Unit 8 Reading课件 2025-2026学年沪教版七年级英语下册

该初中英语课件围绕“兴趣与职业”核心主题，通过First thoughts问题引导、爱好与职业匹配活动、对话练习等学习支架，帮助学生从个人兴趣出发，逐步过渡到职业探索，再结合Patrick Moore的故事深化兴趣转化为职业的理解。 其亮点在于融合语言能力、思维品质和学习能力培养，如通过批判性思维问题引导小组分析Patrick成功原因并找支持句，写作任务提供邮件模板与自评表，助力学生提升语言表达与逻辑思维。学生能增强兴趣与职业的关联认知，教师可借助结构化流程与多元评估工具提升教学效率。

Unit 8  Follow your interests Reading A project: Dream Believe Achieve Our school is going to carry out a project called Dream Believe Achieve this week. In the project, we will: * learn about some role models * talk about what career our interests can possibly lead to * write about the importance of following our interests * think about how to turn our hobby into a career Do you have a hobby? Do you want to turn your hobby into a career? How can you turn your hobby into a career? First thoughts: Before you read Look at the hobbies below and suggest possible jobs from the list. You can also suggest other jobs. Then discuss your interests and dream jobs in pairs. writer / historian athlete photographer / reporter painter engineer biologist programmer dancer musician astronomer Work in pairs and talk about your hobbies and dream jobs. What’s the boy’s hobby? What job might he do when he grows up? Patrick Moore An astronomer The host of The Sky at Night How did Patrick turn his hobby into his career? Key question: Read and match the paragraphs with the main ideas. Read for gist and structure: Paragraph 1 Paragraph 2 Paragraph 3 Paragraph 4 Paragraph 5 Learning more about stars Studying stars with family Starting a lifelong hobby Giving advice on achieving dreams Hosting a TV program In what order(顺序) did Patrick tell his story? In time order. 9 got a book about stars from my dad as a birthday present was great fun for me studying the stars Anybody can achieve their dreams. You just have to enjoy what you do! asked all kinds of questions and read a lot about the topic. Complete the sentences with the information from the article on page 117. Read for key information: 1.Patrick Moore thought the night sky was beautiful. ________________________________________________________ 2. Patrick Moore and his mother spent many exciting moments looking at the stars. ________________________________________________________ 3. Patrick Moore loved studying the stars. ________________________________________________________ 4. Patrick Moore’s parents knew how to encourage his curiosity. ________________________________________________________ 5. Many people like watching Patrick’s TV programme. __________________________________________________________ Read between the lines: Find evidence in the article to support these statements about Patrick. black velvet — the night sky diamonds —stars Simile(比喻） description exclamation thoughts 11 Critical thinking: ? Why can Patrick turn his hobby into his career? Group Work Hobby Career supporting sentences reasons get support from family I used to go outside with my mum ... Rules: • Work in groups. • Each member should give at least one reason. • Find supporting sentences. • The group leader takes notes. 12 Patrick Moore — a role model After learning about Patrick Moore’s life story, you are greatly inspired. You’d like to write an email to your best friend Ben to share your idea. Your email should include: • A brief introduction to Patrick (his hobbies and career) • Things that helped Patrick turn his hobby into a career (with evidence) • What you have learned from Patrick Dear Ben, I read a story about Patrick Moore today and I was greatly inspired. Let me tell you something about him. ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ A lot of things helped Patrick turn his hobby into a career. First____________ _____________________________________________________________ I’ve learned a lot from Patrick. ____________________________________ I hope his story can give you some inspiration too. Looking forward to your reply. _______ Patrick Moore — a role model a brief introduction reasons for success what I’ve learnt your name I can give a brief introduction to Patrick Moore. ☆☆☆☆☆ I can give good reasons for Patrick’s success. ☆☆☆☆☆ I can give proper evidence to support my idea. ☆☆☆☆☆ My opinions about Patrick are reasonable (合理的) and logical(符合逻辑的). ☆☆☆☆☆ From my classmates, I learn ___________________________________ I can do better in ___________________________________ Assessment Homework Task 1: (must) Polish (润色）your introduction to Patrick in your worksheet. After that, write it down in your writing book. Task 2: (must) Think of possible careers for the following hobbies: Task 3: (optional) Interview your family about their hobbies and their jobs. Find out whether their hobbies are helpful for their jobs. Write down your findings in your report. watching films fishing playing the piano making models reading singing dancing painting travelling gardening playing basketball playing chess 感谢观看 Thank you $