Unit 8 Section B Reading plus 课件2025-2026学年人教版英语八年级下册

该初中英语课件围绕“治疗犬志愿者”主题，通过核心词汇学习与文本阅读，帮助学生理解相关内容。课堂导入以“你能想到常帮助人的动物吗”提问引发兴趣，Pre-reading预测文本主题，While-reading通过略读、扫读、精读搭建学习支架，从整体结构到细节分析，引导学生掌握文本主旨与信息。 其亮点在于融合语言能力、文化意识与思维品质，如精读环节分析故事逻辑培养思维，小组制作Banjo海报任务驱动语言运用与合作，讨论环节引导思考治疗犬助人方式提升文化意识。学生在提升阅读技能的同时培养助人意愿，教师可借助结构化流程与多样化活动优化教学效果。

1. Language ability: Master key words and read the text to get main ideas and details about therapy dog volunteers. 2. Cultural awareness: Learn about special volunteer work and understand the spirit of helping others. 3. Thinking quality: Analyze the story logic and think about how animals comfort people in need. 4. Learning & emotional goal: Improve reading skills and develop the willingness to care for and help others. Learning Objectives In this lesson you will: 目录 CONTENTS Lead in Free talk Pre-reading While-reading Post-reading Language points Homework Can you think of an animal that often helps people ? Lead in What do “unusual volunteers” refer to? Prediction Common volunteers are people. Maybe these unusual volunteers are therapy dogs. Unusual Volunteers What’s the article mainly about? Maybe it is about a special kind of volunteer dog that helps people in need. A therapy dog is a friendly and well-trained dog. It visits hospitals or nursing homes to comfort people and make them feel relaxed and happy. It may tell a warm story of a girl and her dog doing meaningful volunteer work. What kind of text is it? Skimming A. A diary B. A post C. An email How many paragraphs are there? Five paragraphs. Comment like Share 1 2 3 4 5 How many parts can we divide? Skimming Four. 1 2 3 4 5 What’s the main idea of each part? Mom's big change because of a dog. Animal lover Anna decides to do volunteer work with her dog. How Anna and Banjo help sick people. Influence on Mum and Linda's wish for the future. Scanning Circle the words that show Mum’s changes. - Before: sad, tired - After: laughing, sounding so happy "Come here! What a good boy!" Those were words I never expected to hear from my mum when I visited her in hospital. Mum has been sick for a long time now, and she often seemed sad and tired. I didn’t expect to hear her laughing. It has been a long time since I heard my mum sounding so happy! But when I rounded the corner, I understood everything. Mum had a very unusual visitor—a dog! Read part 1 Why did Mum change a lot? Because mum had a very unusual visitor - a dog. Intensive Reading A regular volunteer at the hospital, Anna, was there with her therapy dog, Banjo. Anna was kind enough to share her story with me. An animal lover from an early age, Anna has always had a dog or two at home since she was young. Often, just playing with them was enough to help her feel happy and relaxed after a long day. But one day, Anna realized that not everyone was lucky enough to have a pet. She started thinking: What could she do? Could she work with her own dogs to help others? Read part 2 Why did Anna want to be a therapy dog volunteer? Intensive Reading Read part 2 Her childhood love for animals Reason 1 She was ____________ from an early age. She has always had ___________ at home since she was young. Playing with dogs made her _______________ after a long day. an animal lover a dog or two happy and relaxed Her important realization Reason 2 She realized that not everyone was lucky enough to _________. have a pet Her new thoughts Result 1: What could she do? 2: Could she work with her own dogs to __________? help others Did Anna find a good solution? How did she and her dog Banjo help others? Intensive Reading Before long, she found the answer. Today, Anna and Banjo often visit places like hospitals and nursing homes to bring a moment of joy to people who are sick, sad, lonely, or disabled. Banjo has worked as a therapy dog for almost three years. When people are stressed, it often takes them longer to get better. A therapy dog helps people feel better and be less stressed, often just by being there! At the hospital, Mum petted Banjo, gave him a snack, and even threw a small ball for him to catch. This made her forget that she was sick, if only for a moment. Read part 3 1. Where do Anna and Banjo go to do volunteer work? 2. What kind of people did they bring joy to? 3. What kind of volunteer work does Banjo do? 4. How can a therapy dog help people feel less stressed? Intensive Reading Before long, she found the answer. Today, Anna and Banjo often visit places like hospitals and nursing homes to bring a moment of joy to people who are sick, sad, lonely, or disabled. Banjo has worked as a therapy dog for almost three years. When people are stressed, it often takes them longer to get better. A therapy dog helps people feel better and be less stressed, often just by being there! At the hospital, Mum petted Banjo, gave him a snack, and even threw a small ball for him to catch. This made her forget that she was sick, if only for a moment. Read part 3 1. Where do Anna and Banjo go to do volunteer work? 2. What kind of people did they bring joy to? They often visit places like hospitals and nursing homes. People who are sick, sad, lonely and disabled. Intensive Reading Before long, she found the answer. Today, Anna and Banjo often visit places like hospitals and nursing homes to bring a moment of joy to people who are sick, sad, lonely, or disabled. Banjo has worked as a therapy dog for almost three years. When people are stressed, it often takes them longer to get better. A therapy dog helps people feel better and be less stressed, often just by being there! At the hospital, Mum petted Banjo, gave him a snack, and even threw a small ball for him to catch. This made her forget that she was sick, if only for a moment. Read part 3 3. What kind of volunteer work does Banjo do? 4. How can a therapy dog help people feel less stressed? Banjo works as a therapy dog. By just being there By playing with people Intensive Reading For people like my mum, moments like this are very valuable. She always looks forward to my visits, but now she also looks forward to seeing Anna and Banjo again. If I’m lucky enough to have a dog of my own in the future, I’ll try to volunteer just like Anna and Banjo! Read part 4 1. What did Mom use to look forward