1、Unit 2 Reading1 Objectives To guess general meanings from pictures and keyword To understand feelings and opinions Identify specific information about school lifePart ABackground informationIn this section, students read about school life in Britain and America presented in the genre of a website of
2、 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.
3、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 proc
4、edures1. 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 passagesbuddy partner来源:gkstk.Comhero a person who is admired by many people for his particular qualitiesHome Economics t
5、he study of household managementmixed school a school for members of both sexessenior a student in the year before graduation from a high school or collegesoftball a game similar to baseball but played on a 来源:gkstk.Comsmaller field with a larger soft balltasty having a strong and pleasant flavour3.
6、 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 l
7、etter 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 Economic
8、s) (Reading week)(Softball) (Buddy club)来源:gkstk.ComWhere? (Woodland School, London)(Rocky Mountain High School, Denver)When? (Every year) (Twice a week) (Every Monday)来源:学优高考网Why? (Likes learning to cook and sew) (Can read anything he likes)(Loves the game) (Enjoys it a lot)Ask the students to comp
9、lete 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 information 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.
