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如皋市薛窑中学高一英语活动单 (M1U1Reading)

M1U1 School life in the UK
Period I---Reading comprehension
Welcome to the unit & reading
Learning aims :
●In this unit, you'll learn more about school life in the UK and the differences between school life in the UK and in China
●You can develop some important reading skills..
【Activity procedures】
学生学习活动
教师组织
教学方案
Welcome to the unit
Activity 1：小组活动，完成下列任务
1.Talk about your old schools
(1) school and campus
(2) classes, students, teachers
(3) subjects and activities
(4) Which subject do you like best? Why?
2. Talk about the pictures, learn something about school life in the UK.，compared with school life in China.
In the United Kingdom
In China
Huge campus and low buildings

Lockers for every student

Small class sizes

A lot of outdoor activities

Activity 2: Word study.
Discuss the following important words and phrases:
experience, earn, respect, devote, average, for free, be fond of,
look back on, satisfaction, surf, graduate, make use of, somehow,
inform, approve, in charge of, preparation.

Reading
Activity 1 Fast reading
1．Activity Aim：make Ss have a brief understanding of the passage
2．Teaching Method：students-centered practice
Step 1.Warming up. Answer the following questions:
1. Do you know of any differences between the lives of Chinese and British high school students?
2. Can you try to give the some reasons for the differences?
Step 2. Reading skills ----- Skimming and Scanning.
Skimming----- We skim a text when we want to get a general idea of what it is about.
Skim the text to find out the main idea of each paragraph.
Paragraph 1
School
Paragraph 2
Attending
Paragraph 3
and
Paragraph 4-6
and
Paragraph 7
British and her
Paragraph 8
Her

Scanning ----- to get certain information.
Scan the text to answer the following questions.
1. What did Wei Hua think of her life in the UK?
2. What subjects did Wei Hua study in the past year?
3. Which British city did Wei Hua go to?
Step 3. Fast reading:
Go through the passage as quickly as they can and try to find answers to the following questions:
1. How long did Wei Hua stay in Britain?
2. What was the name of Wei Hua’s class teacher?
3. What did Wei Hua make in her art class?

Activity 2 Detailed reading
1．Activity Aim : make Ss get some details of the text
2．Teaching Method: students-centered practice
Step 1.Go through the passage carefully to answer the following questions:
1. What time do British Schools usually begin?
2. What time do they usually end?
3. On average, how many students are there in a class in the UK?
4. Why did Wei Hua find her homework difficult at the beginning of her study in the UK?
5. On Tuesdays, what did Wei Hua do in evening?
6. What do British students usually eat after their main meal?
7. Which British city did Wei Hua go to?
Step 2.True or False exercises:
1. Wei Hua likes the school hours in the UK.
2. Chinese schools encourage students to work hard.
3. Wei Hua ‘s favorite teacher was Miss Burke.
4. British students have fixed classroom and classmates.
5. British students can only study two languages: English and French.

Activity 3 Consolidation
1．Activity Aim：make Ss master the text structures
2．Teaching Method：students-centered practice
Task-based reading.
(1) life in the UK
The
(2) and
(3) experience of school life in the UK
On the first day, all students went to attend (4) .
During it, the headmaster told us about the rules of the school
and the best way to (5) respect from the school was
to work hard and (6) high grades.
My (7) teacher taught us English Literature.
Homework was not as (8) as what I used to get
in my old school.
My English (9) a lot as I used English every day
and spent an hour each day reading English books.
Students can (10) some subjects if they don't like
them.

Activity 4 Summary
1.ActivityAim: review what we have learned this class
2. Teaching Method ：students-centered practice
Going to a British high school for one year was a very and
for me, On the first day, all students went to , the headmaster told us that the best way to the school was to and high grades. I found the homework was not
I used to get in my old school. but it was a bit for me at first because all the homework was , I felt lucky as all my teachers were very and I enjoyed all my subjects. My English a lot as I used English everyday and an hour every day English books in the library. Students at that school have to study Maths, English, and science, but can , I was very lucky to the different way of life and I really hope that someday I can go back and study in Manchester again.

Activity 5 Discussion
1. Activity Aim : practice oral English and writing
2. Teaching Method: students-centered practice
Nowadays, more and more young students are going abroad to study. What effects(影响) will the new school life have on them?
Advantages:

Disadvantages:

Homework :
Recite the summary carefully and fluently

M1U1 School life in the UK
Period Ⅱ Language Points
【Learning Aims】
1. In this period you'll learn some useful words and expressions.
2. You should master some important language points.
3. Make use of the important words, phrases and sentences flexibly
【Teaching Procedures】
学生学习活动
教师组织
教学方案
【Activity One】
1. Activity Aim：Revision
2. Teaching Method：Explanation by teachers
Going to a British high school for one year will be a very exciting ______ for a Chinese student. You may see many ______there, such as school hours, class size, subjects, school activities and so on. In Britain, school usually ______ around 9a.m. and ______ about 3:30p.m. In each class there are about 30 students. It is the ______ size for British schools Schools offer many _____ to the students: English Literature, Computer Science, Math, Science, Art, etc. and you can ______ some subjects if you don’t like them. You can ______ other subjects that you’re interested in. Teachers are very helpful and homework is not ______, so that will make you feel at ______. In a British high school you'll surely experience a quite different ______ of life!

【Activity Two】
1. Activity Aim：Enable students to master important words, phrases and sentences
2. Teaching Method：Explanation by teachers
Step1 Key words
1．experience
experience: n.[C] 经历,阅历 [U] 经验 v. .经验, 体验, 经历, 阅历
1) This was my first experience of living abroad.

2) Failing an exam was a new experience for me.

3) Experience is the best teacher.

4) He has two years' experience in teaching.

5) to experience pain/pleasure/unhappiness

6) I was very lucky to experience this different way of life.

【拓展】
experienced adj. 有经验的
一个有经验的老师 / 记者
be experienced at/in +名词/doing something
1) Jenny beginners.
珍妮在教初学者方面有经验。
2) Tom is experienced in dealing with difficult customers.

用experience的正确形式填空。
1) Anyone who is _____ in drawing may come tomorrow.
2) I don't think they ________ ever ________ real hunger.
3) She is a teacher with more than 20 years' _________ in teaching but not in driving at all.
4) Please tell us your __________ of living abroad for so many years.
【考题链接】
1) As a war reporter, Jenny got through a lot of adventurous _________, which helped her get rich ____________ in her job.
A. experience; experience B. experience; experiences
C. experiences; experiences D. experiences; experience
2) He is a great success as a scientist, but he hasn’t ________in teaching.
A. many experiences B. much experience
C. an experience D. a lot of experiences
2. earn
earn v. 挣得，博得　　　　　　　earnings: n. 所得收入
earn money earn one’s living earn respect from sb.
1) He earns about $20000 a year.

2) As a teacher, she had earned the respect and admiration of her students.

3) His outstanding ability earned him a place on the team.

【考题链接】
Through hard work you will ________ the respect of your fellow workers. Which of the following is not appropriate?
A. gain B. earn C. win D. accept
3. devote
devote vt. 致力于，献身
devote oneself / one's time/ energy to sth./ doing sth.
be devoted to
devotion n. the devotion to sth./ doing sth.
1) He has devoted all his life to the cause of education.

2) 他把所有的时间和精力都放在研究上.

【考题链接】
She decided to devote herself __________ the problem of the old.
A. to study B. studying C. to studying D. Study
4. average
average adj. 一般的; 平均的 n. 平均，平均数
on average 平均而言
above (the) average / below (the) average高于/低于平均水平
1) What is the (平均温度) for July in Nanjing?
2) She looks like an average teacher.

3) (平均来说), I receive 5 e-mails every day.
4) The cost of living in this city is below the average.

5. miss
miss v. 错过; 想念
1) Her son has gone to the USA, and she misses him very much.

2) If I don't leave now , I'll miss my plane .

