英语必修ⅰ译林牛津版unit1《schoollife》教案period2

Period2Reading教学一整体设计教材分析ThisreadingpassageisaboutavividdescriptionoftheschoollifeinManchestermadebyWeiHua,aChinesegirlwhooncestudiedintheUK.Thestudentswhoareexpectedtolearnthisunitarethenewcomerstohighschools.TheywillcertainlycuriousaboutBritishhighschoollifeaswellastheirownschoollife.Sothetopicisanamazingoneforthestudents,anditwilldefinitelystimulatethestudents’interestsincetheycanimagineandarrangetheirownnewschoollife.Bylearningthisunit,theteachercanalsohelpthestudentstogetusedtothenewhighschoollifeassoonaspossible.Whilethestudentsarereadingthispassage,somereadingstrategiesshouldbeintroduced:skimming—togetthegeneralideaofapassagebylookingatthetitlesandheadings,thefirstandlastsentencesofparagraphsandthefirstandlastparagraphsaswellaspicturesandchart;scanning—tofindcertaininformationinatextquicklybylookingforkeywordsandphrases,dates,numbers,etc.Meanwhile,differentin-classactivitiesshouldbewellorganizedforallthestudentstotakepartinaccordingtothecontentofthetextwiththepurposeoftrainingtheirskillsinnotonlyreading,butalsoinlisteningandspeaking.Somechartsandtablesareusedforthestudentstofindsomeinformationforthetext.Andthestudentsshouldbeencouragedtotakepartindifferentactivitiesofpairworkorgroupwork.Theyshouldlearntoenjoyteam-work.Morein-classactivitiesarerelatedtothestudents’dailylifeandrequirecommonsensefromthestudents.Andmoreexercisesaregivenindifferentformstohelpthestudentstolearnhowtousesomeofthenewwordsandphrases.三维目标1.Trainthestudents’readingability,introducingthetwo‘readingstrategies’,skimmingandscanning.2.EnablethestudentstolearntotalkaboutschoollifeandidentifythedifferencesintheschoollifebetweentheUKandChina.3.Learnsomeusefulwordsandexpressionsattend,earn,respect,achieve,challenging,prepare,drop,miss,experience,introduce,forfree,atlunchtime,wordbyword,onaverage,soundlike4.Learnsomeimportantsentencestructures1)ThismeansIcould...2)IfoundthehomeworkwasnotasheavyaswhatIusedtoget...重点难点1.HelpthestudentstolearnabouttheschoollifeintheUKandgetthestudentstotalkaboutthedifferencesintheschoollifebetweentheUKandChina.2.Helpthestudentstolearntousesomeofthenewwordsandexpressions.3.Helpthestudentstolearntomakeanoutlineofaplanfortheirnewschoollife.教学1.Discussioninpairsoringroups.2.Task-basedin-classactivities.3.Explanationsofsomelanguagepoints.教具准备Ataperecorderandamultimediaclassroom.课前准备1.Askthestudentstoprepareforafree-talkforabouttwoorthreeminutes.Theycanintroducethemselvestotheirclassmatesorsaysomethingabouttheirjuniormiddleschoollife,orevenmakeaplanfortheirhighschoollife.Thiswillhelpallthestudentstotakepartinin-classactivitiesandhelpthemadapttohighschoollifequickly.Ifsomestudentsreallyhavesomedifficultyindoingthis,theteachercanhelpthemtoprepareforitbeforeclass.2.EncouragethestudentstogotothelibraryorsurftheInternettogetsomeinformationaboutschoollifeintheUK,ifpossible.Theycanalsobedividedintoseveralgroupstogetsomeinformationabouthighschoollifeindifferentcountriesastheylike.3.AskthestudentstoreadthepassageSchoollifeintheUKonpages2to3,aswellasreadingstrategyonpage3.Iftimepermits,askthemtofinishexercisesC1,C2andDonpage4.教学过程→Step1Greetingsandself-introductionThisisthefirstsemesterofthehighschoolandmoststudentsarenotfamiliarwitheachother,soself-introductionisnecessaryforthemtogettoknowabouteachother.Encouragethestudentstovolunteertogotothefrontoftheclassroomtomakeaself-introductionordescribepartoftheirjuniormiddleschoollifeandmakeaplanfortheirhighschoollife.Afteronestudentfinisheshisorherfree-talk,otherstudentsortheteachercanaskhimorhersomequestions.