• Welcome to the unit
Brainstorming
• 1. What is the biggest difference between this school and your junior middle school? • 2. How do you feel about your new life here in the first few days?
Advance With English
Module 1 Teenage Experiences
Unit 1 School Life
南京师大附中
Teaching schedule
Welcome to the unit (1) Lead-in
Reading (2)
Reading strategy / Language focus Vocabulary
Problem solving --Feel free to ask for help
• • • • Make up a conversation 1. get to the school medical center 2. buy food in the school canteen 3. go to the school Lost and Found Office and look for a lost watch • 4. fix a date with your teacher for a face-to-face talk about one of your problems
new life
Listening – How to ask for help
• • • • • Listen and find out 1. Where? 2. What? 3. How? (Listen and follow, if necessary)
• One possible conversation: • Jack: Excuse me, do you know where the police station is? • Woman : I’m sorry. I don’t. I’m not from around here. • Jack: OK, thanks anyway. • Mary: Hi, Jack! How is it going? • Jack: Not too good. I lost my wallet and it had all my ID and money. • Mary: Oh, no! • Jack: So, how do I get to the police station from here?
More information -- Differences in education systems
• Read the following information and learn more…
•1. pre-school education (2----5years old) •(UK) play school / nursery school •(China) kindergarten
• Mary: It’s easy. Go along Main Street. When you get to King Street, turn left. It’s right next to the post office. You can’t miss it. • Jack: OK. Go up this street and turn left at King Street. It’s beside the post office. • Mary: That’s it. • Jack: Thanks, Mary. • Mary: No problem.
Speaking --sharing your experiences
• Please share with the class: • Besides “getting lost”, what other problems did / do you meet with in the new school? • …
Further discussion (group work) -- Make a comparison
• Discuss with your group. • Any other differences? • 1. Discuss in a group of 4 (timer, note-maker, reporter, etc.) 2. report to the whole class (Which group did best? / How to improve)
Discussion (pair work) -- Talk about differences
• Talk and find out • What is different? • 1.Talk about the 4 pictures on page one and find out the differences between British and Chinese high schools • 2. Complete the chart after your discussion
Word focus
• You may use the following words in your discussion. • campus • locker • at ease
in the UK
campus lockers class size Teacher and student
in China
Unit Word power (1) (11 Grammar and usage (2) Grammar Problem-solving -12) Task (1+1/2)
Project (2) Self-assessment (1)
Evaluation
Integrated sk