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Module 2 Education
Unit 1 It was great to see her again.
Teaching goals 教学目标
1. Language goals 语言目标
a. Key vocabulary 重点词汇和短语
Geography, physical, PE, neither, really
b. Key sentences 重点句子
Did you do anything interesting?
It isn’t as big as ours.
What’s it like?
Which school is better, our school or Park School?
Both schools are very nice.
Neither school has anything the other hasn’t got.
2. Ability goals 能力目标
Enable students to listen to and talk about the school life.
3. Learning ability goals 学能目标
Help the students learn how to talk about the school life.
Teaching methods 教学方法
Listening and speaking.
Teaching important/difficult points教学重难点
How to talk about school life using the comparison.
Teaching aids 教具准备
A tape recorder, a projector and a computer.
Step 1: Greeting
Step 2: Warming up and lead-in
In this procedure, try to make students speak out the names of school buildings and subjects.
T: Today we are going to talk about school life. First, let’s look at the pictures on the screen. This is our school, do you like it?
Ss: Yes, we all like it very much.
T: Can you say what buildings or special rooms our school has?
S1: There are many buildings, such as the laboratories, the computer room, the library, the meeting room, the big and bright classroom and so on.
S2: And there is a swimming pool in our school, too. It’s very big and bright. I can swim in it. I like swimming very much.
S3:…
T: Good! Please look at the screen. Our school has many buildings , can you say the names of them loudly?
Ss: Yes. ( Read after the teacher loudly)
geography garden laboratory swimming pool library
concert hall playground computer room meeting room
Step 3: Free talk
In this procedure, ask the students to talk about school buildings that they like best, try to improve their speaking ability.
T: Ok, can you tell me which building do you like best ? Why? Please ask and answer in pairs like this:
A: Do you like computer room best?
B: No, I like laboratory best. Because I can do physics experiments there. I
like learning physics. Which one is your favourite?
A: My favourite building is the playgound. Because I can have P.E. lessons there. I am good at sporting. What about you, Wangjun?
C: …
Ss: (The students take turns to practise.)
Then ask some students to act out their dialogue in front of the whole class.
Step 4: Listening
In this procedure, ask students to listen and complete the sentences in Activity 2.
T: Well done, everyone! Here’s a recording about Betty and Daming’s school life... Now listen and complete the sentences. The words and expressions in the box may help you.
Check the answers with the class.
T: Now, we have got the right answers to the exercise. I want you to ask and answer in pairs to be more familiar with the words.
Step 5: Listening and reading
In this procedure, ask students to listen to the conversation and complete the chart in Activity 4 and answer the questions in Activity 5.
Listening
T: Now, you will listen to the conversation about Park School. While you are listening, you should take notes and then complete the table according to the notes you have taken.
Listen again and check the answers with the whole class.
The sample answers to Activity 4:
Name of School
Park School
Number of pupils in school
700
Number of pupils in class
30
Items in the classroom
a computer and Internet
Other rooms/buildings
A few science laboratories and a large library. A music room and a hall for concerts.
Sports
a swimming pool and a huge sports ground.
Reading
T: Read the conversation carefully again and answer the questions in Activity 5.
Show the questions on the screen:
1. Did the friends know that Tony was going to see Sally?
2. Did Tony meet Sally at Park School or somewhere else?
3. Did someone give Tony the photos?
4. Is Lingling surprised at the number of pupils in a class? How do you know?
5. What do you think makes Park School better or worse than their school?
6. Why does Lingling think they are all going to get top grades?
The sample answers to Activity 5:
1. No, they didn’t.
2. He met Sally somewhere else in London.
3. No. Tony took the photos himself.
4. Yes, she is. Because she says “Wow”.
5. Both of them are very nice schools with computers, Internet, swimming pool and a huge sports ground. But Park School is not as good as their school at English.
6. Because their school is better than Park School at English and they are good at English. They believe they study hard and well enough to get top grades.
Then ask students to read the conversation aloud in pairs.
Vocabulary
T: Read the conversation again to find the incline words and phrases in Activity 6.
A few minutes later.
T: Have you found them?
Ss: Yes. It’s very easy.
T: OK! Read them after me and also the rest in Activity. “term, exam, grades, maths, geography, PE, swimming pool, and gym.
Ss: “term, exam, grades, maths, geography, PE, swimming pool, and gym.
T: Do you know the meanings of them?
S1: Of course. Subjects: maths:数学 geography: 地理 PE:体育
S2: places: a swimming pool gym: 体育场
S3: term: 学期 exam: 考试
T: Good! Now, complete the sentences in your own words in Activity 6.
The sample answers:
1. At the end of this term, I have to do an exam in Chinese, English and maths.
2. My grades in English are good.
3. I have maths five times a week, and geography three times a week, and PE twice a week.
4. A swimming pool is somewhere you can swim and a gym is somewhere you can do some sports.
Step 6: Language notes
1. Guess what?
guess what或you’ll never guess,用在口语当中,在告诉别人令人惊讶的事情之前常用到。如:
Guess what! I’ve got a new computer.
You’ll never guess who I saw today.
2. “But what…?” 但是什么?
这里Betty 说 But what…? 是在追问Tony没说完的内容。如:
―The new teacher has a good way of teaching. But… 新来的老师课讲的好,不
过……
― But what…? 不过什么?
― But he’s too serious, I think. 不过他太严肃了,我觉得。
3. It was great to see her again. 很高兴又见到她了。
句中it是形式主语,真正的主语为to see her。例如:
It’s nice of you to say so. 你这样说太好了。
It’s very important for me to learn English well. 对我来说,学好英语太重要了。
4. What’s it like? 它怎么样?
句中like为介词,意思为“像……”,如:
What’s the weather like today? 今天天气如何?
What’s your English teacher like? 你们英语老师人怎么样?
5. Let’s have a look. 让我看一看。
let sb. do sth. 意思为“让某人做某事”。如:
Let’s go shopping, OK? 我们去购物吧,好吗?
Step 7: Pronunciation and speaking
Pronunciation
1. Listen to and say the sentences in Activity 7.
2. Read the sentences in Activity7 again, paying attention to the stress of the underlined words.
3. Listen to the tape again and then let some students say these sentences, the other students saying out the improper pronunciation.
T: Maybe everyone can find that the underlined words which are stressed are usually nouns, adjectives and verbs. Now, practice saying the sentences in Activity 8 and underline the words the speaker will stress.
The sample answers:
Betty: Did you do anything interesting while you were there? Did you visit her school?
Tony: Yes, I did. She took me there herself.
Betty: What’s it like?
Tony: Here you are. These are some photos of Park School. I took them myself.
Speaking
T: Work in pairs and compare your school with Park School. Say what:
Both schools have…
Neither school has ….
Park School has a swimming pool, but our school doesn’t.
Some information about the students’ own school
Name of school
Pingyang Middle School
Number of pupils in school
1500
Number of pupils in class
64
Items in the classroom
a TV and a computer
Other rooms/buildings
A few science laboratories, a large library, a multi-media classroom and a music room.
Sports
a huge sports ground
The sample speech:
Both schools are very nice. Both schools have a few science laboratories, a large library, a music room and a huge sports ground. Neither school has less than 600 pupils. Park School has a swimming pool, but our school doesn’t. Our school has a multi-media classroom, but Park School doesn’t. Park School has a hall for concerts, but our school doesn’t. There are 64 pupils in a class in our school, but there are only 30 pupils in a class in Park School.
Homework:
1. Learn the new words by heart.
2. Act out the conversation in groups.
3. Finish off the workbook exercises 1-5.
20 × 20
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