Unit 4 Amazing Plants and Animals Section B(1a-2d)-课件2026-2027学年人教版英语八年级上册

该初中英语课件围绕“动植物与人类的联系”核心主题，以蜜蜂为案例展开，涵盖相关词汇、句型及生态知识。课堂导入通过观察蜜蜂图片提问和介绍习性，搭建从具体观察到信息输入的学习支架，衔接后续阅读任务。 其亮点在于采用分层阅读任务培养学习能力，如Pre-reading猜测主题、While-reading提取形容词和段落匹配、Post-reading完成思维导图。结合小组讨论和生态联系实例提升思维品质，渗透尊重生命的文化意识。词汇教学归纳后缀规则，总结用核心句型梳理，助力学生提升阅读技能和价值观，为教师提供结构化教学活动设计。

Section B How are plants and animals connected with us? 1a—2d Unit 4 Amazing Plants and Animals 在全国范围内进行选拔， 大量精英或高水平选手参与，受众广泛 选拔精英 B 学习能力 借助梯度化阅读任务，训练学生获取信息、梳理文本的阅读技能；拆解文本内容，自主归纳本课核心知识点，养成总结复盘的学习习惯。 教学目标 在全国范围内进行选拔， 大量精英或高水平选手参与，受众广泛 选拔精英 A 语言能力 了解动植物与人类之间的联系，认识各类生物在生态系统中的价值；熟练掌握本课核心词汇、固定短语与重点句型，并尝试灵活运用。 在全国范围内进行选拔， 大量精英或高水平选手参与，受众广泛 选拔精英 C 思维品质 依托观察、对比、讨论类课堂任务，激活学生联想思考，在分层互动活动中逐步提升逻辑对比与综合思辨能力。 在全国范围内进行选拔， 大量精英或高水平选手参与，受众广泛 选拔精英 D 文化意识 了解保护野生动植物的相关理念与行动，感受人与自然和谐共生的共同追求；树立尊重生命、爱护动植物的观念，树立可持续发展理念。 在全国范围内进行选拔， 大量精英或高水平选手参与，受众广泛 选拔精英 B 难点 有效组织课堂活动，启发学生观察思考，拓展发散思维；带领学生感悟动植物在自然界的重要作用，引导学生形成尊重生命、保护自然的价值观，将爱护生物、维护生态平衡的理念落实到日常行为中。 教学重难点 在全国范围内进行选拔， 大量精英或高水平选手参与，受众广泛 选拔精英 A 重点 掌握动植物相关词汇、短语和核心句型；在多层次阅读练习中，提升信息提取、文本理解等各项阅读技能；能够运用所学语言围绕动植物、生态保护开展简单表达。 01 Warming up 01 Look and share. 1. What animal can you see in the picture? Bees. 2. What are the bees doing in the picture? They are gathering nectar from the flowers. 3. Where do you often see bees? We can often see bees in gardens, parks and other places with plenty of flowers. 4. Do you know bees live together or live alone? Bees live in groups. 01 Let’s talk! Bees are hard-working insects. They usually live in groups in a hive. Bees feed on nectar and pollen from flowers. When they fly from one flower to another, they help plants grow fruit and seeds. There are different kinds of bees in a group: the queen bee, worker bees and drones. Worker bees collect food, build the hive and look after baby bees. Bees 01 Let’s talk! Bees use special dances to share information with each other. When a worker bee finds lots of flowers, it will dance inside the hive to tell other bees where the flowers are. Bees can make honey for us. Honey is sweet and healthy. Most bees can fly about 20 kilometres every day. They visit hundreds of flowers to collect nectar. Without bees, many flowers and vegetables cannot grow well. So bees are very important to nature. Bees 02 Reading 02 Pre-reading 1a Look at the title and the pictures below. Guess what the text is about. The text is about bees and how important they are to us. 02 While-reading Read the text quickly and answer the questions. 1. Where can we read the passage? A. In a storybook B. In a novel C. In a science magazine D. In the newspaper 2. What kind of text is it? A. Narrative text (记叙文) B. Argumentative text (议论文) C. Expository text (说明文) 02 While-reading 1b Read the text and underline the adjectives the writer uses to describe bees. hard-working most important most interesting most amazing 02 While-reading Match each paragraph with its main idea. A. Bees are one of the most amazing animals and need our protection. B. Bees are hard-working and they do important pollination work. C. People, plants and animals are closely connected, and bees are a good example. D. Bees are one of the most interesting animals because of their teamwork and communication. Paragraph 1 Paragraph 2 Paragraph 3 Paragraph 4 02 Post-reading 1c Read again and complete the mind map with the information from the text. Bees ●their greatest work: _____________________ ●visit: ________________________________ ●help:________________________________ ●their number is: _____________________ 1. 2. importance problem interesting facts pollination 50 to 100 flowers plants grow dropping They work hard together to make their homes. They create honey combs to store honey. They use a dance to communicate where and how far away the food is when they find new food. 02 Post-reading 1d Discuss the questions. 