T: Good. We can use only one word "self-introduction ".Is it proper?

Ss: Yes.

T: What about the next paragraph?

Suggested answers:

Paragraph 1 Self-introduction Paragraph 2 Description of the school. Paragraph 3 Teaching method. Paragraph 4 What the students did in the first English lesson. Paragraph 5 Two skills that need improving. Paragraph 6 Description of the class. T: After fast reading you know the general idea of the whole passage. Now arrange the following sentences in the right order according to the text.

(The teacher shows the sentences on the screen.)

1. My new school is very good and I can see why.

2. The English class is really interesting.

3. My name is Li Kang.

4. Ms Shen wants to help us improve our spelling and handwriting.

5. The teachers are very enthusiastic and friendly and the classrooms are amazing.

6. There are sixty-five students in my class-more than my previous class in Junior High.

7. The teacher is a very enthusiastic woman called Ms Shen.

8. I like her attitude very much. The right order:3　1　5　2　7　4　8　6

T: Maybe you have understood the passage better. Close the books and just listen to me carefully. I'll read some sentences for you and then you should explain these sentences with your own words according to your understanding, are you clear?

Ss: Yes.

(The teacher reads the following sentences and students explain them one by one.)

1. Ms Shen's method of teaching is nothing but like that of the teacher's at my Junior High School.

2. I don't think I will be bored in Ms Shen's class.

3. Some students were embarrassed at first.

4. Ms Shen gave us instructions and then we worked by ourselves.

T: What you have done is very good. Please turn to Page 3 and finish Exercise 4 quickly. Let's speak out the answers.

Ss:1.b　2.a　3.a　4.b

 Step 4 Consolidation

Fill in the blanks according to the passage.

Li Kang 1　 in Shijiazhuang, the capital city of Hebei. He writes down his 　2　 about his first day at Senior High School. He thinks that his new school is very good. The teachers are 　3　 and 4　 and the classroom are 　 5 　.Each room has a computer with a special 　6　,on which everything 7　 on the computer will 　8　.Ms Shen, his English teacher, always makes her class really 9　.Her 10　 of teaching is different from other teachers. Ms Shen pays more attention to 11　 and 12　 in her class. She wants to improve the students' 　13 and handwriting. The students can do this in a funny way with spelling games and other　14　,so Li Kang and his classmates all like Ms Shen's 15.In Li Kang's class, there are sixty-five students and everyone is 　16　.