Module 1 My First Day at Senior High
Lesson 1 Introduction
教材分析
This is the first module of the textbook. This module focuses on the new school life at Senior High, which helps students get used to the new school life in a better way. And this lesson is intended to give students a chance to talk about their school life in the past and at present, and then find the differences between them.
教学目标
By the end of this lesson, students will enlarge their vocabulary related to school life.
Students can know how to get used to the new school life in a better way.
Students can communicate with their partners in English more fluently and more actively.
教学重难点
The differences between the school life at Junior High school and Senior High school.
课前准备
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教学过程
Step 1 Warm-up
Do you like English?
How did you learn English at your Junior High school?
Can you use some adjectives to describe your English teacher. And can you show the reasons?
【设计意图】
本单元的话题是关于学生进入高中后的学校生活。本节英语课其实就是学生高中学校生活得一部分，由以上问题进行导入，既很自然地将学生的注意力吸引到本节课话题，同时也帮助教师更好了解学生初中学习英语的情况。
Step 2 The method of learning English at Senior High
Students discuss the topic in groups of four.
Help summarize the discussion and share the method with the whole class.
Students analyze the differences between the learning method of Junior High and that of Senior High.
【设计意图】
从初中学习到高中学习，学习的学习方法也需要适当的改变。这一环节便能很好地引导学生关注两种学习方法的差异，更好地进行接下来的英语学习。
Step 3 Differences between Junior High and Senior High
You have just come to this school. I know there must be many other differences between your senior high school and junior high school. Can you tell me more differences?
Possible aspects you want to talk about: campus, classrooms, subject, school activities, friends…
【设计意图】
在之前的两个环节的铺垫下，以及教师提供的可参考的话题，学生可以顺利地讨论初中学校生活和高中的不同。在此环节中，学生能够锻炼自我表达的能力和积极性。
Step 4 Discussion
How can we get used to the new school life in a better way?
【设计意图】
该环节建立在以上三个步骤的基础之上进行总结和深化，同时也是帮助学生更好地进行输出。
Lesson 2 Reading
教材分析
The reading material is about a student’s first day at Senior High. It gives students a good example of how to describe school life and present their thoughts well.
教学目标
By the end of this lesson, students will know how to describe their new school life.
Students will enhance their ability to analyze long and difficult sentences.
Students will be able to express themselves about school life freely.
教学重难点
By analyzing the reading material, students know how to describe their thoughts about school life.
课前准备
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教学过程
Step 1 Lead-in
Do you remember the first day you came to this school? What’s your deep impression of the school?
【设计意图】
结合学生的实际经历导入本节课的话题。
Step 2 Fast reading
What’s the main idea of the whole article?
Which of the following is not mentioned in the text: the English class, students, teaching method, clubs, teachers and classrooms?
【设计意图】
培养学生快速阅读获取主旨大意的能力。
Step 3 Careful reading
What’s Li Kang’s impression of the teachers and classrooms of the new school?
Who is Ms Shen?
What are the two things that Ms Shen thinks are important to do in class?
What are the two things Ms Shen wants to help us improve?
Are boys as hard-working as girls in this class?
What’s Li Kang’s homework tonight?
【设计意图】
培养学生获取细节信息的能力，同时这几个问题帮助学生梳理文本。
Step 4 True or False
Tell whether the following statements are true or false and tell the reason.
Li Kang’s previous teachers’ method of teaching is much better than that of Ms Shen. ( )
Li Kang finds Ms Shen’s class bored. ( )
Students introduced themselves to each other in groups. ( )
Forty-nine per cent of the class are girls. ( )
【设计意图】
这四个句子涉及到文中长难句的理解，学生通过阅读相关语句，增强处理长难句的能力，以及关注作者的情感态度。
Step 5 Discussion
Can you use some adjectives to describe the new school, classrooms, students, teachers, especially Ms Shen and her teaching? And why?
Is your school like Li Kang’s? What’s your school like? What are your thoughts about it?
【设计意图】
第一个问题意在帮助学生理清全文以及作者的观点。第二个问题联系学生实际学校生活，通过阐述，学生对学校的认识以及观点更为清晰，表达自我观点也得到提高。
Lesson 3 Language points
教材分析
The reading material focuses on Li Kang’s first day at Senior High school and his/her thought about it. In the material, there are important adjectives and expressions which show the author’s opinions.
