Module2 Education Unit1 It was great to see her again.

Confucius A great ancient Chinese thinker,educator, The founder of the Ru School of Chinese thought.

Let’s read : With the development of our society, education is becoming more and more important. Education makes us get a lot of knowledge, understand the world better. It can make us improve our life and also make our country stronger. Without good education, we couldn’t find a good job and live a happy life. Without education, our country would still be poor and America would still be stronger than us. So Taiwan Island would never come back to its motherland.

Can all the children in China get a good education? Why? How is the situation( 情况 )? Let’s talk

drop out of school to do farm work

stop going to school to look after her brother or do other housework

stop going to school to work

a very poor school with no _______ and old chairs and desks electricity

Project Hope In 1989 the government started a project to help the poor children to go back to school. It’s called…

Project Hope has _______ a lot of money. It has __________ the education of millions of poor students. People in China and abroad has _________ lots of money. With the money, Project Hope has _________ many schools. It has also __________ teachers and it has ______ millions of students to high school. raised paid for given built trained sent

Compared with the poor children, you are lucky to study at a good school. What’s our school like? What buildings does it have? What special rooms does it have?

What subjects do we have ? 1.Languages: Chinese, English, 2. Science : physics,chemistry, biology 3. Maths / math 4. Social science: geography, history, politics. 5. music, art, PE—Physical Education 6. IT- Information Technology

Listening P10-2 Betty is going to __________________________________. Daming’s next lessons are _________ and_____________. Daming is unhappy because _________________________________. He’s worried about _________________. Betty tells him _____________________. The gym for PE and then to the swimming pool geography maths His maths grades aren’t very good the exam to relax

Listen and answer: 1.Who did Tony see in London? 2. Which school is bigger, Park School or Lingling’s school? 3.Which school does Tony like better, his school or Park school ? He saw Sally, Lingling’s pen friend in London. Lingling’s school is bigger. He prefer his school.

4. Complete the table. Name of school Number of pupils in school Number of pupils in class Items in the classroom Other rooms/ buildings Sports Park School about a computer and Internet science laboratories and a large library, swimming pool, music room and concert hall. swimming and outdoor sports

6. Complete the sentences in your own words. 1. At the end of this term, I have to do an exam in. 2. My grades in English are. 3. I have maths a week, geography a week, and PE a week. 4. A swimming pool is somewhere you can, and a gym is somewhere you can. English top five times / four times swim exercise

7. Listen to the sentences and repeat. Most classes have got a computer and Internet. And there are a few science laboratories, and a large library. And there’s a swimming pool and a huge sports ground.

Jenny Class Two Grade Eight Unit 2 What’s the best thing about school? Module 2 Education

Fill in the following blanks according to the text. Main idea Tony met Sally in ________. Sally studies in a school called__________. She ______ Tony ______ her school. It isn’t ____ big ____ Tony’s. It has only ______ pupils totally and _______ pupils in each class. But the equipment is really nice. There is a computer and _______ in most classes, a few science ___________, a large ________with a lot of books, a swimming _______, a ______ sports ground, a music room and a _______ for concert. London Park School took around as Internet laboratories library poolhuge hall

What’s the best thing about school? Unit 2

Jenny Class Two Grade Eight

1.How many years has Sally been at Park School? 2. If Sally still wants to stay at Park School, what does she have to do next year? 3. What kind of school is Park School, a primary school or a secondary school? For four years. She has to pass her exams.

4. How far is Park School away from Sally’s home? 5. How old was Sally when she started primary school? About 20 minutes by bike away. When she was five.

3. Read the passage again and complete the timetable. School starts Lessons from Break Lessons from Lunch Lessons from School ends After-school activities 8: 45 am 9: 05 am 11: 05 – 11 ： 20 3: 15 pm 12: 20 –13: 20 11: 20 13: 20 sports clubs and language societies etc.

Paragraph 4: 1. What subjects does Sally have this year? She has 11 subjects: maths, biology, chemistry, French, history, geography, music and IT, PHSE, ADT and PE.

Paragraph 4: 2. What’s PHSE about? 3. What can they do in ADT? PHSE stands for Personal Health and Safety Education. It’s about the dangers of drugs and smoking. They do things like learning to cook as well as drawing and design. ADT stands for Art, Design and Technology.

Paragraph 4: 4. What does PE involve? It involves physical exercise, basketball,training in the gym and swimming.

Paragraph 5-7: 1.How many subjects does Sally take her exams in ? 2. When can the students in Sally’s school do sports on the sports ground? 1.How many subjects does Sally take her exams in ? 2. When can the students in Sally’s school do sports on the sports ground? She takes her exams in eight subjects. Both during and after school hours.

3. What events and activities are there during the school year ? 4. How often is there a parents’ meeting? 3. What events and activities are there during the school year ? 4. How often is there a parents’ meeting? There are visits to museums and galleries and camps for activies, such as cycling in the country; There are parties and discos and a sports day, and the school play. Once a term.

Detailed- reading Act.4 P13 The passage gives this information. We understand this information. We don’t know. 51,3 2, 4

5. Decide if these sentences from the passage show facts (F) or opinions (O). 1.Park School is secondary school, about 20 minutes by bike away from home. 2. This year I have 11 subjects. 3. Fortunately, we don’t have exams in every subject. F F o 幸运地

4. … we’re really lucky to have a swimming pool. 5. During the school year there are usually visits to museums and galleries. 6. What’s the best thing about school? English, history, music … and my friends. O F O

What are the differences between Park School and our school? Discussion boarding school 寄宿学校

Discussion How should the education in our city be improved ?