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Reading and Thinking
Period 2
Unit 1 Teenage Life
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Learning 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 is the video about ?
American high school life and courses
2. What are the differences between schools in China and foreign countries?
1. Who is the author? (作者)
2. What’s the text mainly about?
3. What is the text type (文本类型)of the passage?
A. narrative essay (记叙文)
B. agumentative essay (说明文)
C. practial writing (应用文)
He may face some at senior high school.
The Freshman Challenge
A at senior high school.
freshman
challenges
Step2 Prediction
Step2 Prediction
Skim
You can find main ideas by first taking a quick look at the title, picture(s), key words and phrases, and topic sentences.
What's the main idea of the text?
A.The importance of taking courses.
B.Why Adam joined a volunteer club.
C.How Adam dealt with the freshman challenge.
D.Adam is worried about his advanced course.
Step2 Prediction
1.Match the main ideas with each paragraph.
Senior high school is a challenge
Adam had to think carefully about which courses he wanted to take.
Adam had to choose extra-curricular activities.
Studying harder and being responsible are needed
Step 3.Fast-reading
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Draw a structure map.
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1. Adam felt __________at the beginning of his senior high
excited B. interested C. confused D. worried
2. Who gave Adam advice on courses?
Parents. B. Adviser. C .Coach. D. Classmates
3. What subject is Adam's favorite?
A. Chinese. B. World history. C. Math. D. English.
Step 3.Fast-reading
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4. Hearing he was poor in playing football well, Adam
felt disappointed but went on with it
left the football and joined a club
C. didn't give up and tried to