Lesson 3 Introduce yourself 2026-2027学年外研版英语七年级上册

This is Lesson 3 of the starter unit Welcome to junior high. The learning goals are to get detailed personal information about Zhu Xiaomeng, master the skills of self‑introduction, and understand why self‑introduction matters when entering junior high school. It continues the theme of adapting to new campus life from the previous two lessons and focuses on personal expression and interpersonal communication. At the beginning of the class, the Look and Say activity presents a picture of a girl giving a speech in front of the whole class. Students observe the classroom scene and guess that the girl is doing a self‑introduction. Then Free Talk encourages students to share their real‑life experiences: when they introduced themselves before, what information they usually include, and situations where self‑introduction is needed, such as joining a new class, making new friends, entering clubs or taking part in talent shows. It helps students brainstorm key contents for self‑introduction, including name, hobbies, personality, family and feelings. Next, students read Zhu Xiaomeng’s self‑introduction text. They extract her basic information through reading tasks. Her name is Zhu Xiaomeng. She loves sports, such as running, playing football and swimming. During the summer holiday, she travelled to Dalian with her parents. She swam in the sea and played on the beach. On her first junior‑high day, she feels a little nervous but really excited to meet new teachers and classmates. Pair‑work discussion guides students to analyse Zhu Xiaomeng’s personality based on the text. After reading, the lesson shows the clear structure of a complete self‑introduction. It consists of five main parts: name, hobbies, summer‑holiday experiences, personal personality and wishes for the new term. Rich useful expressions are offered for each section. For hobbies, students can use phrases like playing Chinese chess, riding a bike and going roller‑skating. For holiday experiences, they can describe places they visited and activities they did. To describe personalities, words such as friendly, helpful, easy‑going and shy are provided. For future wishes, students may write about making new friends, joining clubs or studying hard. A sample self‑introduction passage is given as a model. Students are required to finish their own written self‑introduction and deliver it orally in front of the class. The Think and Share part discusses the value of self‑introduction. A good self‑introduction helps leave a positive first impression and promotes mutual understanding among new classmates. Besides content, the lesson also teaches students about proper communication manners: keeping smiles and greetings, making eye contact, speaking slowly and clearly, using positive body language, and ending the speech with questions to show interest in others. Important language points are sorted out in this lesson. First, the phrase “show sb. around” means to lead somebody to visit a place. Second, the structures “like / love sth.” and “like / love doing sth.” express preferences for things or activities. Third, “a bit” means slightly, modifying adjectives. The phrase “be excited to do sth.” describes the feeling of being thrilled to do something new. Fourth, “make friends with sb.” is used when students want to build new friendships. These phrases and sentence patterns can be used in both writing and oral self‑introduction. In general, this lesson combines reading, writing and speaking practice around self‑introduction. Students not only learn practical vocabulary and sentence patterns for personal description, but also master the logical structure of self‑introduction. More importantly, they learn polite communication skills. The lesson helps new junior‑high students express themselves confidently and get ready to build new relationships in their brand‑new school life. Starter Welcome to junior high! Introduce yourself Learning Objectives In this lesson you will: 1. find out Zhu Xiaomeng’s basic information; 2. learn to introduce yourself; 3. talk about the importance of making a self-introduction. Look and Say 3. What do you think the girl is doing? 1. Where are the students? 2. What can you see in the picture? Can you predict what the passage might be about? The passage might be about a self-introduction made by a new student. Free talk Have you introduced yourself before? When was that? come to a new class make new friends join a new club take part in a talent show What do you usually say to introduce yourself? name, hobby, family, personality, ... Read the passage. What does Xiaomeng say to introduce herself? her feelings about the first day of junior high her wish in junior high her summer holiday personality hobbies name Xiaomeng’s self introduction What is the girl's name? Zhu Xiaomeng What are her hobbies? She 1. sports. She likes running, 2. and swimming. loves playing football Let’s know more about Xiaomeng. Read the passage again and complete the notes. Where did she go this summer holiday? She 3. with her parents. What did she do there? She 4. in the sea and 5. on the beach. How does she feel on the first day in junior high? She is a bit 6. , but she is also 7. to meet new teachers and classmates. went to Dalian swam played nervous excited Talk in pairs. What kind of girl is Zhu Xiaomeng? She is a helpful girl, and ... Now it’s time to write about yourself. Read the structure, what can you write in the self-introduction? Hello everyone. My name is 1. . Today is my first day in junior high. I like 2. This summer holiday, I 3. I'm a(n) 4. I want to 5. hobby personality wish name holiday Useful expressions hobbies summer holiday personality wish playing Chinese chess riding a bike going roller skating kind-hearted, helpful friendly, easygoing humorous, shy make friends with... join a ... club study hard with... I went to ... with my parents. We did... We watched... Example Hello everyone. My name is Li Hua. Today is my first day in junior high. I like going roller skating, playing basketball and riding a bike. This summer holiday, I went to Zhangjiajie with my parents. We climbed mountains and watched performance. I'm an easygoing boy. I can play games with you. I want to make friends with you all. Introduce yourself to the class. Think and Share Do you think self-introduction is important? Why? Yes, we can give others a good impression（印象）. It’s a way to know each other better. ... How do we make a good self-introduction? smile and greet have eye contact with others speak clearly and slowly use positive body language end with a question and show interests to others. Language points 1.The volunteers showed me around the school. showed sb. around 带领某人参观 My sister showed me around the beautiful campus when I first visited her university. The tour guide showed us around the Summer Palace. 2.I really like it. I love sports very much. I like running, playing football and swimming. like/love sth. 喜欢某（事）物 I like/love outdoor activities. like/love doing sth. 喜欢做某事 I like/love reading. I like/love outdoor activities. 3.I'm a bit nervous now, but I'm also excited to meet new teachers and classmates. be excited to do sth.做某事很兴奋 a bit 一点儿，稍微 This cake is a bit too sweet for me. I’m feeling a bit tired after the long journey. She is excited to start her new job. 4. I want to make friends with you all! make friends with you all 和你们所有人交朋友 make friends with sb. 和某人交朋友 I want to make friends with her. He wants to make friends with me. $