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Unit 1 Teenage Life Period 2 Reading and Thinking
Teaching objectives
1. To talk about your teenage school life.
2. To learn the main idea of the text and each paragraph.
3. To learn about the challenges Adam had and improve the basic reading skills by skimming the text.
4. To finish some basic exercises .
Step 1.Lead-in
1.What are the differences between schools in China and those in the foreign countries?
2.What would you tell a teenager from another country about school life in China?
School life in America:
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 China :
Around 7 a.m- 6 p.m.
Teachers move to different classrooms to teach.
Go home and do homework after school.
13 courses: Chinese, maths, English....
Homeworks mainly contains copying and test exercises
In China, students usually have classes in the same classroom and teachers take turns to teach in different classrooms.
Class Schedule/ Timetable(课程表)
We have at least 9 classes a day. Each class is about 40 minutes.
We have 13 courses at senior high: Chinese, maths, English, politics, history, geography, physics, biology, chemistry, music, art, PE, and IT.
Step 2.Pre-reading
What's the main idea of the passage?
The passage talks about __________ Adam met in senior high school:
how to choose _______ and ______________ ________. And he'll study harder and be ____ _________ for future.
Step 3. While-Reading
1.Match the main ideas with each paragraph.
the structure of the passage
2. Read and do the T or F questions.
1.Adam is a freshman in junior high school.( )
2.Adam felt confused during the first week.( )
3.Adam gave up joining school football team at last.( )
4.Studying hard is always fun for Adam.( )
3. Scan the text and choose the best choice.
(1) Adam felt _____at the beginning of his school
A. exci