英语（八年级上册）
Unit 2 School life
Comic strip & Welcome to the unit
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I. Teaching aims and learning objectives
By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:
1. talk about school life properly;
2. grasp the different expressions to refer to the same thing in British and American English;
3. understand the rules of the differences between British and American English in vocabulary.
II. Teaching contents
1. New words and phrases: British, biscuit, rubber, American, eraser, vacation, cookie, fall, store, truck, yard, movie, advertisement, lorry, soccer
2. New structures: Because we’re cleverer than people.
They have to work harder.
What’s school life? It’s like watching TV.
There are fewer advertisements.
I’d love to, but the school football team will practise this Saturday.
III.Focus of the lesson and predicted area of difficulty
1. Describe what school is like in their mind with one’s own words;
2. Remember which words are the British words and which are the American words.
3. Background：美国的初中校园生活
美国中学生的校园生活丰富多彩（American secondary school life is rich and colourful.）。
美国初中主要的课程有数学（math）、英文（English）、科学（science）、社会科学（social science）、法语（French）等。老师给学生的成绩测评如下：A = 优（Excellent），B =良（Above Average），C = 中（Average），D = 平均以下（Below Average），F = 不及格（Failure）。
然而，除了关注学生在学校里的课业学习情况，美国的家长和老师也很重视（pay much attention to）学生参与的课外活动和社会活动，如：体育运动（sports）、俱乐部（club）、服务团体（service party）、协会（association）、娱乐活动（entertainment）以及各类兴趣小组。这些活动不仅能培养学生社会活动能力和团队合作（team work）能力，还有益于帮助学生形成自立（self-independent）、自信（confident）、开朗（open-minded）的性格和热爱生活、乐观向上的生活态度。
IV. Teaching procedures
Comic strip
Step 1 Lead-in
Free talk
Which part of our school do you like best? Why?
What activities can we do in our school?
Which do you like better about school, the lessons or the after-school activities?
Do you think school is fun? Why or why not?
【设计意图：结合单元话题进行自由对话，引入本单元话题。】
Step 2 Presentation
1. Teach a new word—advertisement
T: Some students are pleased to come to school, but others don’t want to come to school. School is something like advertisements when we watch TV. Some like them while others dislike them. Do you know “advertisement”? (Show a picture.) It always appears between two TV programmes or during a TV programme. It’s mainly used to tell the public to buy something.
2. Listen to the conversation between Eddie and Hobo and answer the questions below
T: Now let’s see what our old friend Eddie thinks of school?
Why does Eddie think dogs don’t go to school?
(Because he thinks he is cleverer than people.)
What does Eddie think of school?
(He thinks school is like watching TV.)
3. Ask students to read the dialogue together first and then in different roles
4. Complete the short passage according to the dialogue
Hobo tells Eddie that the school 1 is going past their home. Hobo tells Eddie that he wants to go to school, but Eddie tells him that they don’t 2 to go to school. Then Hobo asks Eddie 3 they don’t need to go to school. Eddie says to Hobo, “ 4 we are dogs and dogs are 5 than people.” However, Hobo still 6 to go to school and asks Eddie to tell him what school is 7 . Eddie says that it’s just like 8 TV. Hobo asks Eddie in curiosity, “Are there any 9 between them?” Eddie answers, “Yes, but there are 10 advertisements in school than on TV.”
(Keys: bus; need; why; Because; cleverer; wants; like; watching; advertisements; fewer)
5. Please complete another edition of this dialogue using what they have learnt in this class
Hobo: Eddie! I see many children go to school by s 1 bus. I think that must be interesting. Why d 2 we s 3 at home all day?
Eddie: We need to eat w 4 and sleep well. We n 5 study or w 6 .
Hobo: W 7 do the children need to study or work?
Eddie: B 8 they need to study how to look after us, l 9 cooking delicious food.
Hobo: Oh, I see. Can you tell me w 10 school is like?
Eddie: It’s like travelling, but you have to spend time and money and become more tired.
