M1U1Reading_46608.doc

M1U1 School life in the UK Period I---Reading comprehension Welcome to the unit reading Teaching Aims ●Learn more about school life in the UK and the differences between school life in the UK and in China ●Enable students to develop some important reading skills. 【Activity procedures】 学生学习活动 教师组织教学方案 Activity 1：小组活动，完成下列任务 1.Talk about your old schools (1) school and campus (2) classes, students, teachers (3) subjects and activities (4) Which subject do you like best? Why? 2. Talk about the pictures, learn something about school life in the UK.，compared with school life in China. In the United Kingdom In China Huge campus and low buildings Lockers for every student Small class sizes A lot of outdoor activities Activity 2: Word study. Discuss the following important words and phrases: experience, earn, respect, devote, average, for free, be fond of, look back on, satisfaction, surf, graduate, make use of, somehow, inform, approve, in charge of, preparation. Reading Activity 1 Fast reading 1．Activity Aim：make Ss have a brief understanding of the passage 2．Teaching Method：students-centered practice Step 1.Warming up. Answer the following questions: 1. Do you know of any differences between the lives of Chinese and British high school students? 2. Can you try to give the some reasons for the differences? Step 2. Reading skills ----- Skimming and Scanning. Skimming----- We skim a text when we want to get a general idea of what it is about. Skim the text to find out the main idea of each paragraph. Paragraph 1 School hours Paragraph 2 Attending assembly Paragraph 3 Teachers and classmates Paragraph 4-6 Homework and subjects Paragraph 7 British food and her activities Paragraph 8 Her plans Scanning ----- to get certain information. Scan the text to answer the following questions. 1. What did Wei Hua think of her life in the UK? 2. What subjects did Wei Hua study