外研版八年级英语下册Unit 2 Growing pains and gains Writing& Presenting ideas&Reflection课件

Unit 2 Growing pains and gainsWritingLearning ObjectivesIn this lesson, you will:1. learn to organize ideas for a personal failure story by answering guided questions.2. write a coherent passage about your own failure experience, using appropriate expressions to describe feelings and growth.3. reflect on the meaning of failure and express a positive attitude toward challenges in your writing.Free TalkCan you think of one thing that you have tried hard but didn't succeed in the end?Think about a failure in your life. Answer the questions below.What happened?E.g. Last month, I tried out for the school speech contest.What was the pain for you?E.g. I forgot my lines during the tryout and froze on stage.How did it make you feel?E.g. I felt so embarrassed that I wanted to cry.Step 1:What did you do as a result?E.g. My mom encouraged me to practice speaking in front of the mirror every day.How did you grow or change after it?E.g. I learned to practice more calmly, and now I feel more confident speaking in front of others.Step 2:Write your passage with the help of the questions.Step 3:Check. Did you: answer all the questions in Step 1?use the words and expressions from the reading passage?give your opinion about failure?Step 4:Share your passage with the class.Unit 2 Growing pains and gainsPresenting ideas&ReflectionLearning ObjectivesIn this lesson, you will:1. collect and discuss a growth story of a well-known person or someone around you by identifying its "growing pains, solutions and gains".2. organize and deliver a presentation about the growth story using the given outline and related expressions.Presenting ideasGive a presentation on a person's growth story.Step 1:Work in groups. Find people's growth stories. They can be well-known people orsomeone around you. Talk about their growth stories and take a group vote todecide on the person. growing pains solutions gainsStep 2:Organise your presentation with the help of the following outline. You may usethe following language tips or find useful expressions or sentences from this unit.Introduction Stating the purpose of the presentation— I would like to talk about... and his / her growth story.Body Describing growing pains— He / She was laughed at...— He / She worried about...Describing gains— He / She is now a successful...— He / She now knows clearly that...Conclusion Ending your presentation with comments on the person's story— I believe we can all learn a lot from...Step 3:Practise and give your presentation to the class.Step 4:Vote on the three most interesting growth stories and the best three presentations.ReflectionAfter completing this unit, I understand more about the meaning of growing up.To express my understanding, I can...use words and expressions in the unit to talk about growing up:use the passive in the simple past to talk about challenges of growing up.explain the meaning of growing up.I still need to improve: