1. 八年级英语 上
Unit 2
School life
Reading 1

2. Pre-reading 1. Do you like our school?
2. What do you think of our school?
3. What’s your favourite subject?
4. How long do you do sports every day?
5. How often do you go to the Reading Club?
6. What’s your school life like?

3. How much do you know about the life in a British and American school?
an American school
a British school
How much do you know about the life in a British and American school?

4. Life in a British school
While-reading
Life in a British school
in Year 8
Woodland School
a mixed schoool
Nancy

5. Life in a British school
Skimming
Life in a British school
Questions:
1. What is Nancy’s favourite subject?
French.
2. Does she have a reading week every year?
Yes, she does.

6. the Reading Week every year borrow more books from the school library
Scanning
the Reading Week
every year
When:
What:
borrow more books from the school library
bring in books and magazines from home
discuss the books with the classmates in class

7. Choose ‘T’ or ‘F’
Scanning
In a mixed school, boys and girls have lessons together.
Nancy’s favourite subject is English.
Students at John’s school can read magazines during the reading week.
Students must not discuss in class near the end of the reading week. T F T F

8. Life in an American school
While-reading
Life in an American school
in the 8th grade
Rocky Mountain High School
John

9. Life in an American school
Skimming
Life in an American school
Questions:
1. When does John go to the Buddy Club?
Every Monday.
2. Do they have the same class every day?
No, they have different classes every day.

10. the Buddy Club Scanning What to do in the club Who is John’s buddy
How to help
Old students help new students learn more about the school.
Tony
Listen to the problems and offer help

11. Listen and read

12. Post-reading The comparison between their school lives Name Nancy John
Grade
Subjects/classes
Mentioned(提及)
Club
Activities
Rocky Mountain
High School
Woodland School
in Year 8
in the 8th grade
Different classes
French
Buddy Club
Reading Week
play baseball
do sports

13. Post-reading
Finish Part B on Page

14. Who is the winner? Team 1 Team 2 Have an interview with John/Nancy .
(Each team chooses one student to act John / Nancy. Other members ask him / her any question about the school life.)
Team 1
Team 2

15. Life in a Chinese school
Talk about your school life
Life in a Chinese school
Name: ___________________________________
Grades:___________________________________
Subjects:__________________________________
Clubs/activities:____________________________
Other information:__________________

16. Homework
Read and remember the main information about two foreign school lives.
Get more about school lives around the world.
Write an article about your own school life