Unit 3 第1课时 Starting out & Understanding ideas(Word教案)-【优翼·学练优】2026-2027学年八年级英语上册同步备课（外研版·新教材）

该教案围绕“发明”主题及Easton的发明过程展开，通过展示图片（灯泡、梯子、电脑工作的人）和播放视频导入，引导学生讨论古今生活差异及发明影响，搭建从日常发明到具体案例的学习支架，衔接Starting out与Reading环节。 特色在于多模态资源（图片、视频）与阶梯式任务结合，通过预测、排序、填表等活动培养思维品质（分析、推断），Think and share环节引导学生思考发明意义与人物品质，提升文化意识（社会责任感）和语言能力（表达）。自我评估表助力学习能力发展，实例丰富，结构清晰，既提升学生综合素养，又为教师提供可操作教学方案。

第一课时　Starting out&Reading Teaching Objects　【教学目标】 1.Talk about inventions in our daily life. 2.Learn about the process of Easton’s invention. 3.Tell what you can learn from Easton. Teaching Aids　【教学工具】 an English book，a tape recorder and CAI Teaching Steps　【教学步骤】 ★Step 1　Lead in【导入】 1.Show the picture on page 34 and page 35 to students, then ask them to answer the questions. ①What can you see? ②What do these things stand for? ③What does the picture mean to you? 2.Let some students share the answers. Possible answers:①I can see a bulb, a ladder and a man working on the computer. ②The light bulb stands for thinking and creativity, the ladder stands for efforts and exploration , the man working on the computer stands for the process of turning inspiration into practical results. ③It implies that people acquire inspiration through efforts and exploration , and use modern tools to turn it into practical achievements. Starting out Page 35，1 1.Ask students to watch the video and answer the questions. ①What differences between the lives of ancient people and ours do you know? ②What caused these differences? 2.Let students brainstorm the answers. 3.Check the answers with the class. Page 35，2 1.Ask students to look at the pictures and answer the questions. ①What are these inventions? ②How have they changed our lives? 2.Let students check the answers with the class.` Answers:①Compass, wheel, computer, mobile phone. ②The compass helps with direction - finding in outdoor activities. Wheels make transportation more efficient for travel and cargo delivery. Computers revolutionize information access, work, and entertainment. Mobile phones enable instant communication and simplify various daily tasks like payment and navigation. Understanding ideas（1－4） ★Step 2 Pre-task【准备任务】 Page 36，1 1.Ask students to look at the word cloud on page 36. Then predict what the passage is about. 2.Let some students share their guesses. ★Step 3 While-task【过程任务】 Page 36，2 1.Ask students to read the passage and check their answer. 2.Check the answer with the class. Possible answer: Easton invented an affordable, lightweight artificial arm and shared the design for free to help children. Page 38，3 1.Ask students to order the following events in the passage. 2.Check the answer with the class. Answer: 1 4 2 3 Page 38，4 1.Ask students to complete the chart with the words and expressions from the passage. 2.Check the answer with the class. Answer: ①science fair ②without an arm ③grow quickly ④fishing line ⑤move ⑥weighed ⑦cost ⑧design ★Step 4　Post-task【后续任务】 Page 38，Think and share 1.Ask students to think about the following questions: ①How would Jenny's life change with Easton’s invention? ②What can you learn from Easton? 2.Give some prompts to the students. 3.Let some students share their answers. ★Step 5　Language points　【语言要点】 1.He built it out of plastic blocks and fishing line. 句中out of意为“由……制成，用……做成”。例如: a toy boat carved out of wood 一只木头雕成的玩具小船 The necklace is made out of gold. 这条项链是金制的。 2. What's worse, children like her grow quickly and need new arms all the time. what's worse意为“更糟糕的是”，用来引出一个更加糟糕或严重的情况，通常用来加重语气，强调比较。例如: I forgot my wallet at home, and what's worse, my phone is out of power.我把钱包忘在家里了，更糟糕的是，我的手机没电了。 It's raining, and what's worse, I left my umbrella at home.天下起了雨，更糟糕的是，我把伞忘在家里了。 3. “It blew me away! I built my arm for only $300," thought Easton. blow sb away意为“使某人大为惊讶”。例如: The film was so good that it just blew me away.电影太棒了,简直让我震惊。 4. What a helping hand! (1)本句是感叹句句型:what a(n) (+形容词)+单数名词。例如: What a nice dress!多漂亮的连衣裙啊! What a surprise! 真是没料到的事! (2) a helping hand意为“援手，帮助"。例如: He’s been giving me a helping hand with the children. 他一直在帮我照顾孩子。 I need a helping hand with my housework.我需要人帮我完成家务。 ★Step 6　Summary　【课堂小结】 Ask students to use the students’ self-assessment form to check what they have learned in this lesson. I can talk about inventions in our daily life. I can learn about the process of Easton’s invention. I can tell what I can learn from Easton. ★Step 7　Homework【家庭作业】 1.Review the words, phrases and sentences. 2.Do the exercises in students’ book. Teaching reflection　【教学反思】 In this reading lesson, I mainly focused on guiding students to explore independently. However, the difficulty level of the questions I set was not ideal, and the participation of some students was low. Next time, I will set more simple questions to guide the students. 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $