Unit 1 School life （Project Starting a new after-school activity）

unit 1 school life （project starting a new after-school activity）
period one
teaching aims:
to learn two articles about after-school activities in school
to learn the use of as and require
to find out how an activity attracts the students and helps the students
 
teaching procedures:
step 1: listen to the recording of the articles on page 18
  true or false questions:
1. the radio station is run by the principal.
2. the radio station started 2 years ago when cd players were allowed in school.
3. members of poets of the next generation meet up on the last friday of every month.
4. everyone was nice and friendly in the group. they liked the first poem bob read to them.
step 2: read the two articles and answer the following questions:
what do the student members in the radio station do during exam time?
what do they do when parents come to visit the school?
who started “poets of the next generation”?
what do the members of the group do when they meet?
step 3: fill in the blanks:
the radio station in our school is ____ by the student. two years ago, i asked them ________ if
music could be played during _____ ____. he agreed.
we tell students the _______, _____ _____ and some special messages. during _____
____ we tell the students what they ______ or _________ do for preparation. when
parents come, we play songs _____ by students and _____ them of ______, such as
_________ and ______ _____.
our english teacher mr owen started the group “_____________________________”. group members ____________ to talk about ________ and _______ that we like.
when i _______ it, i was ________ to write five poems and _____ one ____ to the group. i
______ everyone around a tree before i read. the group said they loved the poem i read.
step 4: vocabulary and language points:
allow:  permit sb./sth. to do sth.
principal: person with the highest authority in certain schools
generation: all people born at about the same time
select: choose sb./sth.
calm: not excited, nervous
require: order or command sth.
the use of as and require
step 4: discussion
how do these two activities attract the students?
how do they help the students?
assignment:
try to find the answers to the following questions:
what after-school activities do you have in your school?
do you like them? why/ why not?
if you could start a new after-school activity to enjoy with your schoolmates, what new activity would you choose?

period two:
teaching aims:
to do the project of starting a new after-school activity

teaching procedures:
step 1:  check homework