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Unit 1 The Changing World
SectionB (3a-3d)
How do changes influence us?
By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
Find the key information from the text about past and present life; complete a comparison table based on the text .
Write a short passage about three personal changes with notes and end with one thing that stays the same.
Understand that while many things change, family love and happiness can remain constant
Learning Objectives
Lead in
01
Pre-writing
02
While-writing
03
Post-writing
04
Summary
05
Language points
06
Exercise
07
Homework
08
Contents
01
Lead in
Watch a video.
Let's talk.
1.What's the video about?
2.Do you have any changes in your life?
02
Pre-writing
Fast-reading
What is the passage about?
How many changes are mentioned here?
What are they?
Changes in a middle school student’s life.
Three
School, home, and the way the writer studies.
Complete the table with the information from the text.
Aspect Past Present
school
home
study
The primary school was near the home.
used to walk to school with the parents.
The school is farther from home.
take a bus with the friends.
used to live in a small flat.
have moved to a larger one.
Grandma lives with them and has her own room and her own TV set.
Grandma didn’t live with them.
have become more confident
often attend group discussions and enjoy studying with friends.
wasn’t confident
didn’t share ideas and studied alone.
What topics are mentioned in each aspect?
the distance
the way to go to school
the house's size
the family member
the personality
the way of studying
Careful-reading
No, it hasn’t.
By using positive words.
1. Does the writer like these changes? How do you know?
2. Has everything changed?
3. What stays the same in the student’s life?
the feeling of love shared by the family
How to describe these three aspects of changes?
Aspect Past
(the sentences) Past
(the patterns) Present
(the sentences) Present
(the patterns)
school
home
study
The primary school was near the home.
used to walk to school with the parents .
The school is farther from home .
take a bus with the friends.
used to live in a small flat.
have moved to a larger one.
Grandma lives with them and has her own room and her own TV set.
Grandma didn’t live with them.
have become more confident
often attend group discussions and enjoy studying with friends.
wasn’t confident
didn’t share ideas and studied alone.
The primary school was ... the home.
I used to ... to school with the ....
I used to live in a ....
... didn’t live with.....
I wasn’t /didn’t
I didn’t ... and ....
The school is ... (比较级)from home .
I take a ... with the ....
I have moved to a ...(比较级) one.
... lives with ... and has ...
I have become ...(比较级)
I often ...and enjoy ... with ....
Discuss with your partner about in what ways your life has changed.
Aspect Past Present
study
home
school
transport
neighbourhood
environment
One thing that stays the same:
When you were in primary school, what ... was like?
03
While-writing
Write a short passage about the three changes in your life. End with one thing that stays the same.
Now that I am older, my life is different from when I was in primary school. For example, ... (first change). Another change is ... (second change). Also, ... (third change).
One thing that stays the same is ...
04
Post-writing
Let’s check your partner’s passage with the checklist.
Did the writer describe 3 changes?
Did he/she use “used to” correctly?
Is there a clear ending about something unchanged?
05
Summary
Summary
Life keeps changing, skies may turn,
Old homes, new schools, we live and learn.
Yet family happiness and friendships true,
Ever remain, forever new.
Summary
06
Language Points
Language points
1. ...I used to walk to school with my parents.
我过去常常和我父母走路去上学
My family used to live in a small flat.
我们一家人过去常常住在一个小公寓里。
used to do sth 过去常常做某事
否定式: didn’t use to do sth
疑问式: Did...use to...?
be/get used to doing(习惯做某事)
be used to do sth(被用来做某事)
例
讲
句
I used to play basketball every day, but now I don’t have time.
我过去常常每天打篮球,但现在我没有时间。
Language points
2. Now my junior high school is farther from home. ... than ...
...we have moved to a much larger one
例
讲
句
farther 是 far 的比较级,指距离上“更远”。than 引出比较对象。
much 可以修饰比较级,表示“……得多”,加强程度。同类词还有 a lot、even、far。
My new school is farther from my house than my old one.
我的新学校比我旧学校离我的家更远。
This room is much brighter than that one. 这间房间比那间更明亮。
Language points
3. It’s amazing how much we have achieved together.
我们一起取得的成就真令人惊讶。
It’s amazing how... 中,it 是形式主语,真正的主语是后面的 how 从句。这种结构用来表达说话人对某件事的强烈感受(惊讶、高兴、可惜等)。
类似结构:It’s great that...,It’s wonderful that...
例
讲
句
1. It’s surprising how fast time goes by.
时间过得真快,令人惊讶。
2. It’s wonderful that we can help each other in study.
我们能在学习上互相帮助,真是太棒了。
07
Exercise
用所给单词的正确形式填空。
When I was in primary school, I lived in a quiet village. My school was only a five‑minute walk away, so I usually (1) ______ (walk) to school with my elder sister. Now I am a junior high school student in a big city. My school is quite far, so I (2) ______ (take) the underground every day with my classmates.
My home has also changed a lot. We used to (3) ______ (live) in a small house with only two bedrooms. Now we (4) ___________ (rent) a bigger apartment near the city centre. I (5) ______ (have) my own study room now, where I can do homework quietly.
The biggest change is in my study habits. In the past, I (6) ______ (be) very shy and seldom raised my hand. But now I (7) ___________ (become) much more active. I often (8) ______ (join) after‑school study groups and we (9) ______ (help) each other with difficult problems.
However, one thing never changes – my parents’ encouragement. They always (10) ______ (give) me the confidence to face new challenges.
walked
take
live
have rented
have
was
have become
join
help
give
08
Homework
You must
Improve your passage based on today’s class discussion. Write a clean copy and draw a small picture to show one change and one unchanged thing.
You choose to
Ask your parent or grandparent: What has changed in your life? What stays the same? Share next class.
Homework
Thank You
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