Unit 4 Changing and Growing Thinking Skills & Reading Strategies课件2026-2027学年仁爱科普版英语八年级上册

该初中英语课件围绕“成长与变化”主题，涵盖成长烦恼理解、人物情绪变化分析及定向阅读策略等核心知识点。课堂以Free talk导入，通过讨论“成长烦恼”和“情绪调节方法”连接学生生活经验，再以Kangkang、李红的故事为例搭建人物发展分析支架，逐步过渡到定向阅读技巧训练，形成从生活体验到文本分析的连贯学习脉络。 其亮点在于注重思维品质与语言能力的融合培养，通过人物情绪变化图表分析（如李红从孤独到拥有朋友的转变原因）提升学生分析推断能力，借助定向阅读中“区分重要信息”练习（如判断青少年成长变化的关键内容）强化语言理解与表达。采用任务型活动（如pair work讨论）和分层作业设计，既帮助学生掌握阅读策略与情绪调节方法，也为教师提供结构化教学资源，提升课堂效率。

Unit 4 Changing and Growing Thinking Skills & Reading Strategies ★学习目标： •读懂成长烦恼短文，能描述情绪变化并分享调节烦恼的方法。 •正视青春期成长烦恼，懂得接纳自我、友善互助舒缓压力。 •学会分析人物情绪变化，掌握定向阅读、筛选关键信息的方法。 •能运用本课阅读技巧自主阅读，乐于和同伴交流探讨成长问题。 ★教学重难点： •梳理文章结构，运用定向阅读策略获取化解成长烦恼的 办法。 •梳理人物情绪变化过程及原因，结合自身经历表达内心 困扰。 •准确区分主次文本信息，完整有条理地进行口头、书面 表达。 •灵活运用阅读思维技巧独立分析人物情感转变逻辑。 Warming up •Do you have any growing pains these days? •What makes you feel better when you are upset? Free talk Thinking Skills Understanding character development Characters grow and change in the story. You can understand character development by analyzing how and why a character changes. 故事中的人物会成长和变化。你可以通过分析人物变化的方式和原因，可以理解人物的发展。 Look at the pictures and read the text, and then think about how and why the character changes. Beginning Kangkang lost the 100-meter race and was very upset. Middle His friend, Li Ming, came up to him and cheered him up. End Kangkang laughed again and walked with Li Ming happily. Kangkang felt very upset → He got comforted by his friend → He became happy again Read the text and analyze how and why the character changes, and then complete the character-development chart. Li Hong became our new classmate a month ago. In the beginning, she was always lonely because she didn’t have any friends. Miss Wang, our English teacher, then introduced her to Lingling. Lingling was very good at English and helped Li Hong a lot. They soon became very close friends. Now, Li Hong has many friends at school and gets along well with us. She enjoys her school life very much. Beginning Middle End Complete the character-development chart. Beginning Li Hong didn’t have any friends and __________ ___________________. Middle Miss Wang __________ ____________ and they soon became very close friends. End Li Hong has many friends at school and enjoys ___________ _________________. was always lonely introduced her to Lingling her school life very much Pair work. Talk about how and why the character changes based on Activity 2. 1. How does the character change according to the chart? In the beginning: Li Hong felt lonely, she had no friends. Later: She made friends with Lingling. Now: She has many friends and enjoys her school life. 2. Why does the character change according to the chart? Miss Wang introduced Li Hong to Lingling. Lingling helped her a lot, so they became close friends. Reading Strategies Reading with a purpose Good readers set a purpose for reading. While reading, they can decide what is important and what is not for the reading purpose. 优秀的阅读者会设定阅读目的。阅读过程中，他们能够结合阅读目的，判断哪些信息重要、哪些信息不重要。 Read the beginning part of a text and set a purpose for reading. The period of time from age 13 to 19 is a very important stage of human life. Many important life changes take place during this teenage stage. Your reading purpose is to find out ______________________ __________________________________________________. what important life changes take place during this teenage stage Read a sentence from the same text and decide whether the information is important or unimportant for your reading purpose. 