T: we have learned likang’s school life at senior high, do you want to know the life of the teenagers in the similar age of you in other countries? Now please turn to P9, let’s read the text in cultural corner and learn something about the Senior High school life in the US.

I Ask the students to listen to the tape and read the text.

II Ask the students to answer the following questions:

a) What are the differences between the grades in China and the US?

b) How is the school year divided ?

c) How long does the Summer Vacation last?

d) When do they start and finish school?

e) What do they do after school?

III Ask the students to prepare a short reply to introduce the school system , vacation, study time & after-school activities in China by imitating the letter in Cultural corner.

Step6 Summary

The teacher summary the class by comparing the school life in China and the US.

Homework:

I Write a reply to Rob Marshall

II Read the text for as many times as they can

III Preview the language points in these two passages.

Period 3

Teaching content

a) the language points in the two passages

b) the important and difficult drills in the two passages

Teaching aims and demands

a) get the students to master some useful words or expressions

b) get the students to master some important drills

c) get the students to do some exercises about the language points.

d) to improve the students ability of using English

Teaching methods

a) Explaining

b) Discovering

c) Practicing

Teaching steps

Step 1 Revision

Revise last class by checking home work and analyze the students’ replies. You can also ask some the students to read the good replies for the students

Step 2 Language Study

I Underline the useful expressions

science subject academic subject

be similar to… differences between A and Bthe attitude to… teaching method a city not far from … write down… on the computer on the screen

information from websites a woman called…. be nothing like

speak a lot in class have fun introduce oneself

in groups give sb instructions work by oneself

improve one’s spelling in a fun way in other words

for one’s homework a description of look forward to doing…

be impressed with… A is the same size as B the number of

the American school systems secondary school

cover 7 years receive the high school diploma go to college

divide….into.. September through December take part in

be free to do… without the help of sb become friends

last a long time There is a popular belief They say that

have similar life experiences under the same roof Thanks for doing…

ask sb about… do experiments have dinner

stay on at school take a bus home school daybe fluent in Chinese speak Chinese with fluency make a lot of progress

at the beginning of write to sb all over the world

the smell of paint the wall move to…

have the biggest smile

II Analyze the language points

A) Words

1 information noun facts or details telling sth about a situation, person ,event, etc

information about/on sb/sth 关于某人/谋事的信息

a piece of information 一则消息; 一份情报

ask for information on/about 打听关于……的消息2 instruction n (pl) sth that sb tells you to do 指示

(pl) information on how to do or use sth 说明

follow the instructions for 遵守……的指示

instructions on(how to do ) sth (如何做)某事的指示

instructions to do sth 做某事的指示

on sb’ instructions 遵照某人的指示

be under instructions to do sth 被指示做某事

instructions in 有关……的指示

3 embarrassed adj. feeling nervous and uncomfortable and worrying

be embarrassed to do sth 羞于做某事

be embarrassed about/at 对……感到困窘

4 attitude n sb’s opinions of feelings about sth, especially as shown by their behaviour

attitude to/towards sth/sb 对某人/某事的态度

5 behaviour n way of treating others ; manners

behaviour towards/to ……对……的态度/行为

be on one’s good/best behaviour 循规蹈矩;行为检点

put sb on his best behaviour 规劝/警告某人要规规矩矩

6 previous adj happening or existing before the event or object you are talking about 以前的;从前的

the previous day 前一天

previous to 在……以前

previously adv 以前;从前

7 impress vt. to have a favourable effect on sb ; to make sb feel admiration and respect

impress sth in /on sth

impress sth on/opon sb

impress sb with sth

be impressed at/by/with

impression n.

make an impression on sb

8 cover vt to include or deal with sth 包含

be covered by/ with被……所覆盖

cover for sb 顶替某人

cover (a distance) 走(一段距离)

cover (sth new )报道(消息;新闻)

cover sth up/over 盖住某物

Step 3 Practicing

Ask the students to do some exercises about the language points just learned

Homework

I Remember the usages of the words today

II Preview and try to analyze the difficult sentences in these to passages

Period 4

Teaching content

a) the language points in the two passages

b) the important and difficult drills in the two passages

Teaching aims and demands

a) get the students to master some useful words or expressions

b) get the students to master some important drills

c) get the students to do some exercises about the language points.

d) to improve the students ability of using English