Unit2 School life
单元三维目标:
1、知识与技能
1.掌握课本中出现的重点词汇和句型
2.熟练运用形容词比较级和最高级的构成和用法
3.充分运用 ‘the same as’ ‘different from’进行比较
4.学会谈论不同的学校及各类学生的学校生活
2、过程与方法
通过对比中外各类学校情况,借助课外媒体、材料,反复使用练习,在潜移默化中学好本单元需要掌握的知识点和语言点.
3、情感态度与价值
了解中西方学校情况,感受中西方文化如在教育、人文等反面的异同,为理解英语、学好英语奠定基础.

Period 1 Comic strip and welcome to the unit
Teaching aims and demands:
1.Talk about the school life and review the words about school life.
2.Learn different words which mean the same thing between British English and American English.
3.Learn the differences between British English and American English.
Teaching difficulties and importance:
1.Grasp the spelling of British words and American words such as lift and elevator, post and mail, film and movie, football and soccer, and so on.
2.Know the differences between British English and American English.
3.Grasp the words: British, lift, post, eraser, fall, elevator, math, movie, soccer
4.Grasp the phrases: be smarter than, be like doing
5.Grasp the sentences: Why don’t sb do sth?=Why not do sth? What’s school like?
Teaching preparation:
pictures, recorder, computer, and the flags of Britain and England
Teaching steps:
StepⅠ Lead-in
T: Do you like our school?
What do you like?
How many subjects do you learn?
Can you tell me some names of them?
S: Chinese, Math, English, PE, Geography, etc. (Encourage the Ss to say more about it.)
T: Good. Is there another word for Math?
S: Yes. Maths.
T: Great. Maths is Math. Maths is British English. While Math is American English (write on Bb)
StepⅡ Pre-task (Welcome to the unit)
Show the flags of the UK and the USA. Tell them that people speak English in both Britain and the USA , but sometimes they use different words which mean the same thing.
T: I know many boys like playing football.
Do you know what it says in American English?
S: Soccer.(Write on Bb)
Do you know the same use of other words?
Please give me some examples.
Write other right answers of the students on the Bb.
Teach the students the new words:
BE=British English AE=American English
BE
autumn
lift
football
maths
rubber
post
ground
floor
secondary
school
AE
fall
elevator
soccer
math
eraser
mail
first
floor
high school
StepⅢ While-task
Task1 Practise the new words more. Pay attention to the pronunciations and spelling.
Task2 Finish Part A on Page 23. Teacher can give more words, such as sweets and candies, holiday and vocation, biscuit and cookie and so on.
Task3 Write down both the British and American words, then finish Part B.
StepⅣ Different spellings
(1)Say: There are also some differences in spelling between British English and American English. Make a table and write down some words. E.g. favourite and favorite, centre and center.
(2)Ask Ss to find more different words means the same thing and different spellings after class.
StepⅤ Comic strips
Do you remember Hobo and Eddie? They are talking about school life.
Listen to the tape and answer : What does Eddie think of the school life?
Listen again and read after it.
Point out: Why don’t you do sth?=Why not do sth?
be smarter than, be like doing sth, there be, few/a few
Look at the picture and practise the dialogue
Act the dialogue in groups and pairs.
StepⅥ Free talk about Ss’ ideal school
What do you like more about school, the assembly, the classes, lunchtime or the after-school activities? Do you like outdoor activities? Do you like fewer lessons? Do you like the lessons on the Internet? Talk about the above questions in groups and then make a report.
StepⅦ Post-task
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