Unit 2 School life
Reading (I)
I. Teaching aims and learning objectives
By the end of the lesson, students should be able to
1. know something about the lives in a British school and an American school;
2. retell the school lives of Nancy’s and John’s;
3. describe their dream school life to others;
4. use such reading strategies as skimming, scanning and guessing meanings from the context.
II. Teaching contents
1. New words and phrases: mixed, French, discuss, baseball, foreign language
2. New structures: Learning foreign language is fun.
Time seems to go faster.
He often listens carefully to my problems and offers me help.
III. Focus of the lesson and predicted area of difficulty
Retell the school lives of Nancy’s and John’s.
IV. Teaching procedures
Step 1 Lead-in
1. Free talk
See
bout what school is like.SeeSee the picture of Eddie and answer the following questions:
In Eddie’s opinion, what is school like?
In your opinion, what is school like?
2. Introduce your school
Answer the question and introduce some parts of school life, such as subjects, classmates, clubs and so on.
T: When we are talking about our school life, what will you probably think of?
【设计意图】先从Eddie对学校的概括入手，让学生说说他们心中的学校，引出话题。接着让学生谈谈他们的学校生活，概括出学校生活包含的方方面面，既复习了前一课的话题，又为接下来的学习做了铺垫。
Step 2 Presentation
1. Skim the text
T: Hi, everybody. Daniel is visiting an online club called School Around the World. He finds two articles about different school lives. Open your books at Page 20. Please skim the whole text quickly and tell me who is in a British school and who is in an American school.
2. Read the first part carefully and finish the tasks
(1) Read the first passage quickly and find out the main idea of each paragraph
(2) Read and complete
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Let the students read the first paragraph and complete the name card of Nancy.
Name: ___________
School: ___________
Grade: ___________
Favourite subject: ____________
(3) Answer the following questions
T: Please find out the details and underline the key words.
a. What kind of school is Woodland School?
Explain the word “mixed”.
b. What is Nancy’s favourite subject? Why does Nancy like it best?
Explain that “aime” is a French word and “love” is an English word.
c. What activity does Nancy’s school have?
d. Who reads books in the Reading Week and what can they do?
e. How do they feel in the Reading Week?
(4) Listen and repeat
Listen to the record of Passage 1 and repeat it sentence by sentence. Pay attention to the pronunciation and intonation.
(5) Try to retell
Let the students try to retell the passage according to the key words.
3. Read the second part carefully and finish the tasks
(1) Read and complete
Read the second passage and try to complete the name card about John. Then check the answers with the students.
Name: ____________________
Age: ____________________
School: ____________________
Grade: ____________________
Favourite club: ______________
Favourite sport: ______________
(2) Read and answer
T: Please read Para 2 and answer three questions about the Buddy Club.
When does John go to the Buddy Club?
What do they do in the Buddy Club?
Who is John’s hero? Why?
(3) Read and find out more details
a. Read the passage again and find some phrases about John’s favourite sport ---baseball.
b. Find some other information about life in an American school.
(4) Listen and repeat
Listen to the record of Passage 2 and repeat sentence by sentence. Pay attention to the pronunciation and intonation.
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【设计意图】快速浏览全文，让学生找出要学习的英国和美国两种不同的校园生活以及相对应的人物，带领学生初步了解课文。细读的过程分为两大部分，逐步来训练学生的阅读技能。通过完成学生信息卡，找关键词及问题引导带领学生细读课文，让学生对课文有更深层次的理解，从而进一步把握文章的结构和细节。跟读录音是为了让学生在理解的基础上来朗读，更好地模仿标准的语音语调。
Step 3 Consolidation
1. Let’s compare
Use the following table to compare the two different kinds of school lives.
2. Have a discussion
Create a situation and let the students discuss in pairs. “If you have a chance(机会)to study in a British school or an American school, which school will you choose? Why?
【设计意图】通过表格对比所学课文，带领学生厘清思路，加深对课文的理解和记忆。创设情境引导学生进行同伴讨论，让学生通过自己的语言将本堂课的重点内容输出，便于教师和学生检测目标达成度。
V. Homework
1. Read the text after the tape three times.
2. Talk about your dream school life to your classmates.
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