1. Reading and Vocabulary
My First Day at Senior High

3. Discuss 1.What are the main
differences between Junior High school and Senior High school ?
2.Do you think that work at Senior High school is harder than at Junior High school ?
3.Are Senior High teachers similar to Junior High teachers ?

4. Skimming
What are the differences between Li Kang’s Junior High school and Senior High school ?
What are the two things the English teacher thinks important to do in class ?
What are the two things that the English teacher wants to improve ?

5. 1.What are the differences between Li Kang’s Junior High school and Senior High school ?
The method of teaching
More students in the class

6. 2.What are the two things the English teacher thinks important to do in class ?
Spelling
Handwriting

7. 3.What are the two things that the English teacher wants to improve ?
Reading comprehension
Speaking

8. Group work 1 . Fill the table Paragraph 1 Paragraph 2 Paragraph 3
Self ---introduction
My new school
The new English class
The students in my class
My English teacher ---Ms Shen
The differences of the students from my previous class

9. Spotting words
2. Read the passage again . Say which words appear in it .
amazed amazing bored boring
brilliant embarrassed embarrassing
enthusiastic exciting hard--working
interested interesting

10. Scanning
Group work
1.Finish the activity 4 and 5

11. 2. Fill in the table Self—introduction Name Place
My first day in Senior High
My new school
Teachers
classrooms
Good , brilliant
The English class
Teacher
Interesting , funny , not boring
Activities
Students in my class
Differences form my Junior High
Li Kang
Shijiazhuang
Time
Enthusiastic , friendly
Amazing with computer and screens
New school
Enthusiastic with new method
Class
Introduction , reading , spelling
Friendly , hard—working , more girls
The teaching method , the size of the class

12. 3. Put the following jumbled sentences into the right order
A My new school is very good and I can see why
B. The English class is really interesting
C. My name is Li Kang
D. Ms Shen wants to help us improve our spelling and handwriting .
E. The students are very enthusiastic and friendly and the classrooms are amazing .
F. There are 65 students in my class ---more than my previous class in Junior High .
G. The teacher is a very enthusiastic woman called Ms Shen .
H. I like her attitude very much
C A E B G D H F

13. Discuss and finish the activity 7
Post -reading
Discuss and finish the activity 7