(共15张PPT)
Thinking Skills and Reading Strategies
Unit 1
Let’s be friends!
学习目标
能利用 “图片预测” 这一阅读策略, 获取文本的主旨大意;
能运用思维导图, 提取文本中人物描写的关键信息。
新课讲授
Describing a person
Brainstorming:
In what way do we describe a person
When you describe a person,
you can introduce the person’s __________, __________, __________, __________, character, etc.
name
age
looks
likes
...
Read the text and learn to describe a person.
My name is Kangkang. I’m 12 years old. I’m tall. I’m friendly and I like science.
Kangkang
tall
12
likes science
friendly
Reading & Learning
Activity 1
Read the text and complete the thinking map.
I am Li Mei. I’m from China. I am thirteen years old. I’m in Class Three, Grade Seven. I am kind. I like drawing.
Li Mei
China
13/thirteen
Class 3/ Three,
Grade 7/Seven
kind
likes drawing
Can you retell the text
Have a try!
Activity 2
Drawing & Introducing
Activity 3 Pair work
Draw a thinking map about yourself, and then make a self-introduction to your partner. The following words may help you.
Looks tall short strong thin
Likes reading running drawing cooking singing
Character kind friendly nice helpful quiet
I
China
13/thirteen
Class 3/ Three,
Grade 7/Seven
kind and friendly
like singing and reading
For example
Predicting from pictures
Look at the pictures and answer the question.
What are the relationships between the people in the pictures
Reading Strategies
Activity 1
Predict what you are going to read about. Tick (√) the correct answer.
The text may be about ____________________.
friends classmates
√
Read the text and check your prediction.
My prediction is right wrong.
We all need friends. Friends can be old. Friends can be young. Friends can be tall. Friends can be short. Friends play together and help each other.
need /ni:d/ v. 需要,有必要
together /t 'ge / adv. 在一起;共同
each other 相互
Activity 2
Look at the picture of Li Xiang and predict what the text
may be about, and then read the text and check your prediction.
The text may be about Li Xiang’s ___________.
friend
Activity 3
Look at the picture of Li Xiang and predict what the text may be about, and then read the text and check your prediction.
My prediction is right wrong.
This is my friend, Jim White. He is from Canada. He is 13 years old. He is tall and strong. He likes playing football. We often play football together.
The text may be about Li Xiang’s ___________.
friend
In English, the first name is
given name, and the last name is
family name. But in Chinese,
family name comes first.
Draw a thinking map about Jim White, and retell the text based on it.
Jim White
Canada
13/thirteen
tall, strong
likes playing football
We learn: 1.the thinking skills of describing a person
When we describe a person, you can introduce the person's name,
age, looks, likes, character, etc.
2. the reading strategies of predicting from pictures.
Before we read the text, we can look at the pictures first and
predict what the text is about.
We can: 1.describe a person.
2. predict what the text is about from pictures.
课堂总结
Homework
1. Review and memorize the new words and phrases as well as sentence patterns in the lesson.
2. Review the thinking skills of describing a person and the reading strategies of predicting from pictures.
You should
If you have a pen pal, draw a thinking map about him/her, and then write something about him/her.
You may