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Unit one School life

Period one welcome to the unit

I. Teaching aims:

To find out the differences of their life between senior high and junior high.

To learn something about the high school life in the UK.

To know how to get on well with high school life / study.

To find out how an activity attracts the students and helps the students

II. Teaching Procedures:

Step 1. Warming up

Let some students make a self-introduction.

1.Introduce themselves.

2.Say something about their junior high school life.

Step 2. Presentation

1.Pair work: brain storm:

When we are talking about our school life, what will we probably think of?

2.Group work

Here are three pictures that show some aspects of school life in the UK. Please read the

3.Writing practice:

What is your dream school life like?

What kind of school activities do you enjoy?

What do you think of your life here in the new school?

4. Summary

5.Home work

1) Recall all the new words and expressions that appear in this unit.

2) How much do you know about the school and school life in the UK? Try to surf the net, go to

the library or interview foreign students.

3) Preview Reading.

Period two Reading: school life in the UK

Teaching aims:

1.To read a magazine article about school life in the UK.

2.To learn to apply two basic reading skills: skimming and scanning.

3.To learn some expressions about school life.

Teaching procedures:

Step 1. Revision

Check the homework exercise.

Step 2. Presentation

Yesterday discussed the differences between high schools in our country and the UK.

Now we are going to read a magazine article which is written by an exchanging student. She has been studying in the UK for one year. Now she gives a clear brief introduction about her school life there.

Before we read the article, we are going to learn the reading strategy: skimming and scanning.

(P.3: Reading strategy)

Skimming: to get a general idea of the article.

focus on the title, heading, captions, the first and last sentences of paragraphs, charts and

pictures …

scanning: to locate specific information about an article.

Look for key words and phrases, dates and words in bold, italics or capital letters…

Step 3. Reading

1.Skimming question:

How does Wei Hua feel about her life in the UK?

2.Scanning:

1.What topics are mentioned in the WeiHua’s letter?

(opt. are the following aspects of school life mentioned in the article?

teachers classmates friends subjects homework grades

timetable activities school facilities host family food

hobbies c ustoms traditions festivals)

2.Scan the passage and complete Part C1, C2 on page 4

Step 4. Group work: what’s the similarity and difference between the schools in China and the

Step 5. Practice:

Pair work

Now you are a reporter from the school magazine, and have a chance to interview Wei Hua. What other information would you like to know about her life and study in the UK?

Suppose your desk mate is Wei Hua, make a dialogue.

Step 6. Homework.

1. Complete parts D and E

2. Read the two articles in reading on pages 82 and 83 in wb and answers the questions below them.