●     背景： 这篇短文围绕“周末计划”这一普遍话题展开，旨在让学生用简单的语言来描述过去和未来的活动，并练习如何提出和回答问题。

●     核心语言重点： 过去时，be动词，疑问句。

●    课文：

Myfriends and I have a plan for this weekend. On Saturday, we are going to themall. There is a new video game store there. We want to look at the new games.After that, we are going to get ice cream. On Sunday, we are going to playbasketball in the park. Last weekend, we went to the beach. We played in thewater, and we ate lunch on the sand. My friends and I had a good time. Whatabout you? What are you going to do this weekend?

●     词汇亮点：

○    weekend 周末

○    plan 计划

○    mall 购物中心

○    store 商店

○    beach 海滩

语法解析：

这篇短文综合练习了多种时态。它使用将来时（are going to the mall）来描述即将发生的计划，也使用了过去时（we went to the beach，weate lunch）来回顾上一个周末的经历。

此外，短文末尾的疑问句“What are you going to do...?”则为学生提供了提出未来计划相关问题的模板。

●     背景： 随着数字工具的普及，在线绘画和插画已成为学生的新兴爱好之一。这篇短文通过描述一个学生的绘画经历，将语言学习与创造性活动相结合，同时引入情态动词
can来表达能力。

●     核心语言重点： can，动名词。

●    课文：

I candraw on my tablet. This is my new hobby. I have a pen for the tablet, and I candraw many things with it. Last year, I could not draw well, but now I can drawpeople and animals. I love drawing comic book characters. My art teacher isteaching us. She says my drawings are better now. Drawing is a lot of fun. Ican draw a picture in 10 minutes. I practice drawing after school every day. Myfriend Tsubasa also likes drawing. We like drawing together. Drawing on thetablet is easy and fun.

●     词汇亮点：

○    tablet 平板电脑

○    hobby 爱好

○    characters 角色

○    teacher 老师

○    practice 练习

●    语法解析：

本课文重点在于情态动词can的用法，如“I can draw on my tablet”和“I can draw people and animals”，用于表达能力。同时，文章还巧妙地引入了动名词（
drawing）作为句子的主语（“Drawing is a lot offun.”）或动词的宾语（“I love drawing...”），帮助学生理解动名词作为名词的语法功能。

●     背景： 该短文以视频观看为主题，这是继游戏之后，初中生第二大流行爱好7。通过描述一个学生观看视频时的实时动作，文章旨在将现在进行时的抽象概念，融入到学生熟悉的具体情境中。

●     核心语言重点： 现在进行时，be动词。

●    课文：

I amwatching a video now. It is a video about a new kind of robot. The robot isvery small, and it can fly. The man in the video is showing the robot toeveryone. He is talking about the robot’s special powers. He is also flying therobot inside his house. My little brother is sitting next to me. He is watchingthe robot too. He is very excited. He is asking a lot of questions. I am tryingto listen, but he is talking too much! After this video, I want to watch avideo about a famous musician. My brother doesn't like that, but I love music.

●     词汇亮点：

○    watching 正在看

○    robot 机器人

○    excited 兴奋的

○    musician 音乐家

○    listen 听

语法解析：

本课文是学习现在进行时（am/is/are + verb-ing）的绝佳范例。句子“I am watchinga video”和“He is talking about...”清楚地描述了正在发生的动作5。同时，短文也巩固了be动词（如 It is a video）在陈述句中的用法，为学生提供了将不同时态融会贯通的练习机会。

●     背景： 这篇短文直接切入初中一年级学生最普遍的兴趣点——游戏7。它通过一个简单的叙事，将玩游戏这一日常活动与友情、团队合作和策略联系起来，旨在激发学生的学习兴趣和代入感。

●     核心语言重点： be动词和一般动词。

●    课文：

Myname is Kenji. I like to play video games. My favorite game is called MegaQuest. It is a game for my phone. The game is about a hero. He has a sword, andhe must fight monsters. My friends also play this game. We play together onlineafter school. My score is 5,000 points. I am very good at this game. My friendsand I talk about new strategies. We want to beat the big monster on level 10.The game is fun because we can work as a team. I am happy when I play with myfriends. We are a great team!

●     词汇亮点：

○    favorite 最喜欢的

○    hero 英雄

○    monsters 怪兽

○    strategies 策略

○    score 分数

●    语法解析：

这篇课文是练习最基本语法点——be动词和一般动词——的理想材料6。例如，“My name
is Kenji.”和“It is a game...”清晰地展示了be动词在描述主语身份和状态时的用法。而“I like to play...”和“We play together...”则展示了最常用的一般动词的用法。通过这些简单的句子，学生可以轻松掌握这些核心动词的使用规则，为后续更复杂的句型学习打下坚实基础。

●     内容： 一篇科普猫头鹰习性的短文，描述其在夜间的捕食和生活方式。

●     选材理由： 动物是学生熟悉的自然话题。文章将使用一般现在时来描述事实和习性，并可能引入情态动词can。

●     语法重点： 一般现在时，情态动词can。

●     拓展建议： 设计一个听力活动，让学生听一段关于另一种动物的描述，并回答相关问题，实现听力与阅读的结合。

课文：

Owls are veryinteresting birds. They are nocturnal, which means they are active at night.They can see and hear very well in the dark. Their big eyes help them to findtheir food, and their powerful ears can hear even the smallest mouse moving inthe grass. Owls can fly silently because their feathers are very soft. They eatsmall animals like mice, rats, and insects. An owl can catch its food withoutmaking a sound. Owls live in forests and sometimes in old buildings. They buildtheir nests in trees. Many people think owls are very wise, and they are oftenused as a symbol of knowledge. They are important for the natural world becausethey help to control the population of small animals.

