Unit Two School life 备课资料 Periods （ ）

第一课时 Welcome to this unit Emphasis and difficulties: Words : British. lift. fall hall movie dustbin garbage soccer corridor elevator recess Phrases: British English American English American football secondary school / high school garbage can Sentences: Why don’t dogs go to school? Because… What is school like? There are fewer advertisements.

Welcome to this unit Suggested teaching procedures: a. What’s this ? b. Why do you come to school? c. What’s a school like? d. We know every child should go to school. But do dogs go to school? e. Why don’t dogs go to school?

Welcome to this unit zTalk about the pictures on P18: Say several sentences about: be like; fewer; Why don’t …? zGive some questions like: What do we do at school? Introduce: subjects; English; etc

Welcome to this unit z In what countries English is used as a main language, do you know? ( Britain, the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand… ) zWhen people in each country use English in their everyday life, they developed their language. So we have different kinds of English. For example, in Britain people say “sweet”. While in the USA people say “candy”.

Welcome to this unit British English American English tincan sweetcandy in the streeton the street at schoolin school postmail What other different words / phrases which mean the same thing do you know? Here are some examples.

Welcome to this unit zWhat are the British and American words for these things?

Welcome to this unit zMatch the words on the left with the words on the right. A British EnglishAmerican English 1. American footballa. movie 2. autumnb. subway 3. breakc. recess 4. corridord. garbage can 5. dustbine. hall 6. liftf. fall 7. filmg. elevator 8. undergroundh. football

Welcome to this unit zMatch the words on the left with the words on the right. B British EnglishAmerican English 1. footballa.math 2. ground floor b. shopping mall 3. maths c. railroad 4. rubberd. high school 5. secondary schoole. first floor 6. railwayf. soccer 7. shopping centerg. line 8. queueh. eraser

Welcome to this unit Homework: Complete the sentences with the correct forms of “be like, look like, would like, like “

第二课时 -- Reading ( 1 ) zEmphasis and difficulties: Words: mixed together subject myself tasty meal twice practice hero close softball senior ** guy buddy Phrases: in Year 8 / in 9th grade / in Grade Eight ; a mixed school ;have lessons / have diving lessons ;. cook healthy and tasty meals ;a reading week ; bring in books from home ; have to do sth. ;near the end of the class ; as well ; drive sb. to … ; take the bus; twice a week ; spend some time doing ; talk sb. about school life;have a great time doing ; Home Economics

第二课时 -- Reading ( 1 ) zEmphasis and difficulties: Sentences: My favourite subject is … We want to read all our friends’ books as well. I spend a lot of time practicing playing softball. I enjoy this a lot. Julie is my hero. I like learning how to cook and sew. I didn’t know how to do things for myself. We have to tell our English teacher what we are reading.

第二课时 -- Reading ( 1 ) zSuggested teaching procedures: 1.Leading –in: a. Ask a question: What subjects do you learn in your school? b. Show the pictures on P22 to introduce some new words and phrases such as: mixed; reading week; driving lesson; Home Economics; softball game

第二课时 -- Reading ( 1 )

zSuggested teaching procedures: 2. After scanning, fill in the form as quickly as possible.

第二课时 -- Reading ( 1 ) zSuggested teaching procedures: 3. After skimming, try to guess the meanings of these words. 1. Home Economicsa. a good/close friend 2. tastyb. shopping centre 3. as wellc. a subject about cooking and sewing 4. softball d. with a pleasant taste 5. buddy e. for members of both males and females 6. mixed f. a kind of ball game 7. shopping mallg. too

第二课时 -- Reading ( 1 ) zSuggested teaching procedures: 4.Listen to the tape, finish the task on P22 “T or F”. 5.Read the two passages, give some questions: 6.Compare the two schools according to the answers.If time is enough, ask students to retell the two passages.

第二课时 -- Reading ( 1 ) Homework: 1.--Retell the two passages according to the answers. 2.--Try to finish the task B2 on P 补充练习 --- 翻译句子.

第三课时 -- Reading ( 2 ) zEmphasis and difficulties: Words: admire ; article Sentences: What does the word “here” mean? It means someone you admire very much.

第三课时 -- Reading ( 2 ) zSuggested teaching procedures: 1. Retell or recite the two passages. 2.Complete the two passages according to the reading.

第三课时 -- Reading ( 2 ) zPassage 1: John is my e-friend. He is in _______ _______ at Woodland School near London. It’s a _____School. Boys and girls have lessons __________. His favourite subject is _________ ___________. He likes to learn how to _______ and _________. And now he can cook ________ and _________meals. His school has a _______ _________ every year. They can read any books from the ______ __________. They can ________ _________ books and magazines from home. But they have to tell the teacher _______ they are reading. Near the ______ of the class they can talk to their friends about their books. The reading week is very interesting and they all like it.

第三课时 -- Reading ( 2 ) zPassage 2: Nancy is my e-friend. She studies in __________ __________at Rocky Mountain High School In Denver. She has a brother. He had _______ ________ at school last year. Now he ________ Nancy to school every day. Nancy loves softball, so she _________ a lot of time ________.She has a close friend at the “________ _________”. She is Julie. She ________ Nancy learn more about school life. She also helps Nancy ________ her homework. Julie is her _________.

第三课时 -- Reading ( 2 ) zSuggested teaching procedures: 3. Say sth. more about some important phrases and sentences. 4. Take up P. 21 B2 ： a. Ask students to go through it by themselves first. b. Give questions: Who and who are talking? Who read the article? …... c. Fill in the blanks; d. Practise.

第三课时 -- Reading ( 2 ) Homework: Translations ； Make a similar dialogue according to B2 on P21.

第四课时 -- Vocabulary zEmphasis and difficulties: Words: geography; language; PE; science; useful; unimportant; boring; useless; unpopular Phrases: computer studies

第四课时 -- Vocabulary zSuggested teaching procedures: 1.Give some questions to compare the differences between an American school and a British school. 2.Talk about subjects: How many subjects do you learn in the middle school? What are they? Which subject do you like best? Why? What subject do you think is the easiest / most difficult? What subject do you think is the most boring / interesting? What is the most popular subject of the students in our class?

第四课时 -- Vocabulary zSuggested teaching procedures: 3. Do you know what subjects the British students study? Do you want to know? Daniel want to know, too. He sent an e- mail to John. John sent back some pictures in his to Daniel.But there are no words under the pictures. Let’s help Daniel write the correct subjects under the pictures. ( A )

第四课时 -- Vocabulary

zSuggested teaching procedures: 4.Introduce: Do you think it’s easy/difficult to learn…? Do you think it’s important/unimportant to do…?

第四课时 -- Vocabulary zSuggested teaching procedures: 5. Give some more adjectives, ask student to identify the formation of opposites: Important----unimportant useful useless popular unpopular careful careless healthy unhealthy pleasant-----unpleasant …... comfortable----uncomfortable grateful ungrateful helpful unhelpful kind unkind happy unhappy easy difficult …...

第四课时 -- Vocabulary Homework: Translations: 1. 你认为体育不重要吗？不，我认为体育很重要。 2. 看看你练习中的错误！你太粗心了。你应当细心些. 3. 这本书太无味了。我想借一本有趣的故事书。 … …… …