Lesson 2 Know your school 2026-2027学年外研版英语七年级上册

This lesson is Lesson 2 of the starter unit Welcome to junior high. Its learning objectives require students to talk about different places at school, discuss activities they can do in these areas, and describe their new school with the simple present tense. It builds on the previous lesson and helps freshmen get familiar with campus‑themed vocabulary and basic sentence patterns for daily description. The class starts with the Watch and Say activity. Students watch a video about the school and identify school‑location words, such as classroom, gym, playground and canteen. More school places are then presented with pictures, including the teaching building, science lab, computer lab, art room, music room, dance hall and library. Students learn the corresponding English names for these facilities and think about what people usually do in each spot. This vocabulary input lays a foundation for the following reading and oral practice. Next, students read an introductory text about a new school. The material introduces three main buildings and a playground. Volunteers show visitors around the campus. The teaching building has three floors where all classrooms lie. Building 2 contains science and computer labs on the first floor, music rooms, art rooms and a dance hall on the second floor, as well as a library on the third floor. On the playground, students can do morning exercises, hold sports meetings, run and play football. The dining hall is not huge yet serves tasty food. After reading, students finish multiple exercises: matching locations, answering detailed questions, ticking permitted activities, and judging true‑or‑false statements to check reading comprehension. Grammar practice focuses on three coordinating conjunctions: and, or and but. “And” adds related ideas or information; “or” presents choices; “but” shows contrast. Students complete sentence‑matching tasks and search for example sentences in the passage to understand their practical usage. Through real‑text examples, they master how to connect words, phrases and short sentences properly. Another core grammar point is three basic simple‑sentence structures. The first pattern is Subject‑Linking Verb‑Predicative, using be verbs am, is, are to introduce features of people or things, for instance “This is our new school”. The second one is Subject‑Intransitive Verb. Intransitive verbs such as come and begin can stand alone without objects, like “The teachers come”. The third structure is Subject‑Transitive Verb‑Object. Transitive verbs need objects to complete meaning, for example “I love my new school”. The lesson also distinguishes transitive verbs from intransitive verbs and lists typical examples of each group. In the output segment, students are guided to organize their own school description. Writing hints are offered in three parts: beginning, body and ending. In the beginning, students introduce their new school directly. For the body part, they name school places, list available activities and share personal feelings about these locations, using conjunctions and learned sentence patterns. In the ending, they express love or preference for certain school areas. Sample sentences and a model paragraph are provided for reference. Students carry out pair‑work oral practice to talk about their real‑life campus. To sum up, this lesson combines vocabulary, reading comprehension, grammar and spoken output around the theme of knowing the school. Students accumulate campus‑related nouns, grasp the usage of and, or, but, and recognize three fundamental simple‑sentence structures of English. They are able to describe school buildings, activities and personal feelings in simple present tense. Apart from language knowledge, the lesson helps new‑junior‑high students adapt to their new campus environment, forming positive feelings towards their new school life. Starter Welcome to junior high! Know your school Learning Objectives In this lesson you will: 1. talk about the places in school; 2. discuss what you can do in these places; 3. describe your new school using simple present tense. Watch and Say Emily and Oliver are looking at their school map. What places are mentioned（提到）in the video? classroom gym playground canteen / dining hall What other places can you see at a school? teaching building Science lab Computer lab Art room Music room Dance Hall Look at this school. How many buildings can you see? Can you guess what they are used for? Some volunteers will show you around the school. Look at the pictures. Who are they? two teachers two students Now read what the volunteers say and match the places. teaching building playground dining hall Read the passage again and answer the questions. 