1、Unit 2 School life单元三维目标:一、知识与技能1. 掌握课本中出现的重点词汇和句型2. 熟练运用形容词比较级和最高级的构成和用法3. 充分运用 the same as different from进行比较4. 学会谈论不同的学校及各类学生的学校生活二、过程与方法通过对比中外各类学校情况,借助课外媒体、材料, 反复使用练习,在潜移默化中学好本单元需要掌握的知识点和语言点.三、情感态度与价值了解中西方学校情况,感受中西方文化如在教育、人文等反面的异同,为理解英语、学好英语奠定基础.Period 1 Comic strip and welcome to the unitTeachi
2、ng aims and demands:1. Talk about the school life and review the words about school life.2. Learn different words which mean the same thing between British English and American English.3. Learn the differences between British English and American English.Teaching difficulties and importance:1. Grasp
3、 the spelling of British words and American words such as lift and elevator, post and mail, film and movie, football and soccer, and so on.2. Know the differences between British English and American English.3. Grasp the words: British, lift, post, eraser, fall, elevator, math, movie, soccer4. Grasp
4、 the phrases: be smarter than, be like doing5. Grasp the sentences: Why dont sb do sth?=Why not do sth? Whats school like?Teaching preparation:pictures, recorder, computer, and the flags of Britain and EnglandTeaching steps:Step Lead-in T: Do you like our school?What do you like?How many subjects do
5、 you learn?Can you tell me some names of them?S: Chinese, Math, English, PE, Geography, etc. (Encourage the Ss to say more about it.)T: Good. Is there another word for Math?S: Yes. Maths.T: Great. Maths is Math. Maths is British English. While Math is American English (write on Bb) Step Pre-task (We
6、lcome to the unit)Show the flags of the UK and the USA. Tell them that people speak English in both Britain and the USA , but sometimes they use different words which mean the same thing. T: I know many boys like playing football.Do you know what it says in American English?S: Soccer.(Write on Bb)Do
7、 you know the same use of other words? Please give me some examples.Write other right answers of the students on the Bb.Teach the students the new words:BE=British English AE=American English BE autumn lift football maths rubber post groundfloorsecondaryschoolAE fall elevator soccer math eraser mail
8、 firstfloorhigh schoolStep While-taskTask1 Practise the new words more. Pay attention to the pronunciations and spelling.Task2 Finish Part A on Page 23. Teacher can give more words, such as sweets and candies, holiday and vocation, biscuit and cookie and so on.Task3 Write down both the British and A
9、merican words, then finish Part B.Step Different spellings(1) Say: There are also some differences in spelling between British English and American English. Make a table and write down some words. E.g. favourite and favorite, centre and center.(2) Ask Ss to find more different words means the same t
10、hing and different spellings after class.Step Comic stripsDo you remember Hobo and Eddie? They are talking about school life. Listen to the tape and answer : What does Eddie think of the school life?Listen again and read after it.Point out: Why dont you do sth?=Why not do sth?be smarter than, be lik
11、e doing sth, there be, few/a fewLook at the picture and practise the dialogue Act the dialogue in groups and pairs.Step Free talk about Ss ideal schoolWhat do you like more about school, the assembly, the classes, lunchtime or the after-school activities? Do you like outdoor activities? Do you like
12、fewer lessons? Do you like the lessons on the Internet? Talk about the above questions in groups and then make a report.Step Post-taskFill in the blankets with American English:Its my first day in high school. I felt a little tired, but I had a good time. Our classroom is on the_ (ground/first) floo
13、r. So we dont need an_ (lift/elevator). I like to go outside playing_(soccer/football) after class. Its my_ (favourite/favorite) sport. Today we had 6 classes. I still found_ (maths/math) was too difficult for me. But the new classmate next to me helped me work out a difficult problem.Step. Homework
14、(1) Try to remember the new words and drills.(2) Finish the exercises.(3) Preview the next lesson. Period 2 Reading (1)Teaching aims and demands:1. Know the school lives in British school and American school.2. Learn to read and understand the article with different ways of reading.3. Learn how to u
15、nderstand the writers opinion.Teaching difficulties and importance:1. Know the meanings of the new words: mixed, together, subject, myself, tasty, meal, guy(s), twice, softball, practice, buddy, senior, hero, close, article, admire2. Understand the meanings of the phrases: in Year 8=in Grade 8，a mix
16、ed school, Home Economics, learn how to do sth, do sth for oneself, cook healthy and tasty meals, bring in, a Reading Week, the end of sth, as well, take a bus, twice a week, spend time doing sth, learn about, help sb with sth, each other, have a great time doing sth.3. Can use this sentence: What d
17、oes the word hero mean? It means someone you admire very much.4.Catch the main information about Lives in a British school and an American school.Teaching preparation:recorder and computerTeaching steps:Step I. Lead-in(1) Review the British and American words in different forms.(2) Act the dialogue
18、between Hobo and Eddie.Step II. Pre-taskUse the pictures on Page 26 to teach some new words. Ask: What are they doing in the pictures?(Reading Week, driving lesson, Home Economics class, lunchtime, buddy club, softball game)Step III. While-taskT: Eddie thinks school is like watching TV. Now John and
19、 Nancy are talking about their lives in school. Lets see if it is like watching TV.Life in a British schoolTask 1 Read Paragraph 1 and answer:1. What grade is John in?(In Year 8.)2. Is it a school for boys? (No, its a mixed school.)3. Whats his favorite subject? (Home Economics)4. What can he cook?
