1. －Who’s the boy? －______ my friend, Jack.

　 　　 A. It’s　　　 　　　　　　　 B. This is　　　　 　　　　　　　 C. He’s

Education is free for all children from 5 to 18 . About 94 per cent of pupils in the UK receive free education from public funds, while 6 per cent attend independent fee paying schools. All government-run schools, state schools, follow the same National Curriculum.

The School Year The school year is 39 weeks long and is divided into six terms:

• September to October 　　　　　　　　　
• October to December 　　　　　　　　　　
• January to February
• February to March
• April to May
• June to July

The main school holidays are:

Christmas- 2 weeks Spring - 2 weeks Summer - 6 weeks

We have a one week holiday at the end of every odd numbered term.

When do kids start school? In general, children start school on the first day of term after they turn 5. At the age of 11, they move on to regular high schools, known as secondary schools. When do kids finish school? English children are required to attend school until they are 16 years old. At the age of 16, students write an examination called the GCSE (General Certificate of Secondary Education). All students are tested in mathematics, English literature, English composition, chemistry, biology, physics, history or the Classics, one modern language, and one other subject, such as art or computer studies.

After completing the GCSE, some students leave school, others go onto technical college, whilst others continue at high school for two more years and take a further set of standardized exams, known as A levels, in three or four subjects. These exams determine whether a student is eligible for university.

Education stages: Children's education in England is normally divided into two separate stages. They begin with primary education at the age of five and this usually lasts until they are eleven. Then they move to secondary school, there they stay until they reach sixteen, seventeen or eighteen years of age.

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　多个主语并列时,be随最近主语变。

　变疑问很简单,把be提到there前。

　变否定也不难,be的后面not添。

　肯定句中用some, 疑问、否定any换。

　介词短语表地点,"有"表"存在"记心间。

　There be在主语前,have/has在主语后。

　多个主语并列时,There be随第一主语变。

　并列主语表"所有",要用have是正理。

　There be表"存在", have/has表"所有".

2.　　 Preview the whole Module.

Teaching resources 教学资源库

1.　　 finish the rest activities in workbook.

2.　Key structures 重点句式

There is a teacher’s desk in our classroom. Miss Li’s bag is on the desk. Her book is in her bag.

Ability goals能力目标

Enable students to talk about their schools and classrooms.

Teaching methods教学方法

Writing and speaking.

Teaching aids教具准备

A computer and a projector.

Teaching procedures and ways教学过程与方式

Step I Warming-up

Check the homework. Review “There be” pattern by telling a story as follows.

T: Hello, everyone! Today I’ll tell you a story. (Turn off the lights, and tell the story in a low voice.) There is a dark, dark house in the town. In the town there are dark, dark stairs. Go up, up, up the stairs. There is a dark, dark room. Open the door. There is a dark, dark kitchen. In the kitchen there is a large, large fridge. What is in the fridge? Now open your books and turn to page 30. Look at the picture and answer the question.

S: There is some meat in it.

S: There are some eggs in it.

…

T: Are there any bananas in it?

S: Yes, there are.

T: Is there any sugar in it?

S: No, there isn’t.

T: Good. Now look around your classroom and talk about it.

S: There are 40 students in our classroom. There are 23 boys and 17 girls in our class. And there are two foreign students in our class.

S: There is a teacher’s desk in the front of the classroom. Miss Yang’s bag is on the desk. There are some books in her bag.

…

Then ask students to look at the pictures and complete the sentences in activity 2. In this procedure, divide the class into two groups and have a competition. One of the groups asks questions like Where is …; and the other answers in a limited time. Then exchange the roles.

After that, ask some students to read the complete sentences to the class.

Step II Writing

In this procedure, students will learn to write a letter describing their school. First, ask students to complete the word map in activity 3 and then work in pairs and finish the letter.

