A Teaching Plan for Module 1 Unit 1 School life Highlights and teaching objectives of the unitTopic S chool life and school activities: to identify the differences between school life in different countries.1. Describing school life: about campus, classes, teachers, classrooms,subjects, activities etc.2. Describing school activitiesNext month we will have our school open day. We have invitedFunctionsD avid to be one of our guest speakers. He will make a speech abouthis experiences in the USA.3. Comparing school life in Britain and in ChinaI found the homework was not as heavy as what I used to get in myold school, but it was a bit challenging for me at first because allthe homework was in English.Words:achieve, approve, average, article, attention, broadcast, challenging, cover, continue, culture, develop, donate, display, dynasty, drop, earn,e-mail, experience, extra, graduate, flat, guest, grade, generation, German, host, immediately, inform, introduce, literature, miss, nature, Vocabulary please, prepare, preparation, professor, photograph, poet, poem, respect, run, require, regret, recently, select, title辨析：say, speak, talk, tell第 1 页共17 页Phrases:1. attend / take part in a lecture2. earn one ’s r e s p3e.c a t chieve highgrades4. English literature5. on (an/the) average6. an enjoyableexperience7.be happy / pleased/ content with 8. the way to do/of doing sth.9. sound like a good idea 10. used to do sth 11. be used to gettingup early12. spend ⋯(in) doing sth. 13. for free / nothing14. drop/give up some subjects 15. develop (an) interest in sth.16. take a photograph of 17. donate ⋯to ⋯18. on display / on show 19. make a speech/lecture20. pay attention to doing sth 21. be open to/for all the students22. inform sb. of/about sth. 23. go for an outing24. graduate from a key middle school 25. on/upon finishing studies26. start /set up a school club 27. approve of the idea28. require sb. to do sth. 29. the swimming pool30. a modern medical center1. He also told us that the best way to earn respect from the schoolwas to work hard and achieve high grades.2. This sounded likemy school in China.3. I found the homework was not as heavy as what Iused toget in myold school, ⋯Sentence4. Though it didn ’t look like a table when it was f i n d i s,h I e sti l liked it patternsvery much.5. I do like eating desserts after meals as you mentioned in yourarticle.6. Upon finishing his studies, he started traveling in China.7. “祈使句，and you will ⋯”第2页共17 页1. Introduction to attributive clausesShe was the teacher who taught us English literature.2. Relative pronouns:that, which, who, whom a nd w hose Grammar All my classmates enjoyed the cake that/which I made.The girl (that/who/whom) you have just seen is very good atEnglish.I sat nest to a girl whose name was Diane.1. Reading: read a magazine article about school life in the UK andSkills and strategiestwo other articles about school clubs2. Listening: listen to a headmaster talking about school activities3. Speaking: talk about daily school life and report their activities4. Writing: Write a notice about school activities1. School life in the UKCulture 2. After-school activities in the UK3. School activities and school clubsTeaching methods:1. Discussions in pairs or in groups2. Task-based in class activities.3. Explanations of some language points and grammar rules.Period 1 VocabularyTeaching aim:To learn the new words and expressions in this unit.Teaching Procedures:Step 1 ReadingBegin the first lesson like this: Good morning, everyone. Nice to see you. Nowthe new term has begun and you have entered a new period in your studies. I am veryhappy to have all of you in my class and I ’m sure we will be good friends and we will succeed, because you are such good students and to tell you the truth, I ’m a ver teacher, too. First, let me introduce myself. My name is Wang Qingguang ( 王庆光).So let ’wsork hard together to realize our common goal, that is, all of you will beadmitted into key universities three years later. But as the saying goes, “to cle whole world, you must tidy your own room first. ”So now let ’l e s s s g o e n t,down to our第 3 页共17 页Unit 1. First, let ’s l e a t r h n e new words. Please turn to page 68. I ’l g l i ve you a few minutes; please practice reading them aloud. Then I ’l y a o s u k t o s o s m t a e n d o f u pand read them. Start!Ask a few students to stand up and read the new words. Correct any mistakes in pronunciation.Step 2 ExercisesDo the vocabulary exercises in the printing materialHomework1. Read aloud the new words in Unit 1 and finish the vocabulary exercises o n thelearning plan.2. Preview the reading passage.Period 2 Welcome to the unitTeaching aims:1. To revise the new words by