Unit1SchoollifeWelcometotheUnit

Teachinggoals

Targetlanguage

Importantwordsandexpressions:low,locker,outdooractivities

Abilitygoals

Enablethestudentstocomparejuniorschoollifewithhighschoollife.

3.Learningabilitygoals

Helpthestudentslearnhowtocomparejuniorschoollifewithhighschoollife.

Teachingimportant&difficultpoints

Learntocomparejuniorschoollifewithhighschoollife.

Teachingmethods

Discussion.

Teachingaids

Acomputerandaprojector.

Teachingprocedures

StepIFreeTalk

Makeaself-introductionandtalkaboutjuniorschoollifewiththestudents.

T:Hello,

everyone.Welcometothesenior

highEnglish

class.

I'm

××.I

havebeen

hereteachingEnglishsinceIgraduatedfrom××Universitymorethan10yearsago.

Therefore,I'vemadealotoffriends.NowI'mverygladtolearnEnglishtogether

withyouthisyearandI'msurewe'llsoonbecomefriends,too.Nowyou'vejust

finishedyourjuniorschoollifeandareabouttoenteranewperiodinyourstudies.

Doyoufeelnervous?

SI:Notatall.I'vemadesomepreparationsbeforeIcamehere.

S2:Alittle.ThenewschoolisquitedifferentfromtheoneIwasin.

S3:Yes,Idofeelnervous.Everythinghereisnewandstrangetome.

S4:No.Idon'tfeelnervous.BecauseI'msureIcandomyschoolworkbetterhere.

T:Highschooltimeisveryimportantandoftenconsideredasgoldentimeinour

life.However,someofyoumayfeeluncomfortablewhenfirstcamehere.Whatdoyou

thinkyoucandotoovercomethesedifficulties?

S5:Ithinkwecantrytorelaxourselvesbymakingasmanyfriendsaspossibleand

doingmoreactivities.

S6:Therearereallysomedifferencesbetweenthelifeinjuniorandhighschools.

Weshouldadjustourselvestothenewenvironmentassoonaspossible.Ifwehave

difficulties,wecanaskforhelpfromclassmatesandteachers.

Well,whatarethedifferencesdoyouthinkbetweenthelifeinjuniorandhighschoolsare?Haveyoufoundsome?

S7.YesFirstthere

aremorestudents

here

from

different

places.In

myjunior

school,

studentswereall

fromthesametown,

andthere

wereonly

30students

inmyold

class.

T:Well,canyoutellussomethingaboutyourselfandyourschool?

S7:I'mfromXMiddleSchoolMynameisS7.Thereisonlyathree-storeybuilding

in

myjunior

school.

Therewereabout

500studentsthere.

Andthestudents'

dormitory

is

notbig

enoughto

holdallthestudents.

Asmyhomeis

notfarawayfrom

the

school,

Nowyouneedn'tgobackhomeeveryday.Butwouldyoumissyouparents?S7:Ofcourse.ButI'lltrytoovercomemyfeelings.

Good.Anyotherdifferences?

S8:Yes.We'llhavemoresubjectsinhighschoolandthickbooks.Maybetheyaremoredifficulttolearn.

Don'tworry.Bothjuniorandhighschoolstudyareforagoodfoundationofallsubjects.Aslongasyouworkhard,I'msureyoucanbebetter.

S9:Ifoundtherearemoreandhigherbuildingshere.Andmorebeautifultoo.Inourschool,thereisonlyoneoldfive-storeybuilding.

Whichschooldoyoucomefrom?Canyoutellussomethingaboutyourschoollifethere?

S9:Icamefrom×middleschool.Itisasmallbutbeautifulschoolwithmountainsallaround.Welivedattheschooldorms.Weusedtoclimbthemountainatthebackoftheschoolafterclassandwereadandplayedthere.Weusedtoplaybasketballintheafternoonbuthadtogotoclassroomsforone-hourself-study.

Soundsinteresting.Anyway,anewschoolandnewstudentbodyisagreatopportunitytolearnaboutpeople,placesandcultures.Iwisheveryoneherecan

makemanyfriendsandgetgreatsuccessinyourschoolworkintheseyears.StepIIWelcometotheunit

Lookatthepicturesandtalkaboutdifferenthighschoollives.