to? What new expectations does she have now? 2. What volunteer plan does Linda make for her future? She only used to look forward to Linda's visits. Now, she also looks forward to meeting Anna and Banjo again. If she can own a dog someday, she will try to volunteer in the same way as Anna and Banjo. One act of kindness can plant a seed of love that grows and spreads to warm more lives. Pair Work Now turn to your partner and share one small kind thing you can do to pass on kindness in your school or community. I can _________ to pass on kindness. Summary "Come here! What a good boy!" Those unexpected words from my sick mum surprised me during a hospital visit. For a long time, Mum was sad and ______ with little energy. Hearing her cheerful voice, I walked over and found two unusual ________ —Anna, a regular volunteer, and her golden retriever, Banjo. Anna, an animal lover, has always had dogs at home ______ she was young. She once realized not everyone was ______ enough to have a pet, so she decided to work with her dogs to help others. Now, Anna and Banjo often visit _________ and nursing homes as therapy volunteers. That day, I watched Mum play with Banjo. She petted him softly, gave him a snack, and ________ a small ball for him to catch. This made her forget she was sick, if only for a _________. Mum always looks _________ to my visits, but now she also asks when Anna and Banjo will come. Those moments make her feel better. Anna and Banjo are very valuable for people _____ Mum. Watching this, I thought that if I get a dog some day, I'll try to _________ just like Anna and Banjo! moment, volunteer, forward, tire, since, luck, hospital, throw, visit, like tired visitors since lucky hospitals threw moment forward like volunteer 1 Read Linda's post. Who is likely to have said these things? Write the correct names. Some names can be used more than once. Linda Mum Mum's doctor Anna Who What they said "I'm so happy Banjo and Anna visited my mum!" "I think therapy dogs are good for my patients." "I'm taking Banjo to the hospital today." "I can't wait to see Banjo again next week!" "I wish everyone was lucky enough to have a dog!" Linda Mum's doctor Anna Mum Anna 2 Discuss the questions. 1. How can therapy dogs help people to feel less stressed? 2. What qualities do you think a therapy dog should have? Therapy dogs can make people feel warm and relaxed just by staying beside them. Petting and playing with the dogs can take patients' attention away from their illness and worries, so they will feel less stressed. A therapy dog should be gentle, friendly, patient, calm in different environments, easy to train and get along well with different kinds of people. 2 Discuss the questions. 3. Can you think of any other ways to help people in hospital? We can ... read newspapers or stories for patients chat with them to cheer them up make small hand-made gifts for them help them finish some easy daily tasks sing songs for them tell them jokes ... 1. What did you learn from unusual volunteers? I learned two main things from these unusual volunteers (Anna and her therapy dog Banjo). First, volunteering is not limited to traditional forms like working alone in service centers. We can bring our own strengths and partners (even lovely pets) to help people in need. Therapy dogs can bring warm joy to sick, lonely or stressed patients, easing their anxiety and speeding up their recovery. Second, small kindnesses can make a big difference. Anna noticed that many people couldn't keep pets, so she used her own dogs to do voluntary work. It tells us we can turn our hobbies and advantages into ways to care for others, and persistent voluntary work can bring long-term comfort to vulnerable groups. Think further 2. Would you like to be an unusual volunteer? Why? Yes, I'd love to be an unusual volunteer. Because I really enjoy spending time with animals and communicating with people. If I raise a gentle, well-trained pet in the future, I can train it to be a therapy dog, just like Banjo. We can visit hospitals and nursing homes together to cheer up patients and the elderly. Seeing them become happier and less lonely will give me a strong sense of achievement, and I can spread warmth to more people in this special way. Think further In order to let more people learn about therapy dogs’ amazing work, and call on more animal lovers to join this meaningful volunteer team, we’re going to start our group work: create a poster for Banjo. Designer: Draw a picture of Banjo and design the poster layout. Writer 2: Explain the benefits/importance of therapy dogs. Writer 1: Write about Banjo's work experience (what Banjo does). Presenter: Create a slogan and present the poster to the class. Four students in a group Group work Create a poster for Banjo Group work Content Your Poster Must Have: 1. Banjo's Story: What does he do as a therapy dog? 2. A Picture of Banjo: A cute drawing. 3. Benefits: How do therapy dogs help people? 4. A Slogan: A catchy phrase to encourage new volunteers. - therapy dog - golden retriever - work as a volunteer - for almost three years - visit hospitals ... - help sick, sad, lonely or disabled ... - make ... feel less stressed - forget the pain for a moment - bring joy and warmth - comfort lonely people - make hospital life brighter ... - Be an unusual volunteer! - Join our therapy dog team! - Help with your furry friend! - Bring smiles to... Create a poster for Banjo Group work Create a poster for Banjo 1. Opening: - Today, our group’s poster is about _______. - We made this poster to introduce _______ and call for more volunteers. 2. About Banjo’s story: - Banjo is a _______. He works as a _______. - He has been a therapy dog for _______. He visits _______. 3. Benefits of therapy dogs: - Therapy dogs can help people _______. - They bring _______ to sick people. 4. Slogan & closing: - Our recruiting slogan is: “_______”. - We hope more people can _______. Thank you! Show time! Checklist Content Accuracy All key points are included and correct. ☆☆☆☆☆ Team Cooperation All members take part and do their own jobs. ☆☆☆☆☆ Language Use Clear, correct English with no mistakes. ☆☆☆☆☆ Presentation & Design Neat, eye-catching design and clear presentation. ☆☆☆☆☆ $