高中英语上外版（2020）必修 第二册Unit 2 Animals优质导学案

高中英语 上教版 高一年级 必修二

第二单元 Roads to education 第八课时（教师版）

课题：Cultural focus II: An American high school

课时学习目标：

         了解美国高中学生的生活和课程；

         对比中美两国高中学校生活的异同；

         得体恰当地介绍自己的高中学习生活。

1. Focus on the main idea of the video.

Watch the whole video together and see how many aspects of the American high school are mentioned.

II. Focus on the details of the video.

2.1   Watch the whole video again and correct the factual errors in the sentences.

(1)    Hawthorne High School is for students aged nine to eighteen. fourteen

(2)    The school has around 2,000 students. 700

(3)    School starts at nine o’clock. eight

(4)    Each lesson at Hawthorne High School is 40 minutes long. 45

(5)    Lunchtime is after the second lesson. fourth

(6)    The school team is called the Stars and Stripes.  Hawthorne High Bears

2.2 The information we’ve got so far.

2.3 Watch the following part of the video and find the information about the school schedule.

2.4 Watch the following part of the video and find the information about the school curriculum.

core: noun, the most important part of something                                   核心

   e.g. English is a subject on the core curriculum, i.e. one which all the students have to do. 

elective: adjective, not compulsory; optional                                     选修的

       noun,  optional course or subject studied at school or college              选修科目

  elect: verb, choose or decide                                                  选择

2.5 Watch the following part of the video and find more information about the school mission and the school activity.

III. Compare the American high school with yours.

(student’s answer for reference)

High school in china lasts three years, while in most US states four years. What’s more, in China, students in most time are in their fixed classes except when they are having their elective subjects, while in the United States, students don’t have fixed classrooms and go to different classrooms for lessons. However, students in both countries have a similar number of lessons a day, which is 8 to 9 periods. Besides, creating a sense of community is emphasized in both countries. In China, high school students even wear school uniforms with school logo on it to foster students’ group consciousness. Schools in China also pay attention to the students’ patriotic education by organizing different social activities every school term. What impresses me most is that students in both countries have the extra lessons to attend on weekends, especially for those who are going to take the college entrance examination. It seems that students are having a really busy life in high school, no matter which country they are in.

IV. Interaction

1. Introduce your high school life to the teachers and students from Hawthorne High School and share with your classmates.

2. Use the checklist and reflective questions to evaluate your study in this unit.

IV. Assignments

1. Finish the vocabulary exercise 3 on page 39 in your textbook.

2. Write down your introduction of your school on your worksheet and record the oral presentation.