Starter.4 Welcome to junior high - Make a wishing tree教学设计2026-2027学年外研版七年级英语上册

Starter.4 Welcome to junior high - Make a wishing tree 【Teaching Objectives (aligned with core competencies)】 1. Language competence Students can express wishes with "I'm going to..." (make more friends, join a football team, read more books, learn to dance, learn to play the piano, get better at English), write a wish leaf, and make a simple plan with "To..., I'm going to...". 2. Cultural awareness Students understand that setting wishes and plans for a new term is a positive tradition, and they learn to dream, plan and support one another. 3. Thinking quality Students turn a wish into a workable plan, connect a wish with an action step, and share and compare wishes with classmates. 4. Learning capacity Students learn to set a goal and plan one small action, use "be going to" for the future, and present their wish clearly to the class. 【Key and Difficult Points】 Key Points: ① Express wishes using "I'm going to..." and the phrases make more friends, join a football team, read more books, get better at English, learn to dance, learn to play the piano. ② Use the simple future "be going to + verb" correctly to talk about plans, e.g. "I'm going to take part in sports." ③ Make a simple plan: "To make more friends, I'm going to take part in sports." and share it with the class. Difficult Points: ① Use be going to with the correct form of be (am/is/are) and the base verb, e.g. "I am going to read more books.", "He is going to join the team." ② Connect a wish to a realistic action step with "To..., I'm going to...". ③ Speak in a complete sentence when presenting the wish without reading the leaf word by word. Trial Lecture Verbatim Script： Welcome Remarks Hello, everyone! What a magical lesson we have today! Look at this beautiful green tree on the screen. It has no leaves yet, but don't worry. Today, every one of you will write a wish on a leaf and put it on our class wishing tree. We are going to talk about our dreams for junior high and the plans to make them come true. Are you ready to fill our tree with wonderful wishes? Let's go! Ⅰ. Lead-in Look at the wishing tree. It is big and green, and we can hang our wishes on it. What do you wish for in junior high? Maybe you want new friends, or a new hobby, or better English. Let me show you some example wishes. Read them with me: "Make more friends." "Join a football team." "Read more books." "Learn to dance." "Learn to play the piano." "Get better at English." Lovely wishes, aren't they? Now, who can tell me: Which of these wishes sounds most like you? Yes, you, please! Students: "I want to get better at English!" Teacher: "That is a wonderful wish! I believe you can do it. Why do you want to get better at English?" Students: "Because I want to talk with people from other countries!" Teacher: "What a great reason! English opens a door to the world. Give yourself a clap! Anyone else? Yes, the boy over there!" Students: "I want to join a football team and play with my friends!" Teacher: "Excellent! Sports are a fantastic way to stay healthy and make friends. You all have such big hearts and big dreams today." Ⅱ. Presentation - be going to for wishes Now, how do we say a wish in English? We use "be going to". Look: "I'm going to make more friends." I am going to... We put am with I, is with he/she/it, and are with we/you/they. Let's say it together: I am going to make more friends. She is going to learn to dance. We are going to read more books. Great! But a wish is not enough. We need a plan to make it come true. Look at the girl on the screen. Her wish is "To make more friends, I'm going to take part in sports." So a wish plus an action makes a plan. Now, my question: If your wish is to get better at English, what are you going to do? Think! Yes, you, please! Students: "I'm going to read English every morning and listen to English songs!" Teacher: "Superb! Reading every morning and listening to songs are perfect plans. You used 'I'm going to' so well. Who has a plan for learning the piano? Yes, you!" Students: "I'm going to practise the piano for thirty minutes every day." Teacher: "Thirty minutes every day — that is a real, doable plan! Great thinking, everyone. Remember: a wish is the star, and a plan is the road that takes us there." Now, let's practise be going to together. I give you a wish, and you give me a plan. Ready? Wish: I want to make more friends. Who can make a plan? Yes, you, please! Students: "To make more friends, I'm going to say hello to a new classmate every day!" Teacher: "Lovely! Saying hello every day is simple but powerful. Another one: I want to read more books. What's the plan?" Students: "I'm going to read for twenty minutes before bedtime every night!" Teacher: "Excellent! Bedtime reading builds a wonderful habit. You are all becoming great planners today!" Ⅲ. Practice - Write your wish leaf Now, take out a leaf-shaped card. First, think quietly about your wish. Then write it down. You can start with "I'm going to...". Then add one small plan: "To..., I'm going to...". Let me show you mine: "I'm going to make my students happy in English class. To do that, I'm going to play more games with you!" Now it's your turn. You have three minutes. Write beautifully, because your leaf will hang on our tree! (The teacher walks around, helping students write.) Teacher: "Time's up! Let's