Unit 2 School life
(Welcome to the unit)
译林版新版英语八年级上册
International School Communication Week
Explore schools around the world.
Find out what makes school life special.
Share ideas on how to make our school life better.
International School Communication Week
Welcome to the unit
Reading
Grammar
Word power
Integration
Know about unusual schools
Understand different school life
Compare different school life
Learn about nationalities and languages
Share how to make our school life better
Task
special column(专栏)-------
“unusual schools in different countries”
reporter
Find out information from different kinds of unusual schools.
Choose one school, then work in groups to finish the report.
Share your report at school.
Thinking
What’s the usual school in our daily life like?
playground
classroom buildings
hall
...
environment
activities
do morning exercises
have lessons
chat with classmates
...
Predicting
2)Where are these students?
1)What are these students doing?
at the train station
studying
Where
What
Predicting
studying
at home
studying
on a boat
Predicting
Listening A
Tips:Combine what is known and grasp the key words.
Listening A
{5C22544A-7EE6-4342-B048-85BDC9FD1C3A}country
type of school
reason
Bangladesh
India
Australia
boat school
train school
online school
heavy floods
poor families work there
live far away from school
Auatralia has a large area with few people
live far away from school
online school
tropical monsoon climate
热带季风气候
much rain
low altitude(海拔)
heavy floods
boat school
Listening A
What are the advantages/features of these schools?
Bangladesh
India
Australia
A. To help students not miss school.
B. To be close to the nature.
To work at the train station.
be able to________________________
choose A/B
do T/F
fill in the blank
F
talk with teachers and classmates
help support their families
Thinking
unusual
usual
______ study
________ condition
________ environment
study ________
_______ condition
________ environment
online
poor
dangerous
at school
good
safe
Thinking
Why does the government set up schools in such a place?
Education is a fundamental task for the country and the Party.
教育是国之大计、党之大计。
Cherish(珍惜) what we have!
Learning
cave school in Guizhou
To help students around the villages go to school without walking a long way.
Alpha School in the USA
Students learn about two hours a day with AI to encourage their creativity (创造力).
some other unusual schools
Listening B
2)Where are these schools?
1)How many kinds of unusual schools do they mention? What are they?
Listening B
How many kinds of unusual schools do they mention? What are they?
Where are these schools?
Two. The boat school and the bottle school.
Philippines and Guatemala.
Listening B
{5C22544A-7EE6-4342-B048-85BDC9FD1C3A}country
type of school
reason
feature/
advantage
Bangladesh
India
Australia
boat school
train school
online school
heavy floods
poor families work there
live far away from school
to help support their families
be able to talk with teachers and classmates
to help students not miss school
have a chance to learn
Philippines,
Guatemala
bottle school
be cheap and good for the environment
reduce plastic waste and construction (建筑) costs
Fill in the blanks.
Working in pairs
A: What unusual schools around the world do you know?
B: I know about ...
A: Yes. It’s a good way to get students learning!
B: That’s right. Do you know any unusual schools?
A: Yes, I know there is a …
B: Wow, that’s amazing/really cool!
Make up a dialogue with the help of the following model.
Working in groups
Which of the unusual schools above interests you the most? Why? Do a report.
Dear teachers and classmates,
Today we will introduce an unusual school to you. It is _________in____________. Why is it so special? Because _____________. Students can___________ in this kind of school. It is good for____________________.
It is really different from our school. For example, _____________________________.
From learning this kind of school, we may know ______________, so we need to ___________and cherish what we have. Thanks for listening!
Working in groups
Dear teachers and classmates,
Today we will introduce an unusual school to you. It is _________in____________. Why is it so special? Because ___________________. Students can__________________ in this kind of school. It is good for____________________.
It is really different from our school. For example, _______________________________.
From learning this kind of school, we may know _______________, so we need to ___________and cherish what we have. Thanks for listening!
Dear teachers and classmates,
Today we will introduce an unusual school to you. It is a train school in India. Why is it so special? Because many poor families work at train stations or on trains. Students can have lessons with classmates in this kind of school. It is good for students to support their families.
It is really different from our school. For example, we study at school but they don’t. We have nice classrooms and wonderful school life, but they have poor conditions.
From learning this kind of school, we may know education is very important, so we need to try our best to work hard and cherish what we have. Thanks for listening!
Showing
No matter what the learning environment and conditions are, we must work hard to pursue (追寻) a better future.
Homework
For all:
Go over unusual schools that we learned, search for more information about unusual schools around the world, then share with us.
For some:
Preview Reading, and find out what Nancy’s and Tomoya’s school life are like.