Unit 2 Understanding ideas—Reading 课件 2026-2027学年外研版八年级英语上册

该初中英语课件围绕《The Selfish Giant》展开阅读教学，核心涵盖故事理解、词汇运用及语言点（现在完成时“for a long time”、“knock down”、how感叹句）学习。课堂导入通过图片、标题及关键词（garden, selfish等）引导预测，搭建从预测到文本分析的学习支架，衔接故事结构与语言知识。 其亮点在于以任务链融合语言能力与思维品质培养，如预测活动激活语言理解，角色表演结合故事结构思维导图强化表达，问题讨论（如巨人转变原因）提升分析推断能力。渗透“分享”主题涵养文化意识，分层作业（基础记忆、实践写作、拓展绘画）兼顾差异，助力教师高效教学，学生全面提升语言运用与思维深度。

Unit 2 Getting along Understanding ideas—Reading By the end of this lesson, we will be able to： 1. describe a garden and its transformation using the lesson’s vocabulary, and make reasonable predictions about a passage based on given keywords and the title. 2. discuss the reasons for the Giant's change of heart and the message of the story in English. 3. understand and use new words and expressions from the passage in context. 4. grasp the key language points such as “for a long time”“knock down”and “how引导的感叹句”，and use them in context. Learning Objectives What can you see in the picture? A man, some trees and some children. What are the children doing? They are playing in or under the trees. Look at the title and the picture. Then predict what the passage is about. Use the words to help you. garden selfish play children angry spring Please show your prediction. The Selfish Giant Every afternoon, the children play in the Giant’s garden. It is a large garden with soft, green grass. Here and there, over the grass, stand beautiful flowers, like stars. The Giant has been away for a long time. One day, he comes back and sees the children in his garden. “What are you doing here?”he shouts in a very angry voice. The children run away. The Giant closes the gate and builds a high wall around the garden. Since then, he hasn’t seen a child there. Then spring comes. But in the Giant’s garden, it is still winter. There are no birds or flowers.“I cannot understand why spring has not come since last year,”says the Giant.“I hope the weather changes soon.” But spring never comes, nor summer. Autumn gives golden fruit to every other garden. But it gives none to the Giant’s garden. One morning, the Giant suddendly hears birds singing.“I haven’t heard that beautiful birdsong for a while. I believe spring has come at last.”The Giant jumps out of bed and looks outside. The Giant sees a hole in the wall. Also, there is a little child in every tree. And the trees are so glad that they have covered themselves with flowers. The birds fly about and sing with joy. “How selfish I’ve been!”he says.“Now I know why spring wouldn’t come here.” He knocks down the wall. The children look afraid. “Fear not, little ones,” the Giant says. “It’s your garden now.” Adaptation of “The Selfish Giant” by Oscar Wilde Scanning Choose the message of the passage. Never make friends with selfish people. Anger leads to unhappiness. Shared joy is a double joy. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1.Develop students' skimming skills, enabling them to grasp the main points of a text efficiently, thus improving reading speed and comprehension. 2.Enhance students' close reading skills by guiding them to explore the text deeply, allowing them to grasp the author's conveyed emotions and thoughts. Careful Reading angry Beginning The Giant has a large ______ and the children _____ in it every afternoon. garden play Climax One morning, the Giant hears birds singing. He jumps out of bed and_____________. The children have returned, and the garden is lively again. He thinks he has been________. looks outside selfish Ending The Giant ____________ the wall and tells _________ the garden is theirs. knocks down children Rising action The Giant finds the children in his garden. He shouts at them in a very ________ voice. The children run away. Since then, _______ has not come to his garden. a child 1. Why doesn’t spring come to the Giant’s garden? Think and share 2. Why do you think the Giant changes his mind? Because the Giant is selfish. He drives the children away and builds a high wall around the garden. The children are like the bringers of spring, and without them, the garden remains in winter. Because he sees a hole in the wall and little children in every tree. The trees are covered with flowers and the birds are singing joyfully. He realises that his selfishness has kept spring away, and he understands the importance of sharing the garden with the children. Think and share 3. Do you know a story with a similar message, either from a book or from your own life? Share it with the class. What do you learn from the story? Thinking Share with others. Sharing is not just about giving others what we have; it is also about passing love and care. When we share our joys, the happiness doubles; when we share our sorrows, the pain lessens. Role play the conversation. Four students in a group, choose one mind-map to retell the story. spring 1.Develop students' storytelling and dramatization skills by encouraging them to step into the shoes of different characters. 2.Reinforce understanding of the text through active engagement and creative expression. Show time Evaluation (评价机制) Stars Language (语言正确) Pronunciation (发音标准) Content completeness(内容完整) Creation (有创意) Excellent Great Good ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ 这是含现在完成时的句子，has been away 表示 “离开了（一段时间）”，for a long time是时间段状语。现在完成时强调过去发生的动作对现在造成的影响或结果，或过去已经开始，持续到现在的动作或状态，其构成是“have/has + 过去分词”，当主语是第三人称单数时用 has，其他人称用 have 。时间状语“ since+时间点”通常用完成时。 常见例句： I have lived in this city for five years.我在这座城市已经住了五年了。 I have lived in this city since 1990.我从1990年就住在这座城市了。 1. The Giant has been away for a long time. 这是一个感叹句，结构为 “How + 形容词 / 副词 + 主语 + 谓语！” ，用来表达强烈的感情，这里表达巨人对自己过去自私行为的感慨。另一种常见的感叹句结构是 “What (+a/an) + 形容词 + 名词 + 主语 + 谓语！” 。 常见例句： How beautiful the flowers are! 这些花多么漂亮啊！ 2. How selfish I've been! knock down意为 “拆除；击倒”，是及物动词短语，后接宾语。当宾语是代词时，要放在中间。 常见例句： The strong wind knocked down the old tree. 强风把老树刮倒了。 The wall is too old. We will knock it down. 这面墙太旧了，我们要把它拆掉。 3. He knocks down the wall. 一、用所给单词的适当形式填空 1. The beautiful garden is _________(they). 2. My father ____________ (build) a small tree house for me since I was a child. 3. She is a _________ (lively) girl. 4. She has __________ (be) in the city for five years. theirs has built lively been 二、句型转换 1. The Giant has been away for a long time.（改为否定句） 2. He shouts at the little boy. (用 yesterday 改写句子) 3. How beautiful the garden is! (改为同义句) The Giant hasn't been away for a long time. He shouted at the little boy yesterday. What a beautiful garden it is! 三、语法填空 Once upon a time, there was a kind girl named Lily. She (1) ______ (live) with her stepmother and stepsisters, who were very unkind. Every day, Lily (2) ______ (wake) up early to do all the housework. One day, the king announced a grand ball. Everyone (3) _____________ (invite), but Lily (4) _____________ (not allow) to go. She was sad, but a fairy godmother appeared and helped her. She (5) ________ (give) Lily a beautiful dress and glass slippers. “You must return by midnight,” the fairy said. gave lived woke were invited was not allowed At the ball, Lily (6) _________ (dance) with the prince. When the clock struck twelve, she ran away, leaving one slipper behind. The prince (7) _______ (find) it and searched for her. When he arrived at Lily’s house, he saw the slipper (8) _______ (fit) her perfectly. They married and lived happily ever after. danced found fit Write a short article about the changes of the Giant. Read and remember the new words and sentences in this lesson. Draw a picture of the Giant’s garden and simply introduce the scenery of the garden and the people’s activities. Basic homework Practical homework Extended homework null 146187.67 $