Unit 1 Reading for writing 课件 外研版(2024)七年级下册Unit 1 The secrets of happiness

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Unit 1 The secrets of happiness
Reading for Writing
Happiness
Objectives
After this lesson students will be able to
1. Read the passage fluntely,understanding the meaning of the passage.
2. Talk about the key to the happiness.
3. share your story .
Free Talk
What’s your secret of happiness
My happiness comes from
———————————————
a family vacation
walk with dog
A birthday party.
...
01
Pre-reading
Look at the title and pictures and predict
what the passage is about
Where What Who
Read and check.
02
While-reading
Name: _______
Gender(性别): ______
Happiness spring from____________________________________________
Zhou Jian
doing good and helping others.
1 The wind was strong. Zhou Jian's hat blew off. His long hair waved in the air. He heard a voice behind him: "Is that a boy or a girl " He shook his head. "Just one more month!" he said to himself.
2 People often talked about his long hair behind his back. Sometimes they laughed at him. But he never felt any shame.
3 Zhou Jian kept his hair long for over two years. Day after day, hope grew together with his hair.
4 Finally, the time came. Zhou Jian walked into a barber's shop. He took off his hat and his hair fell around his shoulders. The other customers were very surprised. "Please cut it short and give me the hair," he said. The barber's scissors did their work. Zhou Jian carefully put the hair into a bag and walked to the post office.
5 A week later, he
received a letter:
6 Zhou Jian looked at the smart young man in the mirror. He remembered the words of Plato: "Happiness springs from doing good and helping others." He smiled and said to himself, "It's time to grow happiness again."
Careful-reading
Read paragraphs 1-2.
What was Zhou Jian's hair like
He had __________ hair.
How did people react(v.反应)
They ____________ his long hair behind his back.
They ____________ at him.
long
talked about
laughed
How did Zhou Jian face(面对) it
He never felt any shame.
Read and complete
What did he do with his hair
He ________________ for over two years.
He went to a barber's shop to ____________.
He put the hair into a bag.
kept his hair long
cut it short
Why did he do so
He wanted to help ______________.
What did he do next
He _____________ and said to himself, “It's time to _______________ again.”
kids with cancer
smiled
grow happiness
Where was the letter from
How can “happiness” come from in this passage
Growing hair
helping others
in need
1. What do you think “hope grew together with his hair” means
Read and think
Zhou Jian’s hope was to help others by giving his hair to make wigs. As his hair grew longer, he was getting closer to his goal.
2.Why does the writer use the words of Plato in the last paragraph
To tell us that the key to happiness is doing good and helping others.
Listen and read.
Summarize and retell （复述）
Zhou Jian wanted to help kids with cancer. He ...
kept hair long...
cut...
walked to...
received...
Think of a moment you offer help or support to others.
Who
What happened
How did
you feel
help the old
raise money
Step 1. When and where does the story happen
Step 2. Who is the main character(主角) of the story
Step 3. What do you do and what difficulties(困难) do you face
Step 4. How do you react to the difficulties
Step 5. How do you feel
Useful phrases or sentences:
... is a ... year-old man/woman.
Happiness comes from /springs from....
It's time to ..... again.
Roses given, fragance in hand.
1. 吹掉
2. 再过一个月
3. 自言自语
4. 嘲笑
5. 日复一日
6. 理发店
blow off
one more month
say to oneself
laugh at
day after day
a barber’s shop
7. 脱掉；摘掉
8. 把它剪短
9. 邮局
10. 收到一封信
11. 镜子里
12. 发源于
take off
cut it short
the post office
receive a letter
in the mirror
spring from
13. 在某人背后，背地里
14. 看到/听到/得知……而感到很惊讶
15. 记得去做某事(还没做)
16. 记得做过某事(已做过)
behind one’s back
be surprised to see / hear / learn ...
remember to do sth.
remember doing sth.
短语重现
Homework
Retell Zhou Jian’s story. Then talk about what you have learnt from his experience.