My First Day at Senior High

module1 my first day at senior high
culture corner <a letter from a senior high student>
課前預習學案
一、預習目標
preview the text to know the meanings of new words and phrases;
understand the main idea of the text
二、預習內容
1.new words
消失_______     搬家______     包含________   文憑________
2,new phrases
參加____________  在……….末尾,盡頭_____________
在……….開始_____________ 被分成______________
3.translate
the school year is divided into two semesters,the first of which is september through december,and the second january through may.
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三、提出疑惑
同學們,通過你的自主學習,你有哪些疑惑,請寫在下面的橫線上.
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課內探究學案
一、學習目標：
1.知識目標：
master the new words and phrases：
cover   divide  the first of which   join    join in   take part in    attend
2.能力目標
1)understand the main idea of the text and can answer some questions.
2)find out the different  school systems between china and america .
3.情感目標
1) judge the difference between china and america?
2) develop the sense of cooperative learning.
學習重難點:master the main idea of the text以及attend,take part in, join的用法及區別.
二、學習過程
1. answer some questions about the pictures.
2. fast reading
read the passage quickly and answer the question on the page9
3. careful reading
read the passage carefully and answer these questions.
1)paragraph 1  questions:
① how long does secondary school cover in the us?
② which grades are high school?
③ what do they need if they want to go to college?
2)paragraph 2  questions:
① how many semesters are there in the school year?
② what are they?
③ what is the school schedule?
3)paragraph 3  question:
what is the main idea of this paragraph?
4)paragraph 4  question:
what is the main idea of the paragraph?
4.sum up
sum up the differences between american school system and china’s .
5.dicussion
what do you think of the american school system? and what about china? (please express your own opinion and discuss with your partner.)
language points
1.cover覆蓋;占地面積;包含,包括;報道;走過一段路程;看完多少頁書;
be covered with/by
1) cover the sleeping child with your coat.
2) the mountain was covered with snowall the year round.
3) he covered the distance in 15 minutes.
4) how many pages have you covered?