Unit2 Getting along (starting out and understanding ideas)课件2026-2027学年外研版英语八年级上册

该初中英语课件围绕“Getting along”主题，通过《The Selfish Giant》故事学习分享与合作意义，结合现在完成时for/since用法。课堂导入采用三句中外名言引发讨论，搭配插图提问，以Story Mountain为支架梳理故事起因、发展、高潮与结局，帮助学生构建知识脉络。 其亮点在于融合文化意识与思维品质，通过经典故事和名言传递分享价值，用Read deeper分析比喻、拟人等修辞提升语言理解能力，语法练习结合Uncle Jimmy真实案例增强应用。学生能联系自身经历表达感悟，教师可依托清晰教学环节高效开展听说读写活动。

A story about sharing 🌳 UNIT 2 Getting along Starting out & Understanding ideas “No one is an island.” Let's explore the secrets of good relationships — and learn how to get along with others. 外研版（2024）英语 · 八年级上册 · Unit 2 学习目标 Learning objectives 通过本课时的学习，学生能够： 学习理解 描述名言与图片，理解《The Selfish Giant》的主要情节，把握巨人从自私到分享的情感变化。 应用实践 借助 Story Mountain（情节山）梳理故事的起因、发展、高潮与结局，并能用关键词复述故事。 迁移创新 联系自身与他人相处的经历，表达分享与合作的意义；正确运用 for / since 讲述经历。 Unit 2 · Getting along 2 After this lesson, students can… 1 use words and expressions to talk about relationships; 2 understand the story of The Selfish Giant and the Giant's change; 3 use a Story Mountain to retell the story in your own words; 4 use the present perfect with for / since to tell stories of sharing; 5 share your thoughts on how to get along with others. Unit 2 · Getting along 3 01 Starting out 导入 · What makes a good relationship? Lead-in Pre-reading While-reading Post-reading Summary Starting out 1 Lead-in Pre-reading While-reading Post-reading Summary 1 Read the quotes and answer the questions. Do not do to others what you do not want others to do to you. 己所不欲，勿施于人。 — Confucius 孔子 Not everyone thinks the way you think, knows the things you know, believes the things you believe, nor acts the way you would act. Remember this and you will go a long way in getting along with people. — Arthur Forman We need people, we need the cooperation of others. There is very little we can do alone. — Earl Nightingale Think & talk 1 What are the quotes about? 2 Which one do you agree with most? Why? They are all about getting along with others — respect, understanding & cooperation. ✓ Unit 2 · Getting along 5 Starting out 2 Lead-in Pre-reading While-reading Post-reading Summary 2 Look at the picture and answer the questions. 1 Do you have any problems in getting along with others? 2 Can you share one with the class? Sample: Sometimes my friend and I don't agree. I listen first, stay calm and talk it over. ✓ Unit 2 · Getting along 6 Understanding ideas 02 A story about sharing 🌳 Lead-in Pre-reading While-reading Post-reading Summary Pre-reading · Predict Lead-in Pre-reading While-reading Post-reading Summary 1 Look at the title and the picture. Predict what the passage is about. Use the words to help you. garden selfish play children angry spring I think the passage is about a giant who has a beautiful garden… 2 Read the passage. What does the Giant do to his garden? He builds a high wall around the garden and keeps the children out. ✓ Unit 2 · Getting along 8 While-reading · The story Lead-in Pre-reading While-reading Post-reading Summary 1 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. 2 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. Read & think 1 Who plays in the garden? The children do. 2 What does the Giant do back home? Shouts angrily, builds a wall. Unit 2 · Getting along 10 While-reading · The story Lead-in Pre-reading While-reading Post-reading Summary 3 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. 4 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.” Read & think 3 How does the Giant feel? Angry. 4 What happens to spring then? It stays winter — no spring. Unit 2 · Getting along 11 While-reading · The story Lead-in Pre-reading While-reading Post-reading Summary 5 But spring never comes, nor summer. Autumn gives golden fruit to every other garden. But it gives none to the Giant's garden. 6 One morning, the Giant suddenly 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. Read & think 5 What does he hear one morning? Birds singing. 6 Why does he think spring has come? He hears beautiful birdsong. Unit 2 · Getting along 12 While-reading · The story Lead-in Pre-reading While-reading Post-reading Summary 7 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.” 8 He knocks down the wall. The children look afraid. “Fear not, little ones,” the Giant says. “It's your garden now.” Read & think 7 What does he see through the hole? A child in every tree; trees in flower. 8 What does the Giant finally do? Knocks down the wall; shares it. Unit 2 · Getting along 13 Story Mountain 4 Lead-in Pre-reading While-reading Post-reading Summary Complete the reading chart. (点击逐步显示情节与答案) Beginning The Giant has a large ______ and the children ______ in it every afternoon. The Giant has a large garden and the children play in it every afternoon. 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. The Giant finds the children in his garden. He shouts at them in a very angry voice. The children run away. Since then, spring has not come to his garden. 