→Step2LeadinAskthestudentstodescribesomepartsofhighschoollifeintheUKbasedonwhattheylearnedinWelcometotheunit.Ifnecessary,theycanalsotalkaboutsomeofthedifferencesbetweenChineseandBritishschoollife.Somepossibleanswers:1.Hugecampusandlow-risebuildingscanoftenbeseenintheUK.ThatisanoutstandingsightwhenwetravelintheUK,comparedtosomanyhigh-risebuildingsinChina.2.Whatimpressedmealotarethelockersintheclassroomsforstudentstoputtheirstationery,books,exercisebooksandotherbelongings.Ithinkitisreallyconvenientforthestudents.WhileinChina,weusuallyhaveaheavyburdenofschoolbags.Ioftenwonderiftheheavybagswilldoharmtothedevelopmentofourbodies.3.Frommypointofview,mostforeignteachersarehumorousandkind-hearted.Itseemsthattheyhaveacloserelationshipwiththeirstudents.Andsomeofourteachersaretoostrictwithus.Maybenotonlythestudents,butalsotheteachersareunderthepressureoftheentranceexamination.Fortheteacher,itisimportanttopointoutthattheBritishschoolsystemisconsideredoneofthebestintheworld.Asisknowntousall,educationintheUKiscompulsoryforeveryonebetweentheagesoffiveandsixteen,andisprovidedbytwokindsofschools:independent(fee-charging)schoolsandstate-fundedschools.(Ifthemultimediaisavailable,thisdesignisrecommended.)ShowpartofthevideoabouttheschoollifeintheUKorshowseveralpicturesoftheschoollifeintheUK,andthenaskthestudentstodescribesomeofthescenesinthevideo/someofthepicturesabouttheschoollifeintheUK.Somepossibleanswers:1.I’msurprisedthattheyonlyhaveabout20studentsintheirclasswhilewehave54studentshere.Andtheyhavealotofchancestoexpresstheiropinions.Theirpresentationsarebeyondmyimagination.IhopeIcandothatinmyclass.2.Theyaresomanyin-classactivitiesinthetheirclass.Ithinkweshouldhavemoreopportunitiestoworkinpairsoringroups.3.Itseemsthattheirclassesareloose,butinfactwellorganized.Theteachertalksless,andthestudentsdoalot.→Step3ReadingSkimmingCometothearticlefromaschoolmagazine,writtenbyanexchangestudentWeiHua,whooncestudiedintheUK.ShegivesusabriefbutvividdescriptionofwhatschoollifeintheUKislikefromherownexperience.AskthestudentstoreadthetextquicklyandanswerthethreequestionsinPartA.Checktheanswers.1.Foroneyear.2.Mr.Heywood.3.Asmalltable.Afterthestudentsfinishit,theteachercanraisethisquestion:Youarereallyquickinmindandaction.Bytheway,howdoyougettheanswersinsuchashorttime?Possibleanswers:1.Firstly,thesequestionsareveryeasytoanswer.Secondly,therearesomeskillsinreadingthesequestions,thatis,weshouldfindoutsomekeywordsinthequestions.Forexample,inthefirstquestion,‘howlong’remindsmetofocusonsomenumbers.Inquestion2,weshouldpayspecialattentiontothe‘name’and‘classteacher’,whichwillhelpusfindtheinformationinthetextquickly.2.Forthelastone,‘Woodworkclass’leadsmetoparagraph6soon,soIfindtheanswertoquestion3easily.Theteachershouldnotethatusuallyit’snotnecessarytoreadanarticlewordbyword,orsentencebysentencetogetthegeneralideaorsomemaininformation.Whilereading,weshouldusesome‘readingstrategies’.Inthisunit,tworeadingstrategiesareintroduced,whicharebasicreadingskillsandusedbymanypeople.Askthestudentstoreadthe‘readingstrategy’onpage3andfinishtheformonthescreen.Orwecanuseanotherwaytohelpthestudentstolearnhowtoskimapassage.Inordertohelpthestudentstoknowhowtoskimapassage,theteachercanalsogetthefollowingpassage,whichisalsorelatedtothetopicofthisunit,forthestudentstoread.Thestudentsaresupposedtogetthemainideaofthispassageasquicklyaspossible.Readingmaterial:EducationsystemintheUKTheUKismadeupof4differentcountries—England,Scotland,WalesandNorthernIreland.EducationintheUKiscompulsoryforeveryonebetweentheagesoffiveandsixteen,andisprovidedbytwokindsofschools:independentandstate-fundedschools.EducationsysteminScotlandTheeducationsysteminScotlanddiffersatschoolandunder-graduateleveltotheothercountriesthatfollowasimilarsystem.Themaindifferencesareasfollows:Studentscanenteruniversityattheageof17ratherthan18,asuniversitycoursesinScotlandarenormallyoneyearlongerthaninEngland.Betweentheagesof16-18years,studentsinScotlandoftenstudyabroadercurriculumthaninotherpartsoftheUKandoftendonotspecializeinthesciences,arts,andhumanities.EducationsysteminEngland,WalesandNorthernIrelandChildrennormallystartschoolattheageof5andmovetosecondaryschoolattheageof11.Pre-schoolprogramsarealsoavailabletostudentsattheageof3or4....Afterthestudentsreadthispassage,raisethesequestionsforthemtoanswer:1.What’sthemainideaofthispassage?2.Andhowdoyouknowthat?3.Isthereanyotherwaytohelpustogetthemainideaquickly?Possibleanswers:1.ItmainlytellsustheeducationsystemintheUK,especiallythatinScotland.2.Fromthetitleandthesubtitle.3.Usuallythepictureswillhelpusalot.Sometimes,thefirstandthelastparagraphareveryimportantforustoread,aswellasthefirstsentenceofeachparagraph.Theteachershouldtellthestudentsthatalltheseareverygoodreadingskills,whichareoftenadoptedbymanypeoplewhiletheyarereading.Andthenaskthestudentstoskimthetext,andfindtheanswerstothethreequestionsasquickaspossible,usingthemethodstalkedabout.Thenchecktheanswers.‘Readingstrategy’isveryimportantwhilewearereadingapassage.Here,tworeadingstrategiesareintroducedinthisunit.Askthestudentstoreadthe‘readingstrategy’onpage3andfinishtheformonthescreen.ReadingstrategyReadingstrategyPurposesMethodsSkimmingScanningSampleanswers:ReadingstrategyPurposesMethodsSkimmingTogetageneralideaofwhatthetextisaboutBylookingatthetitlesandheadings,thefirstandlastsentencesofparagraphsandthefirstandlastparagraphsaswellaspicturesandchartstoguesswhatthetextisabout.ScanningTofindcertaininformationinatextquicklyByscanningthetextforkeywordsandphrases,dates,numbers,etc.BrainstormingBeforethestudentsmoveontothedetailsofthisreadingpassage,askthemtohaveabrainstorming.Question:Whenwecometothetitle‘SchoollifeintheUK’,whatdoyouexpecttoreadinthispassage?Thisdesignisusedtohelpthestudentslearntopredictwhattoreadinthispassage,toknowhowtoselectdifferentmaterials,toarosetheirinterestinreadingthispassage,toletotherstudentssharetheircreativeideas,toencouragemorestudentstotakepartinin-classactivitiesandtogiveeverystudentachancetoexpresstheirideas.Listallthethingssuggestedbythestudentsontheblackboard.Ifnecessary,theteachercanaddmoreitemsaccordingtothetext.Suggestedanswers:ThingsexpecttoreadaboutSchoolhoursSchoollocationSchoolassembliesSchoolteachersSchoolfacilitiesSchoolclassesSchoolhomeworkSchoolsubjectsSchoolholidaysSchoolfeesSchoolactivitiesSchoolfood...ListeningforinformationAfterthestudentsgivesomesuggestedanswers,askthemtolistentothetapeofthetextwiththeirbooksclosed,andthentickthethingsmentionedinthepassage.Thingsexpecttoreadabout√SchoolhoursSchoollocation√Schoolassemblies√SchoolteachersSchoolfacilities√Schoolclasses√Schoolhomework√SchoolsubjectsSchoolholidaysSchoolfees√Schoolactivities√Schoolfood...ScanningNowit’stimeforthestudentstoscanthepassagetogetcertaininformationquickly.Letthestudentshaveagroupcompetition.Sinceteamworkplaysaveryimportantpartintheschoollifefortheteenagers,ifpossible,morechancesshouldbegiventothestudentstoletthembeawareofteamspirit.Tellthestudentsthattheywillbedividedintofourgroups—Group1,2,3,and4.Theyshouldtrytheirbesttofindthedetailsaboutthethingstalkedaboutinthepassage.Ifonestudentcangetoneofthem,heorshewillbegiven10marks.Askthemtoremembertousethereadingstrategy—scanning.Suggestedanswers:ThingsmentionedSomedetails√Schoolhours...startsaround9a.m.andendsabout3.30p.m.Schoollocation√Schoolassemblies...toldusabouttherulesoftheschoolandthebestwaytoearnrespectfromtheschool√SchoolteachersMrHeywoodwastheclassteacherandMissBurkewasWeiHua’sfavoriteteacher...werehelpfulSchoolfacilities√Schoolclasses...therewere29students,whichisabouttheaveragesizeforBritishschools....hadtomovetodifferentclassroomsfordifferentclasses...haddifferentstudentsinsomeclasses√Schoolhomework...notasheavyas...wasabitchallenging...wasinEnglish√SchoolsubjectsEnglish,History,EnglishLiterature,ComputerScience,Maths,Science,PE,CookingandFrench...studentscanchooseanddropsomesubjectsSchoolholidaysSchoolfees√Schoolactivities...readEnglishinthelibrary...wenttotheComputerClubatlunchtime...hadanextraFrenchclassonTuesdayevenings...cooking...heldaclasspartyattheendofterm...playedfootballontheschoolfield√Schoolfood...isverydifferent...eatlotsofdessertsafterthemainmealIftimepermits,wecanguidethestudentstofocusonthestructureofthepassage.Inthisway,wecanalsohelpthestudentstolearnhowtoscanapassage.Whilereadingapassage,weshouldpayspecialattentiontothestructureofthepassage.Bydoingthat,we’llfinditeasierforustounderstandthetext.Askthestudentstocometothestructureofthetext,scanthetextandfindouthowmanypartsthetextcanbedividedintoandgetthemainideaforeachpart.PartsMainideasPart1(Para.1)WeiHua’sfeelingaboutstayinginaBritishhighschoolforoneyearPart2(Paras.2-7)DifferentaspectsofschoollifeintheUKPara.2theadvicetheheadmastergaveduringassemblyPara.3schoolteachersandclassmatesPara.4schoolhomeworkandsubjectsPara.5schoolactivitiesPara.6choicesaboutsubjectsPara.7schoolfoodandentertainmentPart3(Para.8)WeiHua’shope(Aboutthispart,studentscanbedividedintofourgroupsandbeencouragedtofindtheanswersasquicklyaspossible.Theteachercanasksomesimplequestionstoguidethestudents.)Nowit’stimeforthestudentstodomoreconsolidationexercises.Askthestudentstoturntopage4,andcometoC1first.Letthestudentstoworkinpairs,thatis,onestudentreadthequestionandtheotheranswersit.(Allowthestudentsseveralminutestofinishitandgivesomeguidanceifpossible.)ThenaskthestudentstocometoC2.Askonestudenttoreadonesentence,andheorshewillaskoneoftheotherstudentstodecidewhetherthesentenceistrueorfalse.Ifitisfalse,lethimorhercorrectit.ComparisonindetailsSincethestudentshavealreadygotsomedetailsabouttheschoollifeintheUK.TheyshouldbeencouragedtolearntocomparetheschoollifebetweentheUKandChina.Askthemtoworkingroupstofindouttheinformationandusetheircommonsensetofillintheblanks.DifferencesandsimilaritiesaboutschoollifebetweentheUKandChinaDifferentaspectstheUKChinaDifferencesSchoolhours9a.m.-3:30p.m.7:30a.m.-4:30p.m.Classsizeabout30studentsabout50studentsClassesdifferentclassroomsinthesameclassroomClassmatescan’trememberallrememberthemeasilyHomeworknotheavytoomuchSubjectsEnglish,History,Englishliterature,ComputerScience,Maths,Science,PE,Cooking,WoodworkFrench,ArtChinese,Maths,English,Physics,Chemistry,History,Politics,Geography,PE,BiologySchoolfoodlotsofdessertsaftertheirmainmealregularthreemealsSimilaritiesSchoolassemblyrules,waystoearnrespectandachievehighgradesSchoolteachershelpful,friendlyFurtherunderstandingofthistextTohelpthestudentstoimprovetheirreadingskills,theteachercanalsopreparesomereadingcomprehensionexercisesforthestudentstodo.1.WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrue?A.Notallthestudentsarefamiliarwitheachother.B.Studentscanchooseanyofthesubjectsordropanyone.C.Studentsinthatschoolhavetomovetodifferentclassroomsfordifferentclasses.D.Studentsshouldworkhardtogethighgrades.2.WhichofthefollowingsentencesaboutWeiHuaisTRUEaccordingtothetext?A.WeiHuacouldn’tgetusedtotheschoolhoursthere.B.WeiHuacouldn’tgetonwellwithherclassmates,fortheydidn’tknoweachother.C.WeiHuasoonadjustedherselftothehomeworkinEnglishtherethoughitwasabitchallenging.D.WeiHuadidn’tlikeBritishfoodandcouldn’tgetusedtoeatingdesserts.(Beforethestudentsgetdowntotheseexercises,askthemtopayattentiontothedetailsofthepassage.Theteachershouldpointoutthatthestudentsshouldlearntofindthesupportingsentencesinthepassage.)Suggestedanswers:1.B2.CGuessingthemeaningsofthenewwordsThemainideaofthispassageandsomeofthedetailshavebeenfurtherdiscussed.Now,it’stimetocometosomenewwordsinthispassage.Askthestudentstoturntopage4,andcometoPartD.Askthemtofindthesenewwordsinthearticle,guesstheirmeaningsfromthecontextandthenmatchthemwiththecorrectdefinitions.(Givethestudentsseveralminutestofinishthispart.Thenchecktheanswers.)Toseeifthestudentshavefullyunderstoodthesenewwords,theteachercandesignsomeexercisesforthestudentstodo.Forexample,theteachercanaskthestudentstofillintheblankswiththesevenwords.(Askthestudentstofillintheblanksandthenchecktheanswers.)1.Cathyismakingherselfup,forshewill_____________aweddingparty.2.Withtheexamdrawingnear,allthestudentsarebusy_____________forit.3.Tobeajournalistismore_____________thantobeaworker,butIlikeit.4.Thecouple_____________alotofmoneybyrunningthatrestaurant.5.Doyoueat_____________afteryourmainmeal?6.OnceZhangHuawantedto_____________English,butnowheisgoodatit.7.Wehavesome_____________homeworkbeforeourexamination.(Thiskindofexercisescanhelpthestudentstomastertheusageofsomeoftheimportantwordsinthisunit.Ifthestudentsfinditdifficulttodo,thentheteachercanaskthemtoworkinpairsfirst.)Suggestedanswers:1.attend2.preparing3.challenging4.earn5.desserts6.drop7.extraAfterthestudentsfinishthisexercise,theywillbeaskedtocometoPartE.ABritishstudenthasreadWeiHua’sarticleandwantstobecomeherpenfriend.CompletehislettertoWeiHua,usingthewordsgiven.(Askthestudentstoreadouttheiranswers,andcheckthem.Givesomeexplanationsifnecessary.)In-classactivitiesDifferentin-classactivitiesareveryimportantinlearningEnglish.Thetexthasbeentalkedaboutalot.Mostofthestudentsmusthavemasteredthetextwell.It’stimeforthemtopractice.ThefollowingstepsaredesignedforthestudentstopracticetheirspokenEnglish,toconsolidatewhattheyhavelearnt,toenlargetheirknowledgeandtoimproveotherabilitiesinlearningEnglish.PracticeA(reviewthebasicknowledgeofthepassage)Thisisdesignedtohelpthestudentstoconsolidatewhattheyhavelearnedinthispassage.Theycanusetheinformationinthepassagedirectlyororganizetheirreportusingtheirownwords.1.SaysomethingaboutWeiHua’sstudyingexperienceinManchesterintheUK.2.DescribepartofschoollifeintheUKaccordingtothetext.