Unit5 Reading for writing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“自然探索者”主题，整合阅读与写作模块，核心知识点包括科学家探索精神体会、故事写作及宾语从句（that，if，whether）运用。课堂导入通过图片与词汇引导学生推测人物职业与性格，以王文采案例为载体，通过段落阅读、问题链分析搭建从输入到输出的学习支架。 其亮点在于以真实科学家王文采事迹融合语言能力与文化意识培养，通过任务型写作步骤（表格规划、范文参考、互评）提升思维品质。语法环节设计小组绘制宾语从句思维导图，强化知识结构化。学生能提升语言运用与探究能力，教师可借助清晰支架高效开展读写教学。

Unit 5 Looking into nature 《英语》（新标准）初中修订版 1 Reading for writing Learning Objectives 1主题目标:学生能够体会并学习科学家勇于探索的科学精神。 2结果产出:学生写一个故事，话题为a nature explorer. 3 评价标准: (1)学生能够介绍故事的背景信息，如人物、时间、地点等。 (2)学生能够描述主人公探索自然的过程。 (3)学生能够评价主人公的探索精神。 (4)学生能够尽可能多地使用之前板块和本板块的核心词汇。 (5)学生能够正确使用宾语从句(that，if，whether). 《英语》（新标准）初中修订版 3 What do you think the person’s job might be? How would you describe the person? 1.Look at the photos and read the words below them.Then answer the questions. 国家中小学课程资源 4 背景提示:王文采 王文采，中国科学院院士，我国植物分类学和植物地理学领域的引领者之一，也是世界著名的植物分类学家。他共发表28个新属、约1,370个新种，并主持编纂了《中国高等植物图鉴》和《中国高等植物科属检索表》，收录中国高等植物15,000多种，占中国植物总数的一半，是世界上规模最大的植物图鉴著作。 1. What do you think the person’s job might be? A plant scientist. 2. How would you describe the person? I would describe him as careful and hard-working. He had a deep love of nature. He spent his life studying plants and carried on with his research despite many challenges. Read and check. 国家中小学课程资源 6 1. Nature presents us with endless wonders. Most people get interested and ask questions. But one person took his interest all the way to the fields. He was born in the flowering season of early summer, and made plants his life. This person was Wang Wencai. What was Wang Wencai interested in? He was interested in nature and plants. 2. For over 70 years, Professor Wang explored China’s plants with great passion and hard work. He discovered and named about1,370 new plant species. To carry out his research, he spent years in wild mountains and forests. Once, he fell seriously ill while doing field work in Yunnan. Though he nearly died, Wang never stopped his work. He lost sight in his right eye at the age of 83. But he didn’t let anybody know. With a magnifier in hand, he still carried on with his research for another 10 years. What difficulties did he meet? How did he deal with these difficulties? What did Professor Wang achieve? He fell seriously ill while doing field work in Yunnan and nearly died; he also lost sight in his right eye at the age of 83. He discovered and named about 1,370 new plant species. Read Paragraph 2 and answer. Though nearly died, he never stopped his work. After losing sight in his right eye, he didn’t let anybody know and used a magnifier to carry on with his research for another 10 years. 3 Despite his huge success, Wang seldom thought about personal honour or wealth. Although he received the First Class Award of the NationalNatural Science Award twice, he hardly mentioned it. For him, the award belonged to the team, and he was just doing his job. In fact,Wang was always quiet about his achievements. He was such a great scientist. But for a long time, even his granddaughter had no idea. What award did he receive? He received the First Class Award of the National Natural Science Award twice. 2. How did he treat his award and achievements? He hardly mentioned his award. For him, the award belonged to the team, and he was just doing his job. He was always quiet about his achievements. Read Paragraph 3 and answer. 4. Plants grow and sleep with the seasons. So did Professor Wang. He passed away at the age of 96 with the falling leaves of autumn.When people came to say goodbye, they didn’t hear any sad notes.Instead, they got to listen to Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony. This was Wang’s favourite piece of music. It softly told people about his lifelong exploration and love of nature. What does Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony tell about Wang Wencai? It softly told people about his lifelong exploration and love of nature. Read Paragraph 4 and answer. 