Unit6 Lesson1 starting out&understanding ideas教学设计2025-2026学年外研版英语七年级下册

该初中英语教学设计聚焦旅行主题词汇（如hot pot, fantastic）、比较级形容词（hotter, bigger）及成都旅行日记理解，通过旅行图片导入、名言匹配、交通与景点词汇学习搭建支架，从预读猜测到精读思维导图，逐步引导学生深入语篇。 特色在于融合语言能力与文化意识，以“hot”火锅与“cool”三星堆博物馆对比体验为核心，用比较级描述感受提升思维品质，结合视频观看、思维导图填写、个人经历分享模板等活动，培养学生跨文化沟通与学习能力，为教师提供清晰任务链，助力高效教学。

外研初中英语七下教案 课 题 Unit 6 Hitting the road Starting out& Understanding ideas 课 型 读思课 年级学科 ______七___年级 学科____英语______ 备课日期 教材分析 课标要求 围绕“人与社会”主题范畴中“历史、社会与文化”的子主题，依托记叙文语篇，引导学生理解旅行中的多元体验，感受中国特色饮食文化与古代文明的魅力，明确探索与包容是认识世界的重要方式。 学习目标 学习理解 (Learning & Understanding) • Guess and match travel activities (e.g., hot pot, museum) to feelings (hot, cool, fun). • Learn the story of the writer’s Chengdu trip: hot pot and Sanxingdui Museum. • Master key words (hot pot, fantastic) and comparative adjectives (hotter, bigger). 应用实践 (Application & Practice) • Use new words/phrases to describe personal food or travel experiences. • Use comparatives to compare different experiences. • Answer questions and retell the passage. 迁徙创新 (Transfer & Innovation) • Talk about “hot/cool” travel experiences and share views. • Compare cultural experiences and express opinions. • Design a one-day travel plan. 学习重点 1. Core Vocabulary & Expressions: Master key vocabulary (e.g., hot pot, fantastic, unforgettable) and useful expressions (e.g., When in China, do as the Chinese do!) related to travel, food, and culture. 2. Comparative Adjectives: Understand and correctly use comparative adjectives (e.g., hotter, bigger, more interesting) to describe features and personal feelings. 3. Text Comprehension: Understand the main idea of the passage, extract key information, and retell the writer’s travel experience in Chengdu. 学习难点 1. Flexible Use of Comparatives: Flexibly apply comparative structures (more/less...than, as...as) in real contexts to compare different travel experiences, foods, or attractions. 2. Viewpoint Expression & Transfer: Transfer from text content to personal experiences, and share views on "hot/cool" travel experiences clearly and logically. 3. Creative Output: Design and describe a one-day travel plan, using learned vocabulary, sentence patterns, and comparatives for creative expression. 学习程序 （按此流程呈现：情境创设→学习任务1→学习任务2……） 情境创设 T shows the title “Hitting the road” and travel pictures, then greets the class and asks: Hello class! Today we’ll talk about travelling. What do you know about travelling? S1: Hello teacher! I know travelling means going to different places to visit and have fun. S2: People can take different cars or planes to travel around the world. T: Great answers! Now let’s look at the picture with the title. What can you see in it? S3: I can see two people with backpacks on their backs. They look like they are going on a trip. T: Perfect! What do you think the phrase “Hitting the road” means here? S4: I think it means starting or leaving for a journey. T: Exactly right! Now let’s think about one more question: Why do people love taking a journey so much? S5: Because they can eat delicious local food and see beautiful scenery. S6: They can also meet different people and experience different cultures. T: Wonderful! And here’s a real task for us: Our new exchange friend Alex is coming to China soon and he plans to travel here. He needs our help as his little travel guides. So our unit task is to share our unforgettable travel experiences with him and design a great travel plan for him. Let’s start our interesting learning today! 学习任务 1：Learn travel quotes and talk about the benefits of travel T: First, let’s look at three famous travel quotes from Xunzi, Seneca and Gustave Flaubert. Let’s read them together loudly. Ready? Go! Ss: You will not know the height of the sky if you do not climb a high mountain... Travel and change of place refresh the mind... Travelling can help you realise how small you are in the world... T: Good job! Now there are three meanings for the quotes: A-Lift our spirits, B-Understand ourselves better, C-Know more about the world. Who can match them correctly? S1: Teacher, I can! Xunzi’s quote is C, Seneca’s is A, Flaubert’s is B.T: You’re totally right! Clap your hands for him. Now discuss with your deskmate for 2 minutes: Which quote do you agree with most? And why? You can talk about the benefits of travel.