I. Lead-in

T： Its Oct.16 today. Youve been here in this school for more than a month. Do you like your new school？

S： Yes！

T： Why do you like your school？

S： Our school is beautiful and teachers are very friendly.

S： And my classmates are nice， too.

S： Sometimes I dont like our school.

T（pretend to be surprised）： Why not？ Why dont you like your school？

S： I have a lot of homework to do every day.

T（laugh）： Thats what middle school life is like.

（Students may mention their classmates/teachers/... Ask follow-up questions for more details， especially when there is a “NO”.）

T： Do your best friends in primary school go to the same middle school as you？ Which middle school are they in？

S： Were in the same class.

S： Hes in your school， NFLS.

T： Wow， really？ Do I know him？ Which class is he in？ Do you talk with each other very often？

S： Yes， we do.

T： How do you talk/chat with each other？

S： We sometimes meet each other at the weekend and we often make phone calls.

T： And you can also chat through social media， like QQ and WeChat， right？ Therere so many ways to communicate with friends.

II. Before-reading

T： Do you remember Millie？ She uses another way to talk with her friend. What is it？

S ：She writes an E-mail.

T： See， what can you get from it？

S： The E-mail is from Millie to Tommy.

S： Her friend is Tommy.

S： Millie writes about her new school， and her school life.

T： Good idea！ Will Millie write about her classmates？

S： Yes！

T： What else do you think she will write about？

S： She will write about her teachers.

T： Emmm， maybe. In fact， we can get some information from the pictures in the E-mail. Look， what do you think they are about？

S： Millie chats with her friend.

T： How do you know that is her friend？

S： They are laughing happily.

S： She writes about the sport she does at school.

T： Yes， Millie writes about the happy time she has with her friends.

III. While-reading

T： These two pictures just show part of Millies school life and theres something more. Now lets open our books and turn to Page 44. Read and find out the main idea of Millies E-mail.

How many paragraphs are there？ Can you count？ （Dear Tommy and Best wishes Millie are not paragraphs.）

S： Five.

T： To tell you the truth， for most of the time， we can easily get the main idea from the first and the last paragraphs. Have you got it？

S： I love my school. We always have a good time at school.

T： Brilliant！ Millie loves her school. They always have a good time at school. And she needs to write something more to support her main idea， right？ So here comes the main body of her E-mail. Thats from paragraph 2 to paragraph 4. What is each paragraph about？ Read and try to find some key words， especially nouns.If youre ready， please let me know.

S： Para 2 is about timetable and favorite subject.

T： What does “timetable” mean？ What can it tell us？

S： Timetable tells us when its time to do

something.

S： Para 3 is about friends.

S： Para 4 is about clubs and sports.

T： Good job！ And things to do can be called “activities”.

T： Now lets read paragraphs 2-4 even more carefully and finish some exercises.

S： Millies school life is from Monday to Friday. She does morning exercises at 8：00. At 8：15， her lessons begin. English is her favorite subject.

T： Why does Millie like English best？

S： Because she is good at English.

T： Why being good at one subeject can make you love your school life？ I dont understand...

S： If Im good at one subject. I can get high scores. Then Ill be happy every day.

S： And Ill be praised by the teacher. Then Ill be happy at school.

T： I know youre all good at English. And for Para 3， here are some questions.Does Millie have only one friend at her school？ What do they often do after class？

S： She has a lot of friends. They often chat with each other or play in the playground.

T： Good！ And these are T/F statements about Para 4.

S： No. 1 is false. They go to the Reading Club on Tuesday and Thursday.

S： No. 2 is false. They read books in the library.

S： No. 3 is false. They practise volleyball after school on Wednesday afternoon.

T： Why do they practise playing volleyball？

S： Because they want to play volleyball better.

T： Then how do you practise your English？

S： We do more exercises.

S： We read after the tape to make our English better.

T： To improve your English skills， you need to be careful while learning. And pay attention to these two phrases， on Monday and Friday afternoon / in the afternoon on Wednesday， usually we say “in the afternoon”， just like this one， it can be “in the afternoon on Monday and Friday”.And what if we put the days Monday Tuesday ... in front of afternoon？ Do we still use “in”？

S： No， we use “on”.

T： So how can we say “in the afternoon on Wednesday” in another way？

S： On Wednesday afternoon.

T： Youve got it！

IV. After-reading

T： After reading this E-mail， we know that Millie enjoys her school life， because ...

（Students retell the main idea according to the key words given.）

T： And what about you？ Do you enjoy your school life？ You told me something at the beginning of our class. If youre going to write an E-mail to Millie， what are you going to write about？ Are you going to choose these topics？ Or what else do you prefer？

S： We can also talk about our teachers， food and so on.

T： And of course， if theres something you dont like about your school life， you can also share with Millie.Now please get into groups of 4 or 5， youre going to work together to write an E-mail to Millie.Each of you can choose one topic and write one paragraph.First， please get into your group and have a discussion about what youre going to write about. （invite one group to talk about their plan）

T： Now please get started. Dont forget that youre going to introduce yourselves at the beginning. And since thats an E-mail， there should be closing like “Best wishes”/ “All the best” / or “Lots of love”. （Presentation： Students put their paragraphs together and read out the E-mail.）

T： Youve done a good job today！ Todays homework is to make an E-mail poster and show it to the whole class.

（作者單位：南京外國語學(xué)校）

領(lǐng)銜人點評：

呂淵老師的這一堂課是借班上課。面對不熟悉的環(huán)境與學(xué)生，她首先設(shè)置了真實的情境導(dǎo)入，讓學(xué)生有話可說；針對學(xué)生的回答，她用“Why do/dont you like your new school？”展開追問，激發(fā)學(xué)生進(jìn)一步思考。在讀前環(huán)節(jié)，呂老師用 “What else do you think she will write about？” “How do you know that is her friend？” 等問題來追問，并引導(dǎo)學(xué)生查找理由，鍛煉學(xué)生思維的邏輯性。讀中環(huán)節(jié)，她又用“Why does Millie like English best？” “Why being good at one subeject can make you love your school life？”等問題層層追問，促使學(xué)生辯證地思考問題。最后，呂老師又用“And what about you？ Do you enjoy your school life？”這樣的追問把學(xué)生從文本拉回現(xiàn)實，讓學(xué)生通過學(xué)習(xí)課文知識來解決自己的問題。呂老師的這堂課，很好地體現(xiàn)了工作室通過追問打造“思情話意”的英語課堂的教學(xué)主張。