牛津英语8Aunit2教案
Unit2 School life
单元三维目标:
一、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
二、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.
三、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:
Ste pⅠLead-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)
Ste pⅡPre-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:
Ste pⅢWhile-task
Task1Practise 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.
Ste pⅣDifferent 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.
Ste pⅤComic 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.
Ste pⅥFree 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.
Ste pⅦPost-task
Fill in the blankets with American English:
It’s my first day in high school. I felt a little tired, but I had a good time. Our classroom is on the__________ (ground/first) floor. So we don’t need an__________ (lift/elevator). I like to go outside playing___________(soccer/football) after class. It’s my____________ (favourite/favorite) sport. Today we had 6 classes. I still found__________ (maths/math) was too difficult for me. But the new classmate next to me helped me work out a difficult problem.
Ste pⅧ. Homework
(1) Try to remember the new words and drills.
(2) Finish the exercises.
(3) Preview the next lesson.
Period 2 Reading (1)
Teaching aims and demands:
1.Know the school lives in British school and American school.
2.Learn to read and understand the article with different ways of reading.
3.Learn how to understand the writer’s opinion.
Teaching difficulties and importance:
1. Know the meanings of the new words: mixed, together, subject, myself, tasty, meal, guy(s), twice, softball, practice, buddy, senior, hero, close, article, admire
2. Understand the meanings of the phrases: in Year 8=in Grade 8，a mixed school, Home Economics, learn how to do sth, do sth for oneself, cook healthy and tasty meals, bring in, a Reading Week, the end of sth, as well, take a bus, twice a week, spend time doing sth, learn about, help sb with sth, each other, have a great time doing sth.
3. Can use this sentence: What does the word ‘hero’ mean
It means someone you admire very much.
4.Catch the main information about Lives in a British school and an American
school.
Teaching preparation:
recorder and computer
Teaching steps:
Step I. Lead-in
(1) Review the British and American words in different forms.
(2) Act the dialogue between Hobo and Eddie.
Step II. Pre-task
Use the pictures on Page 26 to teach some new words.
Ask: What are they doing in the pictures
(Reading Week, driving lesson, Home Economics class, lunchtime, buddy club, softball game)
Step III. While-task
T: Eddie thinks school is like watching TV. Now John and Nancy are talking about their lives in school. Let’s see if it is like watching TV.
Life in a British school
Task 1Read Paragraph 1 and answer:
1. What grade is John in(In Year 8.)
2. Is it a school for boys (No, it’s a mixed school.)
3. What’s his favorite subject (Home Economics)
4. What can he cook (Healthy and tasty meals)
Task 2Listen to the tape and read after it.
Use Questions 1-4 to sum up Paragraph 1.
Task 3Read Paragraph 2 and answer:
5. Does he have a Reading Week every year
6. What books can they read
7. What can they do near the end of the reading class
8. Why does he think the reading week is too short
Point out: as well
Task 4Listen to the tape and read after it.
Use Questions 5-8 to sum up Paragraph 2.
Point out: I like learning how to cook and sew.
We can even bring in books and magazines from home.
Task 5 Practice the new words and phrases more.
Read John’s composition together/by themselves.
Try to sum up the whole article.
Life in an American school
Task 1 Read Paragraph 1 and answer:
1. How old is Nancy Where does she study
2. How old is her brother What did he learn last year
3. Is it great that Denver drives her to school Why
Task 2Listen to the tape and read after it.
Use Questions 1-3 to sum up Paragraph 1.
Task 3 Read Paragraph 2 and answer:
4. How often does she play softball (Twice a week.)
5. Where does she go every Monday ( A buddy club.)
6. Who is her buddy (Teach: senior)
What can they do there
7. What does Nancy think of Julie Why
Task4Listen to the tape and read after it.
Use Questions 4-7 to sum up Paragraph 2.
Task5 Read Paragraph 3 and answer:
8. Does she have a good time during lunchtime
9. What do they sometimes do after school
Task6Listen to the tape and read after it.
Use Questions 8-9 to sum up Paragraph 3.
Task7 Read Nancy’s article by themselves and try to sum it up.
