Unit 1 The secrets of happiness（单元整体教案） 2024-2025学年外研版（2024）英语七年级下册

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Unit 1 The secrets of happiness单元教学目标单元教材分析本单元归属于“人与自我”主题范畴下的“生活与学习”主题群，对应“自我认识，自我管理，自我提升”这一子主题内容。本单元内容围绕探索幸福的含义展开，主要包括：谈论有关幸福的诗歌和故事，引导学生理解幸福的不同内涵；《查理和巧克力工厂》书评阅读启发学生思考幸福的来源；be 动词和行为动词的一般过去时学习；阅读 Zhou Jian 留长头发帮助身患癌症儿童并收获快乐的故事；最后学生需要制作一张幸福书页，这一活动将单元所学内容进行整合应用，要求学生运用所学的词汇、语法以及对幸福的理解，创造性地表达如何获得快乐，培养学生的综合语言运用能力和思维能力。课时分解第一课时　Starting out&ReadingTeaching Objects　【教学目标】1.Talk about stories and poems about happiness.2.Understand the happiness of Charlie's family from the book review.3.Explore the true meaning of happiness.Teaching Aids　【教学工具】an English book，a tape recorder and CAITeaching Steps　【教学步骤】★Step 1　Lead in【导入】1.Show some photos to students, then ask them to answer the questions.How do you think these people feel? Why?Let some students share the answers. Starting outPage 3，11.Ask students to read the poem and answer the questions.①What is the poem about?②What’s special about the poem?Check the answers with the class.Teacher can introduce more about acrostic poem(藏头诗) to Ss. Page 3，21.Ask students to look at the picture and answer the questions: ①What stories do you know about happiness?②What can you learn from them?2.Encourage Ss to share their answers in class.Understanding ideas（1－4）★Step 2 Pre-task【准备任务】Page 4，11.Ask students to look at the picture on page 4 and answer the questions.①What can you see in the picture?②Do you think everyone is happy?③What do you think makes them happy?2.Show the following words and expression to help the students.small house family together poor love the only bed key to happiness happy place3.Ask students to share the answers with the class.★Step 3 While-task【过程任务】Page 4，21.Ask students to read the book review and check their answers.2.Share the right answers with the class.Page 6，31.Show the three titles for the review to students and encourage Ss to translate them.2.Ask students to choose the best title for the review and share their reasons.3.Represent the right answer and explain the reason.Page 6，41.Ask students to complete the thinking map with the words and expressions from the passage.2.Check the answers with the class.★Step 4　Post-task【后续任务】Page 6， Think and share1.Ask students to think about the following questions:①Do you agree that “happiness comes from things like money”?②What do you think the words of Oscar Wilde in the last paragraph of the passage mean?2.Give some prompts to the students.3.Let some students share their answers.★Step 5　Language points　【语言要点】1. But I kept going over the exciting story in my mind.go over是一个常见的短语，它的用法和意义相对广泛。在这句话中，它的意思是“复习；重温”。E.g. I always go over my notes just before I go into an exam.go over还可以表示“仔细检查”。E.g. Go over the exam paper once more. 2. They always ate watery cabbage soup for dinner.watery的意思是“水的；含水的；水分多的”。E.g. The soup is watery. It doesn’t have much taste.这汤太稀了，没什么味道。E.g. Her eyes became watery when she heard the sad news.当她听到这个悲伤的消息时，她的眼睛湿润了。3. In winter, the freezing wind swept across the floor all night long.这句话形象地描绘了冬季Charlie家寒冷、破败的景象。这句话的意思是”凛冽的寒风横扫过地面“。freezing的意思是”极冷的；冰冻的“。E.g. It’s freezing outside. Put on your warm close.The temperature was so low that the water in the pond became freezing.4. This touched me greatly.在这句话中，touch的意思是“触动；感动”。E.g.The movie about friendship really touched my heart.Her kind words touched us and we all had tears in our eyes.5. It can move us, change us and give us a life full of happiness.在这句话中，move的意思是“感动”。E.g.The little boy’s bravery moved everyone in the room.The story of the teacher moved us deeply and we couldn't help crying.★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.★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 class, we only talked about happiness in the stories. In the following lessons, I can expand this part. For example, I can ask students to talk about other things that can bring happiness in our real life. This can make the class more relevant to their daily life and help them understand the theme better.第二课时　GrammarTeaching Objects　【教学目标】1.Master the usage of simple past tense. 2.Complete the exercises related to simple past tense. 3.Use simple past tense to talk about your happy moments.Teaching Aids　【教学工具】an English book，a tape recorder and CAITeaching Steps　【教学步骤】★Step 1　Lead in【情景导入】1.Show the following sentences to students and ask them to pay attention to the bold words.The book was full of magic.The family never had enough food.To my surprise, the family were happy together.2.Lead to the grammar simple past tense.Understanding ideas（5—8）★Step 2　Pre-task【过程任务】Page 7, 51.Ask students to find more sentences with these structures in the reading passage.2.Let some students say their answers.3.Check the answers with the class as follows.E.g.But I kept going over the exciting story in my mind.Charlie’s home was a small house at the side of a big town.They always ate watery cabbage soup for dinner.