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　　lesson 1 li ming is back to school
　　ⅰ.teaching content:
　　1. new words and phrases: grade, student, class, pupil, cousin; be back, have lessons/classes
　　2. introduce yourself and your school
　　ⅱ.teaching goals
　　1. learn new words: back grade, student, class, pupil & cousin
　　2. make sure the ss can introduce themselves and their school
　　3. talk about the differences between schools in china and other countries.
　　ⅲ.key points:
　　1) some new words and phrases
　　2) introduce a school by mail
　　ⅳ.difficult points: compare schools in china and canada
　　ⅴ.preparation: some word cards, pictures
　　ⅵ.teaching resources: recorder, pictures or cards
　　ⅶ.type of the lesson: listening and speaking
　　ⅷ.teaching procedure
　　1: class opening
　　1)teacher’s and ss’ self-introductions.
　　t: i’m your (new) english teacher from today. my name is …. you can call me mr./ms.x. i’m glad to learn english with you. i hope to be your friend, so i want to know you now. please introduce yourself to me. who wants to be my first friend?
　　s1: my name is wang wei.
　　t: good, thank you wang wei. you are a handsome boy.　.
　　s2: my name is li xiaohua.
　　t: very good. glad to get my second friend. thanks, xiaohua. your red skirt is so beautiful. i like red very much. where are you from?
　　…
　　(the teacher can ask ss some other questions, such as: how old are you? do you like english? what’s your favorite color? etc. but do remember to praise each student for whatever he/she says in english.)
　　2)lead in today’s new lesson
　　t: after you introduced yourselves, i have known some of you. now i want to know something about our school. who can tell me? is it big?
　　s3: yes, it’s very big.
　　t: oh? how big is it?
　　s4: every grade has 8 classes.
　　t: wow, yeah. it’s quite big. then we have 24 classes (the teacher can pause a little here , waiting for the ss speak together) altogether. very good, who can tell me how many students in our class?
　　s5: forty-eight.
　　t: thank you, s5. you know our class well. how many girls in our class?
　　s6: twenty-five.
　　…
　　t: thank you all for telling me about our school. who knows schools in some other countries? for example, in canada, their schools are bigger or smaller? you can guess the answer. who wants to have a try?
　　s7: bigger?
　　t: good! a nice try. thanks.
　　s8: i think, smaller.
　　t: good, it’s a different answer. thank you. we’ll get the answer after we learn this lesson. please turn to page 2 of your textbook. we have more questions to discuss.
　　2. new lesson
　　step 1: ask the ss to discuss the questions in ＂think about it.＂
　　take the first question as an example:
　　t: have you changed over the summer holiday? s9, what about you?
　　s9: yes, mr/ms.x. i’m taller. i often went swimming with my brother.
　　t: swimming is good exercise in summer. what about others?
　　s10: i’m thinner but taller. i played football everyday with my friends.
　　s11: i’m sorry to say i’m fatter now. i like watching tv at home in the summer holiday.
　　…
　　step 2: listening and answering:
　　a) listen to the tape (of the first e-mail) with some questions
　　t: we’ve talked about our school and class. next, let’s listen to li ming’s e-mail then you can know schools in canada are bigger and smaller. please listen carefully and answer the following three questions:
　　1) where did li ming write the letter/mail?
　　2) how many pupils are there in li ming’s class?
　　(play the tape )
　　t: jenny is in canada. do you think schools in canada is bigger or smaller?
　　ss: (together) smaller.
　　t: very good. s12, answer question 1, please.
　　s12: (li ming wrote the letter) in china.
　　t: good, s13, how many pupils are there in li ming’s class? do you know ＂pupils＂? yes, ＂pupil＂ means student.
　　s14: there are fifty pupils in his class.
　　t: right, very good.
　　b) listen to the tape (of the second e-mail) and answer the following question. (do the same as in section a)
　　who will come from the u.k.?
　　step 3: reading and discussing
　　a) fast reading
　　t: read the two e-mails fast and silently. then let’s discuss more about them. here are some more questions:
　　1) who is the e-mail from and to?
　　2) what can you learn from the two e-mails?
　　3) do you like schools in canada?
　　4) do you going from room to room for your class? is it good exercise?
　　5) who is brian in the second mail? how old is he?
　　…
　　b) second reading and further discussing
　　t: read the text a second time. then we’ll have a further discussion in groups of 4 students. the question for you is: what are the same or different things between the schools in china and canada. i’ll give you 5 minutes to discuss. then you should report your discuss to our class.
　　(five minutes later, collect the result of their discussion.)
　　t: group 1, what are the same things between the schools in china and canada?
　　s15(from group 1): there are classrooms in all the schools.
　　t: good! anything else? group 2?
　　s16 (from group 2): there are many teachers.
　　t: very good! what’s the different things then?
　　s17(from group 3): schools in china are bigger.
　　s18(from group 4): every teacher has a different classroom in canada.
　　s19(from group 5): students in canada go from room to room for their lessons. students in china have class in one room.
　　s20(from group 6): in canada, there are more teachers in their schools.
　　school begins at 8:30 in canada, later than in china.
　　…
　　step 4: answering questions
　　encourage the ss to ask questions about the text, including the meaning or usage of the new words and phrases in this lesson. explain to the students and make notes on the blackboard. (see the explanations in the attached reference materials)
　　step 5: ＂let’s do it＂ section
　　t: it’s our new school term. it’s our first lesson today. then let’s talk about the new term. look at the questions in ＂let’s do it!＂ and talk more.
　　3 question you’ll get: what is the same in the new term? what will be different? what will you do differently?
　　step 6: homework
　　1) write an e-mail to your friend
　　2) finish off the exercises in the activity book
　　3. class closing
　　sum up this lesson and end it.
　　t: today we learned two e-mails. there are some new words and phrases we should remember: grade, student, class, pupil, cousin; be back, have lessons/classes. we also know about the differences between schools in china and canada. please practise writing an e-mail to your friends after class and finish your homework. that’s all for today.