Step IV. Post-task
Task 1 Finish Part B1 on Page 25.
Task 2 Finish Parts B2 and C1 and check the answers.
Point out: tell sb about sth, during lunchtime, in 12th grade. What does the word…mean
Step V. Homework
(1) Read the two articles carefully and try to sum them up.
(2) Finish the exercises.
Period 3 Reading (2)
Teaching aims and demands:
1.Can grasp the words, phrases and language points of the two articles.
2.Can retell the lives in a British school and an American school. Teaching difficulties and importance:
1.Some important language points.
2.Retell the two articles completely.
Teaching preparation:
Computer
Teaching steps:
Step I. Warm-up
Try to memorize the main idea of John’s and Nancy’s articles according to the
Step II. Language points
1. Year8 (the Eighth Year) = Grade 8 (the Eighth Grade)
2. mixed adj. a mixed school
mix v. Oil and water will not mix.
3. how to do things for myself (反身代词, 我自己,独自做某事)
疑问代词who, what. which等和疑问副词when, where, how等加动词不定式,在句中作主语、宾语、表语等成分.
E.g. Where to go is a question.(作主语)
The question is how to learn English well.(作表语)
I know where to find the boy.(作宾语)
4. tasty adj. The food is tasty.
taste link.v. The food tastes good. n. The food has a good taste.
5.as well, also, too, either, as well as
a.as well 副词短语,多用于口语,只用于句末. He is a teacher and a writer as
well.
b.also 较正式,不用于句末,用语肯定句中. He also plays football.
c.too 多用语口语,通常在句末,也可在句中. He is a worker, too.
d.either 用于否定句中,通常在句末.
Yesterday I didn’t watch TV and I didn’t see the film, either.
e.as well as 用于肯定句中,意为“既……又……; 不仅……而且……”,起
连接作用.
He gave me clothes as well as food.
6.have a great time talking to each other
have a great/good time doing sth.=have fun doing sth.
E.g. Mary had a god time dancing at the party. We have fun learning
English.
Step III. Reading and retelling
Task 1 Read the articles together.
Task 2 Fill in the blankets according to John’s composition.
John was in _______ at Woodland School near London. It’s a _____school. His favorite subject is ________________.So he can cook healthy and ___________meals now. His school has a_______ week every year. He and his classmates can read books from the school library. And they can also ________ in books and_________ from home. The reading week is too ______ because he wants to read others’ books __________.
Task3 Fill in the blankets according to Nancy’s composition.
Nancy is 14 years old. She is in 9th g____ at Rocky Mountain High School. Her brother Denver had d______ lessons last year. It’s great for her because he d______ her to school every day. It’s f_____ than taking a bus. She plays s_______ twice a week. She spends lots of time p____________. Every Monday she goes to a b____ club. Her buddy is Julie. Julie h____ Nancy learn all about her new school. She helps Nancy with her homework and listens to her p_______. Nancy thinks Julie is a h____. During lunchtime, she has a good time t________ with her friends. Sometimes, they go to s_______ malls after school. Task4 Read the two parts by themselves.
Task5Retell John’s life in a British school and Nancy’s life in an American school.
Step IV. Homework
Task1 Translate the sentences into English.
1、我最喜欢的科目是家政。
2、在我到这个学校之前我不知道该如何为自己做事。
3、李华喜欢打垒球，每天花很多时间练习它。
4、老师经常告诉我们课后也要练习英语。
5、我想学如何做健康可口的饭菜。
6、乘出租车去公园比骑自行车去要快得多。
Task2 Recite the article.
Period 4 Vocabulary
Teaching aims and demands:
1.Learn about the school subjects.
2.Review and learn the adjective nouns about people’s opinion.
3.Grasp the opposites of the adjective nouns.
Teaching difficulties and importance:
1. Grasp the new words such as art, geography, language, PE, science, useful,
unimportant, useless, unpopular and so on.
2. Can give opinion on different school subjects.
Teaching preparation:
Computer and the timetable
Teaching steps:
Step I. Lead in
Ask some questions about the reading.