★Step 3　Grammar focus learning【语法学习】1.Write the verbs in the simple past tense on blackboard. Ask students if they know the original forms of these verbs.2.Teach students how verbs change to the simple past tense.规则动词的变化be动词的一般过去式3.Ask students to underline the time expressions for the past.常用语一般过去时句子中的时间状语：yesterday, two days ago, the day before yesterday, last year, the other day, once upon a time, just now, in the old days, when I was ... years old, last weekend, a week ago, ...4.Teach students the sentence structures of the simple past tense.(1)行为动词的一般过去时①肯定句：主语+动词的过去式+其他E.g. He had a good time yesterday.②否定句：主语+did not+动词原形+其他E.g. We did not (=didn’t) have a good time yesterday.③一般疑问句：Did+主语+动词原形+其他？E.g. —Did he go there? —Yes, he did. / No, he didn’t.④特殊疑问句：疑问词+一般疑问句？E.g. —When did you get up this morning?—I got up at 6 o’clock.(2)be动词的一般过去时①肯定句：主语+be动词的过去式(was/were)+其他E.g. I was very tired last night.②否定句：主语+be动词的过去式(was/were)+not+其他E.g. Mike wasn’t at school this morning.③一般疑问句：be动词的过去式(Was/Were)+主语+其他E.g. —Was she a teacher?—Yes, she was. / No, she wasn’t.④特殊疑问句：疑问词+一般疑问句？E.g. —Where were you yesterday morning?—I was at school.★Step 4　While-task【过程任务】Page 7，61.Ask students to complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.2.Let students share answers with the class.Page 7，71.Ask students to complete the post with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.2.Check the answers with the class.★Step 5　Post-task【后续任务】Page 8，81.Ask students to work in pairs and then ask them to answer the question: Do you think love can make us happy?2. Ask students to talk about their experience. 3.Show the thinking map on the book and ask them to use the words and expressions from the reading passage and the useful expressions to help them to organize their ideas.Useful expressions: I kept going over ... in my mind.That made him/her feel...To my surprise, ...This touched me greatly.From this, I learnt ...I believe that...Love is the key to happiness.Choose some students to share their writings.★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.★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】I found that some students with poor English foundation still had problems with the simple past tense. They might be confused about the irregular verb forms. For example, when they met words like “go —went” or “see—saw”, they made mistakes easily. In the future, I will give these students more special practice on irregular verbs. I can make some cards with the original form of the verbs on one side and the simple past form on the other side. Let them practice more often to help them remember these forms better. 第三课时　Listening and SpeakingTeaching Objects　【教学目标】1.Understand the listening material and grasp the key information. 2.Pronounce /əʊ/, /aʊ/ correctly and remember the letters and letter combinations that represent them. 3.Talk about what you have learnt about staying positive in this section.Teaching Aids　【教学工具】an English book，a tape recorder and CAITeaching Steps　【教学步骤】★Step 1　Lead in【情景导入】1.Show the picture on page 9 to students, and then ask them to answer the following questions.What can you see in the picture?How do you describe the glass of water?2.Let some students share the answers with the class.3.Show the two kinds of opinions to students. Some people always look on the bright side of life.They expect good things to happen. Other people often believe that bad things will happen.★Step 2　Pre-task【准备任务】1.Show two groups of contrasting pictures. For the first group of pictures: one is a colorful rainbow stretching across the sky under the bright sunshine, and the other is a gloomy and damp street on a rainy day. For the second group of pictures: one is a birthday party with delicious food and laughing people, and the other is a messy scene after the party.2.Point at the pictures and ask the students, “Look at these pictures. What do you see in the first picture of each group? What about the second one? Which one do you like better?” 3.Guide the students to answer, for example, “I see a rainbow in the first one. It's beautiful. I see a wet street in the second one. It's not nice.” 4.Then continue to ask, “Do you think different people may have different feelings about these pictures? Why?” Through such a discussion, it will naturally lead to the topic of seeing life scenes in a positive or negative way, laying a good foundation for the subsequent course content.★Step 3　While-task【过程任务】Page 9，11.Ask students to listen to the radio programme and choose the main idea.2.Check the answers with the class.Page 10，21.Ask students to listen to the radio programme again and complete the blanks.2.Check the answers with the class.Page 11，31.Show the table to students, and ask them to guess what may be filled in the blanks.2.Ask students to listen to the talk and complete the notes.3.Let some students say their answers.4.Check the answers with the class.Page 11，31.Ask students to listen again and talk about how Dr Zheng gives examples in his talk.2.Tell students the way to give examples. For example, we can use take... for example, like and such as to introduce examples.