1. What are in the teaching building? All the classrooms are in this building. 2. Tick the things you can do in Building 2. Do science experiments Have music class Play basketball Have art class Read books Do morning exercises Have English class Look up information on the computer. 3. What students can do in the playground? Do morning exercises. Hold school sports events. Run. Play football. 4. How about the food in the dining hall? It is delicious and healthy. □ 1 There are six floors in the teaching building. __________ □ 2 There is a library in Building 2. ___________ □ 3 Students can play football in the playground. __________ □ 4 The food in the dining hall is healthy not good. __________________ Tick the correct sentences. Then correct the wrong ones. three floors healthy and delicious Match and complete the sentences with and, or or but. 1. The school library isn't big 2. Our school is beautiful 3. After school, you can go home a. _____ you can join the science club. b. _____it has got many books. c. _____it has three teaching buildings. or but and When do we use and, or and but? When do we use and, or and but? We use ______ to give another idea. We use ______ to give two different ideas. We use ______ to give choices. but or and Now find more sentences with and, or or but in the reading passage. There are three buildings and a playground. It’s not a very big school, but it is beautiful. On the first floor, we have science and computer labs. Music rooms, art rooms and a dance hall are on the second floor. After school, we run or play football in it. It’s not big, but the food is delicious and healthy. Circle the sentences with the same structure. This is our new school. My junior high years begin. I love my new school! That is my new teacher. The school has five buildings. The teachers come. Basic Sentence Structures This is our new school. That is my new teacher. My junior high years begin. The teachers come. I love my new school! The school has five buildings. 主语 + 系动词+表语 主语 + 谓语（不及物动词） 主语 + 谓语+ 宾语 (am, is, are) In this passage, we learned how to describe a school. What can we say when describing a school? places in a school: teaching building classroom playground ... activities we can do: run, do morning exercise, hold sports events, ... our feelings about the places: not big, the food is delicious, ... Useful sentence structures that can be used to describe a school: This is my new school. There is a(n) ..., and/but... You can..., and/or... It’s my favourite place in school. This is my new school. There is a library in it. We can read books, study, or borrow books there. It’s my favorite place. Example Beginning Places in a school Activities we can do Feelings about the places Beginning Body Ending You can use the following sentences: This is my new school./ I love my new school. There is a(n)..., and/but... You can..., and/or... It’s my favourite place in school. Now talk about your new school. Grammar and的基本用法 and意为“和”、“而且”，用来连接对等关系的词与词、短语与短语、句子与句子。 He stood up and put on his hat. I went to the Summer Palace, and he went to the Forbidden City. 一、连词 or的基本用法 or意为“或”，用于两者之中选择一个的时候。 Are you coming or not? Would you like coffee or tea? but的基本用法 but意为“但是，可是，而”，表转折关系。 It’s an expensive but very useful book. He isn’t a teacher but a doctor. 二、简单句的基本句型 主语表示句子所说的是“什么人”或“什么事物”， 一般由名词、代词或者相当于名词的词或短语等充当。 1.主语 + 系动词+表语 最常用的系动词是be动词(am,is,are),在句中译为“是”，有时不必译出。 These books are interesting. He is smart. 主语 系动词 表语 主语 系动词 表语 表语说明主语“是什么”或者“怎么样”，由名词、形容词或相当于名词或形容词的词或短语等充当，和系动词一起构成谓语。 2.主语 + 谓语（不及物动词） The class begins. I will try. 谓语 主语 谓语 主语 谓语说明主语“做什么”、“是什么”或者“怎么样”。谓语（谓语部分主要的词）用动词。 3.主语 + 谓语（及物动词）+ 宾语 宾语表示动作、行为的对象，由名词、代词或相当于名词的词或短语等充当，和及物动词一起说明主语“做什么”。 I want a delicious cake. My father loves music. We need some flowers. She will write a story. 及物动词本身意义不完整，需要接宾语才能完整表达意思的动词。 I love you. I hate you. I like children. I watch TV every day. Please find my keys. 如何辨别及物动词和不及物动词 不及物动词后不能直接跟宾语，可单独使用，构成“主语+谓语”句型。 I dance. I can run. The girl cried. He smiled. Everybody, our game begins. 常见的及物动词 buy like see catch make say cut watch eat show raise have take receive tell 常见的不及物动词 agree fail look arrive fly come happen sit wait work $