Module1MyFirstDayatSeniorPeriod2Teachingcontenta)Readingandvocabularyb)CulturalcornerTeachingaimsanddemandsgetthestudentstounderstandthetextswellgetthestudentstoknowtheschoollifeinotherschools(athomeandintheUSA)helpthestudentstoimprovetheirreadingabilityTeachingmethodsa)speakingb)readingc)discussingd)pair-work&group-workTeachingstepsStep1RevisionIReviselastclassbyaskthemwhichsubjecttheylikebestandwhy.IIReviseeverydayEnglishbyaskingwhichclassdoyouhavebeforeourEnglishclassandtalkaboutitwiththehelpofEverydayEnglishandFunctiononP8Step2Lead-in(Discussandcompare)T:Everybody,wehavestudiedinanewschoolnamedPingluoMiddleSchool.Beforeyoucomehere,allofyoustudiedindifferentschools,nowIwillgiveyousometimetothinkwhatthemaindifferencesandsimilaritiesbetweenJuniorHighschoolandSeniorHighschool.Andaskthemtodiscussthesetwoproblems:1DoyouthinkthatworkatSeniorHighschoolisharderthanthatatJuniorHighschool?2AreSeniorHighteacherssimilartoJuniorHighteachers?T:AfterwehavecomparedSeniorHighschoolandJuniorHighschool,nowwewilllearnsomethingaboutLikang’sFirstdayatSeniorHigh.beforewereadthetextlet’slearnsomewordsfirst.Step3VocabularyDealwiththevocabularyonP2byfinishingthequestionsinthepart.Step4ReadingIScanningReadthetextquicklyandtrytofindtheanswertothesequestions:WhatarethedifferencesbetweenLikang’sJuniorHighschoolandSeniorHighschool?WhatarethetwothingstheEnglishteacherthinksimportanttodoinclass?WhatarethetwothingsthattheEnglishteacherwanttoimprove?IIUnderstandingPlaythetapeforthestudentsandaskthemtolisten&readfollowingthetapeinalowvoice.ThenfinishtheforthpartinReadingandVocabularyonP3.IIICareful-readingAskthestudentstoreadthepassageagainandfindoutwhichwordintheboxinthefifthpartofReadingandVocabularyonP4.AndaskthemtrytoguessthemeaningandexplainthewordsinEnglishaccordingtothetext.AskthestudentstoreadthethreesummariesofLikang’sopinionaboutthenewschoolinthesixthpartinReadingandVocabularyonP4.Decidewhichisthebest.IVDiscussionT:WehaveknowntheLikang’slifeatSeniorHigh,isyourEnglishclassroomlikeLikang’s?isyourclassthesamesizeashis?Isthenumberofboysandgirlsthesame?AreyoulookingforwardtodoingyourEnglishhomework?NowpleasediscusswithyourpartnerandcompareyourschoollifewithLikang’s.Step5CulturalcornerT:wehavelearnedlikang’sschoollifeatseniorhigh,doyouwanttoknowthelifeoftheteenagersinthesimilarageofyouinothercountries?NowpleaseturntoP9,let’sreadthetextinculturalcornerandlearnsomethingabouttheSeniorHighschoollifeintheUS.IAskthestudentstolistentothetapeandreadthetext.IIAskthestudentstoanswerthefollowingquestions:WhatarethedifferencesbetweenthegradesinChinaandtheUS?Howistheschoolyeardivided?HowlongdoestheSummerVacationlast?Whendotheystartandfinishschool?Whatdotheydoafterschool?IIIAskthestudentstoprepareashortreplytointroducetheschoolsystem,vacation,studytime&after-schoolactivitiesinChinabyimitatingtheletterinCulturalcorner.Step6SummaryTheteachersummarytheclassbycomparingtheschoollifeinChinaandtheUS.Homework:IWriteareplytoRobMarshallIIReadthetextforasmanytimesastheycanIIIPreviewthelanguagepointsinthesetwopassages.