(2 minutes later) T: Time’s up! Who wants to share your ideas with the class? S2: I agree with Xunzi’s quote most, because it tells us travel can help us broaden our horizon and know more about the world. S3: I agree with Seneca’s quote. When we feel tired of study, travel can refresh our mind and lift our spirits. T: Excellent views! Travel really brings us a lot of good things. 学习任务 2：Learn transportation and places of interest expressions T: Next, let’s learn how to talk about travel ways and famous places. First, look at the pictures of different transportation. What can you see? S1: I can see a plane, a high-speed train, a taxi, a bus and a cruise ship. T: Great! Let’s learn the English expressions: by plane/by air, take a plane, fly; by high-speed train, take a high-speed train; by taxi, take a taxi. Let’s practice the first sentence: We can travel ______. Who can fill in the blank? S2: We can travel by plane. S3: We can travel by high-speed train.T: Perfect! Now the second sentence: We can __________ to travel. S4: We can take a taxi to travel. S5: We can take a cruise to travel.T: Good! Now let’s talk about places of interest. Look at the pictures, what famous places can you name in English and Chinese? S6: The Great Wall (长城), the Terracotta Army (兵马俑), the Yellow Crane Tower (黄鹤楼). S7: The Eiffel Tower (埃菲尔铁塔), Big Ben (大本钟), the Statue of Liberty (自由女神像). T: Excellent! Let’s practice the sentence: We can go to/visit ______. S8: We can visit the Canton Tower. S9: We can go to the Pyramids. T: Good job! Now do you know the book Around the World in Eighty Days? Ss: Yes! / No, teacher. T: It’s a very famous travel book. The hero is Phileas Fogg. He set a big goal to travel around the world in eighty days and he hit the road at last. Now let’s watch a short video clip about it, and answer two questions: 1. How did the characters travel? 2. Did Fogg give up when meeting problems?(After watching the video) T: Who can answer the first question? S1: They travelled by train, steamship, sledge, and even by elephant! T: Great! You watched carefully. What about the second question? S2: Fogg didn’t give up at all. He kept trying even when he met many difficult problems. T: Perfect! What do you think of Fogg? S3: He is very brave and persistent. We should learn from him. 学习任务 3：Pre-reading about the writer’s Chengdu trip T: Good! Now let’s come to our key part today: a wonderful travel story about Chengdu. First, let’s brainstorm: If you have a chance to go to Chengdu, what can you do there? S1: I can eat delicious Sichuan hot pot and see cute giant pandas. S2: I can walk on the busy streets and visit old museums to see interesting cultural things.T: Wonderful ideas! Now look at two pictures: one is Sichuan hot pot, the other is masks in Sanxingdui Museum. What can you see and how do you feel about them? S3: I can see peppers and a hot pot. It’s hot and spicy, it’s about Sichuan diet. S4: I can see amazing ancient masks. It’s cool and fantastic, it’s about Shu culture. T: Great observations! Now guess: What did the writer do in Chengdu? Did he have fun and enjoy himself during the trip? S5: I think the writer ate Sichuan hot pot and visited Sanxingdui Museum. And he must have had a great time.T: Is that right? Let’s check our guess. Now read the passage quickly for 3 minutes, and answer two questions: 1. What did the writer eat and see in Chengdu? 2. What kind of text is it? A-daily blog, B-food story, C-travelling diary, D-cultural poster.(After quick reading) T: Time’s up! Who can answer the questions? S1: The writer ate Sichuan hot pot and saw the masks in Sanxingdui Museum. And it’s a travelling diary, so the answer is C. T: You’re totally right! Good reading speed. 学习任务 4：While-reading - Understand the passage in depth T: Excellent! Now let’s read the passage carefully and finish the mind map about the writer’s “hot” and “cool” experiences in Chengdu. There are some blanks for you to fill in. You have 4 minutes.