本节课是高中英语第一册Unit 1 A New Start的引入和阅读部分，这个单元是刚刚步入高中阶段的开始，所以是初高中的过渡，要让学生逐渐适应高中阶段的节奏和生活。在start out（引入）部分，通过引导学生去谈论自己第一天在校园中的感受，经历以及对新校园的印象，来消除学生的陌生感。在understanding ideas（阅读）部分，需要培养学生的预测能力，总结概括文章主旨大意的能力和寻找细节能力。后两个能力是高考考查的重点，因此要引起重视。

【教学目标与核心素养】

1．语言能力目标

本课时对于学生语言能力的要求主要在于：

（1）能够组织语言简单描述自己的感受和观点；

（2）能够通过阅读文章，快速获取细节信息，整合文本并对文章主旨大意进行概括。

2．思维品质目标：

通过谈论自己高中第一天的经历和学习孟浩的经历，培养起对新学校的认同感，对新生活的期待感，树立良好的自信心。

【教学重难点】

1．重点

（1）能够勇敢开口，和同学们分享自己的感受和想法；

（2）学习如何快速获取文章信息；

2．难点

（1）开口说；

（2）整合文章信息并概括文章主旨大意。

【教学过程】

Step 1. Starting out

1. Lead-in

Watch the video and answer the questions:

(1) What do these students do at school？

(2) How is this school different from your school?

2. Ask students to finish the questionnaire by themselves; and then share their answers with classmates.

Tips:

For the first question, students can express themselves like this:

On my first day at senior high, I felt very excited/happy/nervous... because...

For the fourth question, students can express themselves like this:

About my new school, I like the campus/my teachers/my classmates...most because...

Step 2. Understanding ideas

1. Before reading

Look at the title of the passage and the pictures. Tick what you think is mentioned in the passage.

Tips:

Some students may think all of the subjects above will be mentioned in the passage, but after reading, they will find just No 1, 2 and 5 are mentioned. But it doesn’t matter.

2. While reading

1) Have the Ss look through the passage and find out what the author wrote in his diary about his first day at senior high.

2) Focus on some new words and expressions from the passage. And get the Ss to understand the usage of the words and expressions.

 explore v.探险；探讨

 confidence

 concentrate 集中（注意力）; 聚集concentrate on (doing) sth

 impression n．印象；感想；印记

① have/get the impression that

② get/have a good (bad) impression of sb./sth.对某人/物印象好(不好)

③ leave/make a(n) ... impression on sb.给某人留下……的印象

3 After reading

Task 1. Complete Meng Hao’s experiences with expressions from the passage. Then check the answers together.

Task 2. Find expressions from the passage that show Meng Hao’s feelings at each stage of the day.

Students should use some adjectives to describe Meng Hao’s feelings, and then find some detailed information to support their ideas.

Task 3

1) Have Ss Find out the main idea of the passage. And Choose the best description of Meng Hao’s first day at senior high.

2) What’s your understanding of the saying “Well begun, half done”?

3) Get the Ss to think about what happened on the first day at senior high? What do you think of your experiences? Then get several Ss to share their experiences with the class.

4. Homework.