(Showtheaboveonthescreen.)Sampleanswers:1.WeiHuawasanexchangestudentwhooncestudiedinaBritishhighschoolinManchesterintheUK.Shethoughtthatwasanunforgettableexperienceforher.Inheropinion,theteachersthereareveryhelpfulandfriendly.Shealsomadesomefriendsthere.Andshemissedthemverymuch.WeiHuawashappywiththeschoolhoursthere,becauseshecouldgetupanhourlaterthanusualasschoolsinChinabeginearlier.Whatimpressedhermostwasthattheyhadtomovetodifferentclassroomsfordifferentclasses.Andtheyhaddifferentstudentsinsomeclasses,whichmadeitdifficulttorememberallthefacesandnames.WeiHuachosetostudyWoodwork,Andshemadeasmalltable.Shelikeditverymuchthoughitdidn’tlooklikeatable.WeiHuaexperiencedadifferentwayoflife,Ithink.That’sall.Thankyou!2.SchoollifeintheUKisquitedifferentfromthatinChina.UsuallyinBritainschoolstartsaround9a.m.andendsabout3:30.p.m.,whileinChinaschoolsbeginbefore8a.m.TheaveragesizeforBritishschoolsisabout30,whileinChinathereareabout50studentsinoneclass.SincethestudentsinBritainhavetomovetodifferentclassroomsfordifferentclasses,andtheyhavedifferentstudentsinsomeclasses,theywouldfinditdifficulttorememberallthefacesandnames.However,inChina,usuallyallthe50studentswillstudyinthesameclassroom,sowegetfamiliarwitheachothersoon.Therearealsogreatdifferencesinthechoiceofsubjects.TheBritishstudentscanchooseordroptheirsubjectsiftheydon’tlikethem.Wecanseldomdothat.Anyway,therearesomesimilaritiesinschoollifebetweentheUKandChina.Forexample,strictrulesarerequiredinbothofthecountriesandthebestwaytoearnrespectfromtheschoolistoworkhardandachievehighgrades.Inaddition,alltheteachersarewillingtohelpthestudents.Inconclusion,tohaveachancetostudyinaBritishhighschoolmeanstoexperienceadifferentwayoflife.That’sall.Thankyou!PracticeB(shareyouropinions)ComparedtotheschoollifeinChina,whichaspectoftheschoollifeintheUKdoyouprefer?Why?Or,whichaspectoftheschoollifeintheUKattractsyoumore?Why?(Showtheaboveonthescreen.Studentsareencouragedtodiscusswiththeirpartnersfirstbeforetheygivetheiropinions.)PracticeC(makeaninterview)Sofarwehaven’thadtheopportunitytogoabroadtoexperienceaforeignwayoflife,butwearehappyheretoreadapassageaboutschoollifeintheUKwrittenbyWeiHua.SupposeyouhaveachancetointerviewWeiHua.Apartfromthethingsyouhavelearnedinthepassage,whatotherinformationwouldyouliketoknowaboutherlifeandstudyintheUK?Doaninterviewwithyourpartner,differentaspectscanbementionedinyourinterviewdialogue,suchastimetable,teachers,classmates,subjects,homework,grades,sizeoftheclassroom,campus,schoolfacilities,hostfamily,food,teachingmethods,atmosphere,students’hobbies,traditions,schoolrulesandprinciplesandsoon.PracticeD(makeaplanforthenewschoollife)Thestudentsarenewcomerstohighschools,andtheyshouldbeencouragedtomakeaplanfortheirnewschoollife.Raisethefollowingquestionsandletthestudentsdiscussthemingroups.Thenasktherepresentativesofeachgrouptogiveashortpresentation.Thisdesignwillhelpthestudentstoadaptthemselvestohighschoollifequicklyandhelpthemtoformagoodhabitofstudyingbymakingagoodplanfirst.Asthesayinggoes,wellbegunishalf-done.Whatkindofschoollifedoyouexpectinthenewterm?Howwillyouenjoyyourschoollife?→Step4Teachingandlearningdesignofso