My First Day at Senior High

Module One

第一课时

Lead-in (Discuss and compare) Everybody , you have studied in

your new school for over 3 months before we know it. Before you came here , all of you studied in different schools, now I will give you some

time to think what the main differences and similarities between Junior High school and Senior High

school.

1 Do you think that work at Senior High school is harder than

that at Junior High school?2 Are Senior High teachers similar

to Junior High teachers? After we have compared Senior

High school and Junior High school, now we will learn something about Likang’s First day at Senior High .

Before we read the text ， let’s predict

Prediction Work in groups and discuss.1. What Li Kang will mention

about his first day at Senior High

----predict the topic

2. What Li Kang‘s first day will be like---

use some adjectives to describe

Reading

Read this article, compare it with your memories.

Differences……

Similarities……

I’m Li Kang, a Senior High student coming from Shijiazhuang, the capital of ______________. Now I’m writing down my thoughts about the first day at Senior High school.

In my new school, the teachers are ___________ and _______ and the

classrooms are ________.

Hebei Province

enthusiasticamazing

friendly

Our English teacher, Ms. Shen, is a very enthusiastic woman, and her class is really __________. In my opinion, her _________________ is special. In the first class, we ________ ourselves to each other. Everyone was very friendly though some of them were ___________ at first. Then we followed Ms. Shen’s instructions and worked by ourselves.

interestingmethod of teaching

introduced

embarrassed

In a word, I like her _______ very much, and the other student’s behaviour shows that they also like her.

There are sixty-five students in my class — more than my _______ class in Junior High, and everyone is ____________.

attitude

previous

hard-working

I Scanning Read the text quickly and try to find the answer to these

questions:

2.Find the topic sentence of each paragraph and summarize

the main idea.Paragraph 1: self- introduction about

the writerParagraph 2: My new school is very

good and I can see why.

Paragraph 3: The English class is really

interesting.Paragraph 4: Today we introduced

ourselves to each other.

Paragraph 5: We like Ms Shen very much

for her helping in our spelling and

handwriting.Paragraph 6: Everyone in my class

is hard-working.

3.Read the three summaries of Li kang’s opinion about the new

school. Decide which is the best.

1. Li Kang’s new school is very different from his old school. There is new

technology and they speak a lot in the English class. Everyone in the class works

hard.2. Li Kang is very impressed with the

teachers and the technology in his new school. The English teacher’s method of is very different from that in his old school and very interesting .The class is bigger

and the students work hard. 3. The most important thing about the new school is the technology in the classroom.

There are more girls than boys in the class. Li Kang ‘s first homework is a description of

the street where he lives.

根据下列要求回答问题（请注意问题后的字数要求）

second -reading

1. Which sentence in the text is the closest in meaning to the following

one? My previous teacher s’

method of teaching is different from that of Ms Chen.

Ms Chen’s method of teaching is

nothing like that of the teachers at my Junior High

school.

2. Please find1) two things the English teacher thinks are

important to do in class.(no more than 6words)

① ___________________ ② ___________________

reading comprehension speaking

3. Translate the sentence into Chinese.I don’t think I’ll be bored in Ms

Chen’s class. 我认为我在沈老师的课上不会感到无聊的。

2)two things the English teachers wants to prove.

① __________② ___________

spellinghandwriti

ng 否定前移

Read the text carefully and fill in the blanks.

Careful –reading and Understanding

Self introduc-tion

Name Place Time

Description of the new school

New schoolTeachers

Classroom

My first day at Senior HighLi Kang

ShijiazhuangMy first day at

Senior HighGood Enthusiastic and

friendlyAmazing with

computers and screens

The English class

Class Teacher Activities

Students in my class

Interesting, funny, not

boring Enthusiastic with new methodIntroducing, reading and

spelling Friendly, hard-working

and more girls

Detailed understandingI. True (T) or False (F)

1. Though the writer doesn’t know why, he

thinks that his new school is very good.

2. Although the writer’s English teacher considers reading

comprehension important, she also lets the students practice speaking

in class.3. Every classroom has a computer

with a big cinema screen.

F

T

T

4. In the writer’s class, there are more

girls than boys, and all of them are

hard-working.5. There were sixty-five students in the class when the writer was in Junior High.

T

F

1.enthusiastic adj. (1) She is an enthusiastic admirer of

the film star. be enthusiastic about (doing) sth (2) He is enthusiastic about singing. (3) She became enthusiastic about

classical music.

Language Points P2

2. amazed/amazing amazing/amazed adj. She has an amazing talent for music. at/by sth be amazed to do sth

从句译： 他的中国文化知识令我感到惊讶。 我们很惊奇的发现竟然没有人受伤。

P2

3. nothing like: (1) be different from… 与…完全不同 It looks nothing like a horse. (2) There’s nothing like home. 比不上 The book is nothing like as difficult as I expected.

4. fun un. a lot of/great fun;

make fun of

P3

a. a fun house/person; a funny lookingFunny 用来指令人发笑的人或事物Fun 做定语，用来指令人愉快的事物或喜欢与之相处的人（ enjoybale 令人愉快的）He told a funny joke.She’s one of the funniest people I know.Our day at the beach was really fun.My sister is a fun person.

1. _________ story it is! A. What a funny B. What funny C. How a funny D. how funny2. __________it is to go swimming on such a hot day! A. What fun B. How fun C. What a fun D. How a fun3. _________ it is to jump into a river to

swim on such a hot day. A. What a fun B. What fun C. How funny D. How a fun

be bored with/by/at sthbe tired ofAre you bored with my teaching method?

P35. I don’t think I will be bored in …否定前移：将 think, believe, suppose, expect, guess, feel, imagine 等动词后面宾语从句的否定词转移到主句中1.I don’t think it’s a good idea.2.We didn’t imagine that he would say

anything.

6. introduce…to… explain…to… (1)Let’s introduce ourselves to each

other.(2)He introduced his friend to me. (3)I’ll explain the language points to

you.

P4

7. embarrassed —sb feels ashamed embarrassing —cause sb to feel ashamed (1) She was embarrassed by his loud laughter. (2) They all felt embarrassed when they knew that.

embarrass vt. Making speeches in public embarrasses me.

P4

8. instruction n. 指示；说明（常用复数） an instruction book 说明书 instruct vt. 指导 instruct sb to do sth 指导某人做某事

P4

吃药之前请先读一下说明。Read the instructions before you take the medicine.

9. attitude n. attitude to/towards sb/sth/doing sth (1) Describe your attitude to studying English. (2) What’s your attitude to him? (3) He took a friendly/hostile attitude to us.

P5

10. behaviour n. She was ashamed of her children's bad behaviour. behave vi. behave well/badly behave like a gentleman/lady Behave yourself!

P5

11. in other words = that is to say 换言之；也就是说(1) His hair grew gray, in other words, he is old.

(2) We have passed college entrance examination, that is to say, we’re college students now.

P6

12. 英语倍数表达：(1) A + be + times + as + 原级 + as B. Our room is twice as large as theirs. (2) A + be + times + 比较级 + than B. Our room is twice larger than theirs.(3) A + be + times + the + n + of B. Our room is twice the length/ width/ size of theirs.

P6

13. look forward to … 盼望 + n/v-ing. pay attention to … 注意(1) The old lady is looking forward to seeing her lost son.(2) Please pay more attention to your pronunciation and handwriting.

P6

The letter we looked forward to _____ last Sunday.A. comes B. coming C. came D. to come

Homework

假如你是 Jim，进入高中后认识了一些新同学和新老师，请你给你初中时的好朋友 Peter写一封信，介绍一下你的学校及学习生活情况。词数 80-100。