Unit 5 Looking into nature Developing ideas Reading for writing 课件 2025-2026学年外研版八年级英语下册

该初中英语课件围绕“Plants for life”主题，通过植物学家王文采的事迹展开阅读与写作教学。课堂导入以“自然探险家”提问引发兴趣，展示人物图片并设计问题链，引导学生用核心词汇（如lifelong exploration, carry on with）描述人物，搭建从兴趣到词汇再到阅读的学习支架。 其亮点在于融合语言能力与思维品质培养，通过“Read for gist”“Read for details”策略指导，结合数字实例（如发现1370种植物）提升阅读说服力，设计标题含义分析、人物评价等任务发展批判性思维。采用分层复述活动（Level A/B）和思维导图辅助，助力学生语言运用与学习能力提升，也为教师提供结构化教学方案，提高课堂效率。

Unit5 Looking into nature Reading for writing (Plants for life) Lead in : Do you know any famous nature explorer ? What is he/she famous for? Do you know who he is? He is Professor Wang Wencai 2. How would you describe him? I would describe him as a man of________________. He had a deep __________________. He spent his life _________ plants and ______________his research despite many difficulties.He _________ many new kinds of plants. 1. What might his job be? He might be a ___scientist. plant 继续做某事 终生探索 love of nature lifelong exploration studying carried on with discovered Read for gist Task 1:Read fast to get the main idea for the passage and for each paragraph. (2mins) Reading Tip1:Read the first and last paragraphs to get the main idea; the first or last sentence to get the topic sentence. Read for gist What’s the passage mainly about? A. The life story of a great plant scientist. B. The ways to study plants in nature. C. The introduction of a famous symphony. What kind of passage is it? A. A fashion magazine. B. A diary. C. A biography. 人物传记 Fast reading Match the mian idea with each paragraph. Match the mian idea with each paragraph. What is the mian idea of each Para. His hard work and challenges His peaceful ending His attitude(态度） towards honor Introduction to Wang Wencai Read for details Task2:Read Para 1 and answer He was born in the flowering season of early summer He was interested in plants and took his interest all the way to the fields 1.when was he born? 2.What was he interested? What does the writer mean by “made plants his life”? It means that _____________________________________ Wang Wencai spent his whole life in studying plants e.g. I take an interest in teaching Eglish ,and I am making it my life. What about you? He _________ and _______about _______ new plant species. Task3 Read Para 2-3 and fill He spent years ___________________________. For more than ______ years, he explored China’s plants with____________________________. He nearly_______ because of the ________________ in Yunnan. At the age of 83, he _______________________. difficulties/ hardship Hard work Achievement died serious illness lost sight in his right eye in wild mountains and forests 70 great passion and hard work discovered named 1,370 his whole life He made plants his life. Read for details His hard work and challenges How did the writer describe Wang’s hard work and difficulties? A.By asking questions. B.By listing some numbers. Did he give up working? Read for details What award did Prof.Wang receive from his achievement? Writing tip1: To make the passage more persuasive（说服力）， we can list some numbers. Because he thought the award belonged to the team, and he was just doing his job. Why? twice. w Award(获奖） Attitude Despite...,seldom thought about... the First Class Award of the National Natural ScienceAwards twice although...., ...hardly mentioned... ...was quiet about ... ...Even sb had no idea ... Read for details What a great scientist he was! Read para.4 and answer His peaceful ending What music did people play to say goodbye to him ? They played Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony. What does the music tell about Wang Wencai? It softly told people about his lifelong exploration and love of nature. Read for details Why? and his life was just like_____________ He was born in the flowering season ofearly summer Writing tip3: Beginning -ending echo deepens his love for nature. Watch and read personal honour or wealth the fields plants discovered and named fell seriously ill great passion and hard work the team had no idea carried on with twice Read and complete Post-reading Think and share Think and share Think and share What words will you use to describe What words will you use to describe What is the meaning of the title? It means that plants are important in Wang Wencai’s life. It also suggests that Wang spent his whole life studying plants. Writing tip4:A good title can make the passage more attractive 2 What words will you use to describe Wang Wencai? Respectable(值得尊敬的): He made great contributions(贡献) to plant science ... brave/hard-working → He spent years in wild mountains and forests. Persistent(坚持不懈的): →He fell seriously ill but never stopped his work. knowledgeable＆successful → He discovered and named 1,370 new plant species. selfless →He thought the award belonged to the team. humble →He was quiet about his achievements. Life for plants, heart for nature. 一生为草木， 初心向自然。 indifferent to fame and wealth Spirits 2 What words will you use to describe Wang Wencai? His story shows a deep connection between human life and the natural world. What spirits of Professor Wang will you keep in hearts? We should follow his passion , work hard and stay humble. 1.when was he born? 2.What was he interested? Group work:Retell the passage Level A plants for life （1）What did he /she plan to explore? ... planned to explore.../... wanted to find out... （2）What difficulties did he /she meet? ... met many difficulties, ..../ The biggest problem was... （3）What was the result? As a result, .../ Finally, ... succeeded in... （4）What’s your opinion of him /her? In my opinion, ... was a great nature explorer. / I think... is... because.../... teaches us that... Group work:Retell the passage Level B retell according to the mind map plants for life Introduction: born in took his interest all way to: made ...his life hard work and difficulties: achievements: attitude to honor and wealth peaceful ending: Summary Plants for life Wang Wencai took his interest in … He made … life. Achievements 1. He ... 1730 new plants species. 2. He received ... Spirit He explored China’s plants with ... 1. He … while doing field work, but he never … 2. He lost sight in … but he still … He seldom care about … 1. To him, NNSA belonged to … 2. For a long time, even his granddaughter … I can 理解王文采院士的生平事迹与精神品质 能回答关于语篇的细节问题 复述主要王文采院士的生平事迹； 能运用文本词汇与句型描述探险家的事迹、困难与品质； Homework 巩固性：完成课后的思维导图，并据此口头复述王文采的故事。 拓展性：用“I think/I believe that Wang Wencai is … because…”句式写出你对他的两点评价。 探究性：采访一位家人或朋友，了解他们眼中“探索精神”最重要的品质是什么，并记录下来。 $