Unit 6 Living with nature（Starting out）课件2025-2026学年外研版英语八年级下册

该初中英语课件围绕“人与自然共生”主题，通过图片观察、视频观看引入自然诗歌（Rain和Wind on the Hill），引导学生欣赏、分享感受，再结合图片识别分类人类与自然互动方式，搭建从感知自然美到分析活动影响的学习支架。 其亮点在于融合语言能力与思维品质培养，通过赏析英文诗歌提升语言表达和文化鉴赏，设计图片分类（如“Enjoying nature”“Using natural resources”）及小组讨论活动分析活动正负影响，培养批判性思维。采用任务型教学，小结含多元评价，助力学生综合语言运用和思维发展，为教师提供结构化教学资源。

英语外研版八年级下册 Living with nature Starting out Unit 6 通过本课时的学习，学生能够： 1. 欣赏两首和自然有关的诗歌，用英语分享感受，回忆和分享其他诗歌； 2. 识别图片中人类与自然互动的方式并准确分类； 3. 激活关于自然的已有背景知识，感知人与自然和谐共生的意义。 重点 重点 Learning objectives 1. What can you see in the picture? 2. What words can you use to describe it? 3. Do you want to live there? Why? I can see a house and some plants. Green, peaceful and beautiful. Look and say Look and say Nature is so beautiful. How do people describe it? Watch the short video and answer the question. What are the names of the poems? Watch and answer What are the names of the poems? Rain and Wind on the Hill. Watch and answer Rain —Robert Louis Stevenson The rain is raining all around, It falls on field and tree, It rains on the umbrella here, And on the ships at sea. Wind on the Hill —Alan Alexander Milne No one can tell me, Nobody knows, Where the wind comes from, Where the wind goes, It’s flying from somewhere As fast as it can, I couldn’t keep up with it, Not if I ran. 1. How do you feel about rain? I love the rain. /I feel calm when it rains. /I think the rain is very kind. Read the poems and answer the questions. Read and answer Rain —Robert Louis Stevenson The rain is raining all around, It falls on field and tree, It rains on the umbrella here, And on the ships at sea. 2. What do you think of the wind in the poem? It is mysterious, fast and free. Read and answer Read the poems and answer the questions. Wind on the Hill —Alan Alexander Milne No one can tell me, Nobody knows, Where the wind comes from, Where the wind goes, It’s flying from somewhere As fast as it can, I couldn’t keep up with it, Not if I ran. 1. What other poems about nature do you know? 2. Which poem do you like best? Why ? I like A Spring Morning best because it’s about a peaceful spring morning! The birds are singing, and it makes me think of how pretty nature is in spring. Think and say I know some poems about nature, like A Spring Morning by Meng Haoran. A Spring Morning This spring morning in bed I'm lying, Not to awake till birds are crying. After one night of wind and showers, How many are the fallen flowers? Look and match Look at each picture and match it with the correct phrase. using solar energy changing wild land into fields painting nature building roads through mountains taking photos of nature producing power from wind using solar energy building roads through mountains painting nature producing power from wind taking photos of nature changing wild land into fields Look and match Enjoying nature Using natural resources Changing nature Put the pictures into three groups. c, e a, f b, d Look and put What positive and negative influences do these human activities have on nature? Work in groups and discuss the question. Positive influences: Using solar energy and producing power from wind can reduce pollution and help protect the environment. Building roads through mountains makes it easier for people to travel and develop local areas. Changing wild land into fields can provide more food for people. Painting nature and taking photos of nature can make more people love and care about nature more. Think and answer What positive and negative influences do these human activities have on nature? Work in groups and discuss the question. Negative influences: Changing too much wild land into fields might take away the homes of plants and animals. Building roads through mountains can damage the natural scenery and the living environment of wildlife. Think and answer Human beings and nature are closely connected. We should enjoy nature, use natural resources wisely and change nature properly to live in harmony with nature. Read and learn Starting out Enjoy poems about nature. Share our understanding about nature. Knowing about nature and people’s activities. Summary Standards Performance (1 to 5 points) I can answer the questions about nature and people’s activities. I can share poem about nature with others. I can get the detailed information of the video. I can match people’s activities with nature. Assessment Share one English poem with your friends. Find more poems about nature and copy them down. Need to do Choose to do Homework Thank you! 外研版八年级下册 Unit 6 $