2.　Improve the students' ability to speak by describing their school life.

Teaching Important Point

Make the students free to talk in and after class about their school life. 

Teaching Difficult Point

How to finish the task of speaking.

Teaching Aid

the multimedia

Teaching Procedures

 Step 1 Greeting and Lead－in

T: Good morning/afternoon,　everyone.

S: Good morning/afternoon,　Mr/Ms....

S: This is the first day of my high school life.　I feel very excited and surprised. All the things in this school are new to me.　I think I will study hard and work here.

T: Good. High school is very important in one's life.　It is a period full of creation, dreams,　discovery and hard work.　I hope all of you will make good use of it.　But,　now I want to know something about you and your junior high school life.　First,　Introduce yourself to us one by one using three sentences.

S: Hi,　my name is...and I am sixteen.　I like reading novels,　especially stories about people from other countries.　I don't enjoy singing,　nor do I like computers.

S: I am 15 years old and I love skiing.　Other favorite hobbies are reading and singing.　I like popular music but I think that rock music is too loud. 

S: Hi there.　I am...and I really like computers.　I surf the Internet all the time and that I like playing computer games.　I don't like playing football and I hate hiking.

...

Step 2 Speaking

T: Well done.　I think all of you have done it very well.　Now what about your junior high school life?　You can look at words on the screen first.

biology,chemistry,English,Japanese,geography,Russian,history,Chinese,IT(Information Technology),　mathematics,　physics,　PE(Physical Education) First let's group subjects together.

Science subjects:　biology,　chemistry,　IT,　mathematics,　physics

Languages:　English,　Japanese,　Russian,　Chinese 

Now you can say something about your school life according to the following questions.

1. Which of the science subjects do you study at your school?

2. Which languages do you study at your school?

3. Which are your favorite subjects?　Why?

S: When I was in junior high school,　we studied biology,　chemistry,　IT,　mathematics and physics.　We also learn another language,　English besides Chinese.　I like English because in English class I can learn many interesting cultures,　customs and stories about English　speaking countries.　I can talk to foreigners in English.　I feel wonderful.

S: We also studied science subjects such as biology,　physics,　chemistry,　etc. We also