★Step 4　Post-task【后续任务】Phonetics in use1.Let students read the words on page 9 freely, and then ask them to pay attention to the bold letters and find the similarities of pronunciation in each column. 2.Play the recording and ask students to repeat them.3.Tell the pronunciation of /əʊ/ and /aʊ/ .4.Have students read the words together.5.If possible, provide more target language materials for students to practise.Page 11，41.Ask students to work in pairs and share their advice for leading a happier life. 2.Show an example to students.3.Let students talk about what they have learnt about staying positive in this section.★Step 5　Summary　【课堂小结】Ask students to use the students’ self-assessment form to check what they have learned in this lesson.★Step 6　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 period, we should ask the students to grasp the key words to complete the listening tasks. In addition, we should encourage them to talk about what they have learnt about staying positive in this section.第四课时　Reading for writingTeaching Objects　【教学目标】1. Find out why Zhou Jian keeps his hair long and what happiness he gets;2. Analyze how the author makes the story vivid;3. Write a story about feeling happy through helping others.Teaching Aids　【教学工具】an English book，a tape recorder and CAITeaching Steps　【教学步骤】★Step 1　Lead in【情景导入】Show some pictures about helping others and ask Ss to observe how the help giver feel. Elicit Ss to find that it’ s happy to help others.★Step 2　Pre-task【准备任务】Page 12，11.Let students look at the pictures and predict what the passage is about.2.Show some words and expressions to help students.For example, keep hair long happiness grow smile help others doing good laugh at cut it short3.Ask students to share their guesses with the class.★Step 3　While-task【过程任务】Page 13，21.Ask students to read the passage and see if their guesses were right.2.Check the right answer with the class.Page 14，31.Ask students to read the passage and complete the notes with the words and expressions from the passage.2.Let some students say their answers.3.Check the answers with the class.Page 14，41.Ask students to answer the questions.①What do you think “hope grew together with his hair” mean?②What will Zhou Jian do to “grow happiness again”?③Why does the writer use the words of Plato in the last paragraph?2.Let some students say their answers.3.Check the answers with the class.★Step 4　Post-task【后续任务】Page 14，Think and share1.Ask students to think and share:①How do you feel when you read the letter in the passage?②What can you learn from the passage?2.Give students some prompts.3.Let some students share their answers and check the answers with them.Page 15，51.Ask students to write a short paragraph about feeling happy through helping others.2.Give them some prompts.Ask them to do as follows.①Write your answers to the following questions.When and where does the story happen?Who is the main character of the story?What does he/she do and what challenge(s) does he/she face?How does he/ she react to the challenge(s)?What does he/ she feel?②Organise your ideas by answering the following questions.③Check your paragraph as follows.Did you include characters, a setting and event(s)?Did you use the words from the reading passage?Did you give your opinions about the secrets of happiness?3.Ask some students to share their stories with the class. ★Step 5　Language points　【语言要点】1. Zhou Jian’s hat blew off.blew off的原形是blow off，在这句话中意思是“吹掉，吹走”。E.g. The strong wind blew off my hat when I was walking on the playground.2. His long hair waved in the air.wave在这句话中作动词，意思是“飘扬，飘动”。E.g. The colorful flags waved in the gentle breeze（微风） on the school playground.3. “Just one month!” he said to himself.say to oneself的意思是“对自己说”。E.g. She said to herself, “You can do it.”4. People often talked about his long hair behind his back. Sometimes they laughed at him.behind one’s back的意思是“在某人背后，背地里”。E.g.Don’t speak ill of others behind their backs.不要在背后说人坏话。laugh at的意思是“嘲笑，取笑”。E.g. You shouldn’t laugh at others’ failures.5. But he never felt any shame.shame在这句话中作名词，意思是“丢脸；耻辱”。E.g. Losing the game in such an easy way was a great shame for our team.6. Day after day, hope grew together with his hair.day after day的意思是“日复一日，天天地”。E.g. Our team is working hard day after day to ensure the success of this project.为了确保这个项目的成功，我们团队日复一日地努力工作。7. He took off his hat and his hair fell around his shoulders.took off的原形是take off，意思是“脱下，脱掉”。E.g. He took off his clothes and got into the shower.★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.★Step 7　Homework【家庭作业】1．Review the words and sentences.2．Do the exercises in students’ book.Teaching reflection　【教学反思】 In class, we need to guide the students to use the knowledge to complete the reading tasks. This lesson is a bit difficult and has a lot of important phrases and sentences. Therefore, we should pay attention to adjusting the difficulty. The activities and questions for this lesson need to be designed in advance so that students can follow the teacher’s thought. In this way, they will have more interest and confidence in learning English.