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Reading and Thinking
Unit1 Teenage Life
The Freshman Challenge
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By the end of this lesson, you are expected to be able to
1. sort out Adam’s life challenges and get the structure of the text;
2. draw a conclusion of Adam’s qualities from the challenges and solutions;
3. express the views on teenage life and establish a positive outlook on life.
Learning Objectives:
School uniform
School life in China
extra-curricular activities
exams
...
subjects
homework
How did you feel on your first school day?
What would you tell a teenager from another country about school life in China?
Warming-up
S1
Pre-reading
picture
title
Pre-reading
Look at the pictures and predict:
What do you think the text is about?
It is about a freshman’s new school______________________.
difficulties\challenges
S2
While-reading
First reading
Skim:
You can find main ideas by first taking a quick look at the title, pictures , key words and phrases, and topic sentences.
While Reading
What is the topic sentence of
Each paragraph?
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Para.1: Senior high school is a challenge.
Para.2: How to choose courses.
Para.4: How to study.
Para.3: How to choose extra-activities.
Read for the structure and main idea.
Discuss with your partners.
While Reading
2. Close reading for details.
Para.1:Background.
Who :
When and where:
What:
How: The first week is
a little confusing
Adam-a freshman
The first week at senior high school
a big challenge
Second reading
Para 2.
3. Who recommended him advanced literature? Why?
He chose mathematics, English, chemistry, world history and Chinese.
What courses did Adam choose?
2.How does Adam think of Chinese? What is Adam’ s expectation about Chinese when he graduate?
He thought it a very difficult language, but he hopes to be fluent when he graduates.
His adviser recommended that he should sign up for advanced literature because he likes English and he is good at it.
1.Adam quitted and was happy .( )
2.Adam joined the volunteer clu