Unit 1 Great people第1课时 Reading课件 2026-2027学年沪教版英语九年级上册

该初中英语课件围绕“王贞仪——杰出女学者”传记阅读展开，通过Free talk、背景讨论“伟大人物特质”、观看人物视频及头脑风暴图等导入活动，搭建从已知伟大人物（如屠呦呦）到王贞仪的学习支架，激活学生背景知识并引导预测文本内容。 其亮点在于融合多模态输入（视频、图片预测）与结构化阅读策略（时间线梳理、段落匹配），通过月食模型解析、诗歌性别平等思想分析等活动，培养学生语言能力（略读与复述）和文化意识（中国女性科技贡献），助力学生提升阅读策略与文化认同，为教师提供完整教学流程与多元评估工具。

Unit 1 Great people Reading Wang Zhenyi — an outstanding woman scholar Unit 1 · Great people — Reading | Wang Zhenyi 1 / 26 Learning Objectives By the end of the lesson, you will be able to: 1.get the main idea and structure of a biographical passage； 2.retell Wang Zhenyi's life and achievements with key words； 3.use reading strategies: skimming + predicting； 4.understand what makes a person “great” and “ahead of one's time”. Unit 1 · Great people — Reading | Wang Zhenyi 2 / 26 Free talk A Great Chinese Woman Mathematician Look at the photo on the right. Let's guess who she is! 1. Who is she? Do you know this Chinese woman? 2. What is she famous for? 3. Can you name any other great Chinese scientists — especially women? Tip: We will meet another great Chinese woman from 250 years ago — Wang Zhenyi! Unit 1 · Great people — Reading | Wang Zhenyi 3 / 26 Background What makes a person GREAT? A great person is someone who has made outstanding contributions to human society through their work, ideas, or achievements — often against all odds. Qualities of great people: hard-working creative persistent brave curious selfless ahead of their time Think: Can you name a great person you admire? Why? Unit 1 · Great people — Reading | Wang Zhenyi 4 / 26 Background Great People in This Unit Tu Youyou 屠呦呦 1930– Scientist discovered artemisinin, saved millions of lives Wang Zhenyi 王贞仪 1768–1797 Mathematician · Astronomer · Poet made science clear for ordinary people Pablo Picasso 毕加索 1881–1973 Artist co-founded Cubism L. v. Beethoven 贝多芬 1770–1827 Composer kept composing after losing his hearing N. Copernicus 哥白尼 1473–1543 Astronomer proposed heliocentrism Which one do you want to know more about? Unit 1 · Great people — Reading | Wang Zhenyi 5 / 26 Watch Watch and Think Think while watching: What made Wang Zhenyi an outstanding woman scholar? Unit 1 · Great people — Reading | Wang Zhenyi 6 / 26 Lead-in Think and Share 1 Which great people do you know? 2 What contributions did they make to human society? 3 What qualities do great people have in common? 4 How did people become great? Discuss in groups (2 min) → one reporter per group. Unit 1 · Great people — Reading | Wang Zhenyi 7 / 26 Lead-in Brainstorming Map: Great People Great People Examples of great people Tu Youyou, Einstein, Marie Curie... Contributions to the world medicine, physics, art, music... Stories about them be born in a family of... Factors that made them great education, passion, courage... Unit 1 · Great people — Reading | Wang Zhenyi 8 / 26 Look and Predict Clues from the Title Title Wang Zhenyi — an outstanding woman scholar Key words 关键词： ● outstanding = 杰出的；出色的（≠ ordinary 普通的） ● woman scholar — why does the writer stress “woman”? ● scholar = 学者 → which field? math? astronomy? literature? Predict: What will the passage talk about? Unit 1 · Great people — Reading | Wang Zhenyi 9 / 26 Look and Predict Clues from the Picture Look at the picture quietly. Don't rush. Observe by dimensions 按维度观察： Time 时间 When — Qing dynasty or modern? Place 地点 Where is she? Person 人物 Who is she? What is she doing? Objects 器物 What can you see — books? instruments? a model? Field 领域 Which field — maths, astronomy or poetry? Unit 1 · Great people — Reading | Wang Zhenyi 10 / 26 Read for Main Idea Skim for the Main Idea Reading Strategy Skimming 略读 Read quickly for the main idea. ● first & last sentences of each paragraph ● names, dates and keywords ● don't read every word! Unit 1 · Great people — Reading | Wang Zhenyi 11 / 26 The text is about Wang Zhenyi’s_____ Her achievements in mathematics Her achievements in astronomy Her achievements in poetry Her marriage Her childhood Her works(著作) How she was remembered Her achievements in mathematics Her achievements in astronomy Her achievements in poetry Her childhood Her works How she was remembered An Introduction to Wang Zhenyi Match the phrases with paragraphs. Unit 1 · Great people — Reading | Wang Zhenyi 12 / 26 Read for Structure What Order? The passage is written in ______ order. 