内容正文:
Unit 1 Period 1 Welcome to the unit & Reading
【学习目标】
Learning Objectives
1.To read for the information about realizing one’s potential by skimming for topic sentences and summarize the outline of the speech;
2.To use the words and phrases from the text correctly and learn to form adjectives with suffixes and give an inspiring speech by applying parallels structures in the text.
【学习过程】
Learning activities
目标一:To read for the information about realizing one’s potential by skimming for topic sentences and summarize the outline of the speech
Activity 1: Check the new words and phrases first. Read the words and phrases, and say the Chinese meaning loudly.
Activity 2: Pre-reading
Look at the title and pictures and answer the questions.
Realizing your potential
★ How do you think senior high school will be different from junior high school?
★ What do you think the principal will talk about in his speech?
Activity 3: Fast reading
Task 1 Read the speech transcript and find the topic sentence for each paragraph.
Para. 1: Welcome to senior high school!
Para. 2: ________________________________________________________________________
Para. 3: ________________________________________________________________________
Para. 4: ________________________________________________________________________
Para. 5: ________________________________________________________________________
Para. 6: ________________________________________________________________________
Task 2 Read the speech transcript quickly again and answer the following questions.
1 What challenges will students face at senior high school?
2 What does the principal have confidence in?
3 What school resources are mentioned in the speech?
4 What positive attitude should students develop?
Activity 4: Careful reading
Task 1 Look at the questions first and read the speech transcript carefully, then answer the questions.
★ What is the purpose of the speech?
★ What is the main idea of the speech?
Task 2 Read the speech tr