Unit2 School life单元三维目标:一、知识与技能1.掌握课本中出现的重点词汇和句型2.熟练运用形容词比较级和最高级的构成和用法3.充分运用‘the same as’‘different from’进行比较4.学会谈论不同的学校及各类学生的学校生活二、过程与方法通过对比中外各类学校情况,借助课外媒体、材料,反复使用练习,在潜移默化中学好本单元需要掌握的知识点和语言点.三、情感态度与价值了解中西方学校情况,感受中西方文化如在教育、人文等反面的异同,为理解英语、学好英语奠定基础.Period 1 Comic strip and welcome to the unit Teaching aims and demands:1.Talk about the school life and review the words about school life.2.Learn different words which mean the same thing between BritishEnglish and American English.3.Learn the differences between British English and AmericanEnglish.Teaching difficulties and importance:1.Grasp the spelling of British words and American words such aslift and elevator, post and mail, film and movie, football and soccer, and so on.2.Know the differences between British English and AmericanEnglish.3.Grasp the words: British, lift, post, eraser, fall, elevator, math,movie, soccer4.Grasp the phrases: be smarter than, be like doing5.Grasp the sentences: Why don’t sb do sth?=Why not do sth?What’s school like?Teaching preparation:pictures, recorder, computer, and the flags of Britain and England Teaching steps:Ste pⅠLead-inT: Do you like our school?What do you like?How many subjects do you learn?Can you tell me some names of them?S: Chinese, Math, English, PE, Geography, etc. (Encourage the Ss to say more about it.)T: Good. Is there another word for Math?S: Yes. Maths.T: Great. Maths is Math. Maths is British English. While Math is American English (write on Bb)Ste pⅡPre-task (Welcome to the unit)Show the flags of the UK and the USA. Tell them that people speak English in both Britain and the USA , but sometimes they use different words which mean the same thing.T: I know many boys like playing football.Do you know what it says in American English?S: Soccer.(Write on Bb)Do you know the same use of other words?Please give me some examples.Write other right answers of the students on the Bb.Teach the students the new words:Task1 Practise the new words more. Pay attention to the pronunciations and spelling.Task2 Finish Part A on Page 23. Teacher can give more words, such as sweets and candies, holiday and vocation, biscuit and cookie and so on.Task3 Write down both the British and American words, then finish Part B.Ste pⅣDifferent spellings(1)Say: There are also some differences in spelling between BritishEnglish and American English. Make a table and write down some words. E.g. favourite and favorite, centre and center.(2)Ask Ss to find more different words means the same thing anddifferent spellings after class.Ste pⅤComic stripsDo you remember Hobo and Eddie? They are talking about school life. Listen to the tape and answer : What does Eddie think of the school life?Listen again and read after it.Point out: Why don’t you do sth?=Why not do sth?be smarter than, be like doing sth, there be, few/a fewLook at the picture and practise the dialogueAct the dialogue in groups and pairs.Ste pⅥFree talk about Ss’ ideal schoolWhat do you like more about school, the assembly, the classes, lunchtime or the after-school activities? Do you like outdoor activities? Do you like fewer lessons? Do you like the lessons on the Internet? Talk about the above questions in groups and then make a report.Ste pⅦPost-taskFill in the blankets with American English:It’s my first day in high school. I felt a little tired, but I had a good time. Our classroom is on the__________ (ground/first) floor. So we don’t need an__________ (lift/elevator). I like to go outside playing___________(soccer/football) after class. It’smy____________ (favourite/favorite) sport. Today we had 6 classes. I still found__________ (maths/math) was too difficult for me. But the new classmate next to me helped me work out a difficult problem.Ste pⅧ. Homework(1) Try to remember the new words and drills.(2) Finish the exercises.(3) Preview the next lesson.Period 2 Reading (1)Teaching aims and demands:1.Know the school lives in British school and American school.2.Learn to read and understand the article with different ways ofreading.3.Learn how to understand the writer’s opinion.Teaching difficulties and importance:1. Know the meanings of the new words: mixed, together, subject, myself, tasty, meal, guy(s), twice, softball, practice, buddy, senior, hero, close, article, admire2. Understand the meanings of the phrases: in Year 8=in Grade 8，a mixed school, Home Economics, learn how to do sth, do sth for oneself, cook healthy and tasty meals, bring in, a Reading Week, the end of sth, as well, take a bus, twice a week, spend time doing sth, learn about, help sb with sth, each other, have a great time doing sth.3. Can use this sentence: What does the word ‘hero’ mean?It means someone you admire very much.4.Catch the main information about Lives in a British school and anAmerican school.Teaching preparation:recorder and computerTeaching steps:Step I. Lead-in(1) Review the British and American words in different forms.(2) Act the dialogue between Hobo and Eddie.Step II. Pre-taskUse the pictures on Page 26 to teach some new words.Ask: What are they doing in the pictures?