江苏省永丰初级中学八年级英语上册,Unit,2,School,life,Reading教案,牛津版

Unit 2 Reading Objectives F To guess general meanings from pictures and keyword F To understand feelings and opinions F Identify specific ination about school life Part A Background ination In this section, students read about school life in Britain and America presented in the genre of a website of an e-friendship club called ‘Schools Around the World’. In Britain, secondary education is usually between the ages of 11 and 16 and is divided into years Years 7-12. Year 8 corresponds to Grade 8 in China. At the age of 26, students sit for General Certificate of Secondary Education GCSE exams. After the exams, they can continue their secondary education for two years either at the school or a college at the end of which they sit for A level exams. Secondary education in America is usually divided into Middle School 6th-12th grades. 9th grade corresponds to Grade 9 in China. Teaching procedures 1. Talk about different countries to introduce the idea that there are different kinds of schools around the world. 2. Teach and explain the new words and phrases of the two passages buddy partner hero a person who is admired by many people for his particular qualities Home Economics the study of household management mixed schoola school for members of both ss seniora student in the year before graduation from a high school or college softballa game similar to baseball but played on a smaller field with a larger soft ball tastyhaving a strong and pleasant flavour 3. Write ‘Life in a British school’ and ‘Life in an American school’ on the blackboard. Ask the students what they think lives in these schools are like. 4. Then read the text with the students. Ask individual students to read the text to the class. 5. Divide the class into two groups. Allocate one of the letter to each group. In pairs, ask students to underline the main points by asking questions about ‘who’, ‘what’, ‘where’, ‘when’, and ‘why’. Then ask students to circle all the keywords in the text. Ask students to make a grid with the different ‘wh-‘ questions as follows Who John Nancy What Home Economics Reading week Softball ‘Buddy club’ Where Woodland School, London Rocky Mountain High School, Denver When Every year Twice a week Every Monday Why Likes learning to cook and sew Can read anything he likes Loves the game Enjoys it a lot Ask the students to complete their grids using main points and keywords only. Then ask students to complete the grid on the board with comments. Students update their own grids as they hear ination from other students. Homework 1. Copy the new words and phrases twice. 2. Recite the first article about Life in a British school. 3. Finish Part B, C1 and C2 on the book.