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 ______. One morning, the Giant hears birds singing. He jumps out of bed and looks outside. The children have returned, and the garden is lively again. He thinks he has been selfish. Ending The Giant ______ the wall and tells ______ the garden is theirs. The Giant knocks down the wall and tells the children the garden is theirs. Unit 2 · Getting along 14 Read deeper · Structure & language Lead-in Pre-reading While-reading Post-reading Summary Structure How is the story organised? Which words carry it through time? ↳ In time order — Every afternoon → One day → Then spring comes → One morning… The plot rises through Beginning → Rising action → Climax → Ending. Language “…beautiful flowers, like stars.” What figure of speech is this, and what is its effect? ↳ A simile (明喻): the flowers are compared to stars — it makes the garden vivid, bright and magical, a place of pure joy. Language “The trees are so glad…” “The birds fly about and sing with joy.” What does the writer use, and why? ↳ Personification (拟人): nature is given human feelings — the garden comes alive with joy as the children return, echoing the Giant’s change of heart. Unit 2 · Getting along 15 The message 3 Lead-in Pre-reading While-reading Post-reading Summary 3 Choose the message of the passage. a Never make friends with selfish people. b Anger leads to unhappiness. c Shared joy is a double joy. c Shared joy is a double joy. ✓ Unit 2 · Getting along 16 Think and share Lead-in Pre-reading While-reading Post-reading Summary 1 Why doesn't spring come to the Giant's garden? ↳ Because he is selfish and shuts the children out. 2 Why do you think the Giant changes his mind? ↳ He misses the children and sees sharing brings spring/joy. 3 Do you know a similar story from a book or your life? Share it. ↳ (Open — share your own example with the class.) Learning to think It's important to compare different stories before forming your understanding. Unit 2 · Getting along 17 Grammar · for / since 5 Lead-in Pre-reading While-reading Post-reading Summary 5 Read the sentences from the passage and summarise the rules. (a) The Giant has been away for a long time. (b) Since then, he hasn't seen a child there. for + 一段时间（how long） for a long time for three years since + 时间点 / 从句（when） since then / since Grade 3 since we first met Unit 2 · Getting along 18 Practice · for / since 6 Lead-in Pre-reading While-reading Post-reading Summary 6 Complete the sentences with for or since. 1 We have been friends ________ Grade 3. since 2 They have been together ________ three years. for 3 ________ last year, we've shared many happy moments. Since 💡 for + 时间段（how long） | since + 时间点（when it started） Unit 2 · Getting along 19 Grammar in use 7 Lead-in Pre-reading While-reading Post-reading Summary 7 Complete the news article with for, since or the correct form of the given word. 📰 Free ice creams, priceless gifts Most people hope to receive birthday gifts. But Jimmy Teng, or “Uncle Jimmy”, does things differently. The 74-year-old man has sold ice creams (1)____ the past 17 years in Singapore. Every year, on 22 March – his birthday – he offers free ice creams. He has done this (2)____ his 70th birthday. This year, he plans to give away 800 ice creams. “People (3)____ (be) quite stressed recently and I want to help. Sharing has made me feel happy (4)____ the past four years.” Many customers have become his friends (5)____ they first met. He has made many friends online (6)____ then. Answers ① for ② since ③ have been ④ for ⑤ since ⑥ since ✓ Unit 2 · Getting along 20 Discuss & share 8 Lead-in Pre-reading While-reading Post-reading Summary 8 Work in pairs. Discuss your experience of sharing. Use the passage and the Useful expressions to help you. When did it happen? What happened? How did you feel about it? What have you learnt from it? Useful expressions • I have shared… with… for / since… • One day, … • Sharing really brings… • How does sharing make you feel? • Sharing has allowed / shown / taught me… • It makes me feel… Unit 2 · Getting along 21 Summary · Retell Lead-in Pre-reading While-reading Post-reading Summary Retell the story with the Story Mountain and the key words. 1 large garden → children play 2 Giant comes back → angry → builds a wall 3 no spring, only winter 4 hears birdsong → sees children → “How selfish I've been!” 5 knocks down the wall → “It's your garden now.” Theme: Sharing brings happiness — shared joy is a double joy. Unit 2 · Getting along 22 Reflection To express my understanding, I can… ☐ use words in the unit to talk about relationships ☐ use the present perfect with for / since to tell stories of sharing ☐ retell The Selfish Giant and explain its message Homework 📚 1 Retell The Selfish Giant to your family using the Story Mountain. 2 Write 3 sentences about a friend using for / since. 3 Think: how will you get along better with others this term? $