(Reading Week, driving lesson, Home Economics class, lunchtime, buddy club, softball game)Step III. While-taskT: Eddie thinks school is like watching TV. Now John and Nancy are talking about their lives in school. Let’s see if it is like watching TV. Life in a British schoolTask 1Read Paragraph 1 and answer:1. What grade is John in?(In Year 8.)2. Is it a school for boys? (No, it’s a mixed school.)3. What’s his favorite subject? (Home Economics)4. What can he cook? (Healthy and tasty meals)Task 2Listen to the tape and read after it.Use Questions 1-4 to sum up Paragraph 1.Task 3Read Paragraph 2 and answer:5. Does he have a Reading Week every year?6. What books can they read ?7. What can they do near the end of the reading class?8. Why does he think the reading week is too short?Point out: as wellTask 4Listen to the tape and read after it.Use Questions 5-8 to sum up Paragraph 2.Point out: I like learning how to cook and sew.We can even bring in books and magazines from home.Task 5 Practice the new words and phrases more.Read John’s composition together/by themselves.Try to sum up the whole article.Life in an American schoolTask 1 Read Paragraph 1 and answer:1. How old is Nancy? Where does she study?2. How old is her brother? What did he learn last year?3. Is it great that Denver drives her to school? Why? Task 2Listen to the tape and read after it.Use Questions 1-3 to sum up Paragraph 1.Task 3 Read Paragraph 2 and answer:4. How often does she play softball? (Twice a week.)5. Where does she go every Monday? ( A buddy club.)6. Who is her buddy? (Teach: senior)What can they do there?7. What does Nancy think of Julie? Why?Task4Listen to the tape and read after it.Use Questions 4-7 to sum up Paragraph 2.Task5 Read Paragraph 3 and answer:8. Does she have a good time during lunchtime?9. What do they sometimes do after school?Task6Listen to the tape and read after it.Use Questions 8-9 to sum up Paragraph 3.Task7 Read Nancy’s article by themselves and try to sum it up. Step IV. Post-taskTask 1 Finish Part B1 on Page 25.Task 2 Finish Parts B2 and C1 and check the answers.Point out: tell sb about sth, during lunchtime, in 12th grade. What does the word…mean?Step V. Homework(1) Read the two articles carefully and try to sum them up.(2) Finish the exercises.Period 3 Reading (2)Teaching aims and demands:1.Can grasp the words, phrases and language points of the twoarticles.2.Can retell the lives in a British school and an Americanschool.Teaching difficulties and importance:1.Some important language points.2.Retell the two articles completely.Teaching preparation:ComputerTeaching steps:Step I. Warm-upTry to memorize the main idea of John’s and Nancy’s articles1. Year8 (the Eighth Year) = Grade 8 (the Eighth Grade)2. mixed adj. a mixed schoolmix v. Oil and water will not mix.3. how to do things for myself (反身代词, 我自己,独自做某事) 疑问代词who, what. which等和疑问副词when, where, how等加动词不定式,在句中作主语、宾语、表语等成分.E.g. Where to go is a question.(作主语)The question is how to learn English well.(作表语)I know where to find the boy.(作宾语)4. tasty adj. The food is tasty.taste link.v. The food tastes good. n. The food has a good taste.5.as well, also, too, either, as well asa.as well 副词短语,多用于口语,只用于句末. He is a teacher and awriter as well.b.also 较正式,不用于句末,用语肯定句中. He also plays football.c.too 多用语口语,通常在句末,也可在句中. He is a worker, too.d.either 用于否定句中,通常在句末.Yesterday I didn’t watch TV and I didn’t see the film, either.e.as well as 用于肯定句中,意为“既……又……; 不仅……而且……”,起连接作用.He gave me clothes as well as food.6.have a great time talking to each otherhave a great/good time doing sth.=have fun doing sth.E.g. Mary had a god time dancing at the party. We have funlearning English.Step III. Reading and retellingTask 1 Read the articles together.Task 2 Fill in the blankets according to John’s composition.John was in _______ at Woodland School near London. It’s a_____school. His favorite subject is ________________.So he can cook healthy and ___________meals now. His school has a_______ week every year. He and his classmates can read books from the school library. And they can also ________ in books and_________ from home. The reading week is too ______ because he wants to read others’ books __________.Task3 Fill in the blankets according to Nancy’s composition.Nancy is 14 years old. She is in 9th g____ at Rocky Mountain High School. Her brother Denver had d______ lessons last year. It’s great for her because he d______ her to school every day. It’s f_____ than taking a bus. She plays s_______ twice a week. She spends lots of time p____________. Every Monday she goes to a b____ club. Her buddy is Julie. Julie h____ Nancy learn all about her new school. She helps Nancy with her homework and listens to her p_______. Nancy thinks Julie is a h____. During lunchtime, she has a good timet________ with her friends. Sometimes, they go to s_______ malls after school.Task4 Read the two parts by themselves.Task5 Retell John’s life in a British school and Nancy’s life in an American school.Step IV. HomeworkTask1 Translate the sentences into English.1、我最喜欢的科目是家政。