Listening and vocabulary名师教学设计

Period 1 Introduction and Reading

Obejectives ●To develop the students’ reading ability ●To listen and speak using the vocabulary and everyday English in this unit ●To learn and use grammars in different situation ●To write a diary stating your first day at senior high Focus

Words Expressions

amaze, bore, embarrass, impress, disappoint, encourage, disappear, move, cover

have fun, don’t think (suppose) that…, by oneself, in other words, sb. say (think) that… / it is said that…/ sb. is said to do..., at the start of / at the beginning of, be divided into, three times as…as…, look forward to doing sth., is nothing like that of…

I live in Shijiazhuang, a city not far from Beijing. Today is my first day at Senior High school and I’m writing down my thoughts about it. The teachers are very enthusiastic and friendly and the classrooms are amazing. Ms Shen’s method of teaching is nothing like that of the teachers at my Junior high. I don’t think I will be bored in Ms Shen’s class! Some students were embarrassed at first. Patterns

Aids: Multimedia facilities, tape-recorder, photos, diagrams

Procedures Step 1: Warming up 1. Warming up by Questions 1. What’s your new senior high school? 2. Do you like the school? Why? 3. How many students are there in your new class? 4. Do you have great confidence to learn English well? 2. Warming up by discussing Hello boys and girls, now we’re going to learn something about the new life at senior high，and now I would like you to discuss a problem: How to find something new and write it in the coming years at senior high？

What are the new things at school? New things at school means you should watch and write things that happen in the school or in your student life that you seldom see before, rather than things that happen in a factory or, at your home. It also means you should write special or new things, rather than something that’s ordinary（普通的）.

Is it a new thing at school? 1. Sophie saw and wrote news about how the students ran to the dining hall when the bell rang so as to get their lunch as soon as possible. Judgment: It is not school news. Most of the students have the same experience as these students,

so it is not “new” at all.

But: If you write about a boy trying to get his lunch in a strange way, it would be interesting to read. 2. David wrote news about a bird that flew to his house and wouldn’t leave.

Judgment: Do you like to read this news? Almost all the schools have anniversaries, and they all do the same thing.

But: You can find something special in the anniversary and tell the readers your discoveries（发现）. How to find new things at school? Just be sensitive（敏感的）

to things around you and let your curiosity （好奇心）guide you. From now on, open your eyes and your ears and look for interesting things around your student life. 3. Warming up by studying vocabulary

Turn to page 113, and study the vocabulary list for Unit one, paying attention to the relationship between the spelling and the pronunciation. Step 2: Pre-reading 1. Imagining Well, we are in a new class at senior school, there are new students, new teacher, new classroom and new lessons around us, imagine how are all of them getting on in the coming years. 2. Introduce some new words Show the following new words from the diary, the text, and ask the students to read them all together twice each word while correcting their pronunciation. province

information

comprehension

instruction

method

brilliant attitude

behavior

description

amazed

embarrassed

enthusiastic

Spelling practice

Ok, we are to have a spelling quiz. Read every sentence and write out a word in the box above, using a proper form of the words. 1) We may get much more i_______ from the Internet nowadays. 2) I felt so a______ when I heard the news of the accident which happened yesterday. 3) What’s your a______ to studying English this new term? 4) They have got many m______ to solve this problem, don’t worry. 5) Do you feel e______ when your friend refuses to lend you some money? 6) I know little about the new machine, have you got any i______ when you buy it? Keys:

information, amazed, attitude, methods, embarrassed, instructions

Step 3: Reading 1. Leading-in After discussing something about our class, our new school, we restudied some new words in this unit; maybe we think a new stage for a person, including a new school for a student, is not only fresh but also full of encouragement and challenge. I think, as long as you value the chance and work hard, success must belong to you. Now, let’s learn something about Li Kang’s sense at his first day at senior high. After reading, answer the following questions. 1) Which city does Li Kang come from? 2) What about his classrooms? What are there in the classrooms? 3) Is his English teacher excellent? Why? 4) What does Ms Shen want to do to help her students in English learning?

5) How many students are there in the class? 2. Fast reading for the general idea Knowing Li Kang’s opinions about his new school, decide which of the following is the best. A. Li just likes his English teacher. B. Li not only likes his former school but his present one. C. Li describes his impression about his new class and English teacher. D. Li mainly introduced himself to his classmates. Key:

C

3. Listening to the tape of the text and try to find which of the following words appear in the story.

academic

enthusiastic

diploma

amazing

technology

method screen

move

friendly

teenager

handwriting

system

junior high school

devoted myself

looking forward to doing

in time

Keys:

enthusiastic, amazing, method, screen, friendly, handwriting, junior high school,

looking forward to doing

4. Detailed reading for information Read the following sentences and decide whether they are true (T) or false (F) according the text. 1) Li Kang lives in our capital, Beijing.

2) It is his first day at Junior High school.

3) Li Kang knows why his new school is good.

4) Ms. Shen is is very enthusiastic woman to her students.

5) Li Kang likes Ms. Shen’s attitude, but the others don’t.

Keys:

1 F

2 F

3 T

4 T

5 F

Step 4: Reading practice Read the following passage within 5 minutes and make a better choice to each problem.

One of the schools that offered me a full ride had an informal dinner one night in the spring. Considering my parents' financial difficulties, I decided to drive the 45 minutes and attend. At first, all I had planned to do was smile politely, eat free food, and listen quietly. But I surprised myself. At dinner the president of the university talked about the wonderful activities on campus including guest lectures and social gatherings. He also made it perfectly clear that free food would be offered at all future events. He continued with explanations of professors, he spoke, I began to realize that this school, though not as good as my first choice, might be the best one for me. It seemed meeting with many great programs. It seemed challenging yet caring.

As the president ended his speech, we clapped politely and pushed back our chairs. As I walked out of that door, a feeling of comfort washed over me. Looking at the campus that night, I realized that I would be spending the next four years right there.

In all honesty, my university is not as well-known as my "dream" university. However, it turned out to be the right choice of schools for me. 1. How did the author feel when he started to read the letter?

A. He was full of joy.

B. He was lost in his dream

C. He was worried about the money

D. He was uncertain which school to go to 2. We can learn from the passage that the parents were ____.

A. honest B. strict C. supportive D. decisive

3. In paragraph 5, “offered me a full ride” can be replaced by “____.”

A. would pay for transport to the school

B. would show me around the campus

C. would offer free meals at all events

D. would charge me nothing for tuition 4. What does the author mainly want to say?

A. You second-choice college may actually be your best fit.

B. You should consider comfort in your choice of schools

C. You should try your best to attend your dream school

D. Your choice of schools should be based on their fame. Keys: 1.D 2.C 3.D 4.A

Step 5：Homework 1. Try to describe your classroom and your English teacher orally. 2. Repeat the text. 3. Learn the new words again using the dictionary if necessary.