1.Module1Unit1Reading一．Teachingaims:1.EnablethestudentstolearntotalkaboutschoollifeandidentifythedifferencesintheschoollifebetweentheUKandChina.2.learntoapplytwobasicreadingskills:skimmingandscanning.3.Learnsomeexpressionsaboutschoollife.4. Learn some important sentence structures 1)This means I could. . . 2)I found the homework was not as heavy as what I used to get. . . 二．Keypointsanddifficulties:1. Help the students to learn about the school life in the UK and get the students totalkabout the differences in the school life between the UK and China. 2. Help the students to learn to use some of the new words and expressions. 3. Help the students to learn to make an outline of a plan for their new school life. 三．Teachingmethods:1. Discussion in pairs or in groups. 2. Task-based in-class activities.3. Explanations of some language points.四．Teachingaids:A tape recorder, a multimedia classroom,blackboardandchalk.五．Teachingprocedures:Step1.RevisionCheckthehomeworkexercise.Step2.PresentationYesterdaywediscussedthedifferencesbetweenhighschoolsinourcountryandtheUK.Nowwearegoingtoreadamagazinearticlewhichiswrittenbyanexchangingstudent.ShehasbeenstudyingintheUKforoneyear.Nowshegivesaclearbriefintroductionaboutherschoollifethere.AskthestudentstoreadthetextquicklyandanswerthethreequestionsinPartA.Checktheanswers.1.Foroneyear.2.Mr.Heywood.3.Asmalltable.Afterthestudentsfinishit,theteachercanraisethisquestion:,Youarereallyquickinmindandaction.Bytheway,howdoyougettheanswersinsuchashorttime?Possibleanswers:1.Firstly,thesequestionsareveryeasytoanswer.Secondly,therearesomeskillsinreadingthesequestions,thatis,weshouldfindoutsomekeywordsinthequestions.Forexample,inthefirstquestion,‘howlong’remindsmetofocusonsomenumbers.Inquestion2,weshouldpayspecialattentiontothe‘name’and‘classteacher’,whichwillhelpusfindtheinformationinthetextquickly.2.Forthelastone,‘Woodworkclass’leadsmetoparagraph6soon,soIfindtheanswertoquestion3easily.Theteachershouldnotethatusuallyit’snotnecessarytoreadanarticlewordbyword,orsentencebysentencetogetthegeneralideaorsomemaininformation.Whilereading,weshouldusesome‘readingstrategies’.Inthisunit,tworeadingstrategiesareintroduced,whicharebasicreadingskillsandusedbymanypeople.Askthestudentstoreadthe‘readingstrategy’onpage3andfinishtheformonthescreen.Readingstrategy:ReadingstrategyPurposesMethodsSkimmingScanningSampleanswers:ReadingstrategyPurposesMethodsSkimmingTogetageneralideaofwhatthetextisaboutBylookingatthetitlesandheadings,thefirstandlastsentencesofparagraphsandthefirstandlastparagraphsaswellaspicturesandchartstoguesswhatthetextisabout.ScanningTofindcertaininformationinatextquicklyByscanningthetextforkeywordsandphrases,dates,numbers,etc.Step3.Reading 1.Skimmingquestion: HowdoesWeiHuafeelaboutherlifeintheUK? 2.Scanning:1) WhattopicsarementionedintheWeiHua’sletter?(teachersclassmatesfriendssubjectshomeworkgradestimetableactivitiesschoolfacilitieshostfamilyfoodhobbiescustomstraditionsfestivals) 2) ScanthepassageandcompletePartC1,C2onpage4,Step4.Groupwork:what’sthesimilarityanddifferencebetweentheschoolsinChinaandtheUK? AspectsIntheUKInChinasimilarity difference Step5.Phrasesandexpressions:class teacher 班主任 at ease with 和….相处不束school hours学校作息时间 earn respect from 赢得…的尊敬sound like听起来象 for free 免费 get a general idea 了解大意 as well as 除….以外, 也 key words 关键词 word by word 逐字逐句地find one’s way around 认识路 surf the Internet网上冲浪develop an interest in 培养对….的兴趣Step6.Practice:PairworkNowyouareareporterfromtheschoolmagazine,andhaveachancetointerviewWeiHua.WhatotherinformationwouldyouliketoknowaboutherlifeandstudyintheUK?SupposeyourdeskmateisWeiHua,makeadialogue.Step7.Homework.1.CompletepartsDandE2.Readthetwoarticlesonpages90and91,andanswersthequestionsbelowthem.3.DanielAdamswillcometoyourschoolasanexchangestudent.Writealettertohimandintroduceyourschoollifetohim.4.Previewthefollowinglesson.,教学反思：英语阅读课最重要的是培养学生的阅读理解能力，用英语去完成任务，这节课达到了这样的目的。教学设计挖掘了文章的内涵和主旨，使各种有用信息渗透到英语教学之中；整个过程始终贯穿着培养学生的各方面能力，全方位开发学生的潜能。这种教学设计克服传统的教师讲、学生记的弊病，学生在教师引导下学会思考、学会分析、学会发现，学会表达，真正发挥了学生的主体作用和教师主导作用。课堂上能做到全面提高学生的英语能力，通过师生，生生的交流，合作，探究，取得很好的教学效果。