1. Teenagers grow in age. Important / Unimportant 2. Their bodies reach their full adult height. Important / Unimportant 3. Hair grows on certain areas of their bodies, and their voices change too. Important / Unimportant As teenagers grow in age, their bodies reach their full adult height. This is the clearest change. Also, hair grows on certain areas of their bodies, and their voices change too. Read the text and set a reading purpose first, and then decide whether the information is important or not for your purpose. As a teenager, you also have growing pains. You face problems like schoolwork stress, pressure from other people and so on. Then, how can you deal with the growing pains? Firstly, learn to listen and understand. This can help you learn more about life and people around you. Secondly, make friends with your classmates. Your friends may have the same problem as yours, so you can always understand and help each other. Lastly, don’t compare yourself with others. Everyone shines in their own ways. You should discover and develop your own strong points. Your reading purpose is to find out ______________________________. how to deal with the growing pains. 1. You also have growing pains. Important / Unimportant 2. Learn to listen and understand. Important / Unimportant 3. Make friends with your classmates. Important / Unimportant 4. Don’t compare yourself with others. Important / Unimportant Vocabulary laugh ▶v. 笑；发笑 •laugh at sb.：嘲笑某人 例：Don’t laugh at classmates who feel upset.（不要嘲笑情绪低落的同学。） ▶n. 笑声；笑 例：We had a good laugh when sharing our happy stories.（我们分享开心事 时开怀大笑。） reach ▶v. 达到；到达；够得着 •reach + 地点：到达（某地） 例：We reached the park before sunset.（我们在日落之前到达了公园。） •reach + 数字 / 年龄 / 高度：达到（某年龄、身高、数值、阶段） 例：Many students reach 1.7 metres during high‑school. （很多学生在上高中期间身高达到 1.7 米。） The temperature will reach 28℃ tomorrow afternoon. （明天下午气温将会达到 28 摄氏度。） stress ▶n. 精神压力；心理负担 •under stress：处于压力之下 例：Most students are under stress before exams.（大多数学生考试前都处于压力之下。） •suffer from stress：承受压力 例：She suffers from stress and often can’t sleep well.（她饱受压力困扰，经常睡不好。） •reduce stress：缓解压力 例：Taking a walk after class can help you reduce stress quickly.（课后散步能帮你快速 缓解压力。） pressure ▶n. 心理压力；紧张；压力 •give sb. pressure：给某人施压 例：Don’t give yourself too much pressure.（别给自己施加太多压力。） •face pressure：面对压力 例：He faces great pressure in the final exam.（他面临期末考试的巨大压力。） •under pressure：在压力下 例：Many kids are under pressure from their parents.（很多孩子承受着来自父母 的压力。） stress & pressure 单词 核心含义 侧重点 常用搭配 stress 压力；精神紧张；重音 主观感受，人内心焦虑、精神紧绷；还可表示语音 “重音” under stress reduce stress feel stressed pressure 压力；压迫 外界施加的客观压力，来自他人、环境、事件；无语音含义 under pressure put pressure on sb. give sb. pressure deal ▶v. 对待；对付 •deal with：处理；应对 例：We need to learn how to deal with our bad moods.（我们要学会如何应对自己的坏 情绪。） •a great /good deal：非常；…… 得多（副词短语：修饰动词、形容词比较级） 例：He feels a great deal better after chatting.（聊完天之后，他感觉好多了。） •a great/good deal of + 不可数名词：大量，许多 例：A great deal of pressure makes teenagers upset.（大量的压力让青少年感到烦闷。） compare ▶v. 比较；对比 •compare A with B ：把 A 和 B 作比较（侧重对比差异） 例：Don’t compare your progress with others’.（不要拿自己的进步和别人对比。） •compare A to B ：把 A 比作 B（侧重比喻） 例：People often compare teenagers to rising suns.（人们常把青少年比作初升的太阳。） •compared with/to… ：与……相比 例：Compared with last term, I have less pressure now.（和上学期相比，我现在的压力 小了很多。） Exercise 单项选择 1. He feels ______ better after sharing his troubles with friends. A. a great deal of B. a great deal C. many D. lot of 2. It’s wrong ______ at your deskmate when he fails the test. A. laugh B. to laugh C. laughing D. laughed 3. ______ with shy students, outgoing kids make friends more easily. A. Compare B. Compared C. Comparing D. Compares B B B 根据句意补全句子 1. 很多青少年每天承受着来自学业的压力。 Lots of teenagers _____________ stress from schoolwork every day. 2. 散步可以帮助我们快速缓解内心的焦虑。 Taking a walk can help us ______________ quickly. 3. 学会倾听是应对成长烦恼的重要方法。 Learning to listen is an important way _________________ growing pains. suffer from reduce stress to deal with Homework Homework ▶Need to do: •Finish all the reading and analysis exercises we completed in class. •Write a short paragraph to talk about one time you felt upset and how you cheered yourself up. ▶Choose to do: •Interview one classmate and record his ways to solve bad moods in simple English. $