Ask 2-4 students to sum up John and Nancy’s school lives.
Step II. Pre-task
Task 1T: We know John’s favorite subject is Home Economics. Because he likes cooking and sewing. What’s your favorite subject
S: Chinese, Math, English, PE……
Look at the pictures and teach the Ss the new words:
Ask: What class is it What can you learn from each subject(Teacher can give a
Task2Finish Part A on Page 27.
Step III. While-task
Task 1 Some adjective words to show one’s opinion on different school subjects. T: I think Home Economics is very interesting, but History is very boring.
What do you think of the subjects
Is the Art lesson very easy/difficult/important/unimportant/useful/useless S: Yes, it’s……/I think……
Point out: useful careful unimportant unpopular useless careless
Encourage the Ss to say more words like this.
Task 2Finish Part B on Page 27.
Step IV. Post-task
Fill in the blankets with the right forms.
1. The song is _________(popular) now, but I still like it.
2. I like Daniel because he can tell ___________(interest) stories.
3. The bus left 5 minutes ago. It’s _______(use) to run to the stop.
4. What a ______(bored) book. I can’t read it any more.
5. It is ___________(important). We don’t need to go there.
Step V. Homework
1.Remember the new words.
2.Finish the exercises.
Period 5 Grammar A&B
Teaching aims and demands:
https://www.360docs.net/doc/a52640718.html,pare two things using ‘more…than’, ‘fewer…than’ and ‘less…than’.
https://www.360docs.net/doc/a52640718.html,pare more than two things using ‘the most’ for the largest amount and
‘the fewest’/ ‘the least’ for the smallest amount.
Teaching difficulties and importance:
1.How to use ‘more…than’, ‘fewer…than’ and ‘less…than’.
2.How to use ‘the most’ ‘the fewest’ and ‘the least’.
Teaching preparation:
pictures, objects and computer
Teaching steps:
Step I. Lead in
Revise the words of school subjects and the adjective nouns.
Step II. Pre-task
Look at the pictures and answer: （见课件）
What are they in the pencil-boxes(Teach paper clips)
Step III. While-task
Task 1 The use of “more… than” and “fewer…than”.
T: Lucy has 4 pencils and Lily has 3 pencils. （见课件）
It means: Lucy has more pencils than Lily. (many—more) (Write on the Bb.) Lily has fewer pencils than Lucy. (few—fewer)
Lucy has fewer paper clips than Lily. (few—fewer)
Lily has more paper clips than Lucy. (many—more)
Point out: We use “more/fewer…than” to talk about countable nouns.
Ask the Ss to make more sentences with the pictures.
Task 2The us e of “more…than” and “less…than”.
T: Look at the pictures of Daniel, Jam and Sandy. （见课件）
T: Daniel has more juice than Jam. (much—more)
Jam has less juice than Daniel. (little—less)
Point out: We use “more/less…than” to talk about uncountable nouns.
Make more sentences with the pictures.
Task 3Finish Parts A, A1、A2 and A3. (Solve their problems)
【Look at the pictures of Part A on Page 28 and answer:
T: How many flowers does Millie have How many flowers does Amy have
S: Millie has seven flowers and Amy has three flowers.
T: Who has more flowers
S: Millie does.
T: Yes, Millie has more flowers than Amy. Amy has fewer flowers than Millie. Ask Ss to talk about the second picture in the same way.
Use the same way to present ‘less…than’.
Work out the rule: We use ‘more…than’and ‘fewer…than’to talk about countable nouns. We use ‘more…than’and ‘less…than’to talk about uncountable nouns.】
Task 4 The use of the most/fewest/least.
T: Look at the pictures. （见课件）Peter has more beef than Leo. Leo has more beef than Jack.
That is to say: Who has the most beef
Ss: ( Peter has the most beef of all.)
T: Who has the least beef
Ss: (Jack has the least beef of all.)
T: Nancy has more pears than Millie. Millie has more pears than Amy. That is to say: Nancy has the most pears of all.
Amy has the fewest pears of all.
Ss try to work out the rules:
We use the most/fewest to talk about countable nouns.
