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Teenage life
Book 1 Unit 1 Reading and Thinking
Ellie
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Discussion
As freshmen at senior high school, what challenges are you facing?
Do you think he faces the same challenge as you?
The Freshman Chanllenge
Adam
Skim the passage to find the main idea of each paragraph.
The topic sentence is usually, but not always, the ____ sentence of a paragraph. It gives the main idea.
Reading for organization
Skim
You can find the main ideas by first taking a quick look at the title, pictures, key words, phrases and topic sentences.
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Senior high school is a challenge.
Adam had to ...
Adam had to ...
Adam will have to ...
➼What does Adam think of senior high school?
Senior high school is a challenge.
Adam had to think very carefull about which courses he wanted to take.
Adam had to choose extra-curricular activities.
Adam had to study harder and get used to being responsible for a lot more.
opinion-fact pattern
The main idea
A. By listing numbers
B. By listing facts
C. By debating
➼What are Adam’s challenges?
Para.1
opinion
Para. 3
fact 2
Para.4
fact 3
Para. 2
fact 1
It makes the statement more convincing.
➼ How does Adam support his opinion?
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2
3
4
Does Adam face the same challenge as you?
Paragraph Challenge Feelings Solution
2 choosing the __________ courses ___________________ He asked _______________
______ for help.
3 making ______________
_______________ ___________________
He will ___________
_________________
He ______________
_______ instead.
4 __________________in his advanced courses and _____________________ ________but________
________________and __________________
Read Para 2 to 4 carefully to complete the outline.
Reading for information
➼ Which course do you think would be his favourite? Use facts to support your opinion.
When making important decisions, we should _________________________.
Paragraph challenge Feelings Solution
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