Period1WelcometotheunitI.Teachingaims:1GetstudentstoknowthedifferenthighschoollovesbetweentheUKandChina.2Developstudents’Englishspeakingskills.II.TeachingProcedures:Step1.WarmingupLetsomestudentsmakeaself-introduction.1.Introducethemselves.2.Saysomethingabouttheirjuniorhighschoollife.3.Pairwork:brainstorm:Whenwearetalkingaboutourschoollife,whatwillweprobablythinkof?Whatwordsorphraseswillweusetodescribeourschoollife?Step2Presentation1.Saythefollowingtostudents:It’sthebeginningofthenewterm.You’vejustfinishedyourjuniorhighandareabouttoenteranewperiodinyourstudies.IamhappytogiveyourlessonsandIhopewecanbefriends.Icanseethatsomeofyourareeagertoknowwhatstudyingatseniorhighwillbelike.Willitbediffer4entfromjuniorhigh?Well,therearecertainlymanydifferencesbetweenjuniorhighandseniorhigh,buttherearealsosomethingsthatarethesameineveryschoolinChina.Whataboutschoolsinothercountries?Doyouhavedifferentexperiences?Areschoolsallovertheworldthesame?Thisisthesubjectofourfirstunit.2.Askstudentstoreadtheinstructionandtellthem:HerearethreepicturesthatshowsomeaspectsofschoollifeintheUK.Pleasereadtheinstructions,lookatthepictures:what'sthedifferencebetweenschoolsinChinaandtheUK?Step3Discussion1Askstudentsthefollowingquestionstotalkaboutthewordsinthefourpictures:Hugecampusandlow-risebuildingsWhatdoeshugemean?Whatdoeslow-risemean?WhataboutcampusandschoolbuildingsinChina?(SchoolsinChinausuallyhavealargeenoughcampustomakesurestudentshaveenoughspacetostudyandplay.Butmostschoolbuildingshaveatleast3storeys.)LockersforeverystudentDoyouknowwhatalockeris?(Therearerowsoflockersbytheclassroomsforstudentstoputtheirbookd,exercise-booksandotherbelongings.)Whatdoyouthinkaboutlockerforstudents?Doyouthinkthatweshouldhavesuchlockerinourschool?WhyorWhynot?FewerstudentsineachclassHowmanystudentsarethereinourclass?DoyouknowthenumberofstudentsinaclassintheUK?AteasewithourteacherWhatcanweknowfromthispicture?Whatdoesthewordeasemean?Whatdoyouthinkthephraseateasemean?Wereyougettingonwellwiththeteacherwhenyouwereinjuniorhigh?Whatrelationshipdoyouwanttohavewithyourteachersinseniorhigh?2AskstudentstoworkingroupstotalkaboutthefourpicturesandthedifferencesbetweenschoolsintheUKandChina.Thenaskseveralstudentstoreporttheirdiscussiontothewholeclass.aspectsIntheUKInChinaHugecampusandlow-risebuildingsWecanseehugecampusandlow-risebuildings.ItisthebiggestdifferencefromschoolsinChinaSchoolsinChinausuallyhavealargeenoughcampustomakesurestudentshaveenoughspacetostudyandplayin.Butmostschoolbuildingsaretaller,atleastthreestories.LockersforeverystudentTherearerowsoflockersbytheclassroomsforstudentstoputtheirstationary,books,exercise-booksandotherbelongings.Studentsbringwhattheyneedforlessonstoschoolandthentakeitallbackhomeafterschool.Mostschoolsinchinadonothaveequipmentintheclassroom.FewerstudentsineachclassTherearefewerstudentsinaclass,nomorethan30perclass.Thereareusuallymorestudentsinhighschool,perhaps40to50perclass.Recentlysomeschoolsarebeginningtolimitthenumberofstudentsineachclass.AteasewithourteacherStudentshaveacloserelationshipwiththeirteachers.TheyfeelateaseandItissimilarinchina.Nowadays,lotsofteachersandstudentshaveestablishedagoodrelationshipwitheachother.Theyrespecteachotherandworktogainacomfortablewiththem.betterunderstandingofeachother.3.Askstudentstodiscussthethreequestionsinpairs,andthemasksomeofthemtoreporttheiranswerstothequestionstothewholeclass.Whatisyourdreamschoollifelike?Whatkindofschoolactivitiesdoyouenjoy?Whatdoyouthinkofyourlifehereinthenewschool?Step4SummaryandHomeworkTodaywe’vemainlytalkedaboutthedifferencesbetweenthehighschoollivesintheUKandinChina.Afterclassyoushould:1)Recallallthenewwordsandexpressionsthatwelearninthislesson.2)FindmoreaboutanyotherdifferencesbetweenthehighschoollivesintheUKandinChina,eitherbysurftheInternetorbyreadingsomearticlesinnewspapersormagazines.3)Previewthefollowingpart:reading(page2topage4).
