Unit 1《School life》Period 2 Reading

The General Idea of This Period:

　　This period is about the reading of the passage School Life in the UK. It will help you to learn more about school life in the UK and the differences between that in the UK and in China. Meanwhile you can learn some reading strategies such as skimming and scanning.

Teaching Aims:

Train the students' reading ability.

Learn some useful words and expressions.

Learn more about school life in the UK and the differences between school life in the UK and in China

Teaching Important Points:

Help the students to understand the passage better.

Learn and master some important words and phrases in this period.

Teaching Difficult Point:

How to help the students improve their reading ability and understand the passage better.

How to master the important language points in this passage.

Teaching Methods:

Fast reading to get the general idea of the text.

Careful reading to understand the passage better.

Discussion to help the students understand what they've learned better.

Explanation to help the students master some language points.

Teaching Aids:

A tape recorder.

A multimedia.

Teaching Procedures:

Step 1 Greetings

1. Greet the whole class as usual.

2. Check their home work if any

Step 2 Reading

　　T: Last time we learned about some differences between Chinese and British school life. Today we are going to read a passage by Wei Hua, who once studied in the UK. She will give us some detailed information about the school life in the UK.

　　T: This is the first time to read a passage, so first let's share some reading strategies:

　　 Reading strategies: skimming and scanning

　　 We skim a text when we want to get a general idea of what it is about. We look at the titles and headlines, the first and last sentences of paragraphs and the first and last paragraphs as well as pictures and charts to guess what the text is about.

　　 When we want to find certain information in a text quickly, we scan the text for key words and phrases dates, numbers, etc. We do not need to read the whole text word by word.

　　T: Now let's skim the text quickly and answer these questions. Hand up when you get the answers.

(T show the questions on the screen.)

　　1. How long did Wei Hua stay in Britain?

2. What was the name of Wei Hua's class teacher?