1. Can you give another title for the text? The Amazing Bees Bees: Important Animals on Earth Bees and Our Ecosystem 2. What other interesting facts do you know about bees? Bees can recognize human faces. A worker bee only lives for about 6 weeks in summer. Bees communicate with special "dances" to tell partners where to find flowers. Only female bees can sting. Male bees have no stingers. 02 Post-reading 1d Discuss the questions. 3. What do you know about the connection between humans and other insects, such as ants and butterflies? Ants: They eat many small pests that hurt crops, so they help farmers protect plants. Some ants also loosen the soil, which helps plants grow better. Butterflies: Like bees, they carry pollen between flowers to help plants produce fruit and seeds. Beautiful butterflies also bring joy to people and make our world more colorful. In short, most helpful insects keep the natural balance, and humans need to protect them instead of killing them. 02 Post-reading 1e Imagine you are the writer. Write one more paragraph about bees and add it to the text. Bees also have a strict social order in their hive. There is one queen bee who lays all the eggs. Hundreds of worker bees collect food, clean the hive and look after the young bees. Male bees only have one job: to mate with the queen. Every bee knows its duty, and this teamwork makes the whole group strong and orderly. 02 Post-reading 1f How do you understand the connection between plants, animals, and people? Think of some examples and then share them with a partner. A: We all know people and nature are connected. But can you give me an example of how they are connected? B: Sure. I visited a small town in Guangdong once. There are many large trees in the town. They are home to many birds. A lot of tourists come to see the trees and the birds … 02 Post-reading A: We all know people and nature are connected. But can you give me an example of how they are connected? B: Sure. I visited a small town in Guangdong once. There are many large trees in the town. They are home to many birds. A lot of tourists come to see the trees and the birds. A: So the trees attract birds, and birds bring tourists to the town? B: Exactly. The trees offer homes to birds. Then bird-watching brings visitors, which helps local people make money from tourism. A: I see. If people cut down the trees, the birds will leave, and tourists won’t come anymore. B: That’s right. Plants, animals and people depend on each other closely. 03 Vocabulary in Use 03 Vocabulary in Use 2a Circle the odd ones. Then give your reasons. 1. habit height size weight Reason: Height, size and weight are words about physical features, while habit means a regular behaviour. 2. joy happiness fun enjoy Reason: Joy, happiness and fun are nouns, but enjoy is a verb. 3. angry disappointed smart sad Reason: Angry, disappointed and sad are words for negative feelings, while smart describes someone's intelligence. 03 Vocabulary in Use 2a Circle the odd ones. Then give your reasons. 4. appear look seem watch Reason: Appear, look and seem mean "to give a certain impression", but watch means "to look at something carefully". 5. honey milk juice bread Reason: Honey, milk and juice are drinks or liquid food, but bread is solid food. 03 Vocabulary in Use 2b Add the endings -ance, -(t) ion, -ness, and -ity to form nouns. Use your dictionary. 