Chapter 2 A day in the life of…whiz-kid Wendy
Period Two
Teaching target
1 Reviewing the new vocabularies
2 Scanning the whole passage
3 Analyzing the whole passage
Preparation
1 Student's Book 8A, pages 19, 20, 21 & 22
2 Cassette 8A and a cassette player
3 Workbook 8A, pages 7 & 8
A small check-up
1 Write out the word according to the given meaning.
a) not often
s__________
b) help
a__________
c) talk about something
d__________
d) not interesting
b__________
e) not pass
f__________
f) a quite clever child
w__________
g) 1 000 000
m__________
h) opposite of 'buy'
s__________
i) a kind of test
e__________
j) liked by a lot of people
p__________
k) highest
t__________
l) more than
o__________
2 Choose a closest meaning to the given word.
a) My father collected me from school in the past.
A. took me from a person
B. brought me to study and enjoytime in a bottle
C. brought me to a place
b) Let's have lunch and continue the meeting in the afternoon.
A. not stop
B. start again
C. have
c) My sister is the manager of this company.
A. the person who takes charge of the whole company
B. the person who takes charge of buying and selling
C. the person who takes charge of money
d) My brother is the accountant of the company.
A. the person who takes charge of the whole company
B. the person who takes charge of buying and selling
C. the person who takes charge of money
Find the meanings
1 Have students finish sections C1 to C3 in C Find the meanings on page 20.
2 Ask students to review all these words appeared in these sections before doing these exercises.
3 Check the answers orally.
4 Explanation on these new vocabulary items.
gain / v. get what you need or want获得
musical / a. of music音乐的
musical instrument乐器
Background
This is a magazine article about a (fictitious) girl who runs a computer business although she is still at school. Note the first line of the title suggests that this might be a regular article in the magazine, featuring a different person in each issue.
Reading
1 Review 'scan' with students. Invite one student or two to tell the meaning of 'scan'.
2 Ask students to scan the passage silently in the class.
3 Find the facts.
a) Say: From the passage, we can find out the times of Wendy does different activities. And also, we can know a lot about Wendy's daily life. So this time, you should tell us something about Wendy's daily life.
b) Have students finish D Find the facts on page 21.
c) Invite four students to write their answers on the board. Check the answers with students.
4 Read and think
a) Say: Scan the passage again. Then try to finish section E in E Read and think on page 21.
b) Remind the students to pay attention to the marks in this section. 'Y' means yes. 'N' means no. And there is the other sign - 'DK' - which means don't know.
c) Check the answer orally.
5 Play the recording of this passage. Students listen and repeat.
Explanation on the passage
1 one of the top students in Shanghai [L.1]
this means that Wendy is a good student. But she is not the best. She is just one of the best students in Shanghai. So here, we use the structure - one of …
e.g.Nanpu Suspension Bridge is one of the longest bridges in the world.
Orietal Pearl TV Tower is one of the highest buildings in Asia.
Century Park is one of the largest parks in China.
2 all of [L5]
Review: some of, most of, none of, many of
3 in one's business [L5]
4 be at school [L6]
be at school = study in the school
e.g.My daughter is still at school.
My daughter is in the school.
NB: Do these two sentences have the same meaning? Why or why not?
be at work = work in the factory
5 get up [L9]
get up = get out of the bed and stand up
e.g.What time do you usually get up?
More phrases with 'get':
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