20、(Healthy and tasty meals)Task 2 Listen to the tape and read after it.Use Questions 1-4 to sum up Paragraph 1.Task 3 Read Paragraph 2 and answer:5. Does he have a Reading Week every year?6. What books can they read ? 7. What can they do near the end of the reading class?8. Why does he think the readi
21、ng week is too short?Point out: as wellTask 4 Listen to the tape and read after it.Use Questions 5-8 to sum up Paragraph 2.Point out: I like learning how to cook and sew.We can even bring in books and magazines from home.Task 5 Practice the new words and phrases more.Read Johns composition together/
22、by themselves.Try to sum up the whole article.Life in an American schoolTask 1 Read Paragraph 1 and answer:1. How old is Nancy? Where does she study? 2. How old is her brother? What did he learn last year?3. Is it great that Denver drives her to school? Why?Task 2 Listen to the tape and read after i
23、t.Use Questions 1-3 to sum up Paragraph 1.Task 3 Read Paragraph 2 and answer:4. How often does she play softball? (Twice a week.) 5. Where does she go every Monday? ( A buddy club.) 6. Who is her buddy? (Teach: senior)What can they do there? 7. What does Nancy think of Julie? Why?Task4 Listen to the
24、 tape and read after it.Use Questions 4-7 to sum up Paragraph 2.Task5 Read Paragraph 3 and answer:8. Does she have a good time during lunchtime?9. What do they sometimes do after school?Task6 Listen to the tape and read after it.Use Questions 8-9 to sum up Paragraph 3.Task7 Read Nancys article by th
25、emselves and try to sum it up. Step IV. Post-taskTask 1 Finish Part B1 on Page 25.Task 2 Finish Parts B2 and C1 and check the answers.Point out: tell sb about sth, during lunchtime, in 12th grade. What does the wordmean?Step V. Homework(1) Read the two articles carefully and try to sum them up.(2) F
26、inish the exercises.Period 3 Reading (2)Teaching aims and demands:1.Can grasp the words, phrases and language points of the two articles.2.Can retell the lives in a British school and an American school.Teaching difficulties and importance:1.Some important language points.2.Retell the two articles c
27、ompletely.Teaching preparation:ComputerTeaching steps:Step I. Warm-upTry to memorize the main idea of Johns and Nancys articles according to the table.Who? John NancyWhere? (Woodland School, near London) (Rocky Mountain High School, Denver)What? (Home Economics)(Reading Week)(Softball.)(The buddy cl
28、ub)When? (Every year) (Twice a week.)(Every Monday)Why? (Because he likes learning to cook and sew.)(Because he can read anything he likes.)(Because she loves the game.)(Because she enjoys it a lot.)Step II. Language points1. Year8 (the Eighth Year) = Grade 8 (the Eighth Grade)2. mixed adj. a mixed
29、school mix v. Oil and water will not mix.3. how to do things for myself (反身代词, 我自己,独自做某事 )疑问代词 who, what. which 等和疑问副词 when, where, how 等加动词不定式,在句中作主语、宾语、表语等成分.E.g. Where to go is a question.(作主语)The question is how to learn English well.(作表语)I know where to find the boy.(作宾语)4. tasty adj. The food
30、is tasty.taste link.v. The food tastes good. n. The food has a good taste.4. as well, also, too, either, as well asa. as well 副词短语,多用于口语,只用于句末. He is a teacher and a writer as well.b. also 较正式,不用于句末,用语肯定句中. He also plays football.c. too 多用语口语, 通常在句末,也可在句中. He is a worker, too.d. either 用于否定句中, 通常在句末
31、. Yesterday I didnt watch TV and I didnt see the film, either.e. as well as 用于肯定句中,意为 “既又; 不仅而且”,起连接作用. He gave me clothes as well as food.5. have a great time talking to each other have a great/good time doing sth.=have fun doing sth.E.g. Mary had a god time dancing at the party. We have fun learni
32、ng English.Step III. Reading and retellingTask 1 Read the articles together.Task 2 Fill in the blankets according to Johns composition.John was in _ at Woodland School near London. Its a _school. His favorite subject is _.So he can cook healthy and _meals now. His school has a_ week every year. He a
33、nd his classmates can read books from the school library. And they can also _ in books and_ from home. The reading week is too _ because he wants to read others books _.Task 3 Fill in the blankets according to Nancys composition.Nancy is 14 years old. She is in 9th g_ at Rocky Mountain High School.
