Unit 1 Teenage Life Reading and Thinking 课件-2024-2025学年高中英语人教版（2019) 必修第一册

The Freshman Challenge Reading and Thinking Words game challenge title topic freshman confusing confuse confused fluent graduate recommend advanced advance literature extra-curricular extra obviously quit responsible responsibility solution schedule editor sigh up for sth be responsible for Lead-in What is the video about ? American high school life courses in American high school Is it similiar to Chinese high school life? Work in groups. Discuss the questions. 1. What do you want to know about school life in other countries? 2. What would you tell a teenager from another country about school life in China? many students in a class taking exams regularly interesting clubs sports meeting 1 Think and answer canteen smartphone use holidays courses extra-curricular activities sports homework Prediction The freshman challenge Predict what the article is about from the title & the picture by asking some questions: Who What Where How While-reading Can you read and find the main idea of each para ? Para 2 Para 1 Para 3 Para 4 Skimming Skim you can find main ideas by first taking a quick look at the title, picture(s), key words and phrases, and topic sentences. Title Subject: Schooling, facing problems… 7 Skimming Title Topic sentence 一般出现在段落的首两句话或者最后一句。 Key words and phrases 一般是名词或名词短语，形容词或形容词短语。 e.g. junior high school, challenge Skim you can find main ideas by first taking a quick look at the title, picture(s), key words and phrases, and topic sentences. He had to choose extra-curricular activities. Adam will study harder and be responsible for a lot more. While-reading Can you read and find the main idea of each para ? Para 2 Para 1 Para 3 Para 4 Senior high school is a challenge. Adam had to think very carefully about which course he wanted to take. Skimming you can find main ideas by first taking a quick look at the title, picture(s), key words and phrases, and topic sentences. While-reading What is the structure of this article ? Para 1: the topic a Really Big Challenge Para 2 Challenge 1 Para 3 Challenge 2 Para 4 Challenge 3 General Specific Paragraph1 Hi! My name is Adam and I’m a freshman at senior high school. Going from junior high school to senior high school is a really big challenge. The first week was a little confusing. Detailed reading 11 While-reading Para. 2 What courses did Adam choose? Which course do you think would be his favourite?Why? Maths, English, Chemistry, world history and Chinese. (Para. 2, line 3.) Advanced literature. Because he likes English and he's good at it. (Para. 2, line 6.) Scanning A technique for quickly looking through reading material to locate a particular piece of information —a fact , a name, a date, a statistic, etc. Paragraph2 First, I had to think very carefully about which courses I wanted to take. The school adviser helped me choose the suitable ones: maths, English, chemistry, world history, and Chinese. I know that Chinese is a very difficult language, but I hope to be fluent when I graduate. My adviser recommended that I should sign up for advanced literature because I like English and I’m good at it. school adviser 课程顾问；提供意见者 An adviser is an expert whose job is to give advice to another person or to a group of people. While-reading Para. 3 What does "make the team" in Para 3 mean? It means to try out and then be allowed to join a sports team. Paragraph3 I had to choose extra-curricular activities, too. I tried to join the school football team, but the coach told me that I didn’t paly well enough. Obviously, I was unhappy, but I won’t quit. I’ll find a way to improve on my own so that I can make the team next year. I joined a volunteer club instead. Every Wednesday, we work at a soup kitchen and hand out food to homeless people in the community. Soup Kitchen流动厨房/施粥处 A place where food is offered free or at very low cost to the needy. Typically, a soup kitchen is run and staffed by volunteers who cook the food, serve it, and clean up. While-reading Para. 4 What is Adam worried about? Is Adam confident that he will get used to senior high school life? How do you know? Keeping up with the other students in his advanced course & getting used to all the homework. (Para. 4, line 2-4.) Yes. He will study harder and be more responsible and get prepared for whatever comes in the future. (Para. 4, line 4-6.) Paragraph4 I know I’ll have to study harder as a senior high school student and get used to being responsible for a lot more. I’m a bit worried about keeping up with the other students in my advanced course, and it’ll be quite difficult to get used to all the homework. Still, I’m happy to be here. Studying hard isn’t always fun, but I’ll be well prepared for university or whatever else comes in the future. While-reading Complete the outline and retell. Para Challenge Feeling Solution 1 confused 2 Choosing ______________ courses The school adviser ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3 He will find a way to ____________________________________________________________________ 4 He will ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Going from junior high school to senior high school suitable serious/ careful helped him choose suitable courses. making the school football team unhappy improve on his own and make the team next year. Keeping up with the other students in his advanced course & getting used to all the homework. worried happy confident get well prepared for university or whatever else comes in the future. Further thinking What kind of person do you think Adam is? Why? optimistic organized thoughtful warm-hearted determined Further thinking Do you face the same challenges as Adam? What other challenges are you facing? How do you deal with them? When facing challenges 1 6 5 4 2 3 Be brave Have an open mind Get prepared Talk to a friend Communicate with parents Ask for teachers' advice Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the new words from the text. Fill in the blank I'm good at maths, so my teacher _____________ that I should choose advanced maths in my first year. Finding time for both studies and extra-curricular avtivities is a big _________, so I need to make a workable schedule. It's a little __________ to choose suitable courses. I hope that my adviser can help me make a good decision. We can try a course for two weeks after we ______ up for it. After that, we cannot change it. recommended challenge confusing sign 5 Fill in the blank Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the new words from the text. The main purpose of the course is to help ________ each student's reading ability. Some of the students want to become writers or editors after they ________, so the teacher advised them to start a writing club. The school is __________ for the safety of all the students. Whenever I'm facing a difficulty, I always tell myself, “Don't let anything stop you. Don't ever ______.” improve graduate responsible quit 5 Conclusion Try to retell the text by using expressions we have learnt today. Adam was a ________ at senior high school. He faced some _________. First, he had to choose ________ courses. His adviser ____________ that he should __________ advanced literature. He had to choose _____________________, too. He tried to join the football team but failed. However, he wouldn't _____. He wanted to find a way to _______ on his own so that he can _____________ next year. He also joined a ________ club and __________ food to homeless people. Although Adam was worried about _____________ the other students and ____________ all the homework, he would study harder and become ___________ for a lot more. Studying hard isn't always fun, but he will be well ____________ university or whatever else comes in the future. freshman challenges suitable sign up for recommended extra-curricular activities quit improve make the team volunteer handed out keeping up with getting used to responsible prepared for Thank you Lavf58.20.100 Bilibili VXCode Swarm Transcoder v0.7.28 $$