Unit 2 Understanding ideas Reading The Selfish Giant 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Oscar Wilde的童话《The Selfish Giant》展开，核心知识点包括故事理解、结构分析及主题提炼。课堂导入通过童话书封面信息、作者简介及预测问题（5W1H）搭建学习支架，引导学生关联已知（如作家作品）与新知（故事关键词），形成连贯学习脉络。 其亮点在于以Story Mountain结构（Beginning到Ending对应段落）培养思维品质，通过细节阅读任务（如词汇替换、语法点辨析）提升语言能力，结合作者名言提炼“分享快乐”主题渗透文化意识。学生能深化文本理解与策略运用，教师可高效实施分层教学与素养评价。

Unit 2 Getting Along The Selfish Giant Understanding ideas The selfish giant What is the name of this book? Lead-in Pre-reading While-reading Post-reading Diversify assessment huawei (h) - What else can you see in the picture? writer 作者 name 书名 Lead-in Pre-reading While-reading Post-reading Diversify assessment Do you know him? Have you ever read his book? 你曾经读过他的著作吗? Oscar Wilde 奥斯卡 王尔德(1854-1900) A famous Irish writer and poet 著名的爱尔兰作家和诗人 Wrote many interesting stories and plays, such as The Happy Prince and The Nightingale and the Rose. 写了许多有趣的故事和戏剧:《快乐王子》、《夜莺与玫瑰》。 Lead-in Pre-reading While-reading Post-reading Diversify assessment What else can you see in the picture? A giant Some children characters人物 place 地点 In a forest / garden writer 作者 name 书名 Lead-in Pre-reading While-reading Post-reading Diversify assessment Predict(预测) what the story is about. garden play children angry spring selfish Lead-in Pre-reading While-reading Post-reading Diversify assessment Who & Where & What & When & How 谁?在哪?发生了什么?什么时候发生的?结局如何? 花园 自私的 玩耍 孩子们 生气 春天 What is the passage type? A story B. A news 2. How does the author develop the story? A Fairy tale寓言童话 A. Story Mountain Scan(扫读) and answer the questions . Lead-in Pre-reading While-reading Post-reading Diversify assessment B. Beginning Rising action Climax Ending Story Mountain [ kla m ks] Lead-in Pre-reading While-reading Post-reading Diversify assessment Read for details(细节). 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. What is the Giant’s garden like? 1. Whose garden is this?(≤ 2words) The Giant’s. It is a large garden with soft, green grass and here and there, over the grass, stand beautiful flowers, like stars. (≤ 12words) (≤ 10words) 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. What’s the meaning of “has been away” in Chinese? A. 离开 B. 已经离开 C. 去过 How does the giant feel when he sees the children? Use 1 word to replace(替换) the phrase “in a very angry voice”. angrily Read for details(细节). 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. 2. What does the Giant do after the children run away? (≤ 12words) He closes the gate and builds a high wall around the garden. 1. Why do the children run away? A. Because the Giant is back. B. Because the Giant shouts at them angrily. C. Because they plan to play joke on the Giant. Read for details(细节). A B 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.” How’s the weather in the Giant’s garden ? How does the Giant feel? A. Happy. B. Excited. C. Confused. It’s winter. Read for details(细节). always 5 But spring never comes, nor summer. Autumn gives golden fruit to every other garden. But it gives none to the Giant’s garden. Summer doesn’t come, either doesn’t give any fruit Read for details(细节). Does summer come to the garden? Does autumn come to the garden? No, it doesn’t. No, it doesn’t. Read for details(细节). 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. What does the Giant hear? (≤ 4 words) How long has he not heard it? (≤ 3 words) What does he do after hearing it? (≤ 7 words) hear sb. doing sth. hear sb. do sth. He hears birds singing. For a while. He jumps out of bed and looks outside. Read for details(细节). 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.” 1. What does the Giant see? 2. How does he feel? He sees a hole in the wall. There is a little child in every tree. The trees have covered themselves with flowers. And the birds fly about. so+形容词/副词that 如此…以至于… 用…覆盖… 飞来飞去 in the tree 在树上 on the tree 在树上 我曾经太自私了! He feels ashamed(羞愧) and regretful(后悔). 开心地=happily 8 He knocks down the wall. The children look afraid. “Fear not, little ones,” the Giant says. “It’s your garden now.” Do not fear, kids. Read for details(细节). What does the sentence “It’s your garden now” mean? The giant sends the garden to the kids. The Giant shares the garden with the kids. The Giant sells the garden to the kids. 2. How does the Giant feel now? He feels happy. √ 永远不要和自私的人做朋友。 愤怒会导致不快乐。 分享快乐,快乐加倍。 √ Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden -Oscar Wilde The more, the merrier. 独乐乐不如众乐乐. Beginning Rising action Climax Ending Story Mountain [ kla m ks] Lead-in Pre-reading While-reading Diversify assessment Para. Para. Para. Para. 1 2-5 6-7 8 Post-reading Lead-in Pre-reading While-reading Post-reading Diversify assessment 1. garden 2.play 3.angry 4.spring 5.looks outside 6.selfish 7.knocks down 8.the children Just by looking at the title and the picture, what do you think the story might be about? Use the words on the slide to help you! [Pause for students to predict] Student (Sophie): "Maybe it's about a giant who doesn't want children to play in his garden." Student (Alex): "I think the giant might be angry because it's always winter." Good predictions! The title and the picture do give us some clues about the story. Let's read the story together and find out what the Giant does to his garden. Thank you! $