34、Her brother Denver had d_ lessons last year. Its great for her because he d_ her to school every day. Its f_ than taking a bus. She plays s_ twice a week. She spends lots of time p_. Every Monday she goes to a b_ club. Her buddy is Julie. Julie h_ Nancy learn all about her new school. She helps Nanc
35、y with her homework and listens to her p_. Nancy thinks Julie is a h_. During lunchtime, she has a good time t_ with her friends. Sometimes, they go to s_ malls after school.Task 4 Read the two parts by themselves.Task 5 Retell Johns life in a British school and Nancys life in an American school.Ste
36、p IV. HomeworkTask1 Translate the sentences into English.1、我最喜欢的科目是家政。2、在我到这个学校之前我不知道该如何为自己做事。3、李华喜欢打垒球，每天花很多时间练习它。4、老师经常告诉我们课后也要练习英语。5、我想学如何做健康可口的饭菜。6、乘出租车去公园比骑自行车去要快得多。Task2 Recite the article.Period 4 VocabularyTeaching aims and demands:1.Learn about the school subjects.2.Review and learn the adj
37、ective nouns about peoples opinion.3.Grasp the opposites of the adjective nouns.Teaching difficulties and importance:1. Grasp the new words such as art, geography, language, PE, science, useful, unimportant, useless, unpopular and so on.2. Can give opinion on different school subjects.Teaching prepa
38、ration:Computer and the timetableTeaching steps:Step I. Lead inAsk some questions about the reading.Ask 2-4 students to sum up John and Nancys school lives.Step II. Pre-taskTask 1 T: We know Johns favorite subject is Home Economics. Because he likes cooking and sewing. Whats your favorite subject?S:
39、 Chinese, Math, English, PELook at the pictures and teach the Ss the new words:Ask: What class is it? What can you learn from each subject?(Teacher can give a table.)Art You can draw and paint pictures.Computer StudiesGeographyHistoryHome EconomicsLanguagesPEScienceTask2 Finish Part A on Page 27.Ste
40、p III. While-taskTask 1 Some adjective words to show ones opinion on different school subjects.T: I think Home Economics is very interesting, but History is very boring. What do you think of the subjects?Is the Art lesson very easy/difficult/important/unimportant/useful/useless?S: Yes, its/I thinkPo
41、int out: useful careful unimportant unpopular useless careless Encourage the Ss to say more words like this.Task 2 Finish Part B on Page 27.Step IV. Post-taskFill in the blankets with the right forms. 1. The song is _(popular) now, but I still like it.2. I like Daniel because he can tell _(interest)
42、 stories.3. The bus left 5 minutes ago. Its _(use) to run to the stop.4. What a _(bored) book. I cant read it any more.5. It is _(important). We dont need to go there.Step V. Homework1. Remember the new words.2. Finish the exercises.Period 5 Grammar A&BTeaching aims and demands:1. Compare two things
43、 using morethan, fewerthan and lessthan.2. Compare more than two things using the most for the largest amount and the fewest/ the least for the smallest amount.Teaching difficulties and importance:1. How to use morethan, fewerthan and lessthan.2. How to use the most the fewest and the least.Teaching
44、 preparation:pictures, objects and computerTeaching steps:Step I. Lead inRevise the words of school subjects and the adjective nouns.Step II. Pre-task Look at the pictures and answer: （见课件）What are they in the pencil-boxes?(Teach paper clips)Step III. While-taskTask 1 The use of “more than” and “few
45、erthan”.T: Lucy has 4 pencils and Lily has 3 pencils. （见课件）It means: Lucy has more pencils than Lily. (manymore) (Write on the Bb.)Lily has fewer pencils than Lucy. (fewfewer)Lucy has fewer paper clips than Lily. (fewfewer) Lily has more paper clips than Lucy. (manymore)Point out: We use “more/fewer
46、than” to talk about countable nouns.Ask the Ss to make more sentences with the pictures.Task 2 The use of “morethan” and “lessthan”.T: Look at the pictures of Daniel, Jam and Sandy. （见课件）T: Daniel has more juice than Jam. (muchmore)Jam has less juice than Daniel. (littleless)Point out: We use “more/
47、lessthan” to talk about uncountable nouns.Make more sentences with the pictures. Task 3 Finish Parts A, A1、 A2 and A3. (Solve their problems)【Look at the pictures of Part A on Page 28 and answer:T: How many flowers does Millie have? How many flowers does Amy have?S: Millie has seven flowers and Amy
48、has three flowers.T: Who has more flowers?S: Millie does.T: Yes, Millie has more flowers than Amy. Amy has fewer flowers than Millie.Ask Ss to talk about the second picture in the same way.Use the same way to present lessthan.Work out the rule: We use morethan and fewerthan to talk about countable nouns. We use morethan and lessthan to talk about uncountable nouns.】Task 4 The use of the most/fewest/least. T: Look at the pictures. （见课件）Peter has more beef than Leo. Leo has more beef than Jack. That is to say: Who has t
