module1 my first day at senior high
culture corner <a letter from a senior high student>
课前预习学案
一、预习目标
preview the text to know the meanings of new words and phrases;
understand the main idea of the text
二、预习内容
1.new words
消失_______ 搬家______ 包含________ 文凭________
2,new phrases
参加____________ 在……….末尾,尽头_____________
在……….开始_____________ 被分成______________
3.translate
the school year is pided 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
同学们,通过你的自主学习,你有哪些疑惑,请写在下面的横线上.
_________________________________________________________________________.
课内探究学案
一、学习目标：
1.知识目标：
master the new words and phrases：
cover pide the first of which join join in take part in attend
2.能力目标
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.情感目标
1) judge the difference between china and america?
2) develop the sense of cooperative learning.
学习重难点:master the main idea of the text以及attend,take part in, join的用法及区别.
二、学习过程
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覆盖;占地面积;包含,包括;报道;走过一段路程;看完多少页书;
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?
5) the city covers ten square miles.
6) i want our best reporters sent to coverthe trial (审讯).
7) the dictionary does not cover the whole english vocabulary.
2. the school year is pided into two semesters, the first of which is september through december…
pide（使某物）分割开；分开；分隔, 常与介词into搭配使用。如：
pide a large house into flats
把一所大房子分隔成若干套间
pide a novel into chapters
把一部小说分成若干章节
pide the class into small groups
把那个班分成几个小组
the first of which is… 引导的是非限制性定语从句。
这是由“名词/代词+of+关系代词”引导的定语从句。这种形式可以用于指人，也可以用于指物。指人时关系代词用whom，指物时用which。又如：
her sons, both of whom work abroad, ring her up every week.
她的两个儿子，都在国外工作， 他们每周都给她打电话来。
he went with a group of people, few of whom were correctly equipped for such a climb.
他和一队人一起去了，其中没有几个人配有进行这样一次登山的适当装备。
the buses, most of which were already full, were surrounded by an angry crowd.
公共汽车大多数都已经挤满了人，它们被愤怒的人群包围着。
3. join;join in;take part in参加
注: take an active part in ;take part with 站在...一边 play an important part in; play the part/role of
(1) join — become a member of…加入某些组织join the party/army/the united nation
(2) join sb in sth/doing 与…一起参加(正在进行的活动)join us in our talk
join us in buying sth for her
(3) take part in 参加(有组织的某项活动)
i joined the school basket team, but didn’t take part in its important competition held last week.
(4) attend 参加（会议）；照顾attend the meeting ,attend school, attend (to) the wounded
there will be more athletes taking part inthe XX olympic to be held in beijing.
三、反思总结summmary the knowledge learned in this period and can use them in the
四.当堂检测
1.as a young man,comrade zhou enlai____the students’movements and later_____the communist party of china.
a joined;took part in b.took part in;joined c joined in;took part in d took part of;joined
2.______with a table cloth the table looks very nice.
a.covering b.covered c.having covered d.having been covered
3.the tourists were _______three groups to visit the museum.
a.pided into b.pided from c.separated into d.separated from
4.the housing area ____ ____ ____ _____three square kilometres.(这片居住区占地三平方公里.)
5.did you ________the meeting held yesterday?(join take part in attend)
