1、Period 1 Welcome to the unitI. Teaching aims:1 Get students to know the different high school loves between the UK and China.2 Develop students English speaking skills.II. Teaching Procedures:Step 1. Warming upLet some students make a self-introduction. 1. Introduce themselves. 2. Say something abou
2、t their junior high school life. 3. Pair work: brain storm: When we are talking about our school life, what will we probably think of?What words or phrases will we use to describe our school life?Step 2 Presentation1. Say the following to students:Its the beginning of the new term. Youve just finish
3、ed your junior high and are about to enter a new period in your studies. I am happy to give your lessons and I hope we can be friends.I can see that some of your are eager to know what studying at senior high will be like. Will it be differ4ent from junior high? Well, there are certainly many differ
4、ences between junior high and senior high, but there are also some things that are the same in every school in China.What about schools in other countries? Do you have different experiences? Are schools all over the world the same? This is the subject of our first unit.2. Ask students to read the in
5、struction and tell them:Here are three pictures that show some aspects of school life in the UK. Please read the instructions, look at the pictures: whats the difference between schools in China and the UK?Step 3 Discussion1 Ask students the following questions to talk about the words in the four pi
6、ctures:Huge campus and low-rise buildingsWhat does huge mean?What does low-rise mean?What about campus and school buildings in China?(Schools in China usually have a large enough campus to make sure students have enough space to study and play. But most school buildings have at least 3 storeys.)Lock
7、ers for every studentDo you know what a locker is?(There are rows of lockers by the classrooms for students to put their bookd, exercise-books and other belongings.)What do you think about locker for students?Do you think that we should have such locker in our school? Why or Why not?Fewer students i
8、n each classHow many students are there in our class?Do you know the number of students in a class in the UK?At ease with our teacherWhat can we know from this picture?What does the word ease mean? What do you think the phrase at ease mean?Were you getting on well with the teacher when you were in j
9、unior high?What relationship do you want to have with your teachers in senior high?2 Ask students to work in groups to talk about the four pictures and the differences between schools in the UK and China. Then ask several students to report their discussion to the whole class.aspectsIn the UKIn Chin
10、aHuge campus and low-rise buildingsWe can see huge campus and low-rise buildings. It is the biggest difference from schools in ChinaSchools in China usually have a large enough campus to make sure students have enough space to study and play in.But most school buildings are taller, at least three st
11、ories.Lockers for every studentThere are rows of lockers by the classrooms for students to put their stationary, books, exercise-books and other belongings.Students bring what they need for lessons to school and then take it all back home after school. Most schools in china do not have equipment in
12、the classroom.Fewer students in each classThere are fewer students in a class, no more than 30 per class.There are usually more students in high school, perhaps 40 to 50 per class. Recently some schools are beginning to limit the number of students in each class.At ease with our teacherStudents have
13、 a close relationship with their teachers. They feel at ease and comfortable with them.It is similar in china. Nowadays, lots of teachers and students have established a good relationship with each other. They respect each other and work to gain a better understanding of each other. 3. Ask students
14、to discuss the three questions in pairs, and them ask some of them to report their answers to the questions to the whole class.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?Step 4 Summary and HomeworkToday weve m
15、ainly talked about the differences between the high school lives in the UK and in China. After class you should:1) Recall all the new words and expressions that we learn in this lesson.2) Find more about any other differences between the high school lives in the UK and in China, either by surf the Internet or by reading some articles in newspapers or magazines. 3) Preview the following part: reading (page 2 to page 4).
