Unit1SchoollifeReadingTheGeneralIdeaofThisPeriod:ThisperiodisaboutthereadingofthepassageSchoolLifeintheUK.ItwillhelpyoutolearnmoreaboutschoollifeintheUKandthedifferencesbetweenthatintheUKandinChina.Meanwhileyoucanlearnsomereadingstrategiessuchasskimmingandscanning.TeachingAims:Trainthestudents’readingability.Learnsomeusefulwordsandexpressions.LearnmoreaboutschoollifeintheUKandthedifferencesbetweenschoollifeintheUKandinChinaTeachingImportantPoints:Helpthestudentstounderstandthepassagebetter.Learnandmastersomeimportantwordsandphrasesinthisperiod.TeachingDifficultPoint:Howtohelpthestudentsimprovetheirreadingabilityandunderstandthepassagebetter.Howtomastertheimportantlanguagepointsinthispassage.TeachingMethods:Fastreadingtogetthegeneralideaofthetext.Carefulreadingtounderstandthepassagebetter.Discussiontohelpthestudentsunderstandwhatthey’velearnedbetter.Explanationtohelpthestudentsmastersomelanguagepoints.TeachingAids:Ataperecorder.Amultimedia.TeachingProcedures:Step1Greetings1.Greetthewholeclassasusual.2.Checktheirhomework.Step2Reading1.DiscussionT:LasttimewelearnedaboutsomedifferencesbetweenChineseandBritishschoollife.Firstlet’sworkingroupsandhaveadiscussionabouttheschoollifeintheUKAskthestudentstohaveadiscussioningroups.T:TodaywearegoingtoreadapassagebyWeiHua,whooncestudiedintheUK.ShewillgiveussomedetailedinformationabouttheschoollifeintheUK.2.ReadingstrategyT:Thisisthefirsttimetoreadapassage,sofirstlet’ssharesomereadingstrategies:Readingstrategies:skimmingandscanningWeskimatextwhenwewanttogetageneralideaofwhatitisabout.Welookatthetitlesandheadlines,thefirstandlastsentencesofparagraphsandthefirstandlastparagraphsaswellaspicturesandchartstoguesswhatthetextisabout.Whenwewanttofindcertaininformationinatextquickly,wescanthetextforkeywordsandphrases,dates,numbers,etc.Wedonotneedtoreadthewholetextwordbyword.3.SkimmingandscanningT:Nowlet’sskimthetextquicklyandtellthetopicsmentionedinthetext.Nextlet’sscanthetextandanswerthesequestions.Handupwhenyougettheanswers.(Tshowthequestionsonthescreen.)1.HowlongdidWeiHuastayinBritain?2.WhatwasthenameofWeiHua’sclassteacher?3.WhatdidWeiHuamakeinherartclass?Suggestedanswers:1.Foroneyear.2.MrHeywood.3.Asmallsculpture.T:Nowlet’sdosometrueorfalseexercises.(TmaybeginwiththeT/Fquestionsorallyandthisisalsoagoodtimetotesttheirlisteningabilitiesaswellastheircomprehensionofthetext.)T:Firstsometrueorfalsequestions.Ifitisfalse,pleasetrytocorrectit.1.WeiHua’sfavouriteteacherwasMrHeywood.2.MostBritishclasseshavefewerthanthirtystudents.3.WeiHuahadmorehomeworkinherschoolinChina.4.ItwasveryexpensiveforWeiHuatocommunicatewithherparents.5.IntheUK,studentscanchoosetostopstudyinganysubject.6.ThecakemadebyWeiHuadidnottastegood.Suggestedanswers:1.Studyandhighgrades2.Becausetheyhaddifferentstudentsinsomeclasses.3.BecauseallthehomeworkwasinEnglish.4.Allherteachers5.SheusedEnglisheverydayandspentanhoureachdayreadingEnglishbooksinthelibrary.6.Desserts.(Youmayhavesomelinksonthescreenwhenyouwanttoexplainthoseusefulexpressions,orjustexplainthoseontheBblistedbythestudents.)4.DetailedreadingNowlet’sreadthepassageagaincarefullytochecktheanswers.Underlinethenewwordsinthetext.Meanwhile,somemorequestionsarewaitingforyou.(Firstgothroughthequestionssothattheyknowwhattofindout.Givethemachancetodiscusswiththeirpartnersiftheywant)1.WhattimedoBritishSchoolsusuallybegin?2.Wh...