Well,boysandgirls,whenwespeakofschoollife,whichEnglishwordscanyouthinkof?pleaselookatsomepicturesfirst.

Ss:(joys;sorrows;dreams;discoveries;failures;tears;successes;challenges;excitement)

We'vestudiedEnglishforthreeormoreyears.WhatistheUKschoollifelike?

Howdifferent

is

itfromthat

inChina?Please

look

at

the

following

pictures.

They

showsomepartsofhighschoolintheUK.Whatcanyouseeinthepictures?What

arethedifferencesbetweenschoolsinChinaandintheUK.?

T:Asweallknow,therearedifferencesbetweenschoollivesinjuniorandhigh

schools.

Sothere

mustbedifferences

indifferent

cultures.

Someof

usmustbeeager

toknowwhat

the

school

life

inother

countries

are

like.

Forexample,we've

studied

Englishforthreeormoreyears,whatistheUKschoollifelike?Howdifferent

isitfrominChina?Youknow,therearemanyfamousschoolsanduniversitiesin

theUK.Today,we'llpickupthissubject.NowreadtheinstructionsinWelcometo

theunit

onpage1and

focus

onthe

picturesindividually.

Askthe

students

totalk

aboutthepictures.

Whatcanyouseeinthepictures?WhatarethedifferencesbetweenschoolsinChinaandintheUK.

S1:InPicture

I-2,

wecanseeverylowhousesandhugecampus.Theyare

very

different

fromthoseinChina.InChina,weusuallyhavelargebuildingsandcampustomake

surestudentshaveenoughspacetostudyinandplayin.

S2:InPicture3-4,wecanseelockersforeachstudentoutsidetheclassroom.In

China,weoftenhavesomelockersineverybedroom.

S3:InPicture5-6,wecanseealargerclassroomwithfewerstudentsinit.The

students

sit

intwolines

and

facetoface.

Thestudents

are

putting

uptheir

hands

eagerly

toanswertheteacher's

questions.

In

China,wealwayshaveafull

classroom

withstudentssittinginseverallinesfacingtheblackboardAndinmostcases,

students

are

notsoeager

toanswertheteachers'

questions,

especially

high

middle

schoolstudents.

S4:InPicture

7-8,

students

inUKhavealot

of

outdoor

activities,

while

students

attentiononoutdooractivitiesnow.

TherearecertainlymanydifferencesbetweentheschoollivesinChinaandintheUK,asweallcanseeclearlyfromthepictures.Doyouknowofanyotherdifferences?

S5:Certainly.IheardthestudentsintheUKcanchoosewhateversubjecttheylike.

S6:AndtheyarescoredA,B,C,DandEforeverysubjecttheychooseinsteadof

100points,150points,etc,suchasinChinaorotherAsiancountries.

Also,studentsintheUKhavedifferentschoolactivities.Forexample,theyorganizeschoolclubs,designpostersordovolunteerwork.InChina,wealsohavemanyschoolactivities.Whatkindofschoolactivitiesdoyouenjoy?

S7:Ienjoyplayingbasketballafterschool.

S8:Ipreferdrawing.

S9:Ilikeplayingchess.

T:Without

varieties

of

school

activities,

school

life

wouldbeboring.

Mostofyou

musthave

drawnapicture

ofwhat

highschool

life

would

belike

in

your

mindbefore

youcamehere.Nowwho'dliketoshareyourdreamschoollifewithus?

S10:Mydreamschoollifeislikethis:therearemanyfriendlyandknowledgeable

teachers;

classmates

getalong

wellwith

eachother;westudy,

play,

singanddance

together;wehaveparties,etc.Allinall,I'm

happywitheverythingandeveryone

here.

S11:Mydreamschoollifewouldbelikethis:Instudy,Iwillworkhardertomake

greatprogressineverysubject;Iwilltrytodomoresportstomakemestronger;

Iwillbeabletolearntoplaycomputergames,etc.

T:Justaswhatthefourpicturesshow,differencesdoexistbetweenhighschools

inourcountryandintheUK.Thereareofcourse,manym