内容正文:
My first day at senior high
B1U1 Understanding ideas
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How did you feel on your first day at senior high?
设计意图:引入话题“feelings on the first day of school”,过渡到课文阅读
补充:curious, nervous, anxious, embarrassed, ambitious
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Predicting (预测): What order (顺序) might the passage follow?
Predicting (预测): What order (顺序) might the passage follow?
genre (体裁):diary
structure: time order
Learning tips: viewing (看)
Use the title, the pictures, and the page layout (页面设计) to predict the structure (结构) and content (内容) of the passage.
Fast reading: Check your predictions.
Read and find the words that show the time order.
Para.1: …the big day finally arrived
Para.2: …when I arrived
Para.3: When my English teacher stepped into the classroom…
Para.4: Before we start…
Para.5: …when the girl next to me…
Para.7: When we had all introduced ourselves…
Q1: What did the author write in his diary about his first day at senior high?
A new timetable.
The school campus.
School subjects.
New friends.
An embarrassing moment.
New teachers.
His feelings.
The first class.
Fast reading: Finish Activity 2 and Activity 3.
school campus, embarrassing moment
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Q2: What is the best description of Meng Hao’s first day at senior high?
He found the English class difficult and was not sure what to do.
With the English teacher’s support, he thought senior high was easy and felt confident about his future.
He was not sure about life at senior high, but after the English class, he felt more confident.
Fast reading: Finish Activity 2 and Activity 3.
confident
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Detailed reading: MH’s experiences
Following the timeline, find out what Meng Hao experienced on his first day.
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Detailed reading: MH’s experiences
Before going to school
Because it was Meng Hao’s first day at 1.______________, he woke up early and 2.____________ to his new school.
senior high
rushed
Arriving at school
The campus was still quiet, so Meng Hao decided to 3.______________. He met a man who he 4._________________ find out later