T: Of course, there are many kinds of people and also there are many kinds of things in our school. When we tell others about our school, we should say the things in the right order but not at sixes and sevens. Now look at the word map in activity 3. This word map will help us describe things orderly. Well, complete the map first.

Check the answers with the class. And then ask students to draw a map of their school and write some sentences to describe it orally, and then ask them to write a composition about it in a fixed time.

Check the work, make comments and select the excellent ones to show around.

Sample version:

Hello, friends! Welcome to my school. My school is beautiful and very big.

　There are many rooms in the school building. My classroom is on the sixth floor. There are sixty-nine students in my class. You can see many desks, chairs, a blackboard, three fans, two windows, four lights and a teacher's desk. My seat is near the door. The computer room is on the third floor. There are many computers in it. I like playing computer games very much! The canteen (食堂) is on the first floor. We have lunch there.

　Look! This is the playground. We often play games on it. There are many flowers in the garden, some are red, some are yellow...

　I have a good time every day in my school. I like my school very much.

Step III Around the world

Tell the students a brief survey of schools in England. And say some small differences between schools in China and ones in West.

Step IV Homework

Ask students to

1.　Key vocabulary重点词汇

some, any, one. science

2. make a map with names of the places in which they live in.

Period 3 Integrating skills

Language goals语言目标

1. finish exercises 5-7 on pages 80--81 in the workbook.

2. Key structures重点句式

Where is …

Where are…

Ability goals 能力目标

Enable students to write sentences to introduce their schools.

Teaching methods教学方法

Reading and speaking.

Teaching aids教具准备

A computer and a projector.

Teaching procedures and ways教学过程与方式

Step I Warming-up (P15: 8, 9)

Greet students and ask them to describe the things around.

T: Hello, everyone! Nice to see you!

S: Hello. Miss Zhang. Nice to see you too.

T: We are in the classroom now. Could you tell me what’s around you?

Show the following.

There is …

There are …

Ask as many students as possible to tell the things around them. Then ask them to work in pairs and write about their classroom using numbers.

Sample version:

There are 42 desks and 42 chairs in our classroom. There is a teacher’s desk. There are some pictures on the wall. There are 42 students in our class. There are 25 boys and 15 girls.

Step II Lead-in (P16: 1, 2)

Ask students to do activities 1, 2 on page 16. First help students learn the words in the box in activity 1. Then ask students to finish the following. Show the following.

　 We have classes in the ________.　 We read at the _______.

We have meals at the _________.　 We do exercises in the ________.

We do experiments in the ________. Teachers work in the ______.

After this, ask students to match the picture with the places.

Step II Reading (P14: 3, 4)

Listening

Ask students to listen to the conversation and underline the correct answers.

T: Betty and Daming are introducing their schools and classrooms. Listen carefully and decide which is the correct answer in each sentence in activity 4.

Play the tape and then check the answers with the whole class.

Reading

Ask students to read the conversation, and then work in groups of three and make their own conversations and then ask three of them to act it out in the front of the class.

Step II Reading and speaking (P16: 2)

Read about the picture

Ask some students to come to the front of the classroom and ask some others to talk about their positions by asking and answering the questions using the following.

Show the following.

　 behind, next to, in front of

Where is …?

Where are …?

Then ask students to read about picture A in activity 2 and answer the questions.

Read Betty’s homework (P17: 3, 4)

Ask students to work in pairs and read the sentences in activity 3 on page 17, and then write the names of the places below the pictures.

Check the answers. Then show the following and ask students to read the sentences repeatedly and notice the words in bold.

Betty is next to Lingling.

They are in front of Tony and Daming.

Daming and Tony are behind Lingling and Betty.

After that, ask students to work in pairs and ask and answer the questions in activity 3 about their school.

Practice

Ask students to do the exercises 1-4 on page 80. Check the answers with the class.

Step III Writing

Ask students to practice writing sentences using the correct pronouns.

First ask students to read the sentences and answer the questions in activity 5 and then answer the questions about their school.

Step IV Homework

Ask students to