1768 born childhood family education teenager self-study in library age 24 math book age 29 died 1994 crater on Venus Unit 1 · Great people — Reading | Wang Zhenyi 13 / 26 time Find and circle all the time markers in the passage! Read for Structure Three Parts of the Passage Beginning Para 1–2 Introduction & Education born 1768 · family education · self-study Middle Para 3–5 Achievements mathematics (age 24) · astronomy & eclipse model·poem on gender equality End Para 6 Ideas & Legacy died at 29 · crater on Venus (1994) A typical biography = timeline + key achievements + legacy Unit 1 · Great people — Reading | Wang Zhenyi 14 / 26 Read for Details Part 1 · Beginning — Who was she? Para 1 Wang Zhenyi was a famous woman scholar in the Qing dynasty. She was born in 1768 and died in 1797 at the age of only 29. She was a mathematician, an astronomer and a poet. Even though her life was short, she achieved a lot. Fact File Name: Wang Zhenyi Lived: 1768–1797 Age: 29 Period: Qing dynasty Key word: outstanding Fields: mathematics · astronomy · poetry Q: What does Para 1 do in the whole passage? → It gives a full overview of the person in just one paragraph.（总述段：一段话勾勒人物全貌） Think: what feeling does “only 29” carry? — a pity （惋惜，更显其杰出。） Unit 1 · Great people — Reading | Wang Zhenyi 15 / 26 Read for Details Part 1 · Beginning — Education & Self-study Para 2 Wang grew up in a family that valued education. Her father taught her mathematics, her grandfather taught her astronomy, and her grandmother taught her poetry. She showed a talent for all three subjects from an early age. Even though she could not go to school, Wang spent a lot of time reading and studying in her grandfather's library. Father 父亲 → mathematics 数学 Grandfather 祖父 → astronomy 天文学 Grandmother 祖母 → poetry 诗歌 + self-study in grandfather's library 自学 a family that valued education = 重视教育的家庭 背景：清代绝大多数女性无法接受教育——王氏家庭的开放极为难得。 Unit 1 · Great people — Reading | Wang Zhenyi 16 / 26 What made Wang Zhenyi's family — and her story — so unusual? Read Para 2 and find the clues. Read for Details Part 2 · Middle — A Problem and a Realization Para 3 Q: What problem did Wang find with old science books? → The language was old-fashioned and difficult to understand. Q: What important realization did she have? → Scientific texts needed to be written in a clear way so that everyone could understand them. Q: What did she decide to do? → She decided to rewrite Mei Wending's famous book about calculation and create a simpler method. Unit 1 · Great people — Reading | Wang Zhenyi 17 / 26 Read for Details Part 2 · Middle — The Lunar Eclipse Model Para 4 round mirror = the Moon 月亮 round table = the Earth 地球 lamp = the Sun 太阳 Moon moves behind Earth → enters Earth's shadow → looks darker = lunar eclipse 月食 Q: What was special about her model? → So easy that even the youngest could follow — she turned a complex phenomenon into something everyone could see. Key Structure: so + adj. + that ... 如此……以至于…… Unit 1 · Great people — Reading | Wang Zhenyi 18 / 26 = Lunar Eclipse 月食:当月亮进入地球的阴影时,看起来就变暗了 Read for Details Part 2 · End — Poetry & Ideas Para 5 In addition to her achievements in mathematics and astronomy, Wang Zhenyi was an excellent poet, and she wrote about unusually modern topics. Wang knew that women are no less intelligent than men, as we can see in this poem: “It's made to believe, Women are the same as Men; Are you not convinced, Daughters can also be heroic?” Q: What idea did she express? → Women are no less intelligent than men.（巾帼不让须眉） Q: Why was it “revolutionary”? → Most people then believed women were less capable; her idea challenged that deeply held belief. Key Words: revolutionary 革命性的 · no less ... than ... 