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U1 Life Choices
L3 Your Life Is What You Make It
Rachel
1
Activate and sahre
dusty muddy challenging tough
small classroom / rooms
unstable power and water supplies
YOUR LIFE IS WHAT YOU MAKE IT
Predict: What will you read in the report?
Students in the village school
Zhang Tian in the village school
Skimming to Check Predictions
Skimming means reading very quickly to
get a general idea of what a text is about. This will help you check predictions about the text.
Look at the first and last paragraphs, but don't read every word. Pick out key words.
Read the first sentence of each paragraph very quickly.
Skill Builder
Read and explore
Para 1 Main idea
What did Zhang Tian’s parents want him to do? What did his friends do?
2. Why dis ZhangTian want to be a voluneer teacher?
They hoped he would go to a big city to find a teaching job.
He was inspired by his previous teacher and wanted to start a new lifestyle
Read Para 2 and answer the questions below
Situation When He Arrived
School subjects
introduced more subjects
School activities
would organise the first school concert
Students' learning
learnt English; became more confident in learning.
Villagers' life
rebuilt the playground; set up a library; helped sell local products online
Read the rest paras and fill in the chart.
Inspired
Applied for and became a volunteer teacher in a village school
Eager
Imagined all sorts of exciting things
Disapp-ointed
The school was much smaller than expected; Dusty and muddy playground
Challenged
Unstable power and water supplies; Shower once every 3 or 4 days; Learned how to cook
Satisfied
Students love PE; School is full of laughter and music; First ever school concert planned
Motivated
Enjoy working with the children; Planning on staying another year
Find some words to describe Zhang Tian's different feelings and talk about the changes. Use the diagram to help you.
1 ________ by the teachers from small villages, Zhang Tian 2 ________ for and became a 3 __