,.Teaching Aims: 1. To read a magazine article about school life in the UK. 2. To learn to apply two basic reading skills: skimming and scanning. 3. To learn some expressions about school life. . Difficult points: Two basic reading skills: skimming and scanning. Some expressions about school life ., .Teaching Approaches Communicative approach and Computer-Assisted Instruction are to be used in the course of this lesson. And I will try my best to limit Teacher Talking Time and increase Student Talking Time. So during this lesson, emphases are to be laid on INTERACTIVE CLASS(互动教学) 1. Student-centered teaching 2. Task-based learning 3. Activity-based teaching (individual work; pair work),review,Huge campus &low-rise buildings,Large campus and taller buildings,Lockers for every student,None have such equipment.,Fewer students in each class,At ease with teachers,40-50-60,Be friendly to each other,Talk about your own school,1. Whats your school like? 2. Which place do you like best? What for? 3. Can you describe one of your favorite classes for all of us? 4. Whats your ideal school?,Module 1 Unit 1 School life,Welcome,Skimming - How to get a general idea,1. Who wrote this article? 2. What did she write about? (Tick the topics mentioned in the text or make an outline of the text for higher level),Are the following aspects of school life mentioned in the article? teachers classmates friends subjects homework,grades timetable activities school rules host family,food hobbies School assembly traditions festivals,Scanning - to get certain information,1. Where and how long did Wei Hua stay in Britain? 2. What was the name of Wei Huas class teacher? 3. How many subjects did she learn in that year? 4. What do British students eat after their main meal?,Skimming and scanning,Skimming: to get a general idea of the article. focus on the title, heading, captions, the first and last sentences of paragraphs, charts and pictures Scanning: to locate specific information about an article. Look for key words and phrases, dates and words in bold,italics or capital letters,Skimming: to get a general idea of the article. focus on the title, heading, captions,(标题) the first and last sentences of paragraphs, charts and pictures Scanning: to locate specific information about an article. Look for key words and phrases, dates and words in bold ,黑体， 斜体， 大写,Comprehension,Give the best answers to the questions below: 1.Which of the following statement is TRUE according to the passage?,A. What the headmaster told them sounded like what she used to hear in China. B. She used to get up at 8 am in China. C. She was such a good cook that she liked cooking British food. D. She didnt like History or Art, so she chose Woodwork.,2. What is the main idea of the passage? A. Her English improved a lot as she used English every day. B. School life in the UK is busy and bitter. C. She had a wonderful experience in a British school. D. She was happy with the British school hours.,3. Which of the following has the closest meaning to “I could e-mail my family and friends back home for free”? A. I could e-mail my family and friends back home without paying money. B. I could e-mail my family and friends back home freely. C. I could e-mail my family and friends in my free time. D. I could be free to e-mail my family and friends back home.,4. She felt lucky because _. A. she could get up an hour later than usual B. the headmaster told them to earn respect by working hard and achieving high grades C. she had been given a golden opportunity to study in Britain and met helpful and friendly teachers and students D. she improved her English,Part 1,Part 2,Part 3,Para. 1,Paras. 2-7,Para. 8,Wei Huas feeling about staying in a British high school for one years,Different aspects of school life in the UK,Wei Huas hope,Blanks filling,Reading Lets do the exercises together to summarize passage to be familiar with the passage again.,Going to a British high school for one year was a very _and _ _ for me. On the first day, all students went to _ _, the headmaster told us that the best way to earn respect from the school was to _ _ and _high grades. I found the homework was not as _ as _I used to get in my old school, but it was a bit _ for me at first because all the homework was in _, I felt lucky as all my teachers were very _and I enjoyed all my subjects. My English _ a lot as I used English everyday and _ an hour every day _ English books in the library. Students at that school have to study Maths, English and science, but can _ some subjects, I was very lucky to _the different way of life and I really hope that _ I can go back and study in Manchester again.,Going to a British high school for one year was a very _and _ _for me. On the first day, all students went to _ _, the headmaster told us that the best way to _