doing some exercises.2. To introduce and develop the theme of school life, especially to get the students toknow of differences between high school life and junior school life as well as toidentify the differences between school life in different countries.3. To develop the students ’listening and speaking abilities by talking about the fourpictures on page 1. and their new life and hope in the new school.Teaching Procedures:Step 1 RevisionRevise the vocabulary by doing the exercises on the learning plan.Step 2 Comparison and discussionPage 1. High school is a time of discovery, learning and hard work! Look at the pictures below. They show some parts of high school life in the UK. Discuss the following questions with your partner.1. Do you know of any differences between the lives of Chinese and British high school students? (You may refer to the four pictures above while discussing this question.)2. What kind of school activities do you enjoy?3. What is your dream school life like?Sample answers:1.第 4 页共17 页aspects In the UK In ChinaIn the UK, we can seeCampus and buildingsh uge campus and low-risebuildings. (The schoolyard is very big, but theclassroom buildings arerather low, just likehouses.)It is the biggest differenceSchools in China usually have a largecampus, too, so that it will make sureall the students have enough space tostudy and play in. But most schoolbuildings are taller, at least three orfour storeys.from schools in ChinaIn the UK, there are rowsWhether to haveof lockers by/outside the While in China, students have to lockers (n. smallclassrooms for students to bring their schoolbags t o school and cupboard 寄物put their stationary, books, then take them all back home after 柜) for every exercise-books and other school. Most schools in China do notbelongings/articles / have lockers in the classroom.studentthings.Number of students in each class I n the UK, there are fewerstudents in a class, nomore than 30 per class.W hile in China we have about 40, 50or even 60 students in each class,which makes both teaching andlearning more difficult.In the UK, students have a It is similar in China. Generallyclose relationship with speaking, students and teachers a retheir teachers. They feel at like friends. They have alsoease and comfortable with established a good relationship withthem. In most cases, each other. Of course, there are someRelation with teachers treat students as teachers who are too hard on theirtheir teachers their equals. In the class, students, f or example, some teachersthere will be more ask their students to copy theirdiscussions, and students mistakes for one thousand times;are encouraged to Worse still, some teacherseven beatparticipate in them. their students in the face, and so on, Idon’tthink it is good. Teachersand第 5 页共17 页students should respect each other,shouldn ’t we?2. sports a ctivities: like a sports meeting, where you can display your specialtalents in sports, like running, high jump, long/broad jump, rope jump bui⋯ld ;upyour body, make you more energetic, ⋯singing a nd dancing: make your school life richer and more beautiful; it canmake you forget about your trouble; relax yourself, ⋯art festivals, English evenings:Speeches by famous professors or foreigners:3. My idea school life would be something like this: teachers a nd students aregood friends. Students a re treated as equal persons. After class, there won’tbe toomuch homework, or too many examinations. So we students have more free time todevelop our own interests in different areas, s uch as computer science, s inging anddancing. My dream school will also hold a lot of activities, such as English festivals,sports meetings, singing competitions and so on.Step 3 ActivityAsk the students to describe a good teacher in their mind, and make a vivid description about a good student in their view, together with the ideal relationshipbetween teachers and students. Teacher may ask some questions, for example:1. What kind of teachers do you like best in your mind? What characters does agood teacher should have in your opinion?2. In your opinion, what kind of students can be regarded as good students?3. What relationship between teachers and students should we have?Sample answers:To question 1:S: I hope my teachers can have a strong sense of humour.S: If teachers can treat every student equally, I think we will all love them.S: We hope we can learn a lot of knowledge from teachers, so I think teacherswho are learned must be very popular among us.To question 2:S: A good student must be clever, open-minded and are ready to help others.S: First of all, a good student must be full of energy, competitive and civilizedS: He or she should have good manners.第6页共17 页。