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Reading
Unit 2 School life
八年级上册
What unusual schools around the world do you know What’s special about them
Revision
Lead-in
Read the rubrics on page 22.
What type of articles are we going to read
Look at the photos of the two students.
Can you guess where the two students are from
Lead-in
Nancy looks like a westerner. Maybe she is from the UK.
Maybe Tomoya is from Japan. The name seems like a Japanese one.
Lead-in
What do you know about education in the two countries
In the UK, children usually start primary school at the age of 4 or 5. Compulsory education lasts from age 5 to age 16. The UK offers students many interesting subjects, including English, Maths, Science, Art, etc. In Japan, children usually start primary school at the age of 6. Compulsory education lasts from age 6 to age 15. The subjects are similar to those in the UK, and Japanese schools also offer a lot of club activities.
Pre-reading
Answer the two questions below.
1. What is your school life like
2. What is special about your school life
It is colourful. We have interesting lessons, such as Biology and PE.
There are optional courses for students to choose from. We can choose the courses we are interested in.
While reading
Read the two blog posts and tell the structure of each post.
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Para 1
Paras 2–3
Para 4
Introduction to herself and her school
Subjects and what’s special about her school
Nancy’s feelings
about her school life
While reading
Part 1
Part 2
Para 1
Paras 2–4
Introduction to himself and his school
Subjects and what’s special about his school
Practice
The UK
fewer
subjects
the arts
Japan
safety
Food
cleaning
While-reading
Scan Nancy’s blog posts and fill in the tables below.
Subjects Foreign languages: ___________________ ___________________ The arts: Art, music, _______ Maths Science
Nancy’s opinion Learning Chinese is ___________, but she wants to ____________. The arts are as ___________ as languages, Maths and Science. She can be _________ when learning the arts. It helps students ______________ in other subjects. Chinese, French, German
drama
not simple
have a go
creative
important
study better
While-reading
Scan Tomoya’s blog posts and fill in the tables below.
What’s special What to do Benefits
Safety programmes Learn how to (1) _______ ___________________ Get plenty of (2) _________________
Food education Learn how to (3) _________ and eat well Be more aware of (4) _________________________________
Cleaning Clean classrooms, (5) _______ and other school areas Develop (6) ___________ from an early age
survive
in the face of danger
hands-on experience
cook meals
the importance of a healthy diet
toilets
good habits
Discussion
1. Do Nancy and Tomoya like their school lives Can you give
details to support your idea
Yes, they both like their school lives. Because Nancy says “Being creative is great and it helps us study better in other subjects.” and “Time flies when we are enjoying school!”
Tomoya says “In this way, we are more aware of the importance of a healthy diet.” and “This helps us develop good habits from an early age.”
Discussion
2. What interests you the most about the schools Why
3. Why does Woodland Secondary school pay attention to the arts
I am interested in food education because I think cooking is great fun. It is very helpful in daily life, and I want to cook healthy food for my family.
Version 1: The arts can encourage creative thinking and also help
students study better in other subjects.
Version 2: Drama lessons can help develop communication and
public speaking skills.
Version 3: The arts can help students shape a positive attitude
towards life.
4. Why does Gekko Middle school consider safety programmes and
food education important
Discussion
Safety programmes and food education help students live safe and healthy lives. They can also prepare students for the future.
(1) Nancy’s school is small, and it is in London. ____
(2) Nancy thinks Chinese is easy to learn. ____
(3) Nancy likes going to school. ____
(4) Tomoya’s school has different programmes to help
students stay safe. ____
(5) Tomoya does not know how to cook. ____
(6) Every day at school, Tomoya and his classmates only
need to clean the toilets. ____
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Nancy’s school is small, and it is near London.
Nancy does not think Chinese is easy to learn.
Tomoya knows how to cook at school.
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Post-reading
Every day at school, Tomoya and his classmates need to clean classrooms, toilets and other school areas.
Finish Part B on page 24.
Post-reading
hands-on
Finish Part C on page 24.
Post-reading
creative
environment
offered
aware
plenty of
looking forward to
pay
attention to
Practice: fill in the table below
Linlin’s school (1) ________________________
Country (2) ________________
What is special The school has a (3) __________________ every year.
It is (4) _______________ for students to be creative.
Students are (5) _________________ the importance
of green energy.
Donghua Junior High School
China
science festival
a chance
aware of
Practice
Does Linlin enjoy her school life How do you know that
Yes, she does. Because she says “We study lots of interesting subjects at school, ...” and “But I love our Science lessons the most.”
Consolidation
Nancy’s school life
Basic information
Subjects &
key features
Feelings
Talk about Nancy’s school life according to the chart below.
Consolidation
Tomoya’s school life
Basic information
Subjects &
key features
Talk about Tomoya’s school life according to the chart below.
Extension
1. In your opinion, what is the best thing about each school
2. Which school in the blog posts would you like to go to Why
In my opinion, the best thing about Nancy’s school is that students go to different classrooms for different lessons. The best thing about Tomoya’s school is that the school pays a lot of attention to food education.
I would like to go to Nancy’s school as an exchange student because we have many more students here, and I would like to experience classes in a smaller size.
Discuss the following questions with your partner.
Extension
3. What do you like best about your school
Version 1: We think our school has the best teachers. They help us
solve problems whenever we are in need.
Version 2: We think the best thing about our school is that it offers
us optional courses. We can choose what we are
interested in to develop our hobbies.
Group work: talk about your own school life, using the charts about Nancy’s and Tomoya’s school lives to help you.
Extension
Homework
1. Read the two post blogs fluently.
2. Write a short article about your own school life.
Thank you!

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