3) 我不想错过看那位歌手今晚在电视上的演出。
I don't want to __ __ (see) that singer on TV tonight .
【考题链接】
1) My mind wasn’t on what he was saying so I’m afraid I _____ half of it.
A. was missing B. had missed C. will miss D. missed
2) The bird was lucky to miss ____________.
A. shooting B. being shot C. to be shot D. to shoot
Step2 Important phrases
Translate the following phrases
1. 比往常... 像往常...
2. 参加集会
3. 做某事最好的方式...
4. 赢得某人的尊敬
5. 致力于，献身
6. 获得高分
7. 听上去像...
8. 不如...
9. 过去常常 cf: be used to do / be used to sth. / doing sth.
10. 对某人来说是一大挑战
11. 鼓励某人做某事
12. 花费时间做...
13. 给...发邮件
14. 免费
15. 喜爱，喜欢
16. 看上去漂亮
17. 想念...
错过做某事的机会
18. 很幸运做...
19. 体验不同的生活方式
20. 回忆，回顾
Step3 Important sentences
1. Going to a British high school for one year was a very enjoyable and exciting experience for me.
V-ing 作主语
E.g. ________饭后散步) is a good habit.
______________________(朗诵是必要的) in learning a language.
谈论这样的事情是浪费时间.
_________________________________________
2. This sounded like my school in China.
sound like+ n. / clause-
E.g. That sounds like a plane.
听起来像是机器出问题了.
____
The plan sounds ______________(合情合理的).
3. It was a struggle for me to remember all the faces and names.
It is/ was a struggle for sb. to do sth. 对某人来说做...是一件难事
E.g. ______________________ _______in such a short time.
(为演讲做好准备是一件难事.)
"it" 形式主语 It is adj./ n. for sb. to do sth
It is adj. of sb. to do sth.
E.g. It is not hard ______ one to do a good deed.
It was selfish ______you not to donate anything.
It is a shame to behave like that.
4. Cooking was really fun as I learnt how to buy, prepare and cook food.
fun n.【U】
E.g. _________(多么愉快)it is to play chess with you!
Have fun!
for fun
make fun of

【课堂检测】
I. Word spelling
1． His new book is full of ________ (challenge) ideas.
2． Teachers often give lots of _____________(encourage) to students so they will work hard.
3． It was a very ________ (enjoy) concert that we had last night.
4． The girls gave a wonderful concert. Their parents watched with great ___________(满意).
5． There was nothing special about the meal；it was ________ (平常的)．
6． My favorite subject is _________(文学).
7． There were so many people that the company put on ________ (外加的) buses.
8． I really have ___________(尊重) for everything you have achieved.
II．Fill in the blanks using the proper forms of the given phrases
be happy with; for free; sound like; have respect for;
get a general idea of; word by word; used to;
look back on; for example; such as
1．They let me have these vegetables ____________.
2．Some of the rubbish，______________ food，paper and iron，rots away over a long period of time.
3．Some students，________________，John，live in the school.
4．I ________________ swim in the river when I was a child.
5．If you ______________ the past，you will understand your parents better.
6．She ________________________ the job she got yesterday.
7．Go through the text quickly and ______________________ the passage.
8. He looked over his composition _______________________ in order to find out some mistakes.
9. It _______________ there is something wrong with the fax machine. It beeps all the time.
10. People dislike him though they ____________________ him.
III. 同义词辨析
1．用used to/be used to的适当形式填空
(1)I _________ going to bed at 10 every night，which is good for my health.
(2)I _________ go to school by bike and now I _______ walking to school.
(3)The knife ___________ cut meat.
2．用spend/take/cost/pay的适当形式填空
(1)He doesn’t always ________ much time on his homework.
(2)After ________，we left the shop.
(3)It ________ me more than 2 hours to finish my homework yesterday.
(4)This dress ________ me 200 yuan.
(5)He ________ all his money getting married to his girlfriend.
Iv. Multiple choices
1. —Are you feeling tired after the game?
—________. In fact, I feel quite relaxed.
A. Not a little B. Not a bit C. A bit D. A little
2. ____ ways to be more gentle with the Earth, or we’ll be punished.
A. To find B. Finding C. Found D. Find
3. In the end she decided to sell the house ________ windows face south.
A. which B. that C. what D. whose
4. Hearing his travelling _______, I knew that he was an _____ traveller.
A. experiences; experienced B. experience: experience
C. experiences; experiencing D. experience; experiencing
5. --- Keep me ___________ the latest news.
--- OK.
A. informing to B. informed of C. inform of D. informed to
6. When he was a boy, he had to _______ his living by selling newspapers.
A. earn B. get C. spend D. achieve
7. The _______ runner can run 2 miles in fifteen minutes.
A. common B. usual C. average D. general
8. At that time, all the graduating students were sitting in the classroom ______ the coming tests.
A. prepared B. made preparations for
C. preparing for D. getting ready for
9. More and more young people are fond ___ playing tennis nowadays.
A. on B. to C. in D. of
10. Although the working mothe