Unit 2School life

Task1:Free talk

1. How many lessons do you have every day ?2. What subjects do you study ?3. How often do you have class meetings?4. What after-school activities do you have?5. Have you joined any clubs ?6. Do you have a hero ?

It is a mixed school.

/mikst/

Boys and girls study

together.

People in France speak French.

French is a foreign language.

The students discuss with the teacher.

buddy----buddies

guy

play baseball

The girl offers the old a seat on the bus.

The girl offers a seat to the old on the bus.

offer sb. sth.

= offer sth. to sb.

Pay attention to the new words:

mixed offerFrench endforeign baseballlanguage winduring discussguybuddy

Task2: Finish Part B1 On P21

1.foreign ____

2.language ____

3.discuss ____

4. offer ____

5. win ____

a. talk about sometingb. give sth to someone

c. be best or first in a competition

d. not in or from your own countrye. words used in speaking and writing

d

ea

b

c

an American school a British school

How much do you know about the life in a British and American school?

Task3:Discussion

1. What do you think a British school would be like ?

2. What do you think an American school would be like ?

Task4: Listen the first and second passages and then answer the questions below

1.Who is the first passage about ?

John2.Who is the second passage

about?

3.Where are their schools?

John’s

Nancy’s

near London

near Denver

Nancy

Read carefully again then judge T or F. Finish B3

Task5:

Task6: Reading aloud and discussion

What do they like in the school?

John

Reading Week Buddy Clubbaseball

borrow more books from … bring in books and magazines from …

read more books than….. discuss the books with

older students help new students

learn more about school

play

love and practice

won

Nancy

Please retell Nancy’s school life

Name:

School: 1. name

2. a mixed school---have lessons together

Favourite subject: 1. what

2.why

Activity: a Reading Week

borrow more books from ….

bring in books and magazines from….

read more books than…..

discuss the books with…..

Please retell John’s school life

Rocky Mountain High School near Denver

NAME: JohnAge: 14Grade: 8thSchool:…

go to the Buddy Club

Older students help new students

learn more about school life

Tony in the 12th grade

listens carefully to my problems

offers me help

hero

have different classesends earlier

Do sportsplays baseballLove this gamePractice hardWon two games

Interview with Nancy and John

about their school life.

My school life

1. grade, school:

2. favourite subject:

3. favourite sport/

activity/club:

4. buddy

5. ……

Which?

What? Why?

What? How often? How?

……

Who?

……

the ideal( 理想的 ) school life

our daily life in the school our school and the teachers our after-school activities the enjoyments( 快乐 ) after school

Group work

Talk about your dream school life

•timetable/homework

•subjects/lessons

•classmates/teachers

•after-school activities/clubs

•sports centre/libraries

• …

Dear …How are you ? In our dream school, we want… because… .……………

Can you tell me about your school life? I hope to hear from you soon.Yours faithfully…

Write a letter to your e-friend.

American school lifeBritish school lifeChinese school lifeDream school life

1 ．英国学校的生活 2 ．一所混合型学校 3 ．带来书和杂志 4 ．阅读周 5 ．一起上课 6 ．与某人讨论某事 7 ．在每星期临近结束 8 . 做某事似乎… . 9. 在这个星期期间

life in a British school

a mixed school

bring in books and magazines

Reading Week

have lessons together

discuss sth. with sb.

near the end of the week

seem to do sth

during the week

10 仔细倾听我的问题 11 辛苦地训练12 给某人提供某物13 学习外语14 在八年级15 从… .. 借… ..

16 过的更快17 去好朋友俱乐部19 一周两次20 赢得比赛

listen carefully to my problems

practice hard

offer sb. sth.= offer sth to sb.

learn foreign languages

in Year 8= in the 8th grade

borrow….from…

go faster

go to the Buddy Club

twice a week

win the match

1 ， Search the Internet for more information about the school life in America and other countries. 2 ， Suppose you are the headmaster of Jiuwan Middle School, what do you want your school to be like in ten years?