1、The Second Period The General Idea of This Pe riod In this period, the students read the whole passage and finish some exercises to understand the whole passage better. Teaching Aims 1. Improve the students reading ability. 2. Master some useful words and expressions. Teaching Important Points 1. Ge
2、t the students to grasp the main idea of the passage and help them understand the passage better. 2. Learn and master the important words and phrases. Teaching Difficul t Points 1. How to improve the students reading ability . 2. How to help the students master the important language points in this
3、passage. Teaching Methods 1. Listening, reading, speaking and practicing. 2. Fas t and careful reading to make the students understand the passage better. 3. Discussion to help the students finish the concerned exercises. 4. Individual, pair or group work to make every student work. Teaching Aids 1.
4、 the blackboard 2. the multimedia Teaching Procedures Step 1 Revision and Lead-in (Greet the whole class as usual.) T: In the last period, you talked about yourselves, your previous schools, your school life and your feelings about your new school. You all did a good job, I think. Do you want to kno
5、w another students thoughts about his school? Lets see what he/she is talking about. Step 2 Pre-reading T: Before reading the passage, lets deal with three questions. The first one, what are the main differences between Junior High school and Senior High school? This question is a little difficult,
6、you can discuss it with your partner and then stand up to answer it voluntarily, understand? Ss: Yes (Students discuss it.) S:I think students at Senior High school work harder than th ose at Junior High school and they all have a hope to go to university. S: At Senior High, students have more space
7、 and freedom to study by themselves because they are old enough to do it like this, while in the Junior High school they are often asked even forbidden to study. S: The period of Senior High school is more important than the one in Junior High school in learning knowledge, developing interest and gr
8、owing. S: There are more work, more students and teachers at Senior High school. T: OK. Quite good. From what you said, we know that this period is full of hard work, development, great hope and great achievements. So grasp every chance to develop yourselves and realize your dreams. Now what about t
9、he next two questions? (Students answer them together.) Step 3 Reading T: Now we will learn the passage about Li Kangs first day at Senior High. In the text you may meet some new words, lets look at them. (The teacher shows the words on the screen.) attitude enthusiastic behavior comprehension handw
10、riting instruction method photograph spelling textbook T: Do you know the meanings of the words? Try to guess according to the following sentences . 1. Whats your attitude to studying English. Are you (a) enthusiastic? (b) interested?(c) not very interested? 2. Describe the general behavior of your
11、Junior High class in English lessons: D o you all (a) work hard in class? (b)behave in a serious and polite manners?(c) sometimes get noisy? 3. Give an example of your English teachers teaching method. Does he/she (a) tell stories?(b) explain grammar?(c) write new words on the blackboard? 4. What do
12、 you find most difficult about English? (a) Reading comprehension. (b) Speaking. (c)Spelling.(d)Understanding instructions. 5. Whats the difference between this textbook and the one you used at Junior High? Think about (a) difficulty (b)photographs (c) reading texts. T: Just now you all answered the
13、 questions but I dont know your ideas so now it is your turn to show your answers with a short passage. S:I am very enthusiastic for English. My English teacher at Senior High is a beautiful girl who often tells stories in class. She always has many ways to make her lessons lovely and interesting. I
14、 have some difficulties in learning grammar. I think I will learn it well this term. S:I am not very interested in English, because it is difficult to remember the words. In the English class sometimes we dont behave in serious and polite manners. I think I will try my best to improve my English. T:
15、 OK. After talking about yourselves, lets move to the passage. Read the passage quickly and try to find the answers to these questions on the screen. 1. What is something different about this Senior High school? 2. What are the two things that Li Kangs teacher thinks important to do in class? 3. Wha
16、t are the two things that the English teacher wants to improve? (Teacher gives students five minutes to discuss and collects their answers.) Possible answers: 1. The teaching method, classrooms, students. 2. Reading comprehension and speaking. 3. Spelling and handwriting. T: Now lets read the passag
17、e carefully and loudly and try to get the main idea of each paragraph. What about the first one? Ss: Li Kang introduces himself. T: Good. We can use only one word “self-introduction ”.Is it proper? Ss: Yes. T: What about the next paragraph? Suggested answers: Paragraph 1 S elf-introduction Paragraph
18、 2 Description of the school. Paragraph 3 Teaching method. Paragraph 4 What the students did in the first English lesson. Paragraph 5 Two skills that need improving. Paragraph 6 Description of the class. T: After fast reading you know the general idea of the whole passage. Now arrange the following
19、sentences in the right order according to the text. (The teacher shows the sentences on the screen.) 1. My new school is very good and I can see why. 2. The English class is really interesting. 3. My n ame is Li Kang. 4. Ms Shen wants to help us improve our spelling and handwriting. 5. The teachers
20、are very enthusiastic and friendly and the classrooms are amazing. 6. There are sixty-five students in my classmore than my previous class in Junior High. 7. The teacher is a very enthusiastic woman called Ms Shen. 8. I like her attitude very much. The right order:3 1 5 2 7 4 8 6 T: Maybe you have u
21、nderstood the passage better. Close the books and just listen to me carefully. Ill read some sentences for you and then you should explain these sentences with your own words according to your understanding, are you clear? Ss: Yes. (The teacher reads the following sentences and students explain them
22、 one by one.) 1. Ms Shens method of teaching is nothing but like that of the teachers at my Junior High School. 2. I dont think I will be bored in Ms Shens class. 3. Some students were embarrassed at first. 4. Ms Shen gave us instructions and then we worked by ourselves. T: What you have done is ver
23、y good. Please turn to Page 3 and finish Exercise 4 quickly. Lets speak out the answers Ss:1.b 2.a 3.a 4.b Step 4 Consolidation Fill in the blanks according to the passage. Li Kang 1 in Shijiazhuang, the capital city of Hebei. He writes down his 2 about his first day at Senior High School. He thinks
24、 that his new school is very good. The teachers are 3 and 4 and the classroom are 5 .Each room has a computer with a special 6 ,on which everything 7 on the computer will 8 .Ms Shen, his English teacher, always makes her class really 9 .Her 10 of teaching is different from other teachers. Ms Shen pa
25、ys more attention to 11 and 12 in her class. She wants to improve the students 13 and handwriting. The students can do this in a funny way with spelling games and other 14 ,so Li Kang and his classmates all like Ms Shens 15 .In Li Kangs class, there are sixty-five students and everyone is 16 Answers
26、 :1.lives 2.thoughts 3.enthusiastic 4.fr iendly 5.amazing 6.screen 7.written 8.appear 9.interesting 10.method 11.reading comprehension 12.speaking 13.spelling 14.activities 15.attitude 16.hard working Step 5 Summary and Homework T: Today we have learned some new words, read the whole passage and got
27、 the main idea of Li Kangs Senior High School. We know that he is full of hope, surprise and selfconfidence, just like us. After class you should try to remember the new words and read the text again to find some difficult sentences. Step 6 The Design of the Writing on the Blackboard Module 1 My Fir
28、st Day at Senior High The Second Period Some important words: enthusiastic, comprehension, instruction, photography, behaviour, attitude Two important things to do in class: speaking, reading comprehension Try to improve: spelling and hand writing Step 7 Activity and Inquiry Step s Students Acting T
29、eachers Organizing 1 Students discuss pre-reading questions heatedly. Call back different opinions. 2 Students read the whole passage and deal with the exercise individually. Monitor them and give them guidance. 3 Explain some sentences using their own words. Read the sentences and ask Ss to paraphrase them.
