LessononeCLASSOPENINGStarttheNewSchoolYearRight:IntroductionsIntroduceyourselftotheclassinafriend,informalWay.Askyourstudentstointroducethemselves,tooinEnglish!Ifsomeofthemaretooshytospeak,youcanaskquestions,suchas:Whatisyourname?Whereareyoufrom?Itisusuallyeasiertoanswerquestionsinanewenvironmentthantospeakindependently.NeverforgettopraiseeachstudentforwhatheorshesaysinEnglish!Youwon’thaveenoughtimeforeveryonetospeaktothewholeclassinthislesson,butintroductionsarestillimportant.Thepurposeistobringtheclasstogetherintheshortestpossibletimeonfamiliarandfriendlyterms.Thiswillpavethewayforlatersuccess.Herearesomechoice:Dividetheclassintoseveralgroups(byrow,forexample).Askthestudentstointroducethemselvestoeachother.Askforafewvolunteerseachlesiontostandandbrieflyintroducethemselves.TheTopicforThisUnitPleasesee“TeachingTechniques”atthebackofthisteacher’sguideforsuggestionsforintroducingunits.Herearesomestep-by-stepinstructionsforonewaytodoit.AskthestudentstopredictwhatjuniorhighschoolislikeinCanada.AretheschoolsbiggerorsmallerthaninChina?Dostudentshaveoneormanyteachers?Howbigiseachclass:biggerorsmallerthaninChina?Dothestudentshaveanyotherpredictions?Step1:Askthestudentstodiscussthequestionsin“Thinkaboutit”.Step2:letthestudentslistentothetape(ofthefirstemail)carefullywiththefollowingquestions:WheredidLiMingwritetheletter?HowmanypupilsarethereinLiMing’sclass?Step3:Letthestudentslistentothetape(oftheseconde-mail)carefullywiththefollowingquestion:WhowillcomefromtheU.K?Step4:Askthestudentstoreadthetextfastandsilently.Thenhavediscussionaboutthetwoe-mailsindetail:Whoisthee-mailfromandto?Whatcanyoulearnfromthetwoe-mailsasecondtime.Step5:Askthestudentstoreadthetwoe-mailsasecondtime.Thenhaveafurtherdiscussionaboutthetext.DividetheclassintogroupsandaskeachgrouptofindwhatarethesameordifferentthingsbetweentheschoolsinChinaandCanada.Step6:Answerthestudents’questions.Step7:Askthestudentstowriteane-mailtotheirfriendsifhavetime.Step8:Cometo“Let’sDOIt”.ClassclosingBelowisthesuggestedhomeworkforthislesson.Aimtogivestudentsaboutthirtyminutesofhomework.Useyourdiscretionindecidinghowmuchreadingorhowmanyexercisestoassignashomework.Baseyourdecisiononyourstudents’progress.ThefirstreadinginthereaderTheremainingexercisesintheactivitybookThereadingforthenextlessoninthestudentbookIfyouhavetime,endtheclasswithasongofyourowncomposition.Forexample,youcouldadaptoneofthefirstsongstheyhavelearned“thisistheWaywe…”Askthestudentstosingandactalong:ThisisthewayweendourclassEndourclassEndourclassThisisthewayweendourclassForthefirstdayofschool.Teachingtips假设有一个美国学生想了解中国初中学生的学习和生活状况,四个学生一组,一个学生模拟外国学生提问题,其他三个学生回答.先讨论自己最感兴趣的问题,不能回答的问题,可向全班寻求帮助.教师提前让学生准备假期里的照片和读过的书籍,并且准备一篇小发言稿,谈谈自己的暑假生活.
