Life in school

主? 持? 人：鄭云（江蘇省特級教師）

組稿團隊：江蘇省泰州市鄉(xiāng)村初中英語教育帶頭人培育站

Reading

本篇文章描述了日本學(xué)生在校的日常學(xué)習(xí)生活，語言簡潔，邏輯清晰。同學(xué)們在閱讀時可重點關(guān)注文中一般現(xiàn)在時時態(tài)的運用，同時也可思考并對比中國學(xué)生在校的日常生活。

Japanese students usually walk to school and they wear caps， hats or helmets. In some schools they also wear uniforms. In many schools， students start lessons at 8：30 a.m. and they finish at 3：50 p.m. They do subjects like Japanese， maths， history and English. They do lots of homework， too.

Students have lunch at school. They usually eat in their classroom. Some students carry the food to the classroom from the kitchen. Students dont only eat Japanese food， they also eat things like spaghetti or meatballs. After lunch， students always brush their teeth. Then they clean their classroom！

What do Japanese students do after school？ Well， there are many after-school activities. Some students play sports or a musical instrument. Others learn a new language or go to art or science clubs. One student from Tokyo likes the karaoke club at her school. “We sing songs and have fun there，” she says.

Wordlit

helmet n.頭盔 uniform n.校服；制服 spaghetti n.意大利細(xì)面條

meatball n.肉丸 activity n.活動 instrument n.器具；器械

karaoke club 卡拉OK俱樂部

Tasks

1.Fill in the blanks with the words and phrases in the passage.

2. According to the passage， what are the similarities（相似處） and differences between your school and schools in Japan？

Writing

同學(xué)們，進入初中以來，你已經(jīng)熟悉新的學(xué)校了嗎？習(xí)慣初中的學(xué)習(xí)和生活了嗎？假如你是 Li Hua，要給在美國的筆友 Tom 寫信，介紹你進入中學(xué)以來的生活，分享你的感想。你在信中介紹的內(nèi)容應(yīng)至少包含思維導(dǎo)圖中的3 個要點，可適當(dāng)發(fā)揮。

原文呈現(xiàn)

Dear Tom，

Thanks for your letter. I want to tell you something about my school life. Our school looks beautiful， and it is a big school with three tall classroom buildings. Therere lots of classrooms in these buildings and our classroom is on the ground floor. Also， there is an art room for us to draw.

Many of our teachers are friendly. I make lots of friends in my school， and theyre all kind to me.

I often play basketball after school. I like reading and I usually go to the Reading Club to read books there on Friday.

All in all， my school life is very meaningful.

Yours，

Li Hua

升格展示

Dear Tom，

Thanks for your letter. I want to tell you something about my school life.

Our school looks beautiful， and it is a big school with many tall classroom buildings. Therere many kinds of classrooms in these buildings and our classroom is on the ground floor. Its clean and bright because we do the cleaning every day. I like the art room best. When we draw pictures in it， time seems to go faster. Also， we have a school hall. Sometimes we have meetings or watch shows there.

Whats more， many of our teachers are friendly，and they often help us with our studies. I make lots of friends in my school， and theyre all kind to me， so I always feel warm when Im with them.

I think school activities can make my life more colorful. I get so much from different activities. I like reading， so I usually go to the Reading Club to read books there on Friday afternoon. I am interested in playing basketball， too. I often practice with my friends after school.

All in all， my school life is very meaningful. My school is my second home. I love it very much. How about you？ How is your school life？

Yours，

Li Hua

（江蘇省靖江市實驗學(xué)校 張燁孜）

綜合點評

本文為書信體裁，語言表達(dá)符合書信體裁的寫作要求。小作者使用的時態(tài)為一般現(xiàn)在時，結(jié)構(gòu)清晰合理。第二、三、四段的開頭均使用過渡句引領(lǐng)各段內(nèi)容，要點明確。全文使用豐富的過渡詞或短語來連接觀點，使得文章更緊湊、自然。

升格作文中增加了細(xì)節(jié)描寫，表達(dá)感想的語句情感更豐富，句式更多樣，字里行間表達(dá)了小作者對校園生活與學(xué)習(xí)的熱愛。

（江蘇省泰州市第二中學(xué)附屬初中 劉鎏）