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1、M1U1ReadingM1U1 School life in the UKPeriod I-Reading comprehensionWelcome to the unit & readingTeaching Aims Learn more about school life in the UK and the differences between school life in the UK and in ChinaEnable students to develop some important reading skills.【Activity procedures】学生学习活动教师组织教

2、学方案Welcome to the unitActivity 1：小组活动，完成下列任务1.Talk about your old schools (1) school and campus (2) classes, students, teachers (3) subjects and activities (4) Which subject do you like best? Why?2. Talk about the pictures, learn something about school life in the UK.，compared with school life in Ch

3、ina.In the United Kingdom In ChinaHuge campus and low buildingsLockers for every studentSmall class sizesA lot of outdoor activitiesActivity 2: Word study. Discuss the following important words and phrases: experience, earn, respect, devote, average, for free, be fond of, look back on, satisfaction,

4、 surf, graduate, make use of, somehow, inform, approve, in charge of, preparation. Reading Activity 1 Fast reading 1Activity Aim：make Ss have a brief understanding of the passage2Teaching Method：students-centered practice Step 1.Warming up. Answer the following questions:1. Do you know of any differ

5、ences between the lives of Chinese and British high school students? 2. Can you try to give the some reasons for the differences?Step 2. Reading skills - Skimming and Scanning. Skimming- We skim a text when we want to get a general idea of what it is about. Skim the text to find out the main idea of

6、 each paragraph.Paragraph 1School hoursParagraph 2Attending assemblyParagraph 3Teachers and classmatesParagraph 4-6Homework and subjectsParagraph 7British food and her activitiesParagraph 8Her plans Scanning - to get certain information. Scan the text to answer the following questions. 1. What did W

7、ei Hua think of her life in the UK? 2. What subjects did Wei Hua study in the past year? 3. Which British city did Wei Hua go to?Step 3. Fast reading: Go through the passage as quickly as they can and try to find answers to the following questions:1. How long did Wei Hua stay in Britain?2. What was

8、the name of Wei Huas class teacher?3. What did Wei Hua make in her art class?Answers:1. For one year.2. Mr Heywood.3. A small sculpture.Activity 2 Detailed reading 1Activity Aim : make Ss get some details of the text2Teaching Method: students-centered practice Step 1.Go through the passage carefully

9、 to answer the following questions:1. What time do British Schools usually begin?2. What time do they usually end?3. On average, how many students are there in a class in the UK?4. Why did Wei Hua find her homework difficult at the beginning of her study in the UK?5. On Tuesdays, what did Wei Hua do

10、 in evening?6. What do British students usually eat after their main meal?7. Which British city did Wei Hua go to?Answers:1. 9 a.m 2. 3:30 p.m3. About 284. Because all the homework was in English.5. She had an extra French class on Tuesday evening. 6. Desserts.7. Manchester. (You may refer to footba

11、ll or the football team there.)Step 2.True or False exercises:1. Wei Hua likes the school hours in the UK.2. Chinese schools encourage students to work hard.3. Wei Hua s favorite teacher was Miss Burke.4. British students have fixed classroom and classmates.5. British students can only study two lan

12、guages: English and French.Answers: TTTFFActivity 3 Consolidation1Activity Aim：make Ss master the text structures2Teaching Method：students-centered practice Task- based reading(1)School life in the UKThe(2) enjoyable and (3)exciting experience of school life in the UKOn the first day, all students w

13、ent to attend (4) assembly. During it, the headmaster told us about the rules of the school and the best way to (5) earn respect from the school was to work hard and (6) achieve high grades.My (7) favorite teacher taught us English Literature.Homework was not as (8) heavy as what I used to get in my

14、 old school.My English (9) improved a lot as I used English every day and spent an hour each day reading English books.Students can (10) drop some subjects if they dont like them.Activity 4 Summary 1.ActivityAim: review what we have learned this class2. Teaching Method ：students-centered practiceGoi

15、ng to a British high school for one year was a very and for me, On the first day, all students went to , the headmaster told us that the best way to the school was to and high grades. I found the homework was not I used to get in my old school. but it was a bit for me at first because all the homewo

16、rk was , I felt lucky as all my teachers were very and I enjoyed all my subjects. My English a lot as I used English everyday and an hour every day English books in the library. Students at that school have to study Maths, English, and science, but can , I was very lucky to the different way of life