教学目标
By the end of this lesson, students will be able to:
(1) master the important words and expressions, such as amazing, attitude, that, I don’t think…, in other words, …times as many/much…as;
(2) apply the words and expressions to practical use;
(3) master the differences between adjectives ending in -ing and -ed.
(4) develop their creativity.
教学重难点
Students apply the words and expressions to practical use.
课前准备
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教学过程
Step 1 Lead-in
Li Kang’s new school is very good. The teachers are very e and the classrooms are a . Li Kang’s English teacher is Ms Shen. Her m of teaching is different from that of the p teacher. She thinks reading c and speaking are very important. All the students like her a very much.
【设计意图】
一方面回顾文本内容，另一方面引入词汇的学习。
Step 2 New words
amazing
原文再现：The teachers are very enthusiastic and friendly and the classrooms are amazing. (Lines 8-10) 老师们非常热情和友好，教室也令人惊叹。
amazing和amazed的区别：amazing表示令人吃惊，后接介词at或by；amazed表示感到吃惊。
如：I was amazed by the information on the website. 我对网上的这个信息感到吃惊。
His invention was amazing. 他的发明令人惊叹。
He is an amazing inventor. 他是一位了不起的发明家。
Practice:
bored/boring: I wasn’t ____________ with the lesson.
interested/interesting: I was very ____________ in the new technology.
disappointed/disappointing: He was ____________ because Ms Shen won’t be the teacher every day.
embarrassed/embarrassing: Group work activities won’t make you ____________ because you can keep quiet if you want to.
attitude
原文再现：I like her attitude very much, and the behavior of the other students shows that they like her, too.(Lines 39-42) 我非常喜欢她的态度，其他学生的行为也表明他们喜欢她。
attitude后接介词to或towards
如：We need to have positive attitudes towards life. 我们应该对生活持有积极的态度。
【设计意图】
带领学生熟读文中语句，并在此语境中学习重点词汇。适当拓展和补充例句，让学生更好地使用这些词汇。
Step 3 Difficult sentences
Lines 21-24: Ms Shen’s method of teaching is nothing like that of the teachers at my Junior High school. 沈老师的教学方法不像我初中时老师的教学方法。
that指的是the method of teaching
如：(1) The population of China is larger than that of France.
The traffic on the main streets has a longer green signal than that on the small ones.
I don’t think I will be bored in Ms Shen’s class! 我认为上沈老师的课我是不会感到厌倦的！
当主句谓语动词为suppose, think, believe, expect等，主句主语为第一人称代词I或we时，从句的否定词往往前移。
如：I don’t believe he will come tomorrow. 我相信他明天不会来。
In other words, there are three times as many girls as boys. 换句话说，女生人数是男生的三倍。
in other words意思是换句话说，前后表达的意思是一样的。
如：He has another appointment on Thursday.?In other words, I don't think he'll be attending your gathering. 他周四另外有约了。换句话说，我认为他不会参加你们的聚会。
倍数+ as many/much+名词+as
如：There is twice as much water in this bottle as in that one. 这个瓶里装的水是那个瓶里的两倍。
【设计意图】
对长难句的进一步细致地讲解，使学生对文本内容的理解更深入。
Step 4 Consolidation
Try to describe your class by using the following words or expressions: amazing, attitude, I don’t think, in other words.
Then share your description with each other.
【设计意图】
该步骤侧重对语言点就某一个话题进行语篇形式的输出，学生通过这一练习，增强对语言点的运用能力，同时也增强用英语表达的能力。
Lesson 4 Listening and Making Conversation
教材分析
The listening material is about two students’ language lessons. It also helps students talk about their own language lesson in a good way.
教学目标：
By the end of this lesson, students will be able to:
(1) master the new words: correction, encouragement, enjoyment, fluency, misunderstanding and disappointed;
(2) apply the words to practical use;
(3) improve the listening and speaking abilities;
(4) communicate with partners smoothly and actively.
教学重难点
Get the correct information in the listening material.
课前准备
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教学过程
Step 1 New words
Complete the chart with the words in the box.
correction, encouragement, enjoyment, explanation
fluency, misunderstanding, progress, pronunciation
Noun
Verb
Adjective
correct
/
encourage
/
enjoy
enjoyable
explain
/
/
fluent
misunderstand
/
/
progressive
pronounce
/
【设计意图】
通过词汇的呈现和词性的变化，学生更好掌握生词。
Step 2 Application
Complete these sentences. Use a suitable form of each word in the box.
