Unit 1 Teenage Life 第2课时 Reading and Thinking（教学课件）-2023-2024学年高一英语同步精品课堂（人教版2019必修第一册）

Unit 1 Teenage Life Good habits formed at youth make all the difference. ——Aristotle 2 Period 2 Reading and Thinking Teaching objectives To talk about your teenage school life. To learn the main idea of the text and each paragraph. Practice the skill of skimming with a text about school life in the US. To finish some basic exercises . Video : The school life Work in groups. Discuss the questions 1.What do you want to know about school life in other countries? 2. What would you tell a teenager from another country about school life in China? Around 7 a.m- 4 p.m. Students move to different classrooms to have classes. Go to school clubs or extra-curricular activities after school. Compulsory courses ＆ optional courses Homeworks mainly contains reading and essays. School life in America: Around 7 a.m- 6 p.m. Teachers move to different classrooms to teach. Go home and do homework after school. courses: Chinese, maths, English.... Homeworks mainly contains copying and test exercises. School life in China : In China, students usually have classes in the same classroom and teachers take turns to teach in different classrooms. Read the text quickly to find the main idea of each paragraph. Fast reading THE FRESHMAN CHALLENGE Hi! My name is Adam and I’m a freshman at senior high school. Going from junior high school to senior high school is a really big challenge. The first week was a little confusing. First，I had to think very carefully about which courses I wanted to take. The school adviser helped me choose the suitable ones：maths，English，chemistry，world history，and Chinese. I know that Chinese is a very difficult language，but I hope to be fluent when I graduate. My adviser recommended that I should sign up for advanced literature because I like English and I’m good at it. I had to choose extra-curricular activities，too. I tried to join th