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Lesson 2 Making school a better place
Unit 2
Communication
冀教版(九年级上册)
01
能够掌握本课时的单词、短语及句型。
02
能够读懂短文里学生会开展的各类校园活动出现的问题及处理方法,理清文章讲述的完整故事,完成相关练习。
03
能够谈论当组员有不同想法时如何处理。
学习目标
Do you know anything about student council?
The student council is a student-elected organization. It organizes various school activities, listens to students' ideas and cooperates to build a more fun, united and welcoming school for everyone.
School Art Festival
Charity sale
Collect students' opinions
School beautification project
School sports meet
Speech & debate contests
Weekly council meetings
Lead in
Leading in
Do you know anything about student council?
student council
The student council is a student-elected organization. It organizes various school activities, listens to students’ ideas and cooperates to build a more fun, united and welcoming school for everyone.
School Art Festival
Charity sale
Collect students’ opinions
School beautification project
School sports meet
Speech & debate contests
Weekly council meetings
Pre-reading
Read Para1. and answer the following questions.
Danielle is the ________ of the student council and she is in Grade ________ this year.
The student council tries to make school more fun, more ________ and more welcoming.
Danielle works in Grade 8.( T / F )
Students pick the members of the student council.( T / F )
What activities do you think the student council will organize later in the passage? Write down 1–2 ideas.
president
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united
Pre-reading
Read Para1. and the answer the following questions.
What activities do you think the student council will organize later in the passage? Write down 1–2 ideas.
I think they will .
or to make the school better.
hold school parties
charity activities
Read the questions and give your answers.
A Is there a student council in your school? What does it do?
B Does student council make school a better place? Why?
新课讲授
Before reading
Yes, there is a student council in my school. It acts as a bridge between students and teachers. It collects students’ ideas, organizes school activities such as sports meetings and art festivals. It also helps solve some small problems for students.
Yes, I think so. The student council knows what students really need. It helps communicate between students and teachers. It holds many colourful activities and deals with students’ worries. In this way, our school becomes more lively and comfortable.
My name is Danielle. I’m in Grade 9 this year, and I’m president of the student council at my school. The student council works hard to make school more fun, more united, and more welcoming. Members of the council are chosen by the students.
Read Para1. again and take notes.
president
主席;会长;总统
council
委员会,理事会
works hard
努力工作
united
团结的
welcoming
热情的
are chosen by
被…… 挑选
Read Para1. and answer the following questions.
What activities do you think the student council will organize later in the passage? Write down 1–2 ideas.
Can you guess what Danielle did this year?
Let us read the next part and find out the answers.
Suppose a journalist is interviewing Danielle. Help her answer the questions.
B How did you deal with differences in opinions when planning the art festival?
They shared their ideas with others, made sure everyone was respected and found the best ideas together.
Suppose a journalist is interviewing Danielle. Help her answer the questions.
C In what ways did the student council cooperate to make your school a better place?
①They planned school activities such as an art festival and a bake sale.
②They divided into different groups and each did their part for events.
③They raised money for charity at the bake sale.
④They communicated and tried hard to understand each other when they had different ideas at meetings.
Dear diary,
Today was a fulfilling day. We made the field trip to the museum a success! Last month, we decided to organise a field trip for the student council. We ________ our plans ________ others and chose the best one. After that, we _______________ two groups. One group checked the schedule. The other took care of the drinks and snacks, and _____________ there were enough for every student. Throughout the trip, we _____________ to make everything work well. In the museum, we explored the exhibition and discovered many interesting things. We learned a lot.
By working together, we had a fun experience. I'll remember it for a long time. Can't wait for the next adventure!
Complete the diary with the correct forms of the phrases.
share... with do one's part divide into make sure
shared with
were divided into
made sure
did our part
Read the passage and choose the best answer.
What is the main idea of the passage?
