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Lesson 3 Your Life Is What You Make It
Unit 1 Life Choices
Teaching guideline
Reading for appreciation and thought
Warming-up
Predicting
Reading strategy
Reading for genre and structure
Reading for detailed information
Summary and role play
Self-assessment
Assignment
Warming-up
What can we do
for them?
dusty muddy challenging
tough small classroom
unstable power and water supplies
Warming-up
Look at the photos.
What do you think of the school?
What would it be like to be a volunteer teacher there?
Use the following words to help you.
a
b
Predicting
A volunteer teacher
What do you think the article will talk about?
Reading strategy
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.
Reading strategy
Skim to check predictions
Reading strategy
Read through the first and last paragraphs, but don’t read every word.
Pick out the key words.
Read the first sentence of each paragraph very quickly.
What should we do when skimming?
Reading for genre
What type of writing does it belong to?
A story.
An advertisement.
A report.
Reading for structure
Read the report and complete the headlines.
1
t to Be a Volunteer Teacher
2
When He Arrived
3
He Made
Reasons
Situation
Changes
Reading for details
Read and check your prediction.
1. What did Zhang Tian’s parents want him to do?
2. What did his friends do?
3. Where did he work as a volunteer teacher?
4. Why did he choose to go there?
5. What did he decide to do after a year?
Reading for details
1. What did Zhang Tian’s parents want him to do?
They hoped he would go to a big city to find a teaching job.
His friends all left his hometown for work in Shanghai or Beijing.
2. What did his friends do?
3. Where did he work as a volunteer teacher?
He worked in a village in Guizhou Province.
5. What did he decide to do after a year?
He decided to stay in the village for another year.
4. Why did he choose to go there?
He wanted to start a new lifestyle and teach where he was needed the most.
Reading for details
Reading for specific information
Read the report again and complete the information.
Reasons to Be a Volunteer Teacher
Situation When He Arrived
Changes He Made
School subjects:
School activities:
Students’ learning:
Villagers’ life:rebuilt the playground; set up a library; sell local products online
To start a new lifestyle, inspired by the idea of going to teach where he was needed the most
Living conditions:unstable power and water supplies; one shower every three or four days; dishes cooked by himself
School:much smaller; dusty and muddy playground
introduced more subjects
would organise the first school concert
learnt English; more confident in learning
Reading for appreciation
excited
eager
disappointed
troubled
inspired
satisfied
He was inspired by the idea …
… travelled with an eager heart
The school was much smaller …
The power and water supplies were unstable …
Their school lives are now more attractive …
… his students were able to read …
Using adj. + contrast
How did Zhang Tian feel at different times?
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2.How do you understand the title “Your life is what you make it”?
1.Why did Zhang Tian choose to stay in the village when he saw the school and living conditions there?
Reading for thought
Summary
Imagine that Zhang Tian is invited to participate in a talk show. Zhang Tian's students and several villagers have also come to the scene to show their gratitude to him. You will take on a role to raise questions about Zhang Tian's experience, future plan or anything they are eager to know.
Role Play
Self-assessment checklist
command of the text
1. I have got the main idea.
2. I have understood and figured out the story of Zhang Tian by using the mind-map.
3. I have explored the meaning of the title.
4.I have maintained good posture and eye contact with my classmates in a presentation.
It is our choices that show what we truly are.
— J.K. Rowling
Daily quote
What can you learn from this lesson?
Assignment
Organize your group discussion into a short passage and share it online with your classmates.
Thank you!
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