●     内容： 介绍智能手机的起源与功能，并展望其未来发展。

●     选材理由： 科技是中学学生高度关注的领域。这篇文章能同时运用一般过去时（描述历史）和未来时（展望未来），是综合运用时态的理想材料。

●     语法重点： 一般过去时，未来形 (will, be going to)。

●     拓展建议： 让学生以小组形式讨论“未来的学校会是什么样子”，并用未来时态来表达自己的想法，培养其口语表达能力。

课文：

The first mobile phonewas invented in 1973 by Martin Cooper. It was a very big phone, and it was onlyused for making calls. In 2007, the first iPhone was introduced to the world.This was a new kind of phone. It was a smartphone. People coulduse it to send emails, listen to music, and go on the Internet. Now,smartphones are used by billions of people. They are essential for daily life.In the future, phones will be more powerful and smaller. They will use newtechnology to help us. For example, they will be used to control robots and help us find clean energy.They might even be used to help doctors with surgeries. Whoknows what else they will do? The possibilities are endless.

●     内容： 介绍寿司的制作过程、种类以及其在日本文化中的地位。

●     选材理由： 寿司作为日本的代表性文化元素，学生认知度高。该主题能大量使用被动语态（例如：“Sushi is made of...”），并将语法学习与文化知识相结合。

●     语法重点： 被动语态。

●     拓展建议： 鼓励学生用被动语态来描述自己喜欢的一种食物的制作过程，例如：”This cake is baked by my mom.“

课文：

Sushi is a very popularfood in Japan, but it is also enjoyed all over the world. Sushi is made fromcooked rice mixed with vinegar.12The rice is oftenshaped into small balls or rolled into long cylinders. Then, different kinds ofseafood or vegetables are placed on top or inside the rice. Many types of sushiare served in restaurants, and they are prepared by skilled chefs. The fish isalways served very fresh. Special sushi restaurants are often visited bytourists and local people. Sometimes, the sushi is served on a small woodenboat that floats on a small river. Other times, the sushi is placed on a beltthat moves around the restaurant. The diners just take what they want.

●     内容： 一篇以第一人称视角，讲述一次去京都旅行的经历，描述所见所闻。

●     选材理由： 旅游是中学二年级学生熟悉且感兴趣的话题。该主题能自然地运用大量一般过去时态，并引入地点介词（如in, on, at），从而在情境中学习和巩固语法知识。

●     语法重点： 一般过去时，地点介词。

●     拓展建议： 要求学生根据模板，写一篇关于自己家乡或一次旅行经历的短文，并分享给同学，实现写作技能的培养。

课文：

Last summer, my familyand I went to Kyoto. We arrived at Kyoto Station in the morning. Our hotel wason a small street near the station, so we walked there. In the afternoon, wevisited a beautiful temple. There was a big garden behind the temple. We sawmany people taking pictures in front of the gate. On the second day, we went tothe Gion district. We walked down a small street and saw a lot of traditionalhouses. We bought some souvenirs at a shop on a corner. At night, we ate dinnerin a small restaurant. The food was delicious. We stayed in Kyoto for threedays. It was the best trip I have ever taken.

●     内容： 经典寓言故事《乌鸦与水罐》的精简版。

●     选材理由： 寓言故事叙事性强，能有效巩固一般过去时11。故事中因果关系清晰，如“因为…所以…”的逻辑链，为引导学生进行讨论并用英文表达观点提供了基础。

●     语法重点： 一般过去时。

●     拓展建议： 在读完故事后，组织学生讨论故事的寓意，并用英文发表自己的看法，实现MEXT大纲中“交流自己的思想与感受”的目标1。

课文：

Once upon a time, a crowwas very thirsty. It flew for a long time, but it could not find any water.Finally, it saw a big pitcher on the ground. The crow was very happy! It flewdown and looked inside. There was water, but the water level was very low. Thecrow’s beak was too short to reach it. The crow tried to tip the pitcher over,but it was too heavy. The crow was clever. It saw some small stones on theground. It picked up a stone and dropped it into the pitcher. Then it picked upanother one and another one. After a while, the water level rose. The crowdrank the water and flew away, very satisfied. The crow understood that a smallaction, when repeated many times, can solve a big problem.

●     内容： 一篇关于水循环（Water Cycle）的科普文章，描述水的不同形态（固态、液态、气态）及其未来的变化。

●     选材理由： 该主题借鉴了低龄科学故事中“水的状态”这一主题，但在语言和概念深度上进行了升级。文章将大量使用will和be going to来描述水的未来状态或预测，从而强化对未来时态的掌握。

●     语法重点： 未来形 (will and be going to)。

课文：

I am a small drop ofwater, and I am going on a long journey. Right now, I am in a big, blue lake.But the sun is going to shine on me soon. When the sun gets hotter, I willbecome a gas and rise into the sky. I will join billions of other drops to forma cloud. In the sky, it will be very cold. My cloud is going to get bigger andbigger. When it gets too heavy, the drops will fall to the Earth again as rain.I might fall on a mountain, and then I will become part of a stream. Thisstream is going to flow down the mountain to a bigger river. The river willthen take me back to the ocean, and I will begin my journey all over again.