(Keys: school; do; stay; well; needn’t; work; Why; Because; like; what)
【设计意图：将漫画形式重新组织为短文和对话，不仅可以检测学生对本对话的内容的掌握情况，也可以锻炼学生的信息转换能力。】
Step 3 Extension
1. Have a show
Practice in pairs and make up new dialogues, adding more information and changing the end of the dialogue. Show their new dialogues to the class.
2. Have a talk
T: Think about the reasons why we like school or dislike school.
Possible reasons:
Like:
(1) Our school life is rich and colourful.
(2) I have many friends in our school and they give me a lot of pleasure and help.
(3) Our school is very beautiful …
Dislike:
(1) There is a lot of homework for us to do every day.
(2) We don’t have much time to play basketball or football.
【设计意图：让学生回答两个深层次的问题引发其对“上学”这一话题的思考，同时为后面的课堂活动——编写新对话并展示提供了新素材。】
Welcome to the unit
Step1 Lead-in
1. Listen to a story about Simon and Daniel
T: As we all know, English is widely used in the world. Look at the map, and you can find people in many different countries speak English, like Britain, America, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. But even though people in these countries speak English, they can’t always understand each other. Now let me tell you a story happened in Britain.
A group of American students came to visit a British school when travelling in London. Simon, a British guide, showed them around the school.
Simon: Welcome to this school with a long history. I’m your guide, Simon. Follow me, please. Let’s first take the lift to the first floor to visit the library.
Daniel: Where shall we go?
Simon: The library on the first floor.
Daniel: We’re just on the first floor. Aren’t we?
Simon: In Britain, the first floor means the second floor in America while the ground floor means the first floor in America.
Daniel: Oh, I see. But why do we take the lift there? Where is it?
Simon: Just over there. In America, you call “lift” elevator.
Daniel: Thank you. I see. British English and American English are different in some ways.
2. Ask students some questions
(1) Did Daniel know what Simon said at first? (No.)
(2) Why couldn’t Daniel understand what Simon said?
(Because Daniel spoke American English while Simon spoke British English. The words they said have not only different forms but also different meanings.)
【设计意图：这样一个自编的对话不仅与本单元的话题（校园生活）紧密结合，而且可以让学生了解英式英语和美式英语的差异是导致Daniel和Simon交流时出现理解偏差的根本原因。】
Step 2 Presentation
1. Let’s guess
T: Here we have some pictures and some English words. Can you tell us which words belong to the British English and which words belong to the American English? Please show the national flags to them.
2. Let’s learn (Part A)
T: Now let’s look at some English words. Match the British words with the American words if they refer to the same thing. Then write down the correct words under the pictures below. Let’s read them together.
3. Let’s replace (Part B)
T: You have learnt the different words that refer to the same thing. Please read the dialogue Part B and replace the British words using the American words.
【设计意图：完成课本上的内容和练习。】
Step 3 Practice
1. Let’s record
T: Watch a short video and write down how many British words and American words appear in their dialogue. What are they?
2. Let’s show
T: I will give each group three minutes to make up new dialogues, but pay attention to the rules:
(1) Both of you are British and you both speak British English.
(2) Both of you are American and you both speak American English.
(3) One is British and speaks British English, and the other is American and speaks American English.
【设计意图：让学生以不同的身份来编写新的对话，不仅可以考查学生在合适的情境中运用词汇的能力，而且可以检测学生对所学习的英式英语与美式英语的掌握程度与熟练程度。】
Step 4 Extension
1. Let’s discuss
Show the rules of spelling difference between British English and American English.
T: You did a good job. Did you find the rules of spelling between British English and American English? I’ll give you some tips. (Showing some British words and American words for the same thing.)
2. Let’s learn more
Show the rules of pronunciation and differences between British English and American English.
T: Besides this, there are differences between them in pronunciation, usage and so on.
【设计意图：让学生了解并非所有的英式英语与美式英语的变化都是杂乱无章的，对词汇的掌握可以不完全是死记硬背，而是可遵循规律的。对于规律的总结有助于学生掌握英式英语与美式英语的词汇。同时，提醒学生注意在英式英语与美式英语中词形一样的词汇可能有不同的含义。】
V. Homework
1. Read and recite the comic strips and the British words and American words in Part A.;
2. Learn about the other differences between British words and American words;
3. Find out why there are differences between British words and American words