He isn’t Chinese, but he’s _________________ in Chinese.
The first lesson was very _________________ —I liked it a lot!
Mr Davies gave us a lot of _________________ —he made us feel really good about being here.
I think we all made a lot of _________________ —in just an hour!
The most important thing at the beginning is _________________, getting the sounds right.
He had an interesting attitude to _________________ —he said it didn’t matter if we made mistakes.
I _________________ the teacher —I thought the class was for people who already speak Spanish.
I was a bit disappointed —she _________________ everything in English.
【设计意图】
帮助学生在小语境中运用词汇。
Step 3 Listening
The sentences in Step 2 are from a conversation. Read the sentences again. Get the main idea.
What do you think the students are talking about?
Listen to the conversation and answer these questions. Add information.
Who are the two students in the conversation?
What is the name of the the assistant teacher?
Is Diane studying Chinese?
Is Rob’s teacher a native speaker of Chinese?
Did the Chinese teacher encourage the students?
Did he give the students anything to read?
Did Diane understand the level of the class she went to?
Was Rob disappointed with his first lesson?
Was Diane excited about her first lesson?
【设计意图】
该步骤联系语篇，一方面巩固所学词汇，另一方面自然引入到话题——语言的学习，为下一步的对话搭建支架。学生在其中也同时提高了听力能力。
Step 4 Making conversation
Listen to the conversation between Rob and Diane again. Pay attention to the expressions they use to keep the conversation going and write them down.
Work in pairs. Have a conversation about one of your classes.
Possible questions you can raise:
Which language are you studying?
How is it?
What about your language teacher?
【设计意图】
建立在前面所学的基础上，学生运用掌握的对话技能，结合自己的实际，训练用英语表达的能力以及交际的能力。
Lesson 5 Grammar
教材分析
The grammar, revision of the present tenses, helps students describe the present school life accurately.
教学目标
By learning this lesson, students will be able to:
(1) master the present tenses systematically;
(2) apply the present tenses according to the context;
(3) improve the ability to summarize grammatical points.
教学重难点
Students apply the present tenses according to the context.
课前准备
Multimedia
教学过程
Step 1 Lead-in
What are you doing now?
What do you usually do in class?
【设计意图】
结合学生当前实际，导入本节课的话题。
Step 2 Present tenses
I am ___________________________ now.
I usually _________________________ in class.
Pay attention to the tenses in the two sentences.
We use the present simple tense in the first sentence and the present continuous tense in the second sentence. Why? And what other uses do they have?
The present simple tense:
The vase is in the museum now.
The tense indicates the present state of the vase.
Dan reads books every morning. And he goes to the countryside on Sundays.
The tense indicates Dan’s habit or what he does regularly.
The earth moves around the sun.
The tense indicates something which is always true.
Look! The boys are playing basketball on the playground.
The tense indicates that something is taking place at this moment.
Susan and Tom are preparing for the IELTS this month.
The tense indicates that something is taking place during this period of time.
【设计意图】
通过举例，让学生在小的情境中感受时态的用法，同时培养学生发现的能力。
Step 3 Summary
Work in groups of four and summarize the uses of the present simple tense and the present continuous tense. At the same time, describe the four pictures by using the present tenses.
【设计意图】
使学生理清本节课的语法点，并增强对其的运用能力。图片帮助学生创设情境，提高学生的语境意识。同时该环节也帮助培养学生小组讨论和归纳总结的能力。
Lesson 6 Writing
教材分析
This part is based on the previous five lessons. And students’ writing a brochure about their school is the main task. In this part, an email and a letter are just to help students write about their school in a better way.
教学目标
By the end of this lesson, students will be able to:
(1) get the main idea of the email and the letter;
(2) find the differences between school life in China and that in US;
(3) talk about their school and express their thoughts smoothly.
教学重难点
By the end of this lesson, students can talk about their school and express their thoughts smoothly.
课前准备
Multimedia
教学过程
Step 1 Lead-in
Read the email on page 8 and answer the questions mentioned in the email.
【设计意图】
问题引领，学生有话说，思路更清晰。
Step 2 School life in the US
Read the letter on page 9 and find what the school life in the US is like?
【设计意图】
帮助学生了解他国的学校生活，了解他国文化，也有助于学生学习如何描述学校生活。
Step 3 Differences
Work in groups of four and discuss the similarities and differences between the American and Chinese school system.
