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Unit 1 Teenge life
Lesson 2 Reading and Thinking
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Learning aims
At the end of the class, students are able to
1. talk about their school life
2. learn reading skills (predict, skim, scan, summarize)
3. know how to analyze the structure
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Lead in
1. How do you feel about your senior high school life ?
2. What makes you feel so ? Give reasons or examples.
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Pre-reading
Guess what the passage is mainly about.
Predict
You can guess the main idea of a passage through the pictures, title, headline and so on.
The Freshman Challenge
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Cultural corner
In the United States (American English)
Freshman: a student in his or her first year of high school or college
(美国高中、大学) 一年级学生
Sophomore: a student in his or her second year of high school or college (美国高中、大学) 二年级学生
Junior: a student in his or her third year of high school or college
(美国高中、大学) 三年级学生
Senior: a student in his or her fourth year of high school or college
(美国高中、大学的) 毕业班学生
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Pre-reading
Guess what the passage is mainly about.
The Freshman Challenge
Predict
You can guess the main idea of a passage through the pictures, title, headline and so on.
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Fast reading
Skim
You can find main ideas by first taking a quick look at the title, piture(s), key words and phrases, and topic sentences.
Read the text quickly to find the main idea of each paragraph.
the first sentence
the last sentence
Paragraph 1:
Paragraph 2:
Paragraph 3:
Paragraph 4:
Senior high school is a challenge.
Adam had to think very carefully about which courses he wanted to take.
Adam had to choose extra-curricular activities.
Adam will have to study harder in the future and get used to being responsible for a lot more.
Where
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Structure
Topic
The supporting parts
Challenge
How to choose courses
How to choose extra-curricular activities
How to study
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Para. ①
Para. ②
Para. ③
Para. ④
Careful reading
Scan
Read quickly but not very thoroughly in order to find key information
Scan
You can find details by taking a quick look at some particular information — a fact , a name, a date, a statistic,etc.
Work in groups to find out the answers to the questions.
1. What courses did Adam choose? Which one do you think would be his favorite? Why?
2. What does "make the team" in Paragraph 3 mean?
3. What is Adam worried about?
4. Is Adam confident that he will get used to senior high school life? How do you know?
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Careful reading
Work in groups to find out the answer to the question.
1. What courses did Adam choose? Which one do you think would be his favorite? Why?
Adam chose math, English, chemistry, world history, and Chinese. Advanced literature would be his favorite subject because he likes English and he is good at it.
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Answer the questions.
1)Which course do you think would be Adam’s favourite?And why?
________________________________________________________________________
2)What is Adam worried about?
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
Advanced literature.Because he likes English and he is good at it.
He is worried about keeping up with others and finds it difficult to get used to all the homework.
3) What kind of person do you think Adam is?And why?
4) What does Adam think of his adviser?
He is a confident and positive freshman.Because he is a hard-working student and good at dealing with the challenges,and he’ll be well prepared for whatever comes in the future.
He likes his adviser.He thinks his recommendation is suitable for him.
5) What does “make the team” in paragraph3 mean?
6. Is Adam confident that he will get used to senior high school life? How do you know?
It means to join the team and become a member of the team
Yes, he is. Because he has made up his mind to study hard.
7.Do you face the same challenges as Adam? What other challenges are you facing?
8.What are some differences between Adam's school life and your school life?
Write about your own challenges as a freshman at senior high school as well as your feelings and solutions.
And add your attitude towards the challenges as a conclusion. You’re expected to use the words and expressions in the passage.
Hi! My name is _______ and I’m a freshman at XXXX School. Going from junior high school to senior high school is a really big challenge. The first week was _________________._______________________________________
________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________
___________________________________________
The answer is open.
Do exercise 4 on page 15.
Paragraph challenge How Adam feels Solution
1
Confused
2 The school adviser
________________________________
3
He will find a way to
_________________________________
4 He will
___________________________
Choosing___________courses
Going from junior high school to
senior high school
academic
a bit
nervous
helped him to choose his courses.
Choosing extra-curricular activities
unhappy
improve on his own and make the team neat year.
Not being able to keep up with others
worried
work harder and be well prepared for his future.
Do exercise 5 on page 15.
1.I am good at maths, so my teacher __________that I should choose advanced maths in my first year.
2.Finding time for both studies and extra-curricular activities is a big________, so I need to make a workable schedule.
3.It’s a little_______ to choose suitable courses. I hope that my adviser can help me make a good decision.
4.We can try a course for two weeks after we________up for it. After that,we can’t change it.
recommended
challenge
confusing
sign
5. The main purpose of the course is to help _______
each student’s reading ability.
6.Some of the students want to become writers or editors after they________, so the teacher advised them to start a writing club.
7.The school is ___________for the safety of all the students.
8.Whenever I’m facing a difficulty, I always tell myself, “Don’t let anything stop you. Don’t ever ________.”
improve
graduate
responsible
quit
Summary.
Adam is a freshman in senior high school. He finds senior high school is____big challenge and the first week was a little ______. (confuse).Luckily,the school adviser helped him choose the suitable courses and _______ (recommend)that he sign ______ for advanced literature.Though Adam thinks Chinese very difficult,he hopes to be fluent when he graduates.
He had to choose extracurricular _________(activity).He wanted to join the school football team,but he was refused
a
confusing
recommended
up
activities
because the coach thinks he didn't play well._________ ,he won't quit.He will work hard __________ (improve) it.Besides
he joined a volunteer club to help _______ (home)people in the community every Wednesday. To keep up with the other students in his ____________ (advance) course and get used to all the homework,Adam will study hard.Studying hard isn't always
fun,but he will be well ___________ (prepare)for university or whatever else comes in the future.
However
to improve
homeless
advanced
prepared
翻译
1.I know that Chinese is a very difficult language, but I hope to be fluent when I graduate.
2.My adviser recommended that I should sign up for advanced literature because I like English and I'm good at it.
3.I tried to join the school football team, but the coach told me that I didn't play well enough.
我知道汉语是非常难学的一门语言,但是我希望等到我毕业时能够流利(地用汉语进行表达)。
因为我喜欢英语而且成绩不错,我的指导老师建议我选修高级文学。
我打算加入学校足球队,但是教练说我足球踢得不好。
4. Going from junior high school to senior high school is a really big challenge.
5. I’ll find a way to improve on my own so that I can make the team next year.
6. 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.
从初中到高中是一个很大的挑战。
我会想办法提高自己,这样我明年就能进队了
不过,我很高兴在这里。学习努力并不总是有趣的,但我会为将来的大学或其他任何事情做好充分的准备。
Good bye
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