The Second PeriodMy First Day at Senior HighThe General Idea of This PeriodIn this period, the students read the whole passage and finish some exercises to understand the whole passage better.Teaching Aims1. Improve the students’ reading ability.2. Master some useful words and expressions.Teaching Important Points1. Get the students to grasp the main idea of the passage and help them understand the passage better.2. Learn and master the important words and phrases.Teaching Difficult Points1. How to improve the students’ reading ability . 2. How to help the students master the important language points in this passage.Teaching Methods1. Listening, reading, speaking and practicing.2. Fast and careful reading to make the students understand the passage better.3. Discussion to help the students finish the concerned exercises.4. Individual, pair or group work to make every student work.Teaching Aids1. the blackboard2. the multimediaTeaching ProceduresStep 1 Revision and Lead-in (Greet the whole class as usual.)T: In the last period, you talked about yourselves, your previous schools, your school life and your feelings about your new school. You all did a good job, I think. Do you want to know another student’s thoughts about his school? Let’s see what he/she is talking about.Step 2 Pre-readingT: Before reading the passage, let’s deal with three questions. The first one, what are the main differences between Junior High school and Senior High school? This question is a little difficult, you can discuss it with your partner and then stand up to answer it voluntarily, understand?Ss: Yes.(Students discuss it.)S:I think students at Senior High school work ha...