外研社版高一必修 1 Module1 My first day at senior high

Revision Talk about one of your classes, using the sentence patterns we learnt last period.

Self introduc- tion Name Place Time My new school New school Teachers Classroom My First day at Senior High Li Kang Shijiazhuang My first day at Senior High good enthusiastic and friendly amazing with computers and screens

The English class Class Teacher Activities Students in my class interesting, funny, not boring enthusiastic with new method introducing, reading and spelling friendly, hard-working and more girls

Choose the answers with the same meaning as the sentences from the text. 1. Lines 21-24: Ms Shen’s method of teach- ing is nothing like that of the teachers at my Junior High school. a. My previous teachers’ method of teaching is better than that of Ms Shen. b. My previous teachers’ method of teaching is different from that of Ms Shen. Post-reading

2. Lines 27-28: I don’t think I will be bored in Ms Shen’s class! a. I will find the class interesting! b. I will find the class difficult! 3. Lines 31-32: Some students were embarrassed at first … a. The students stopped being shy eventually. b. The students couldn’t do the activity.

4. Lines 33-35: Ms. Shen gave us instruc- tions and then we worked by ourselves. a. We did everything by ourselves. b. We listened to Ms Shen’s explanation and then worked with each other.

Cultural Corner Read the letter and work in pairs to fill in the blank. US Secondary School System Years First semester Second semester Summer vacation School schedule After-school activities High school diploma From 6 grades to 12 Sept. to Dec. Jan. to May Long 7:50am to 3pm Football, basketball, volleyball, table tennis& theater club Need for college

Language points: 1.impress vt. 使某人印象深刻，常用被动语态 impress sb. with sth.=impress sth. on/ upon sb. be impressed by/ with e.g. The audience were impressed by his performance. impression n. 常用结构： have/ make an impression on/ upon sb. What’s your impression of…?

2.cover vt. 包含，包括，涉及 The lecture covered a lot of subjects. [ 拓展 ] cover vt. 1) 盖，覆盖 be covered with e.g. The table is covered with dust. 2) 占 … e.g. The building covers an area of 2,000 square meters. 3) 报道，采访 e.g. He was sent to cover the traffic accident.

Homework Try writing a passage about your first day at Senior High Review the words learnt today. Review the language points in the reading.