M1 Unit1 School life

Reading

Class____ Name________ Number____

Aims:

1. Read a magazine article about school life in the UK and help you learn sth.about the differences between the school life in China and the school life in the UK.

2. Know about the reading strategy: Skimming and scanning

3. Try to analyze the structure of some sentences from the text.

Period One

Procedure:

Activity one: Welcome to the unit

According to the given pictures at Page1, read the instructions and try to express the differences between schools in China and the UK.

Activity two: Reading strategy( skimming and scanning).

Please read the Reading strategy on page 3 and answer two questions below:

Why do we skim a text? How do we do it?

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Why do we scan a text? How do we do it?

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Activity three: Skimming.

Read the text quickly and circle the topics mentioned in it.

1) teachers 2) students 3) friends 4) subjects 5) homework

6) grades 7) festivals 8) timetable 9)activities 10) host family

11) food 12) hobbies 13) school rules 14) school hours

15) school assembly 16) Woodwork class

Activity four: Scanning.

Read the text quickly and then finish PartA and Part C1.

Activity five: Detailed Reading

Read the article again and try to answer these questions in short sentences of Part C2.

Activity six: Consolidation.

1. Finish Part D and Part E.

2. Read the text and fill the following blanks (one word for each blank and pay attention to the right form).

Time 9 a.m ---3.30 p.m School starts an hour (1)________ than in China.