1. act _________________ 2. good _________________ 3. kind _________________ 4. appear _________________ 5. real _________________ 6. imagine _________________ 7. connect _________________ 8. popular _________________ 9. communicate _________________ 10. important _________________ action goodness kindness appearance reality imagination connection popularity communication importance 03 Vocabulary in Use 后缀 -ance, -(t)ion, -ness, -ity 把动词、形容词变成名词 -ness：加在形容词后面，表示 “性质、状态” good（形容词）→ goodness；kind（形容词）→ kindness -ity：加在形容词后面，把形容词变成名词 real（形容词）→ reality；popular（形容词）→ popularity -ance / -ence：加在动词后面构成名词 appear（动词）→ appearance；important（形容词，先转成 import）→ importance -(t)ion：加在动词后面，表示 “动作、行为、结果” act（动词）→ action；imagine（动词）→ imagination； connect（动词）→ connection；communicate（动词）→ communication 03 Vocabulary in Use 2c Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the words in the box. appear disappoint imagine store weigh 1. I felt ________________ when my favourite flowers died. 2. After the rain, some mushrooms ________________ in the garden. 3. In my hometown, people often use bamboo baskets to ________________ food. 4. What did you put in your luggage? It ________________ a ton. 5. I can’t ________________ my life without my pets. They mean a lot to me. disappointed appear store weighs imagine 03 Vocabulary in Use 2d Complete the passage with the correct forms of the words in the box. however important land planet protect You may not realize it, but frogs play an important role in our ____________ ecosystem. The smallest frogs are about the size of a pea, while larger ones can grow as big as a human hand. Many people know that frogs help to ____________ farms by eating insects. ____________, not everyone understands their ____________ in nature. Frogs can live on ____________ and in water. Because of this, they are popular subjects in studies on climate change and the ecosystem. planet's protect However importance land 04 Language points 04 Language points 1. At this moment you realize people, plants and animals are all connected. 这时你就会意识到，人类、植物和动物都是相联系的。 connected〔形容词〕连接的；相关的 be connected with/to...与……相连；与……有关联 Your dreams are connected with your hard work.你的梦想和你的努力息息相关。 connect〔及物动词〕关联；连接 connect...with/to.... 把……和……连接/联系起来 We connect the computer to the printer.我们把电脑和打印机连接起来。 People connect bees with pollination.人们把蜜蜂和授粉联系在一起。 04 Language points 2. In order to store honey, they create honey combs.为了储存蜂蜜，它们建造蜂巢。 in order to 为了；以便 表示目的，相当于so as to。后面接动词原形，可放在句首，也可放在句中；而so as to 只能放在句中。 In order to get good grades, he reads English every morning.为了取得好成绩，他每天早上读英语。 in order to do... 的否定结构为 in order not to do... I save money in order to protect more wild animals.我存钱目的是保护更多野生动物。 She gets up early in order not to be late for school.她早起，是为了上学不迟到。 05 Exercises 05 单选题。 1．You can’t learn a foreign language in such a short time ________ any hard work. A．with B．without C．against D．in 2．I think health is the most important. However, many people didn’t realize the ________ of health until they lost it. A．opinion B．fact C．goodness D．importance 3．It’s important to ________ animals because they are our good friends. A．describe B．attend C．cover D．protect 4．—Trees are really important to us. —Yes, I can’t ________ living in a world without trees. A．solve B．connect C．describe D．imagine 05 完成句子。 1．她说她很忙。实际上，她只是不想去。 She said she was busy. ________ ________, she just didn’t want to go. 2．出于这个原因，许多科学家认为蜜蜂是这个星球上最重要的动物。 ________ ________ _______, many scientists think that bees are the most important animals on this planet. 3．为了赶早班车，他天天早起。 ________ _______ _______ catch the early bus, he gets up early every day. 4．我们需要保护地球上最神奇的动物之一——蜜蜂。   We need to ________ one of the most ________ animals on earth—bees. In fact For this reason In order to protect amazing 06 Summary 06 Summary New words Sentences connected; pollination; planet; communicate; store; ecosystem… Bees play an important part in the ecosystem of our planet. However, the number of bees is dropping, and scientists are worried. Bees are also one of the most interesting animals in the world. 07 Homework 07 Homework 1. Go and take a photo of a plant or an animal in daily life, and share them in the next class. 2. Preview the next lesson. SEE YOU NEXT CLASS! $