3.Complete the diagram with the words and expressions from the passage. 1. the fields 2. plants 3. discovered and named 4. twice 5. great passion and hard work 6. fell seriously ill 7. carried on with 8. personal honour or wealth 9. the team 10. had no idea 国家中小学课程资源 What does the writer mean by “made plants his life”? _____________________________________________________ 2. What does “quiet about” mean? Which expression in the passage has a similar meaning? _____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ 3. Why does the writer mention “the seasons” in the last paragraph? _______________________________________________________ He spent his whole life studying plants. It means “not saying anything about”. These expressions have a similar meaning: “didn’t let anybody know” and “hardly mentioned it”. To show that Wang Wencai was closely connected with the natural world. 4.Answer the questions. 国家中小学课程资源 15 1 What does the title of the passage mean? 2 What words will you use todescribe Wang Wencai? Think and share 1. The title means that plants are important in Wang Wencai’s life. It also suggests that Wang spent his whole life studying plants. 2. I will use the words “hard-working”, “humble” and “respectable” to describe Wang Wencai. He was hard-working because he spent over 70 years studying plants and kept working even when he was seriously sick or lost sight in one eye. He was humble (谦虚的) because he did not care about personal honour or wealth and hardly talked about his achievements. He was respectable because he made great contributions to science and loved nature all his life. 5.Write a story about a nature explorer. 5.Write a story about a nature explorer. 参考范文 Who & When & Where What happened Opinion 国家中小学课程资源 20 Evaluate each other’s work using the evaluation form. 国家中小学课程资源 21 Grammar 国家中小学课程资源 22 宾语从句(1) 1.定义和构成 宾语从句是英语中用来充当宾语的句子宾语从句一般由“引导词十主语十谓语十其他”构成，语序要用陈述句语序。 2.that引导的宾语从句 that引导的宾语从句用来陈述事实，that本身无词义，在从句中不作任何成分，在口语中常常省略。但是如果有两个并列的宾语从句，第二个从句的引导词that不能省略。 例如: He said (that) the book was veryinteresting and that (不能省 略) all thechildren liked to read it.他说那本书很有趣，所有的小朋友都喜欢看。 (1)主句的谓语动词是表示肯定的概念， believe, expect, explain, feel, forget,guess, hear, hope,imagine, know, prefer,promise, remember, report, say, see, tell,think,understand,warn,wish 等时,其后面的宾语从句一般用that引导。 例如: I hope (that) he will be fine soon. 我希望他很快好起来。 He said (that) he didn't like music. 说他不喜欢音乐。 (2)主句由“连系动词十形容词”构成的“系表”结构，常接that引导的宾语从句。这类形容词多表示感情，如afraid,certain， sure,surprised 等。 例如: glad, happy, pleased, sad, satisfied, sorry, I'm afraid (that) he can't come.恐怕他不能来了。 We are all pleased (that) you can come. 你们能来我们都很高兴。 3.由whether或if引导的宾语从句 whether,if 都意为“是否”，当宾语从句要表达不肯定或疑问的概念时，从句由whether或if来引导,不能用that。whether 和if在从句中不可省略。 例如: I don' t know whether/if he will help me.我不知道他是否会帮助我。 【注意】一般情况下,if和 whether 可以互换，但以下3种情况只能用whether: (1)在不定式之前。 例如: We don’t decide whether to go toBeijing or not.我们还没决定是否去北京。 (2)在介词之后。 例如: It depends on whether you want to do it. 这取决于你是否想去做这件事。 (3)与or not连用表示选择意义时。 例如: They are talking about whether to buy acar or not. 他们正在讨论是否买一辆小汽车。 针对训练 用 that, if, whether 填空。 (1)I think he will come back soon. (2) She wonders the movie is interesting. (3)The teacher said the earth goes around the sun. that if/whether that You mind map should cover the functions of conjunctions and structures. Draw a grammar mind map of object clauses in groups. 国家中小学课程资源 27 1. Write a short passage to introduce Wang Wencai. 2. Search for information about another nature explorer. Homework 国家中小学课程资源 28 Thank you ! 国家中小学课程资源 29 2025 Blues 167472.0 $