Unit 1 School life—Welcome to the unit 教案I. Teaching aims:●To find out the differences of their life between senior high and junior high.●To find out any differences between the lives of Chinese and British high school students.●To learn something about the high school life in the UK.●To know how to get on well with high school life / study.●To discuss how we can succeed in our future school life.II. Teaching Procedures:Step 1. GreetingsT: Good Morning, boys and girls.Ss: Morning, teacher.Step 2. Warming up and Lead-in self-introduction1.Let some students make a self-introduction.2. Say something about their junior high school life.T: Welcome to our school. It’s the beginning of a new term. You have just finished junior high and are about to enter a new period in your studies. I am very happy to have all of you in my class and I hope we can be friends. I am your English teacher this year. First of all, allow me to introduce myself to you. My first name is Zong. So you can call me Mr Zong or Teacher Zong. I like playing computer, listening to music and reading in my free time. In a word, I like my job teaching very much. I do hope tohave a good time with you.T: Just now I introduced myself to you. Now I want to ask some of you to introduce yourself to us. Any volunteers? What’s your name?S1: My name is...T: Do you have any hobbies?S2: I like ...T: Which school did you graduate from?S3: I came from No. 1 Middle school.T: Your name, please?S4: My name....T: Which school are you from?S5: ....Step 3. Presentationbrain stormT: You must know about your former school very well. But what about your new school? You have been to new school for about one week. What about your life here?And do you know the life in other foreign countries?I can see that some of you are eager to know what studying at senior high will be like. Will it be different from junior high? Well, there are certainly many differences between junior high and senior high, but there are also some things that are the same in every school in China. What about schools in other countries? Do students learn differently and have different experiences? Are schools all over the world the same?This is the subject of our first unit. Today we are going to look at schools in the United Kingdom and try to work out if they are the same or different from schools in China. Here are four pictures that show some aspects of school life in the UK. Please look at the pictures, read the instructions and try to determine the differences between schools in China and the UK.Step 4:1.Please say something about the four pictures.Picture 1Huge campus and low-rise buildings: In the United Kingdom, we can see huge campus and low-rise buildings in this picture. It is the biggest difference from schools in China. Schools in China usually have a large enough campus to make sure students have enough space to study and play in. But most school buildings are taller, at least three storeys.Picture 2 Lockers for every student: In the United Kingdom, there are rows of lockersin the classrooms for students to put their stationery(文具), books, exercise-books and other things. In China students bring what they need for lessons to school and then take it all back home after school. Most schools in China do not have the equipment in the classroom.Picture 3 Fewer students in each class: In the United Kingdom, there are fewer students in a class, no more than 30 per class. In China, There are usually more students in high school, perhaps 50 to 60per class. Recently some schools are beginning to limit（限制）the number of students in each class.Picture 4 At ease with our teacher: In the United Kingdom, students have a close relationship withtheir teachers. They feel at ease and comfortable with them. It is similar in China. Nowadays, lots of teachers and students have established a good relationship with each other. They respect each other and work to gain a better understanding of each other.2. Comparison: Find out the differences between our school and the school of UKNow in groups exchange your opinions and everyone is supposed to speak out your idea. Each group will then report your conclusions to the whole class.Step 5 DiscussionNow try to combine your own school experiences with knowledge gained from this text and other sources, so that you can participate fully in the discussion. (Give students a couple of minutes to talkabout the following three questions. )1. Do you know any other differences between the lives of Chinese and British high school students? Size:tall buildings, It is hard to see tall buildings in UK, manyfacilities:lockers there are lockers in classroom, nonesubjects: have more free time to develop their interests,study for lots of examsactivities: be encouraged to join in class discussion, teachers try to make the class livelythe pressure of present education system, which is test-oriented2. What kind of school activities do you enjoy?3. What is your dream school life like?What do you think the teachers should be like?(The teacher should be fair, patient, energetic, understanding and humourous)What do you think the students should be like?(The students should be diligent, energetic, strong-willed and competitive)What do you think the relations between teachers and students should be like?(Cooperative, understand, respect and love)Step 6language study:1. know “认识，知道” (直接了解和认识) +sb. /sth 认识此人know of“听说过，知道有”1）+sth 知道2）+sb 听说过（这个人的存在）know about“了解，知道关于……情况”(间接了解或知道) 1）+sth/sb 了解此人eg. I don’t knowhim, but I know of him. 我不认识他，但我听说过他。