【设计意图】
通过比较，培养学生的条理性，同时，更全面地了解文化的差异性。
Step 4 Discussion
Work in groups of four and have a discussion about your thoughts about your school. You can mention the following aspects: the school’s environment, teachers, students, classrooms and classes.
【设计意图】
建立在之前的步骤的基础之上，结合自己学校的实际，学生转化为自己的语言，并且表达自己的观点。其中，学生增强口语表达和逻辑思维能力。
Step 5 Homework
Write a brochure about your school.
Choose some aspects you take an interest in and your thoughts about your school.
You can add slogans and pictures to your brochure.
【设计意图】
学生将输入转为输出，在这一环节中，学生语言组织能力和制作小册子能力得到提高。同时，这一任务也帮助学生更为了解和热爱自己的学校。
教学反思
略。
课件52张PPT。Period 1 Introduction1. Do you like English?
2. How did you learn English at your Junior High school?
3. Can you use some adjectives to describe your English teacher. And can you show the reasons?Discussionthe method of learning English at Senior High
the differences between the learning method of Junior High and that of Senior High.What about other differences between Junior High and Senior High?
Possible aspects you want to cover:
campus, classrooms, subject, school activities, friends…How can we get used to the new school life in a better way?Period 2 ReadingDo you remember the first day you came to this school?
What’s your deep impression of the school?Fast reading1. What’s the main idea of the whole article?
Li Kang's first day at Senior High school and his thoughts about it.
2. Which of the following is not mentioned in the text: the English class, students, teaching method, clubs, teachers and classrooms?
Clubs are not mentioned.Careful reading1. What’s Li Kang’s impression of the teachers and classrooms of the new school?
2. Who is Ms Shen?
3. What are the two things that Ms Shen thinks are important to do in class?
4. What are the two things Ms Shen wants to help us improve?
5. Are boys as hard-working as girls in this class?
6. What’s Li Kang’s homework tonight?Careful reading1. What’s Li Kang’s impression of the teachers and classrooms of the new school?
The teachers are very enthusiastic and friendly and the classrooms are amazing.
2. Who is Ms Shen?
Ms Shen is Li Kang's English teacher.
3. What are the two things that Ms Shen thinks are important to do in class?
Reading comprehension and speaking are important.Careful reading4. What are the two things Ms Shen wants to help us improve?
Ms Shen wants to help us improve our spelling and handwriting.
5. Are boys as hard-working as girls in this class?
Yes, everyone in this class is hard-working.
6. What’s Li Kang’s homework tonight?
He has to write a description of the street where he lives. True or False1. Li Kang’s previous teachers’ method of teaching is much better than that of Ms Shen. ( )
2. Li Kang finds Ms Shen’s class bored. ( )
3. Students introduced themselves to each other in groups. ( )
4. Forty-nine per cent of the class are girls. ( )FFTFDiscussion1. Can you use some adjectives to describe the new school, classrooms, students, teachers, especially Ms Shen and her teaching? And why?
2. Is your school like Li Kang’s? What’s your school like? What are your thoughts about it?Period 3 Language pointsLi Kang’s new school is very good. The teachers are very e and the classrooms are a . Li Kang’s English teacher is Ms Shen. Her m of teaching is different from that of the p teacher. She thinks reading c and speaking are very important. All the students like her a very much. enthusiasticamazingmethodpreviouscomprehensionattitudeNew wordsAmazing
原文再现：The teachers are very enthusiastic and friendly and the classrooms are amazing. (Lines 8-10)
老师们非常热情和友好，教室也令人惊叹。
amazing和amazed的区别：amazing表示令人吃惊，后接介词at或by；amazed表示感到吃惊。
如：I was amazed by the information on the website. 我对网上的这个信息感到吃惊。
His invention was amazing. 他的发明令人惊叹。
He is an amazing inventor. 他是一位了不起的发明家。Practice:
(1) bored/boring: I wasn’t ____________ with the lesson.
(2) interested/interesting: I was very ____________ in the new technology.
(3) disappointed/disappointing: He was ____________ because Ms Shen won’t be the teacher every day.