A. To show how to hold a successful art festival
B. To describe Danielle’s experience in the student council and the importance of teamwork and communication
C. To tell us how to raise money for charity
D. To introduce different cultures in one school
What do you do when your group members have different opinions?
When group members have different opinions, we share our ideas with each other. We listen carefully and try to understand everyone. We make sure all people are respected. Finally, we try to reach an agreement and cooperate well.
Read the passage and write true (T) or false (F).
A Student council members are chosen by teachers. ( )
B In the student council, every member’s idea is respected. ( )
C They organised a bake sale to raise money for their council. ( )
D The author thinks good communication is important to make the council work well. ( )
F
T
F
T
Language point 1
1. I'm president of the student council at my school.
我是我们学校学生会的主席。
president /ˈprezɪdənt/n. 主席;会长;校长
student council president 学生会主席
president of …… 的主席 / 会长
presidency n. 主席任期;总统职位
e.g. She was chosen as president of the music club this year.
她今年被选为音乐俱乐部的主席。
Read the passage again and choose the best answer.
1. When did the student council decide to hold an art festival?
A. In January B. In February C. In March D. In April
2. How many groups did they set up for the bake sale?
A. Two B. Three C. Four D. Five
3. What was Danielle’s group responsible for in the bake sale?
A. Selling goods B. Baking food
C. Promoting the sale D. Giving out gifts
2. In February, we decided to organise an art festival.
decide to do sth. 决定做某事
e.g. We decided to organise an art festival.
我们决定举办一场艺术节。
二、用所给单词的适当形式填空
1. All the volunteers _________ (choose) from our school last month.
2. Make sure ______ (close) the windows when you leave the classroom.
3. Everyone in our class ______ (do) their part in the school cleaning every week.
4. It’s important ______ (reach) an agreement before the activity starts.
5. She doesn’t know what ______ (bring) to the school picnic tomorrow.
were chosen
to close
does
to reach
to bring
We cooperate to make our school a better place for everyone.
(1) cooperate 合作
cooperate with sb (to do sth). (与某人)合作做某事
We cooperate with our teachers to plan school activities.
cooperate to do sth.
All students cooperate to organize the art festival.
拓展:形容词形式 cooperative ,合作的;配合的
He is very cooperative in this project.
Language points
Suppose a journalist is interviewing Danielle. Help her
answer the questions.
A. What is the goal of the student council?
The student council works hard to make school more fun, more united, and more welcoming.
B. How did you deal with differences in opinions when planning the art festival?
We shared our ideas with others, made sure everyone was respected and found the best ideas together.
It’s not always easy to reach an agreement that satisfies everyone.
(1)it's + 形容词 + to do sth:it 作形式主语,真正的主语是后面的to do
sth.,意为 “做某事是…… 的”
It's easy to plan a small activity for the school.
(2)reach an agreement 达成一致意见
agreement的动词为agree。
① agree with sb. 同意某人(的观点)
I agree with you about the art festival theme.
② agree to do sth. 同意做某事
They all agree to go to the movies next week.
③ agree on sth. 就某事达成共识(与 reach an agreement 近义)
We agree on the time of the school trip.
Language points
一、根据汉语提示补全句子(每空一词)
1. 出发前请确认博物馆的开放时间。
Please ______ ______ the opening time of the museum before you leave.
2. 我们都要尽一份力来保持教室干净。
We all need to ______ ______ ______ to keep our classroom clean.
3. 老师把这些任务分成了六个部分。
The teacher ______ these tasks ______ six parts.
4. 他为在演讲比赛中获得奖项感到自豪。
He ______ ______ ______ win a prize in the speech competition.
5. 这个好消息让所有同学都感到开心。
The good news ______ all the students ______.
make sure
do our part
divides
into
is proud to
makes
happy
Ask your group members about how to deal with different opinions.
Basic homework
Practical homework
Read the passage aloud.
Try to make a poster about communicating.
Extended homework
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