Module One My first day at Senior high
finish the excises in activity 3.
step 3 pronunciation
t: i found some students could not pronounce the words with –ed endings correctly, now let’s have a look at these words:
1 amazed bored tired
2 embarrassed
3 disappointed excited interested
play the tape for the students and ask the to find the differences and try to imitate the pronunciation . ask the students to find out the principles.
step 4 speaking
t: we often take part in many after-school activities , now let’s look at the pictures in speaking part to find out what the us high school students do after class.
1 what can you see in the picture and what are they doing .
2 is the school similar to ours? explain why it is or isn’t.
3 do students at our school do things like this ?
4 how do you think about the after-school activities? are they good or bad? how can we make best use of after-school activities.
give the students some time to discuss the questions and try to report their own ideas. then the teacher make a summary.
step5 writing
t: we have sorrows and happiness in our school lives, sometimes we want to exchange our feelings with others, so we write a letter or make a call. now we will read a letter from an american girl who likes sharing her memories of her first year at school. ok, please turn to p8 and read it.
give the students some time to read the letter.
go through the letter and deal with some important or difficult points.
t: do you want to write a letter to her and tell your memories of the first year at school. now , can you tell me what should we write this reply and what will you write in it.
ask the students to tell their own ideas and collect them and write down them on the black board.
the teacher give the students some suggestions.
ask the students to write the reply in the class if enough time is left. or, leave it as home work..
homework
i ask the students to write and correct their reply.
ii remember the uses of –ing&-ed endings.
iii finish the exercises about this module.