1、School lifeReading 1Unit 1Advance with EnglishLearning goals To read a magazine article about life in the UK.To learn two basic skills:skimming and scanning.If you now write an article about your school life,which parts would you like to talk about?campus,teachers,classmates,food in the canteen,diff
2、erent culture,school facilities（设施）,activitiesPart one:BrainstormingPart Two:Scanning Complete C1 and check answers.Complete C2 and check answers.Part C11.Wei Hua s favourite teacher was Mr Heywood.2.Most British classes have fewer than thirty students.3.Wei Hua had more homework in her school in Ch
3、ina.4.It was very expensive for Wei Hua to communicate with her parents.5.In the UK,students can choose to stop studying any subject.6.The cake made by Wei Hua did not taste good.FTTFFFPart C21.According to the headmaster,what should the student spend much time on?2.Why was it a struggle for Wei Hua
4、 to remember the names of her classmates?3.Why did Wei Hua find her homework difficult at first?They should devote themselves to study.Because there were different students in some classes.Because all the homework was in English.4.Who gave Wei Hua a lot of support in her studies?5.How did Wei Hua ma
5、nage to improve her English?6.What do the British like eating at the end of dinner?The teachers gave her much encouragement.She used English every day and spent an hour each day reading English books in the library.They like to eat dessert at the end of dinner.Part Three:Skimmingu Skim the text and
6、find out the main idea of each paragraph.uComplete the table on the structure of the text.Skim the text and find out the main idea of each paragraph.Paragraph 1School _Paragraph 2Attending_Paragraph 3_ and_Paragraph4-6 _ and _Paragraph 7British _ and her_Paragraph 8Her _hoursassemblyTeachersclassmat
7、esHomeworksubjectsfoodactivitiesplansPractice:Task-based reading(1)_ life in the UKThe(2)_ and(3)_experience of school life in the UKOn the first day,all students went to attend(4)_.During it,the headmaster told us about the rules of the school and the best way to(5)_respect from the school was to w
8、ork hard and(6)_ high grades.My(7)_ teacher taught us English Literature.Homework was not as(8)_as what I used to get in my old school.My English(9)_a lot as I used English everyday and spent an hour each day reading English books.Students can(10)_some subjects if they dont like them.assemblySchoole
9、njoyableexcitingachieveearnfavoriteheavyimproveddrop Go through the reading strategy on page 3.Try to find out the differences between skimming and scanning.Skimming ScanningPart Four:Skimming or Scanning?a general ideacertain informationtitles and headingsthe first and last sentences of paragraphsthe first and last paragraphspictures and chartsscan the text for key words and phrases,dates,numbers,etc.do not need to read the whole textReading StrategySkimmingScanning Thank you.
