyzing a character’s actions, we can infer their personality traits. We can learn about a character’s ________ (trait) through his/her actions. Xiao Ying likes ____________________ (invent) things and often comes up with new ideas. When reading, you can use previewing and ______________ (predict) strategies to get the main idea. The matches ______________ (disappear) when the light went out. People found the girl ________ (lie) against the wall the next morning. 三、用所给单词的适当形式填空 The grammar we have learned Summary 05 traits inventing / to invent predicting disappeared lying The skills and strategies we have learned Summary 05 Step 1: Think about what you want to understand or know. Step 2: Decide which strategies you can use. Step 3: Think about how the strategies help you. Choosing reading strategies Analyzing characters’ traits Character What the character does What the character is like Assessment 06 Self-assessment I can master stress, weak forms and sense group rules. I can mark pauses and liaison, finish relevant practices. I can appreciate poetic rhythm and complete reading shows. Basic (基础) Improving(提升) Extend (拓展) Homework 07 完成教材 Activity 1、Activity 2 的表格填空，用英语写出 1-2 句描述人物性格的句子。 模仿 Activity 2 的格式，选择《龟兔赛跑》中的一个角色，完成 “行为 - 性格” 表格填空，并写出 3 句话描述其性格特质。 小组合作，制作一张 “经典文学人物英文介绍卡”，用英语介绍其行为、性格及你对他 / 她的看法。 Lavf59.14.100 $