Unit 8 Lesson 3 Thinking Skills & Reading Strategies（16页）课件 2024-2025学年英语仁爱版七年级下册

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Thinking Skills & Reading Strategies
Unit 8
Our Blue Planet
学习目标
To learn how to identify the main idea and details；
To visualize with pictures and talk about the water cycle.
新课讲授
Thinking Skills
Identifying the main idea and details
Brainstorming：
What is the relationship between the main idea and details
The main idea gives us the most important information and the supporting details tell us more about the main idea.
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Look at the picture and read the text. Learn how the details support the main idea.
Reading & Learning
Activity 1
Main idea:
All living things need water.
Detail 1:
People and animals drink water every day.
Detail 2:
Plants need water to grow.
Read the text and complete the main idea and detail chart.
Activity 2
Water is very useful. At home, we use water to cook, do washing or cleaning. Outside home, we can travel by water, do exercise in water, and have fun with water.
use sth.to do sth.使用某物做某事
do cleaning = do some cleaning 打扫卫生
do washing = do some washing 洗衣服
by water 乘船
Water is very useful. At home, we use water to cook, do washing or cleaning. Outside home, we can travel by water, do exercise in water, and have fun with water.
Main idea:
_____________________
Detail 1: At home
_________________
_________________
Detail 2: Outside home
________________
________________
________________
Water is very useful.
cook
do washing or cleaning
travel
do exercise
have fun
Talking & Introducing
Activity 3 Pair work
Talk about more uses of water in your daily life.
Try to use a main idea and detail chart.
Main idea:
_____________________
Water is very useful.
Detail 1:
_________________
_________________
Detail 2:
_________________
_________________
Visualizing
Reading Strategies
Activity 1
Read the text and use the picture to help you visualize what you read.
On sunny days,water goes up in the airand turns into clouds in the sky.
Steps to visualize:
I read: ________________________
I see in my mind: _______________
______________________________
Now, I understand: _____________
______________________________
how water turns into clouds.
some water, the sun and some clouds
clouds come
from water.
Language points
☆ how water turns into clouds.
turn into是一个固定搭配的短语，意为“把……变成……”。其中， turn 是及物动词， into 是介词，表示转变的方向或结果。这个短语常用于描述从一种状态或形式转化为另一种状态或形式。
【常见搭配】
turn on 打开（电器、自来水、煤气等）
turn off 关掉（电器、自来水、煤气等）
turn up 调高（音量） turn down 调低（音量）
turn back 往回走 turn round 转身，转向
turn against 背叛；反对 turn over 翻转；移交
Activity 2
Read the text and underline what makes you picture something in your mind.
Do you know the water cycle Water in the air gets cold, makes clouds and then forms water drops. The drops fall and it rains. Rainwater goes into rivers, lakes and oceans. When it is sunny, water goes up into the sky, forms clouds and then it rains again.
Water Cycle
Making pictures in your mind while reading
can help you have a better understanding of
what is going on in the text.
Group work. Read the text below again and tell your
partners what you visualize.
Activity 3
Do you know the water cycle Water in the air gets cold, makes clouds and then forms water drops. The drops fall and it rains. Rainwater goes into rivers, lakes and oceans. When it is sunny, water goes up into the sky, forms clouds and then it rains again.
Steps to visualize:
I read: ________________________
I see in my mind: _______________
______________________________
Now, I understand: _____________
the water cycle
some water, some clouds, rivers, lakes, oceans...
the water cycle
Then talk about the water cycle.
Free Talk
课堂总结
We learn:
1. how to identify the main idea and details.
2. visualize with pictures.
We can:
1. ask and answer about uses of water in our daily life.
2. talk about the water cycle.
Reflection
I can
learn how to identify the main idea and details
visualize with pictures and talk about the water cycle
Homework
1. Review and memorize the new words and phrases as well as sentence patterns in the lesson.
2. Review the thinking skills of identifing the main idea and details and the reading strategies of visualizing.
You should
Read the Economist's titles to identify the main idea and details.
You may