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Period 2 Reading and Thinking
First Impressions
Welcome Unit
Skimming
略读把握文章大意
略读只看文章标题(title)和小标题(subtitle),以及每个部分或者段落的前两句。关注文章中反复出现的关键词(key words)。
略读时,注意段落的前两句。第一句通常是该段的主题句 (topic sentence), 而第二句常是对前句的延伸或进一步的解释。
Scanning
扫读寻找特定信息或词组
扫读(scanning), 迅速浏览内容,搜寻支持句 (supporting sentences)和需要的特定信息。
注意文章中是否有转折词,转折词常会把思路逆转或加入其它重要的信息。
Reading skills
Lead in
How did you feel on your first day of senior high school?
How did you feel on your first day of senior high school? Circle the pictures that describe how you felt.
happy
anxious
excited
annoyed
frightened
awkward
sad
home-sick
worried
stressed out
adj.焦虑的;不安的
adj.恼怒的;生气的
adj.惊吓的;害怕的
adj.想家的,思乡的
adj.紧张有压力的
Warm-up
Step 1: Pre-reading
1. Skim the text and decide which order does Han Jing follow to talk about? Time order or place order?
Time order
2. Read the title, look at the pictures and predict what the text is probably about?
The text is perhaps about the feelings and experiences on the first day.
3. Where can you most probably read this text?
We can probably read this text on a social networking.
Skimming means looking at a text or chapter quickly in order to have a general idea of the contents
Skimming
7:00 a.m.
12:30 p.m.
5:32 p.m.
10:29 p.m.
happy
anxious
excited
annoyed
frightened
anxious
happy
annoyed
happy
excited
/
time
feelings
What were Han Jing’s feelings on her first school day?
Paragraph 1:
Paragraph 2:
Paragraph 3:
Paragraph 4:
Activity 1: Skim and match the main idea with each paragraph.
Han Jing’s first maths class
The worries about the new school day
Han Jing’s first chemistry class
HanJing’s feelings about her first senior
school day
Step 2 : While-reading
Skimming
Stucture
first maths class
worries about the new school day
chemistry class
feelings about the new school day
four Posts
1) Why did Han Jing feel anxious before school?
Because she is not outgoing. What’s more, she is worried about making friends with others.
Activity 2: Scan the passage for details.
7:00 a.m.
Scanning means looking at a text to find some particular information
Scanning
2) How was her first maths class?
It was difficult but the teacher was kind and friendly.
12:30 p.m.
Scanning
3) What happened in the chemistry class? What would you do if this happened to you?
A guy next to Han Jing tried to talk with her and she couldn’t concentrate on the experiment.
If I were Han Jing, I would tell him to keep quiet and leave me alone.
5:32 p.m.
Scanning
4) What did Han Jing learn from her first day in senior high school?
She learned that she would make new friends in her new class and there was a lot to explore in the new school.
10:29 p.m.
worried
awkward
frightened
Scanning
Fill in the table with the words and phrases from the text, and tell a partner about Han Jing’s day.
7:00 a.m.
12:30 p.m.
5:32 p.m.
10:29 p.m.
senior high school, a little anxious
maths class, difficult, kind and friendly, funny, helpful
chemistry class, science lab, great, concentrate on, quiet
home, awkward, frightened, explore, confident
Scanning
7:00 a.m.
12:30 p.m.
5:32 p.m.
Timeline
Han Jing's Impressions on Her First School Day
10:29 p.m.
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Imagine you are Han Jing’s friend. Tell us what she felt and did on her first day in her senior high school.
Han Jing is my friend. Today is her first day at senior high school. She is not ________ so she is _______ about her new life in the new school. She had her ________ class in the morning. She thought it ________, but the teacher left her good _________. Both the teacher and classmates are _______ and helpful.
outgoing
anxious
maths
difficult
impression
friendly
Complete the passage with the correct forms of the words and phrases below.
Word Study
explore, impression, feel confident, senior, experiment, concentrate on
Tian Hua is a new student at a school in America. She is studying at an American high school for one year. In China, Tian Hua was in Grade 1 at ___________ high school, but in America, she is in Grade 10! She did not ___________ at all when she arrived.
senior
feel confident
Her first ____________ was that English was difficult and people spoke too quickly, but soon she found that if she ____________ the ideas, not the single words, she could understand! She also made friends and began to _________ the city with them. Her new friends were happy to explain things to her after class. Her favorite class is chemistry because the teacher lets the students do cool ___________! Tian Hua is not sure how well she will do at school this year, but she is not nervous any more. She is excited!
explore
experiments
impression
concentrate on
THANKS
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