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Unit 3 Reading for Writing
Sports and fitness
Learning Objectives
1.To describe the health problems and the solutions with expressions you’ve learned .
2.To study the writing techniques of comparison and contrast.
3.To write a page in a wellness book.
4.To know how to develop healthy lifestyles.
Kayla is doing push-up.
Make predictions
topic/theme:
work-out/heath
Picture
GOING POSITIVE
changes
Genre: a passage in a wellness book
A wellness book is a book in which a group of people exchange ideas about health and fitness.
Read the passage fast and summarize the main idea of each paragraph.
While-reading
Para. 1
Para. 2
Para. 3
State my positive changes and results.
My worry about my appearance and weight.
What made me change and how I changed.
Read for structures
Para. 1
Para. 2
Para. 3
Show the problem.
How to solve the problem.
State the positive results.
Match each part with proper statements.
Read for details
1. What problem did Kayla have in the past?
2. What does the sentence “I almost went bananas” mean?
3. What made her change her thinking?
Read the text again and answer the questions.
1. What problem did Kayla have in the past?
Weight and appearance.
Read for details
2. What does the sentence “I almost went bananas” mean?
Read for details
It means she was nearly mad/crazy, hopeless and angry.
3. What makes her change her thinking?
Read for details
An article that said instead of asking “Am I fat?”, people should be asking “Am I fit?” .
a turning point
The past The present
aim
mood worried happier and positive
actions
run 2 kilometers in eight minutes ;
do 30 push-ups ;
add healthy foods to my meals
tried every new diet, tried no fat , low –fat ,only bananas;
cut out the foods she enjoys;
to keep slim
to keep fit
Fill in the blanks.
Changes in life
Changes in thinking ways
Changes in actions
The past
The present
Read for writing techniques
Describe the positive changes by making comparison.
Read for writing techniques
How does the author sho