第五课时　Presenting ideas&ReflectionTeaching Objects　【教学目标】1.Make a book page about ways to be happy.2.Talk about your understanding about happiness.Teaching Aids　【教学工具】an English book,a tape recorder and CAITeaching Steps　【教学步骤】★Step 1　Lead in【情景导入】Hello, boys and girls! How are you feeling today? Are you happy, sad, or just so - so?（微笑着询问学生，用简单的表情和手势辅助理解）Let's see. Raise your hand if you're happy.（观察举手情况）Oh, some of you are happy. That's great! Now, I have a big question for you all. What makes you happy?（稍作停顿，等待学生思考）We can talk one by one. You can just say one or two simple words. For example, you can say “toys” if playing with toys makes you happy.（给出示例，在黑板上写下 “toys”）Now, let's start.（邀请几位学生回答，把他们说的关键词写在黑板上，如 “friends”“games”“ice - cream” 等）★Step 2　Pre-task【准备任务】Look at all these things on the blackboard. They are all different, but they have something in common. They can bring us happiness. Today, we are going to make a book page. And this book page is all about ways to be happy. We'll write down more things like these and make it beautiful.（指着黑板上的单词，然后拿出一张做好的示例书页展示给学生看）Are you excited? Let's begin!★Step 3　While-task【过程任务】1.Ask students to work in groups. Search for information about ways to be happy. Then decide which ways you will include in your book page. Consider the following aspects:①What makes you happy?②How can we help others be happy?③What is your advice for unhappy people?2.Let students organise their ideas with the help of the outline on page 16 and write your book page.3.Ask them to use the language tips on page 16 or find useful expressions or sentences from this unit.4.Ask some students to practise and present their book pages to the class.★Step 4　Post-task【后续任务】1.Ask students to vote on the best three book pages and the best three presentations.2.Ask students to talk about what they have understood more about what makes as the following mind map.What are the secrets of happiness?Love Staying positive Helping others 3.Ask students to check whether they have achieved their learning goals.4.Let students write down what they still need to improve.★Step 5　Summary　【课堂小结】Ask students to use the students’ self-assessment form to check what they have learned in this lesson.★Step 6　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 class, I clearly told the students that the task of this class was to make a book page about ways to be happy. And I also showed them an example. This made the students have a clear understanding of the activity. Quite a few students showed great interest and were eager to start making their own book pages, which helped to improve their classroom participation.【Language Abilities】1.Use words and expressions in the unit to talk about happiness.2.Use the simple past tense to describe happy moments.3.Share the meaning of happiness in our lives.【Culture Awareness】1.Cultivate the awareness of treasuring emotional wealth instead of blindly pursuing material things.2.Develop a positive and optimistic way of thinking.3.Explore the similarities and differences of happiness under different cultural backgrounds.【Quality of Thinking】1.Analyze the plot, characters’ emotions and behaviors in the text, and infer the relationship between happiness and different factors.2.Deduce the internal logic between helping others and obtaining personal happiness.3.Think critically about the ideas of happiness presented in poems, stories, and book reviews.【Learning Abilities】1.Keep positive and confident in studying English.2.Use the learned knowledge and personal perception to creatively express different views on happiness and ways to achieve happiness.【Class Hour Division】Five periods第一课时Starting out&Reading第二课时Grammar第三课时Listening and Speaking第四课时Reading for writing第五课时Presenting ideas&ReflectionI can talk about happiness.I can describe happy moments.I can share the meaning of happiness in our lives.构成法例词一般加-edwork—worked以e结尾的词加-dlive—lived以“辅音字母+y”结尾的词，改y为i，再加-edcry—cried以“元音字母+y”结尾的词，直接加-edplay—played以重读闭音节或r音结尾，末尾只有一个辅音字母的词，要双写这个辅音字母，再加-edstop—stoppedprefer—preferred主语一般现在时Iwashe, she, itwasyouwerewe, theywereI can master the usage of simple past tense.I can complete the exercises related to simple past tense. I can use simple past tense to talk about my happy moments.I can learn to listen for an experience analysis.I can pronounce /əʊ/, /aʊ/ correctly and remember the related letters and letter combinations. I can talk about what I have learnt about staying positive in this section.I can know Zhou Jian’s behaviour that helps kids with cancer. I can understand happiness springs from doing good and helping others.I can write a short story about feeling happy through helping others.I can make a book page about ways to be happy.I can talk about what I understand about what makes you happy.