We use the most/least to talk about uncountable nouns.
Task 5 Practice the drills more with the things in the classroom.
e.g.: pens, rulers, erasers, water, milk, etc.
Finish Parts B1, B2 and B3.
Task 6 Make a conclusion of today and then finish Part B4.
Step IV. Post-task
Fill in the blankets with the right words.
Look at the pictures of Jack, Leo and Peter.（见课件）
1.Jack has ________ bread _______Leo.
2. Peter has ________ bread ________ Jack.
3. Peter has __________ bread of all.
4. Jack has ___________ bread of all.
Look at the pictures of Nancy, Millie and Amy. （见课件）
5. Nancy has _______ apples _______ Millie.
6. Amy has _______ apples _______ Millie.
7. Nancy has _____________ apples of all.
8. Amy has _______________ apples of all.
Step V. Homework
(1) Revise the new drills of this lesson.
(2) Preview the next lesson.
(3) Finish the exercises.
Period 6 Grammar C& Checkout
Teaching aims and demands:
1.Can make comparisons using ‘the same as’ and ‘different from’.
2.Can make comparisons using ‘the same…as’.
Teaching difficulties and importance:
Grasp the sentences like these: My uniform is the same as Simon’s uniform.
My uniform is different from John’s uniform.
Millie’s pencil box is the same size as Amy’s pencil box.
Teaching preparation:
Objects and computer
Teaching steps:
Step I. Lead-in
Revise the use of ‘more/fewer/less…than’ and ‘the most/fewest/least’. (make some sentences)
Step II. Pre-task
Task 1“be the same as” and “be different from”.
Ask some questions about the picture. （见课件）
T: What can you see in the picture
Do the girls wear the same kind of sweaters
What about their skirts
Point out: Amy’s sweater is the same as Millie’s sweater.
Amy’s sweater and Millie’s sweater are the same.
Amy’s hair is different from Millie’s hair.
Amy’s hair and Millie’s hair are different.
Task 2 Make more comparisons.
Step III. While-task
Task 1 Say something about the picture of Part C on Page 31.
Simon’s uniform is the same as Daniel’s uniform.
John’s uniform is different from Daniel’s uniform.
Make different sentences with the picture.
E.g. John’s hair is different from Simon’s hair……
Use the following pictures of Part C1 on Page 31 to say which things are the same and which things are different.
E.g.: Millie’s skirt is different from Tina’s skirt.
Millie’s coat is different from Tina’s coat.
Millie’s shoes are the same as Tina’s shoes.
Millie’s socks are the same as Tina’s socks.
…
Task 2 Finish Parts C1 and C2.
Task 3 Look at the pictures of Part A on Page 37 and make sentences.
Ss: Picture 1 has more pens than Picture 2.
Picture 3 has fewer pens than Picture 1.
Picture 2 has the same pens as Picture 3.
Picture 1 has the most pens of the 3 pictures.
The pens in Picture 1 are different from the pens in Picture 2/3.
……
Task 4 Finish Part A on Page 33.
Check the answers with the Ss.
Ask the Ss to make more sentences with “the most/fewest”.
Task 5 Ask the Ss to answer some questions:
1. We have learned many sports. Can you tell me some
2. What stationery do you know
3. What subject do you learn
4. How many kinds of schools do you know What are they
5. How many kinds of students do you know
Task 6Part B on Page 37 Read the words and phrases in the form and fill the form.
Step IV. Post-task
Translate the following sentences into English.
1.Lucy和Lily的钢笔是相同的。
2.Jam的脸盘和他妈妈不一样。
3.Daniel的自行车与Sam的自行车一模一样。
4.Sandy的家庭作业与Millie的不同。
1、他的裤子与你的相同。His trousers __________________ yours.
2、吉姆拥有最少的自由时间。Jim _______________________________.
3、我吃的苹果比你多。I _________________________________.
4、你们的校服和他们的不同。
Your school uniforms are_________________________.
5、这对双胞胎长的一模一样。The twins ____________________.
6、莉莉的自行车不同与她妈妈的自行车。
Lily’s bike __________________________.
Step V. Homework
1.Revise the Grammar.
2.Finish some exercises.
Period 7 Integrated skills (A)
Teaching aims and demands:
1.Listen to the conversation and try to collect the information.
2.Learn more differences of the school lives between China and foreign
countries.
3.Review the Grammar we have learned.
Teaching difficulties and importance:
1.How to collect the information you need from the conversation.
2.Grasp the Grammar masterly.
Teaching preparation:
Computer and recorder
Teaching steps:
Step I. Lead-in
Revise the use of “more/fewer/less…than”.
Revise the use of “the most/fewest/least”.
Revise “be the same as” and “be different from”.
Step II. Pre-task
Questions about our school:
1. What’s the name of our school
2. How many students/teachers/classrooms are there
3. Do you have much homework to do
How many hours do you need to finish your homework
4. Do you wear uniforms Do you like them Why
5. Do you do morning exercises
6. How many days do you have in your summer holiday (Teach: length) Step III. While-task
Task 1 T: Open your books on page 32. Look at Part A1 and read through the form below.（Make sure the students know what to do next. ）
Play the tape for the students to listen and complete the form.
Play the tape again and check the answers with the students.
Task 2 Free talk:Ask the students to talk about the three schools in a few words according to the lists.
Task 3 Fill in the blankets in Part A2
Check the answers with the students.
Read the passage and point out :
have…off, in the summertime, spend time doing sth,
more/fewer/less…than, be different from
Task 4 Finish Part A3 on page 33.
Fill the form according to Part A1.
Check the answers with the students.
Point out: the most/fewest/least.
Ask the Ss to make more sentences according to Part A1.
Step IV. Post-task
Fill in the blankets:
1. There is _______ rain this summer than last summer. (多)
2. Li Hua has _________ scores of all. (少)
3. I spend _____ time on TV than my sister. (少)
4. Nancy has __________ free time in her family. (多)
5. Tom has _________ beef in his class. (少)
6. His school bag ______________ her school bag. (与……不同)
7. My shoes ___________ Sandy’s. (与……相同)
8. Lucy has ______ apples than Lily. (少)
9. You have ______ rice than me. (多)
Step V. Homework
1. Try to mask the drills of today.
2. Finish some exercises.
Period 8 Speak up & Pronunciation
Teaching aims and demands:
1.Can talk about different schools.
2.Can read the dialogue and the sentences in right intonations.
3.Know that we make our voice fall at the end of an affirmative sentence.
4.Know that we make our voice rise at the end of a sentence to show surprise. Teaching difficulties and importance:
1.Talk about different schools.
2.Showing surprise.
Teaching preparation:
recorder
Teaching steps:
Step I. Lead-in
Review something about Beijing Sunshine Secondary School, Woodland School
and Rocky Mountain High School.
Step II. Pre-task
T: How many Grade 8 classes are there at our school
S: (There are 8.)
T: How many classmates do you have
S: (There are 48.)
T: How many Computer Studies lessons do you have each week
S: (I have two.)
T: …
Step III. While-task
Task 1 T: We have 8 Grade 8 classes, 48 classmates and two Computer Studies each week. But what about John and Daniel
Listen to the tape and answer:
How many Grade 8 classes are there at Daniel’s/John’s school
Whose school has more Grade 8 classes
How many classmates does Daniel/John have
Who has fewer classmates
How many Computer Studies lessons does Daniel/John have each week
Who has the most Computer Studies lessons
Task 2 Listen again and read after it.
Practice the dialogue and act it.(4 pairs)
Make new dialogues and act them.(4 pairs)
Task 3 A dialogue.
Laura is Amy and Sandy’s classmate. She is good at playing basketball. But she hurt her leg on Monday. Let’s listen to the tape and answer: Where does she have to stay for a month
How long can’t she play basketball
Point out: can=be able to
Tell the differences between them.
Task 4Listen again and read after it. (Pay attention to the pronunciation.) Practice the dialogue and act it.
Explain how to show surprise while speaking.
Task 5Finish Part B on Page 34.
According to the rule to finish Part B.
Listen to the tape and check their answers.(Teach: monkey, news)
Listen and read the sentences in right intonations.
Practice reading the sentences more.
Step V. Homework
1. Make a new dialogue about different schools.
2. Read the dialogue and the sentences in right intonations
Period 9 Main task
Teaching aims and demands:
1.Learn how to finish the questionnaire with personal information.
2.Learn to make a timetable according to the questionnaire.
3.Learn to write ‘My ideal school’.
Teaching difficulties and importance:
1.How to know about what people like and dislike.
2.How to write ‘My ideal school’.
Teaching preparation:
recorder and computer
Teaching steps:
Step I. Lead-in
Revise how to show surprise while saying.
Revise the grammar of the whole unit.
Step II. Pre-task
Questions:
1. How many subjects do you learn What are they
Ss: Chinese, English, Math, History, PE, Geography, Science…
2. Are you a member of the Reading Club
What other clubs do you want to join
Ss: I want to join Swimming/Drawing/Chess/Drama Club…
3. What time does your school day start/finish
Ss: It starts/finishes at…
T: Do you like it Is it too early/late
4. What kinds of sports do you know
Ss: basketball, football, softball, volleyball…
T: Good. Look at the pictures and tell me what they are doing.
Teach: baseball/table tennis/ tennis.
5. Which sport do you like best Why
6. Do you like to wear uniforms at school Why/Why not
Ss: I like to wear them because they’re fashionable…
I don’t like to wear them because they are not nice…
7. Do you think your school is a good one Why/Why not
I think so/I don’t think so. Because it’s a famous school/…Step III. While-task
Task 1 Finish the questionnaire.(Part A1 on Page 35)
Write down the answers.
Ask some students to read their questionnaires.
Solve the problems they have.
Point out: go on school trips.
Task 2 Prepare a timetable. (Part A2 on Page 36)
Fill in the form.
Work in pairs and check each other’s form.
Ask some students to say their favorite subjects/sports /activities.
Others listen to them and try to repeat a day of them.
Task 3 Reading
Read Paragraph 1 and try to answer:
1. What time does Daniel’s ideal school start Why
2. What time does Daniel’s ideal school finish Why
Point out: get up late, have lots time for sth, start/finish at...
Listen to the tape and read after it. Then try to repeat it.
Read Paragraph 2 and try to answer:
1. How long do they have for lunch
2. What kind of dining hall is there
3. What can they do there (listen to pop music…)
4. What do they eat every day
Listen to the tape and read after it. Then try to repeat it.
Read Paragraph 3 and try to answer:
1. What subject does he think is very interesting
2. What subject does he love
3. Does he want to wear the school uniform/tie
4. What about the classes How many students are there(each)
Listen and read after the tape. Then try to repeat it.
Read Paragraph 4 and try to answer:
1. What does the school have on both sides(one…the other…)
2. Does it have a big library What’s in the library
3. What does it also have(A tennis court and a swimming pool)
Listen and read after the tape. Then try to repeat it.
Read Paragraph 5 and try to ask questions as many as possible.
Ss: How long do they need to finish the homework
Do they have homework at weekends
How often do they have a school trip to a museum or a theatre
……
Read the paragraph together.
Read the article by Ss themselves.
Step IV. Post-task
Have a discussion about the ideal school.(work in groups of four)
Recommend one of the group to sum up the discussion.
Eight minutes to write down their own ideal schools.
Read some Ss’ articles and check out their mistakes with others. Step V. Homework
Fill in the blanks according to the reading.
Daniel’s ______school starts at 9 a.m. and ________ at 3 p.m., So he has lots of time for after-school ___________. There is a big______ hall. The students can have lunch and chat there. They can also listen
to ___ music in the hall. They eat fruit and __________every day. He wants to have Math and ________ studies every day. He would like to wear the school _______, but not to wear a _____. His school has a park on one side and a ________ mall on the other side. It has a big library with lots of ______ books. It also has a ________ and a swimming pool. There are lots of _____ and after-school activities. He only wants to have __________ of homework every day and doesn’t have homework at ________. He wants to go on a school trip to a ______ or a theatre.