tences with a subject and a reason.
• I like because . • I think is important because • I think is difficult because . • I would like to study because .
2.My new school is very good and I can see why. 4.The English class is really interesting. 1.My name is Li Kang. 6.Ms Shen wants to help us improve our spelling and handwriting. 3.The teachers are very enthusiastic and friendly and the classrooms are amazing. 8.There are sixty-five students in my class-more than my previous class in Junior High. 5.The teacher is a very enthusiastic woman called Ms Shen. 7.I like her attitude very much.
• vocabulary • Turn to page 113， and study the ， vocabulary list for Unit one, paying attention to the relationship between the spelling and the pronunciation.
Discussion: Read the text again and put the following statements in the right order.
The teacher is a very enthusiastic woman called Ms Shen. The teachers are very enthusiastic and friendly and the classrooms are amazing. My name is Li Kang. My new school is very good and I can see why. The English class is really interesting. Ms Shen wants to help us improve our spelling and handwriting. There are sixty-five students in my class-more than my previous class in Junior High. I like her attitude very much.
Discussion
How many of the subjects are science subjects? Which of the science subjects do you study at your school? How many of them are languages? Which languages do you study at your school? Which of them are not academic subjects? Which are your three favorite subjects?
Skimming
Skim: Find out the topic sentence of the text.
Scanning:
• After reading, answer the following questions. • 1) Which city does Li Kang come from? • 2) What about his classrooms? What are there in the classrooms? • 3) Is his English teacher excellent? Why?
What’s the difference between this textbook and the one you used at Junior High? Think about
(a)difficulty
(b)photographs
(c)reading texts.
Match the words with their definitions a book used for the • attitude study of a subject in school • behaviour the particular way • handwriting someone writes using a pen • method way of doing something • textbook a way of feeling or
4. Lines 33-35: Ms Shen gave us instructions and then we worked by ourselves. • A. We did everything by ourselves. • We listened to Ms Shen’s explanation and then worked with each other.
Describe the general behaviour of your Junior High class in English lessons. Do you all (a)work hard in class? (b)behave in a serious and polite manner? (c)sometimes get noisy?
Give an example of your teacher’s teaching method. Does he/she (a)tell stories? (b)explain grammar? (c)write new words on the blackboard?
What do you find most difficult about English? (a)reading comprehension (b)speaking (c)handwriting (d)spelling (e)understanding instructions (f)
My First Day at Senior High
Section 1
Questions
• 1. What’s your new senior high school? • 2. Do you like the school? Why? • 3. How many students are there in your new class? • 4. Do you have great confidence to learn English well?
Do you know all of them?
biology chemistry English Japanese geography Russian Chinese mathematics physics PE (Physical Education) history IT (Information Technology)
2. Lines 27-28: I don’t think I will be bored in Ms Shen’s class! • A. I will find the class interesting! • B. I will find the class difficult!
3. Lines 31-32: some students were embarrassed at first… • A. The students stopped being shy eventually. • B. The students couldn't do the activity.
thinking about someone or something way of acting in a particular way
Match the words with their definitions
• • • • comprehension instruction photograph spelling
Answer the questions and guess the meaning of the key words.
Describe your attitude to studying English. Are you (a) enthusiastic? (b) interested? (c) not very interested?
a photo the action of forming words correctly from letters, or the ability to do this an order the act of understanding or ability to understand
1.He is rude to others. Nobody likes his ________ 2. He teaches by telling stories, and all of us enjoy his teaching _____ 3. While listening, you ‘d better catch the key words. It can help you with ______. 4. In everyday life, we should behave ourselves, for our ___ can show whether we are well educated.