Period 3 Activities and school systems.

Level： Key senior high school students， Grade one， intermediate level.

Time for the instructions： 45 minutes.

Adapted from the book： Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press.

Materials：

1. Handout 6： Pictures with activity clubs of No23 Senior High School.

2. Text book and Ss’ handbook material.

3.PPT

Lesson Objectives：

Students will be able to identify some differences and similarities between.

American after-class activities school system and Chinese ones.

Students will be able to demonstrate some similarities and differences between American and Chinese after class activities school systems.

Students will be able to demonstrate their conversation about the school systems and their remarks about their school system.

Warm Up Activities：

A brainstorm： Ask the students to list as many clubs they know about the school. Recognize the 28 school clubs according to the pictures.

Decide the favorite one and state their expectation to join it.

Objective Discussion：

Students will be able to identify some differences and similarities between.

American after-class activities school system and Chinese ones with the help of pictures.

Students will be able to demonstrate some similarities and differences between American and Chinese after class activities school systems， using the form.

Students will be able to demonstrate their conversation about the school systems and their remarks about their school system.

（Pair group work）

Instruction and Model.

We have talked about subjects and school （the classroom， teacher， English class， and students in the previous classes. Today we’ll talk about school activities and systems in Senior High school.

Look at the pictures of the activities in our school. Try to name them in English.

（Each student gets a copy of handout 6）. （ at the end of the teaching plan）

A survey： Look at the activity clubs in our school in the pictures and answer questions：

1. Which club is your favorite club？

2. If you take one of them， what do you expect to do there？

Each of you has a favorite club to take part in， then what is a club all about？

Now read the passage and answer the questions.

1. What are school clubs？

2. Who are members？

3. When do they take place？

4. Why are they important？

Club Activities

Class activities after class hours are an important part of our school life. There are a number of sports and cultural study clubs that students may join. Students are free to choose the clubs they are particularly interested in. Some students do not join any clubs at all， and some join two or more. But only a very few do don’t take part at all. Our school has the following sports clubs： football， volleyball， basketball， handball， hockey， tennis， badminton， gymnastics， judo and kendo. They take place in the school gym or the school playing fields. There are also cultural activities such as the school orchestra， the school choir and dance clubs. The students organize all the clubs themselves without the help of teachers.

The clubs meet two to four times a week after school. Sports coaches and club leaders are often school graduates who come back to help.

Many students feel that club activities are the most enjoyable part of Senior High school life. When we asked students in our school the question： “what interests you most in daily life？” These were their answers： Classes： 28%； Teachers： 24%； Club activities： 38% and others 10%.

Young people spend a lot of time together in club activities and they often become true friends. These friendships often last a long time after graduation.

Some become life- long friends. In China， there is a popular belief that true friends are people who have had similar life experiences such as they have eaten rice from the same pot or they have lived under the same roof. Many graduates say that their best memories of Senior High school life are the days they spent in the mountains during the summer vacation， practicing and training with other club members.

Speaking of the school clubs in China， Do you think the American activities are similar？

Speaking： Look at the photos from a US high school brochure. Answer the questions.

1. Is the school similar to your school？ Explain why it is or isn’t.

2. Do students at your school do things like this？

3. What similarities or differences do you know about American and Chinese school systems？

So anybody know something about similarities or differences about American and Chinese school systems？ Now， read A letter from a Senior High Student and fill in blanks in the form.（ handout 6 American and Chinese Systems）

Guided Practice：

Work in pairs. Have a conversation about one of your classes. Use the items listed in the form above.

Independent Practice：

Write a summary of the similarities and differences between American and Chinese school systems.

Assessment： Write a composition

1. Compare the differences between American and Chinese school system. 2. Do you feel comfortable with the school system in China？ Suppose you’re the head of the Education Department in China， what improvement are you going to make？

Group work： First， pair work to evaluate the partner’s writing according to the rubrics. Students will list their comments and score the writing.

Then Each of the 4 members will read all the other members’ writing clockwise in definate time and make improvement..

Choose the best piece（s） in the group and Ss demonstrate them. About 8-11 compositions will be demonstrated.

Notice： Group work can also be like this： students move around the clock in different directions.

I.A survey：

Questions：

1. Which club is your favorite club？

2. If you take any one of them， what do you expect to do there？

Read the letter from a Senior High student in the US. What’s similar and what’s different in the American and Chinese school systems？

American and Chinese Systems

Writing：

1. Compare the differences between American and Chinese school system. 2. Do you feel comfortable with the school system in China？ Suppose you’re the head of the Education Department in China， what improvement are you going to make？

Group work：

First， pair work to evaluate the partner’s writing according to the rubrics. Students will list their comments and score the writing.

Then Each of the 4 members will read all the other members’ writing clockwise in definate time . And make improvement.

Choose the best piece（s） in the group and Ss demonstrate them. About 8-11 compositions will be demonstrated.

【作者簡(jiǎn)介】Hong Liu， No23 Key Senior High School， Dalian.