(4) embarrassed/embarrassing: Group work activities won’t make you ____________ because you can keep quiet if you want to.boredinteresteddisppointedembarrassed2. attitude
原文再现：I like her attitude very much, and the behavior of the other students shows that they like her, too.(Lines 39-42)
我非常喜欢她的态度，其他学生的行为也表明他们喜欢她。
attitude后接介词to或towards
如：We need to have positive attitudes towards life. 我们应该对生活持有积极的态度。Difficult sentences1. Lines 21-24: Ms Shen’s method of teaching is nothing like that of the teachers at my Junior High school. 沈老师的教学方法不像我初中时老师的教学方法。
that指的是the method of teaching
如：
(1) The population of China is larger than that of France.
(2) The traffic on the main streets has a longer green signal than that on the small ones. 2. I don’t think I will be bored in Ms Shen’s class!
我认为上沈老师的课我是不会感到厌倦的！
当主句谓语动词为suppose, think, believe, expect等，主句主语为第一人称代词I或we时，从句的否定词往往前移。
如：I don’t believe he will come tomorrow.
我相信他明天不会来。3. In other words, there are three times as many girls as boys. 换句话说，女生人数是男生的三倍。
（1）in other words意思是换句话说，前后表达的意思是一样的。
如：He has another appointment on Thursday. In other words, I don't think he'll be attending your gathering.
他周四另外有约了。换句话说，我认为他不会参加你们的聚会。
（2）倍数+ as many/much+名词+as
如：There is twice as much water in this bottle as in that one. 这个瓶里装的水是那个瓶里的两倍。Try to describe your class by using the following words or expressions: amazing, attitude, I don’t think, in other words.ConsolidationPeriod 4
Listening and Making Conversationcorrection, encouragement, enjoyment, explanation
fluency, misunderstanding, progress, pronunciationcorrectionencouragementenjoymentexplanationfluencymisunderstandingprogresspronunciationApplication1. He isn’t Chinese, but he’s ____________ in Chinese.
2. The first lesson was very _____________ —I liked it a lot!
3. Mr Davies gave us a lot of _____________ —he made us feel really good about being here.
4. I think we all made a lot of ___________ —in just an hour!fluentenjoyableencouragementprogressApplication5. The most important thing at the beginning is ____________, getting the sounds right.
6. He had an interesting attitude to ___________ —he said it didn’t matter if we made mistakes.
7. I ____________ the teacher —I thought the class was for people who already speak Spanish.
8. I was a bit disappointed —she ___________ everything in English.pronunciationcorrectionmisunderstoodexplainedWhat do you think the students are talking about?Listen to the conversation and answer these questions.
(1) Who are the two students in the conversation?
(2) What is the name of the the assistant teacher?
(3) Is Diane studying Chinese?
(4) Is Rob’s teacher a native speaker of Chinese?
(5) Did the Chinese teacher encourage the students?
(6) Did he give the students anything to read?
(7) Did Diane understand the level of the class she went to?
(8) Was Rob disappointed with his first lesson?
(9) Was Diane excited about her first lesson?Making conversationListen to the conversation between Rob and Diane again. Pay attention to the expressions they use to keep the conversation going and write them down.Have a conversation about one of your classes.
Possible questions you can raise:
Which language are you studying?
How is it?
What about your language teacher?Period 5 Grammar1. What are you doing now?
2. What do you usually do in class?I am ___________________________ now.
I usually _________________________ in class.The vase _________(be) in the museum now.
The tense indicates the present state of the vase.isDan _________(read) books every morning. And he goes to the countryside on Sundays.
The tense indicates Dan’s habit or what he does regularly.reads The earth ___________(move) around the sun.
The tense indicates something which is always true.moves Look! The boys ___________(play) basketball on the playground.
The tense indicates that something is taking place at this moment.are playingSusan and Tom _____________(prepare) for the IELTS this month.
The tense indicates that something is taking place during this period of time.are preparingSummaryWork in groups of four and summarize the uses of the present simple tense and the present continuous tense. At the same time, describe the four pictures by using the present tenses.Period 6 WritingRead the email on page 8 and answer the questions mentioned in the email.Read the letter on page 9 and find what the school life in the US is like?secondary school: grades six to twelve
high school: ninth to twelfth grades (high school diploma)
two semesters
starting school at 7:50 am
finishing at 3 pm
colorful after-school activitiesWhat’s similar and different in the American and Chinese school system?grades
semesters
time for school
after-school activities
…DiscussionHave a discussion about your thoughts about your school. You can mention the following aspects: the school’s environment, teachers, students, classrooms and classes. HomeworkWrite a brochure about your school.
Choose some aspects you take an interest in and your thoughts about your school.
You can add slogans and pictures to your brochure.