put our leaves on the class wishing tree together. Who wants to read your wish out loud before you hang it? Yes, please come up!" Student: "I'm going to read more books. To read more books, I'm going to borrow one book from the library every week." Teacher: "That is beautiful! Reading a book every week is a clear plan, and our library is waiting for you. I love it! Next volunteer, please!" Student: "I'm going to learn to draw. To learn to draw, I'm going to practise drawing for twenty minutes every evening." Teacher: "Wonderful! Twenty minutes every evening is a great habit. Your drawings will be amazing soon. Class, let's give both of them a big hand!" Ⅳ. Group Work - Share and cheer each other Now, work in groups of four. Share your wish leaf with your group. Ask one question about your friend's plan, for example "What are you going to do first?" Then cheer for each other. Use: "That sounds great! I hope your wish comes true!" You have three minutes. Go! (The teacher listens to groups.) Teacher: "Time's up! Let's hear from a group. Group One, please tell us about your group's wishes." Group One: "Lily is going to learn to dance. Tom is going to join the football team. Anna is going to get better at English. And Jack is going to read more books. We will help each other!" Teacher: "What a wonderful group! You even said you will help each other. That is the true spirit of a class. Group Three, share with us!" Group Three: "We all want to make more friends. So we are going to say hello to a new classmate every day and play together at break time." Teacher: "Fantastic! Saying hello every day is such a kind and simple plan. I am so moved by your wishes and your love for this class. You are all amazing!" Ⅴ. Summary Today, we turned our class wishing tree from empty leaves into a forest of dreams. We learned to say wishes with "I'm going to...", and we learned that a wish needs a plan. We also learned to cheer for our friends and help one another. In junior high, every dream can grow if we water it with small daily actions. I am so proud of each of you. Closing Remarks Thank you for filling our wishing tree with so much hope today! When I look at our big green tree now, my heart is full. Every leaf carries a dream, and every dream has a plan behind it. Remember that wishes only come true when we take action, one small step at a time. If you keep trying, I am sure your leaves will blossom into real success. Here is your homework: First, keep your wish leaf at home and look at it every Monday. Second, tell your parents your wish and your plan in English. Third, start your small action this week and be ready to tell us next time whether you did it. Keep dreaming, keep planning, and keep being kind. See you next lesson! 【Blackboard Design】 Starter - Welcome to junior high! (Make a wishing tree) Wishes: make more friends / join a football team / read more books / get better at English / learn to dance / learn to play the piano Simple future: be going to + verb. I am going to... / He is going to... / We are going to... Plan: To make more friends, I'm going to take part in sports. Steps: 1 Think. 2 Write. 3 Put on the tree. 4 Make a plan and share. 【Defense Questions】 Q1: Why use a wishing tree as the final Starter task? Answer: It wraps up the Starter unit emotionally. Students have prepared their school, learned the places and met each other; now they set a goal for the new term. The tree is visual and warm, making abstract wishes concrete and shared. It also gives a meaningful reason to use "be going to". Q2: How do you teach be going to in this lesson? Answer: I present be going to inside real wish examples, then highlight the am/is/are agreement on the board. I drill chants, then push students to add an action step with "To..., I'm going to...", so the grammar is always used to express a real plan rather than being drilled in isolation. Q3: How do you make sure every student's wish is realistic? Answer: I model turning a wish into a small, doable action, such as reading for twenty minutes a day. During writing I walk around and help students change big wishes into simple steps. In group sharing, friends ask "What will you do first?" which further refines the plan. Q4: How do you build emotional care in this lesson? Answer: Besides writing wishes, I ask students to cheer for each other and promise to help. This turns a personal task into a community activity, so the class feels like a supportive team. It also matches the cultural value of encouraging one another at the start of a new journey. Q5: How does this Starter lesson lead into Unit 1? Answer: The wishes about junior high life connect directly to Unit 1 "A new start", where students reflect on their first week, learn to think more in learning, and make plans. The "be going to" plan language will be reused when they write about their first week. 【Post-class reflection】 ① The wishing-tree activity filled the classroom with warmth; every student wrote eagerly, and hanging the leaves together felt like a real celebration. ② Students understood be going to well, but a few forgot the am/is/are agreement; I will add a quick subject-verb matching warm-up next time. ③ Group cheering worked beautifully and made shy students feel supported; next time I will leave one more minute for writing so slower students finish without rushing. 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $