(共19张PPT及音频)
Unit 4 Changing and Growing
Reading for writing
Learning Objectives
通过本课的学习，学生能够:
1. 以读促写，同时通过写作练习，巩固本单元的重难点表达。
2. 联系生活实际进行写作练习，提高写作信心。
3. 通过同伴互评，知道一篇优秀文章的标准。
4. 保持乐观心态，认识到自己在过去一年的进步与 成长。
Warming up
1: Are there any big changes in your body or mind in the past year
2: How do you feel about it now
Pair work. Please answer questions and share with your partner..
Activity 1
Pair work. Discuss the order of the sentences and read the text in Activity 2 to check.
( 2 ) I often argued with my parents for nothing.
( 4 ) Little by little, I became more confident.
( 1 ) During my 8th grade, I went through many changes.
( 5 ) Now, I don’t worry about my weight anymore.
( 3 ) Luckily, my elder sister, Zhenzhen, noticed how I was feeling.
Predict Li Mei's growing-up story.
Read the text about Li Mei’s growing-up story and complete the chart.
Activity 2
Accept Yourself and Share Your Feelings
My name is Li Mei. Today, I want to share my story of growing .
During my 8th grade, I went through many changes. As I was growing taller, I was gaining weight quickly. This made me feel bad about myself, and I often argued with my parents for nothing. At times, I was really feeling lonely and unhappy.
Luckily, my elder sister, Zhenzhen, noticed how I was feeling. She was always there to listen. With her support, I started to talk about my feelings. Little by little, I became more confident, and my relationship with my parents also improved.
Being a teenager is not easy, but I learned to accept myself and share my feelings. Now, I don’t worry about my weight anymore. Instead, I feel happy every day.
观，带（某人）巡视
人）巡视
人）巡视
adj. 注意到
v. 争论；争吵
n. 关系
人）巡视
v. 接受
Complete the character-development chart.
Beginning
Middle
End
As she was growing taller, she was gaining weight quickly. This made her feel bad about herself.
Her elder sister, helped her with her problem.
She became more confident and her relationship with her parents also improved.
She don’t worry about her weight.
Now she feels happy every day.
She often argued with her parents for nothing.
Activity 2
My name is Li Mei. Today, I want to share my story of growing .
During my 8th grade, I went through many changes. As I was growing taller, I was gaining weight quickly. This made me feel bad about myself, and I often argued with my parents for nothing. At times, I was really feeling lonely and unhappy.
Luckily, my elder sister, Zhenzhen, noticed how I was feeling. She was always there to listen. With her support, I started to talk about my feelings. Little by little, I became more confident, and my relationship with my parents also improved.
Being a teenager is not easy, but I learned to accept myself and share my feelings. Now, I don’t worry about my weight anymore. Instead, I feel happy every day.
Analyze Li Mei’s growing-up story.
Beginning: introduce yourself and start the topic.
Body: describe your story---problems /solutions/ the change ....
End: your opinions /feelings...
Activity 3
Draw a character-development chart of your growing-up story, and then draft your essay. The phrases and sentence patterns may help you.
outline
Beginning: introduce yourself and start the topic.
Body: describe your story---problems /solutions/ the change ....
End: your opinions /feelings...
（the relationship with your parents/friends, study, hobbies...)
（understand each other, plan everything well...)
（get well with each other, improve, feel relaxed...)
Activity 3
The phrases and sentence patterns may help you.
Useful phrase Useful sentence pattern
feel ... about... argue with try to do... no longer I want to tell...
To become a(n)...
Little by little,...
I'm no longer...
Everything will turn out all right! 一切都会好起来的！
Make your final draft.
My name is Su Xiao. I want to share you with my story of growing up.
To be an outgoing person, you should be brave to have a change. At the beginning of 7th, I was too shy to communicate with my classmates. And I was afraid to ask my teachers for help when meeting troubles. As a result of it, I felt so bad about my school life. After a month, I decided to change myself. I gathered my courage to talk with my deskmate, we soon became good friends. Little by little, I'm no longer shy. Now, I even can give a speech in front of others.
Growing up is not always full of pains. Luckily, we can get something unexpected. Everyone will shine in their own way some day.
Activity 4
How well can you _________________ ______________ Self-rating Partner’s rating
express your view of knowing yourself
use the thinking skill of describing a character
write about your growing-up story
organize ideas into a well-balanced structure
use the theme vocabulary of the unit
use the past continuous tense
use punctuation
spell the words
Activity 4
2. Please better your writing.
1. Please ask your partner to review your draft for errors and offer suggestions for improvement.
Language points
1. put on lots of weight
lose weight
增重，体重增加
减肥，体重减轻
翻译：(1) 我很难长胖。
It's very difficult for me to put on weight.
(2) 他正在想方设法减肥。
He is trying everything to lose weight.
Language points
turn out
翻译：晚会开得很成功。
The party turned out to be very successful.
2. Everything will turn out all right! 一切都会好起来的！
意为“结果是；最后是”
指事物或情况最终的结果或发展方向。
Language points
accept / k sept/ v.
翻译：梅梅不接受这份工作。
区别：receive /r 'si v/ v. 接到
3. Get to know yourself and accept yourself! 认识自我，接纳自我！
意为“接受；承认；” ，
翻译：他收到一封来自北京的信。
Meimei doesn't accept he job.
He recieved a letter from Beijing.
Language points
我几乎不和我父母聊天。
区别：hardly /'hɑ dl / adv. 几乎不
hard /hɑ d/ adj. 艰难的；困难的；坚硬的
翻译：他未能完成这份困难的工作。
He failed to finish this hard work.
我爷爷几乎不喝咖啡。
My grandpa hardly drinks coffee.
4. And I hardly talked with my parents.
Summary
We learn:
1. 书写成长故事需要用到的英语表达。
2. 如何对一篇成长故事进行构思写作。
3. 同伴互评，学会如何评价一篇成长故事。
We can:
1. 熟练运用英语表达描述自己的成长故事。
2. 通过回顾自己的成长故事，所思所获，对自己更充满信心。
Homework
You should
remember the new words and important phrases of the lesson;
practice the key sentence patterns with your partner;
better your writing of growing up story.
You may
make a booklet of your family members' growing up story
Thank you!
