Theschoolwithnolessons

1、Unit5 School Lessons,1. What is the difference between here and there?,Letter T,2. What is the end of everything?,The letter “g”,3. Who isnt your sister and isnt your brother,but is still a child of your mother and father?,You yourself are.,4. What is black when it is clean and white when it is dirt

2、y?,A blackboard.,5. The bell rings, but none of the students come into the classroom, what is the matter?,The class is P.E.,A guessing game,How can you make a guess?,Make full use of the information given in the sentence. Use the meanings of other words in the sentence.,1Look for Definition and Expl

3、anation 定义或解释猜测生词,A movement of the head, hand or body to express a feeling is called a gesture.,1) A helicopter is a kind of plane that can take off from where it is standing.,Vocabulary strategy,mean意思是, be called 被称为 refer to 指的是 be known as 作为为人所知, can be defined as 可被定义为, that is 即, or 即, namel

4、y 即, that is to say 即是说, in other words 换言之,Signal Words:,2) If you have a strong feeling against something, you are said to be antipathetic.,2. Use synonyms利用近义词猜测生词,1. Children often try to emulate or copy the behavior that they see on televisions.,2. Like bright David, Richard may be intelligent.

5、,Signal words:,or, like, asas, the same as, be similar to,3. Use antonyms and comparisons利用反义词或对比猜测生词,1). Languages do not change suddenly, on the contrary, they change gradually over many years.,2). In the past, the world seemed to run in an orderly way. Now, however, everything seems to be in a st

6、ate of turmmoil.,Signal words:,but, however, while, otherwise, in spite, despite, even though, although, though, unlike, instead of, rather than, nevertheless, on the other hand, still, on the contrary, in the end,4. Use grammar to guess the meaning of unknown words. 利用语法知识猜测词义,一般说来， 不同词性的词在句子中的作用是不

7、同的： 1. 名词： 说明人， 物， 地点。 即who 或what, 通常做主语或宾语。 2. 动词： 说明动作或者状态， 即does 或is,通常作谓语 3. 形容词： 描述名词， 说明which, what kind of 或 how many. 通常做定语或者表语。 4. 副词： 描述动词或形容词， 说明how 或how often. 通常做状语。,What are they doing?,How do you like your lessons at school?,boring ?,interesting?,Lead-in,Supposing a school with no les

8、sons, do you think it interesting or boring?,Do you like such a school?,The school with no lessons,Make a prediction.,1. What type of text will you read? A. An article. B. A report. C. A questionnaire. D. A story.,2. What is this passage probably about? A. The success of a school. B. A teachers stor

9、y. C. A new school-style D. A story of a school.,3. What will be discussed in the passage The school with no lessons? Ask yourself two or three Wh-questions.,Which school is it? When was the school opened? 3) What do the students do at school?,Read the passage and answer the three questions above.,T

10、he school with no lessons,To most of us, school means classes, teachers, schedules, grades and tests. But for the children at Sudbury Valley School in Massachusetts, school is very different. Firstly, there are no lessons. All the children, aged between 4 and 19, do whatever they want. There are no

11、teachers, only “staff members”. The idea behind this is that you do not need to make children learn, because children want to learn anyway. “You do not need to say to a three-year-old, Go explore your environment. You cant stop them!” says Daniel Greenberg, a founder of the school. “But if you make

12、children do what you want all daythey will lose all taste for learning.” At Sudbury Valley School, you will find children talking, reading, painting, cooking, working on computers, studying French, playing the piano, climbing trees, or just running around. Two boys spent three years just fishing! Th

13、e other way that Sudbury Valley School is different is that the children can decide the rules. Every week, there is a school meeting where both children and staff have one vote eacheven the four-year-olds. They decide the school rules, how to spend the school budget, and even which staff they want a

14、nd do not want anymore. When the school first opened in 1968, people said it would never work. But today, the school has 200 students, and 80% of its students go on to college. Even the two boys who went fishing all the time have successful careers today. One of them is a musician and the other is a

15、 computer scientist.,Answer the three questions.,Which school is it? When was the schhol opened? What do the students do at school?,The word “founder” in the passage means_. A. teacher B. maker C. initiator（创办者） D. builder 2. What does the word “staff” in the passage mean_. A. workers(工作人员) B. stick

16、 C. flag D. music,Guess the meaning,“You do not need to say to a three-year-old, Go explore your environment. You cant stop them!” says Daniel Greenberg, a founder of the school.,There are no teachers, only “staff members”. The idea behind this is that you do not need to make children learn, because

17、 children want to learn anyway. Every week, there is a school meeting where both children and staff have one vote eacheven the four-year-olds.,1. grade 2. rule 3. schedule 4. explore 5. budget,A. a list or chart that shows things happen, like classes, buses, etc. B. to investigate carefully in order

18、 to learn more. C. something that you must or must not do at school, work, etc. D. a plan of how to spend money. E. the letter or number a teacher gives you for a piece of homework or a test that you do at school, college, etc.,Guess the meaning,Choose the best answer for each question.,What is the

19、main topic of the article? A. An unusual school. B. childrens hobbies. C. A school without rules. D. Education in the U.S 2. What does the school believe? A. Teachers can not teach children well. B. Children learn best when they do what they want to do. C. Learning is for adults-children should only

20、 play. D. Children should only learn about one thing at a time.,3. What does Daniel Greenberg say about three-year-olds? A. They love learning. B. They are very naughty. C. They want to be outside all the time. D. They are too young to learn anything. 4. Who has the most power in the school meetings

21、? A. The older children have more power than the younger children. B. A child has more power than an adults. C. The younger children have more power than the older children. D. Everybody has equal power.,“You do not need to say to a three-year-old, Go explore your environment. You cant stop them!” s

22、ays Daniel Greenberg, a founder of the school.,5. What happens to the children after they leave this school? They do the same things as children from other schools. B. They have problems getting into college or getting a job? C. They usually do very unusual jobs. D. They are successful.,When the sch

23、ool first opened in 1968, people said it would never work. But today, the school has 200 students, and 80% of its students go on to college. Even the two boys who went fishing all the time have successful careers today.,Group the words according to their meaning relative to the words in the left column,test dancing relaxing homework teacher lesson playing fishing school surfing,test lesson homework school teacher,dancing playing fishing surfing relaxing,math music musician engineer doctor scientist French law chef history,math music history F