Unit1Schoollife

1、Unit 1 School lifeTeach ing aims of the whole un it:1. Develop students ability of reading comprehension by reading an article about school life in the UK and two other articles about school clubs.2. Develop students ability of listening comprehension by listening to two talks about school activitie

2、s.3. Develop students speaking ability by discussing daily school life and report ing school activities.4. Develop students writing ability by writing a notice about school activities.5. Develop students integrated skills of using English by making a poster for a school club.6. Enlarge students voca

3、bulary about school facilities.7 Help students understand what an attributive clause is and what relative words function as in attributive clauses; teach students how to use relative pronouns that, which, who, whom and whosePeriod arran geme nt:The whole un it: 12 periodsWelcome to the un it: 1 peri

4、odRead ing: 2 periodsWord power: 1 periodGrammar and usage: 2 periodsTask: 2 periodsProject: 2 periodsSelf-assessme nt: 1 periodRevisi on and exercises: 1 periodPeriod 1 Welcome to the unitI. Teach ing aims:1 Get students to know the differenthigh school loves between the UKandChi na.2 Develop stude

5、 nts En glish speak ing skills.II. Teachi ng Procedures:Step 1. Warming upLet some stude nts make a self-i ntroductio n.1. In troduce themselves.2. Say someth ing about their junior high school life.3. Pair work: brain storm:Whe n we are talk ing about our school life, what will we probably think of

6、?What words or phrases will we use to describe our school life?Step 2 Prese ntati on1. Say the follow ing to stude nts:It s the beg inning of the new term. You ve just fini shed your juniorhigh and are about to en ter a new period in your studies. I am happy to give your less ons and I hope we can b

7、e frie nds.I can see that someof your are eager to know what studying at senior high will be like. Will it be differ4e nt from junior high? Well, there are certainlymanydifferences between junior high and senior high, but thereare also some things that are the same in every school in China.What abou

8、t schools in other countries? Do you have differentexperiences?Are schools all over the world the same? This is the subject of our first unit.2. Ask students to read the instruction and tell them: Here are three pictures that show some aspects of school life in the UK.Please read the instructions,lo

9、ok at the pictures: whats the differeneebetwee n schools in Chi na and the UK?Step 3 Discussi on1 Ask students the following questions to talk about the words in the four pictures:Huge campus and low-rise build ingsWhat does huge mean?What does low-rise mean?What about campus and school buildi ngs i

10、n China?(Schools in China usually have a large eno ugh campusto makesure stude nts have eno ugh space to study and play. But most school build ings have at least 3 storeys.)Lockers for every stude ntDo you know what a locker is?(There are rows of lockers by the classrooms for stude nts to put theirb

11、ookd, exercise-books and other bel ongin gs.)What do you think about locker for stude nts?Do you think that we should have such locker in our school? Why or Why not?Fewer stude nts in each classHow many stude nts are there in our class?Do you know the number of students in a class in the UK?At ease

12、with our teacherWhat can we know from this picture?What does the word ease mean? What do you think the phrase at ease mean?Were you gett ing on well with the teacher whe n you were in junior high?What relati on ship do you want to have with your teachers in senior high?2 Ask stude nts to work in gro

13、ups to talk about the four pictures and the differences between schools in the UKand China. Then ask several students to report their discussi on to the whole class.aspectsIn the UKIn Chi naHuge campus and low-rise build ingsWe can see huge campus and low-rise buildi ngs.It is the biggest differe ne

14、e from schools in ChinaSchools in China usually have a large eno ugh campus to make sure stude nts have eno ugh space to study and play in.But most school build ings are taller, at least three storeys.Lockers for every stude ntThere are rows of ockers by the classrooms for stude nts to put their sta

15、ti on ary, books, exercise-books and other bel ongin gs.Stude nts bring what they n eed for less ons to school and the n take it all back homeafter school. Most schools in china do not have equipme nt in the classroom.Fewer stude nts n each classThere are fewer students in a class, no more tha n 30

16、per class.There are usually more students in high school, perhaps 40 to 50 per class.Recently someschools are beginning to limit the nu mber of stude nts in each class.At ease with our teacherStude nts have a close relatio nship with their teachers. They feel at ease and comfortable with them.It is

17、similar in china. Nowadays, lots of teachers and stude nts have established a good relatio nship with each other. They respect each other and work to gain a better un dersta nding of each other.3. Ask students to discuss the three questions in pairs, and them ask some of them to report their an swer

18、s to the questi ons to the whole class.What is your dream school life like?What kind of school activities do you enjoy?What do you th ink of your life here in the new school?Step 4 Summary and HomeworkToday we ve mainly talked about the differencesbetween the high schoollives in the UK and in China. After class you should:1) Recall all the new words and