(4 minutes later) T: Let’s check the answers together. First, the “hot” experiences part: I wanted to try ______. Ss: Sichuan hot pot! T: The food made ______ burn. Ss: my mouth! T: And I ______ all my tea. Ss: drank! T: Then I started to ______ the taste .Ss: enjoy! T: And cooking hot pot was as fun as eating it. Good! Now the “cool” experiences part: The new Sanxingdui Museum was totally ______. Ss: cool! T: The masks were ______. Ss: fantastic! T: I had so many questions about the ______. Ss: masks! T: I didn’t want to leave the ______. Ss: museum! T: The last one: My first day in China was ______. Ss: full of fun! T: Perfect! All of you did a good job. Now let’s answer some comprehension questions. First: Did the writer really want to stay in the museum for a week? S1: No, teacher. He just used this expression to show that he loved the museum very much and wanted to explore more things there. T: Great answer! You understand the writer’s feeling. Second: What makes Sanxingdui cool? S2: The masks there are fantastic with big eyes and big ears, and Sanxingdui is a very interesting cultural place with a long history. T: Good! Third: What writing technique did the writer use in the passage? A-pun, B-contrast. S3: It’s B-contrast! Because the writer talks about the “hot” Sichuan hot pot and the “cool” Sanxingdui Museum to make the story interesting. T: Exactly right! Now let’s tick the correct ideas in the passage, and we can find the passage has three clear parts: hot experiences in Chengdu, cool experiences in Chengdu, and the conclusion of the trip. 学习任务 5：Learn key words, phrases and comparative structures T: Excellent! Now let’s learn the core words, useful phrases and important sentence patterns in the passage. First, the core vocabulary: hot pot, fantastic, unforgettable, curious. Let’s read them together. 学习任务 6：Retell the passage and share personal travel experiences T: Good job! Now let’s retell the writer’s Chengdu trip with the help of the mind map and key words/phrases. First, retell it with your partner for 3 minutes.(3 minutes later) T: Time’s up! Who wants to retell the passage in front of the class? S1: (Retell the passage fluently with key words) T: Wow! You retold it so well, very fluent. Clap your hands for him. Now it’s your turn to share your own travel experiences. Look at the sharing template on the screen: My Trip to _______. You need to fill in the place, transportation, activities and the benefit of your trip. Then share in groups of four, and we have evaluation criteria for sharing: content, language, performance. You have 5 minutes.(5 minutes later) T: Which group wants to share your travel experience with the class? S2: (Share personal travel experience with the template)T: Wonderful! You used many new words we learned today. Now let’s talk freely: Would you like to travel in Sichuan? Why or why not? S3: Yes, I’d love to! Because I really want to try the spicy Sichuan hot pot and see the cute pandas in Chengdu. S4: No, I don’t want to. Because I don’t like spicy food, so Sichuan hot pot and other local dishes will be too hot for me.T: All good views! It’s all right to have different ideas. 学习任务 7：Summarize the class and assign homework T: Now let’s summarize what we learned today. First, we learned some travel-related quotes and talked about the benefits of travel. Second, we learned expressions of transportation and places of interest. Third, we read and understood the writer’s Chengdu travel diary, mastered core words, phrases and comparative adjective structures. Fourth, we retold the passage and shared our own travel experiences. T: And don’t forget our unit task: Design a one-day travel plan for our exchange friend Alex, using all the words, phrases and structures we learned. T: Now let’s assign the homework. First, the required homework: 1. Finish the exercise book Page 58-59 (the fifth lesson). 2. Recite the new words from airport to mask. Second, the optional homework: Finish a travel-related reading comprehension passage. 板书设计 作业设计 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $