冘 To introduce and develop the theme of school life
冘 To identify the differences between school life in different countries
冘 To develop the reading skills of skimming and scanning
冘 To learn some words about school facilities
冘 To learn about attributive clauses and how to use relative pronouns
冘 To develop listening, speaking, reading and writing by completing a task and a project
冘 To form a positive attitude in a new and challenging situation
冘 To learn to be cooperative and helpful when working together
Period 1 Welcome to this unit
Teaching objectives:
冘 To introduce and develop the theme of school life
冘 To develop listening and speaking by talking about life in the new school
冘 To know more about classmates
Teaching procedures:
1. Brainstorming
2. Listening and speaking
3. Discussion
4. Further discussion
5. Introducing more information
6. Writing
7. Homework
Period 2 Reading
Teaching objectives:
冘 To develop the skills of skimming and scanning
冘 To know about school life in the UK
冘 To compare school life in the UK and in China
冘 To form a positive attitude in a new and challenging situation
Teaching procedures:
1. Presentation of homework
2. Skimming
3. Scanning
4. Detailed reading
5. Thoughts after reading
6. Group work (problem solving)
7. Introducing more information
8. Homework
Period 3 Language focus
Teaching objectives:
冘 To understand new words and expressions and learn how to use them
Teaching procedures:
1. Presentation of homework
2. Review of the text
3. Words to be studied and reviewed
4. Phrases to be learned
5. Sentences to be attended to
6. A word quiz
7. Homework
Period 4 Word Power
Teaching objectives:
冘 To learn some words about school facilities
Teaching procedures:
1. Presentation of homework
2. Warming up
3. Words about school facilities
4. Reading
5. Discussion
6. Writing
7. Group work (problem solving)
8. Homework
Period 5 Project
Teaching objectives:
冘 To develop listening, speaking, reading and writing by completing a project
冘 To learn to be cooperative and helpful when working together
Teaching procedures:
1. Presentation of homework
2. Background education in the US
3. Starting a project
4. Planning
5. Preparing
6. Producing
7. Homework
Period 6 Grammar and Usage (1)
Teaching objectives:
冘 To learn about attributive clauses ( with that, which, who, whose)
Teaching procedures:
1. Presentation of homework
2. Review of the text
3. Searching for attributive clauses in the text
4. Learning grammatical structure of attributive clauses with that, which, who, whose
5. Identifying attributive clauses in a passage
6. Practice 1, 2, 3
7. Homework
Period 7 Grammar and usage (2)
Teaching objectives:
冘 To learn about attributive clauses (with whom and without relative pronouns)
冘 To practice more on the usage of attributive clauses
Teaching procedures:
1. Presentation of homework
2. Review of attributive clauses
3. Learning grammatical structures of attributive clauses with whom and then those without relative pronouns
4. Practice 1, 2, 3
5. Homework
Period 8 Task
Teaching objectives:
冘 To develop listening, speaking, reading and writing by completing a task
冘 To develop the skill of comparing information
冘 To develop the skill of reading a timetable and a notice
冘 To learn how to write a notice
Teaching procedures:
1. Presentation of homework
2. Introducing the task
3. Skill building 1 and task 1
4. Skill building 2 and task 2
5. Skill building 3
6. Homework
Period 9 Presentation of project
Period 10 Evaluation