Unit 2 School life (Reading)课件2025-2026学年译林版（2024）英语八年级上册

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. ____ F T F F F 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. T 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! $