The first period Welcome to the unit
The general idea of this period:
This is the first unit of Advance with English Book I. Also it’s the beginning for a new high school student. High school period is a time of discovery, learning and hard work. Showing what the school life is like in the UK can arouse the Ss’ interest and comparing the school life in China and that in the UK can expand their knowledge.
Teaching aim:
Give the Ss some impression of the school life in the UK. Enlarge the Ss’ knowledge and make them know the importance of school life in one’s life.
Important point:
Enlarge the Ss to talk about their former school life and about their dream school life.
Difficult point:
The ensure every s to have a chance to express himself / herself.
Teaching method:
Individual, pair or group work to make every s work in class.
Teaching procedures:
Step 1. Greetings and self-introduction
Welcome to our school! Glad to meet you here and I am your English teacher this year. First of all, please allow me to introduce myself to you. My name is …., with Sean as my English name. I graduated from Suzhou University in 1988 and has been a teacher for 17 years. I like playing basketball, table tennis. I also like fishing in my spare time. Above all I like my job teaching very much and do hope to have a good time with you.
Then I want to invite some of you to make a brief self-introduction.
Some questions to help the Ss.
1. What is your name?
2. Which school did you graduate from?
3. Do you have any hobbies?
4. How do you often spend your spare time?
5. What school activities did you often have/
6. Welcome to our school.
Step 2. School introduction
I will introduce the new school and some activities that they may often have in the future.
Just now some of you introduced yourselves and said something about your former schools. Now we are here, so let’s say something about our new school.
Show some pictures of school buildings, I will present them two columns of pictures of school activities, asking whether they had such activities or not.(One is about the school activities that our school often offers and the other column about activities in UK.)
I will ask the Ss some questions:
What kind of school activities do you like?
Step 3. Further discussion
Just now you saw some different pictures of school activities in China and in the UK. As is shown, there are some differences between them.
Do you know of any other differences between the lives of Chinese and British high school students?
Step 4. Expectation
I think there are also some differences between our school and your former school. Since there is a new beginning, I want to ask you:
What do you want to get from this new school?
What is your dream school life?
Step 5. Summary and Homework
Today we have a good beginning: We introduce ourselves to each other, and know about our school as well. Besides, we talk about the differences between the lives of Chinese and British school students. We also give a brief description of our dream school life.
After class, please find out more differences between the lives of Chinese and British school students., say more about your dream school life, set a goal and plan your senior school life and find out some information about primary education system of the UK.
The Design of the Writing on the Bb:
Unit 1 School life
Period 1
Chen Wei: What kind of school activities do you like?
Jack: Do you know any of any other difference between the lives of Chinese and British high school students?
What is your dream school life like?
Record after teaching:
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Activities and Research:
1. Self-introduction to know each at the beginning of the term;
2. Picture show to illustrate some activities in our school and in Britain;
3. Discussion to lead in the similarities and differences between Chinese and British high school life;
4. Further discussion with each other to describe their dream school life;
5. Make a plan of their studies in the coming years and a list of goals that they want to achieve in the three years.