和……一样…… Unit 1 · Great people — Reading | Wang Zhenyi 19 / 26 Read for Details Part 3 · End — How is she remembered? Para 6 Wang Zhenyi died at the age of 29. While she was alive, most of the people around her did not understand how extraordinary her work was. Since then, history has remembered her. In 1994, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) named a crater on Venus after Wang Zhenyi. It is fitting that she is remembered beyond her time. Q: How is she remembered today? → In 1994, the IAU named a crater on Venus after her. Key Expression: It is fitting that ... = ……是恰当的 / 当之无愧的 “beyond her time” 双关：超越她的时代 · 超越她的生命 —— 呼应标题 outstanding。 Unit 1 · Great people — Reading | Wang Zhenyi 20 / 26 Post-reading Discuss 1) What made Wang Zhenyi an outstanding woman scholar? → achievements in math & astronomy + progressive ideas + courage to challenge old beliefs + making science accessible to all 2) Was she ahead of her time? In what way? → Yes. Science against superstition; knowledge for everyone; gender equality — all revolutionary in the 18th century. 3) What can you learn from her? → Never give up · Keep learning · Don't let others define your limits · Knowledge is power. 4) If you could say one thing to her, what would it be? → Open-ended — e.g. “Thank you for inspiring generations of women scientists.” Discuss in groups (5 min) → one question per group. 结合文本证据作答。 Unit 1 · Great people — Reading | Wang Zhenyi 21 / 26 Post-reading Role-play: A Press Conference Group work 小组活动： One student plays Wang Zhenyi; the others are reporters. Prepare questions about her life, achievements and ideas, then hold a press conference. Tip: answer in character, using information from the text. 用文本信息、以角色口吻回答。 Reporters may ask 记者可参考提问： 1 Who taught you maths, astronomy and poetry when you were young? 2 Why did you rewrite Mei Wending's book in a clearer way? 3 How did you explain lunar eclipses to ordinary people? 4 What did you want to say about women in your poems? Unit 1 · Great people — Reading | Wang Zhenyi 22 / 26 Theme Why is Wang Zhenyi “Outstanding”? What she did ● rewrote old science books in clear language ● created a simpler method of multiplication and division ● built a model to explain lunar eclipses ● wrote poems advocating gender equality Why she is great ● ahead of her time — fought superstition with science ● made science accessible to ordinary people ● broke gender barriers — “Women are the same as Men” ● left a lasting legacy — remembered 200+ years later Conclusion: She was outstanding not just for what she achieved, but for who she was — a woman who refused the limits her society placed on her. Unit 1 · Great people — Reading | Wang Zhenyi 23 / 26 Homework Must-do 必做 Finish Vocabulary Practice on P7 (the cloze about Ada Lovelace). Choose-to-do 选做 Write 80–120 words about a great person you admire, using: grow up in a family that ... / have a talent for ... / with ... in mind / in addition to / It is fitting that ... Extension 拓展 Find out how the IAU named the Venus crater in 1994; make an A4 poster and share next class. Unit 1 · Great people — Reading | Wang Zhenyi 24 / 26 Self-assessment How Well Did I Do? Tick honestly. I can … Great OK Not yet I can get the main idea and structure of the passage. ☐ ☐ ☐ I can retell Wang Zhenyi's life and achievements with key words. ☐ ☐ ☐ I can use skimming and predicting strategies. ☐ ☐ ☐ I can explain what makes a person “great” and “ahead of one's time”. ☐ ☐ ☐ I took an active part in the discussion and the role-play. ☐ ☐ ☐ Talk with your partner: which one will you work on next class? Unit 1 · Great people — Reading | Wang Zhenyi 25 / 26 “It's made to believe, Women are the same as Men; Are you not convinced, Daughters can also be heroic?” — Wang Zhenyi (1768–1797) A woman scholar, remembered beyond her time. Unit 1 · Great people — Reading | Wang Zhenyi 26 / 26 [中文 · 王贞仪原诗] 始信须眉等巾帼，谁言儿女不英雄。 （清·王贞仪） Packed by Bilibili XCoder v2.0.2 Lavf62.3.100 $