17、 and I really hope that someday I can go back and study in Manchester again.Keys : enjoyable and exciting experience; attend assembly; earn respect from；work hard ；achieve；as heavy as；challenging；in English；helpful；improved；spent；reading；drop some subjects；experienceActivity 5 Discussion1. Activity

18、Aim : practice oral English and writing 2. Teaching Method: students-centered practice Nowadays, more and more young students are going abroad to study. What effects(影响) will the new school life have on them?Advantages: 1. Widen their view 2. Improve their English 3. Learn to be independent and coop

19、erate with others4. Learn about foreign customs and culture5. Let the foreigners learn about china and attract them to invest in China6. Learn advanced technology Disadvantages:1. cost a lot of money and cause a heavy burden to their parents2. feel homesick 3. form bad habits4. stay in a foreign cou

20、ntry and refuse to come back Homework :Recite the summary carefully and fluentlyM1U1 School life in the UKPeriod Language Points【Teaching Aims】1. Help students to learn some useful words and expressions2. Enable students to master some important language points3. Make use of the important words, phr

21、ases and sentences flexibly【Teaching Procedures】学生学习活动教师组织教学方案【Activity One】1. Activity Aim：Revision 2. Teaching Method：Explanation by teachersGoing to a British high school for one year will be a very exciting _ for a Chinese student. You may see many _there, such as school hours, class size, subje

22、cts, school activities and so on. In Britain, school usually _ around 9a.m. and _ about 3:30p.m. In each class there are about 30 students. It is the _ size for British schools. Schools offer many _ to the students: English Literature, Computer Science, Math, Science, Art, etc. and you can _ some su

23、bjects if you dont like them. You can _ other subjects that youre interested in. Teachers are very helpful and homework is not _, so that will make you feel at _. In a British high school youll surely experience a quite different _ of life!Answers: experience, difference, starts, ends, average, subj

24、ects, drop, choose, heavy, ease, way【Activity Two】1. Activity Aim：Enable students to master important words, phrases and sentences 2. Teaching Method：Explanation by teachers Step1 Key words 1experienceexperience: n.C 经历,阅历 U 经验 v. .经验, 体验, 经历, 阅历1) This was my first experience of living abroad.这是我第一

25、次在国外生活的经历。2) Failing an exam was a new experience for me.考试失败对我来说是全新的体验。3) Experience is the best teacher.经验是最好的老师。4) He has two years experience in teaching. 5) to experience pain/pleasure/unhappiness 感受痛苦/愉快/不幸6) I was very lucky to experience this different way of life. 【拓展】experienced adj. 有经验的a

26、n experienced teacheran experienced reporterbe experienced at/in +名词/doing something1) Jenny is experienced at teaching beginners. 珍妮在教初学者方面有经验。 2) Tom is experienced in dealing with difficult customers.汤姆在与难对付的客户打交道方面有经验。用experience的正确形式填空。1) Anyone who is _ in drawing may come tomorrow.2) I dont t

27、hink they _ ever _ real hunger.3) She is a teacher with more than 20 years _ in teaching but not in driving at all.4) Please tell us your _ of living abroad for so many years.Key: 1) experienced 2) have, experienced 3) experience 4)experiences【考题链接】D1) As a war reporter, Jenny got through a lot of a

28、dventurous _, which helped her get rich _ in her job. A. experience; experience B. experience; experiences C. experiences; experiences D. experiences; experienceB 2) He is a great success as a scientist, but he hasnt _in teaching. A. many experiences B. much experience C. an experience D. a lot of e

29、xperiences2. earnearn v. 挣得，博得earnings: n. 所得收入earn money earn ones living earn respect from sb. 1) He earns about $20000 a year.2) As a teacher, she had earned the respect and admiration of her students.3) His outstanding ability earned him a place on the team.【考题链接】D Through hard work you will _ t

30、he respect of your fellow workers. Which of the following is not appropriate?A. gain B. earn C. win D. accept3. devote devote vt. 致力于，献身 devote oneself / ones time/ energy to sth./ doing sth. be devoted to devotion n. the devotion to sth./ doing sth.1) He has devoted all his life to the cause of education.2) He has devoted all his time and energy to his research.【考题链接】C She decided to devote herself _ the problem of the old.A. to study B. studying C. to studying D. Study4. average average adj. 一般的; 平均的 n. 平均，平均数on average 平均而言above (the) average / below (the) average高于/低于平均水平