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B1U1 Back to School
Reading
Lead-in
What does senior high school mean in your eyes?
Senior high school is a time of
_________
?
discovery
enjoying
learning
working hard
growing up
……
A principal’s speech transcript(文字记录)
Realizing your potential
1. What is a speech?
A speech is a formal talk that a person gives to an audience.
2. What do you think the principal will talk about in his speech?
What is potential?
How to realize one’s potential?
Why should we realize our potential?
predict based on the title
A speech is a formal talk that a person gives to an audience.
Learning aims
1
2
By the end of the class, we are expected to:
understand what potential is and how they can develop it;
know about the structure, the language style and the purpose of the speech;
3
have a positive attitude towards senior high school life and be
confident to face it.
Self study
para 1: Welcome to senior high school!
para 2:_________________________
para 3:_________________________
para 4: _________________________
para 5: _________________________
para 6: _________________________
A1 Read the speech transcript and find the topic sentence for each paragraph.
I can’t wait to describe to you what senior high school life is like.
Put simply, potential is your natural ability that can be developed
when you try hard enough.
To fully realize your potential, it is important for you to make the most of
our school resources.
Of equal importance are good study habits, useful skills and a positive attitude.
You alone are responsible for realizing your great potential.
Welcome of students' arrival
Description of school life
Definition of potential
Advice on realizing potential
Expectation for students
Why what how
Speech Outline
The (1) ________ of the speech
The (2) ___________ of the speech
The (3) _______ of the speech
opening
development
closing
Structure
Find the speech outline for this article.
para 1
para 2-5
para 6
Guidance & exploration
Para.1
The opening of the speech
Senior high school is the start of a (4) ________ future.
promising
Parallel structures 排比
rhetorical device (修辞)
Powerful
Guidance & exploration
Describe what senior high school life is like
Para.2
Challenges
Opportunities
a new
environment
new
knowledge
new ways
of thinking
personal growth
great
knowledge
Guidance & exploration
Potential is your _________(nature) ability that can ___________(develop) when you try hard enough.
Para.3
What is potential ?
The principal’s understanding?
The principal’s
examples?
Maybe you can create ___________________; you can make _______________;
you can develop___________________and you can make a difference to ______________________________________________.
natural
be developed
beautiful works of art
medical advances
amazing technologies
your family, to your community and to our country
Guidance & exploration
How to realize your potential?
to make the most of our school resources
to form good study habits, master useful skills and develop a positive attitude
External factors
Internal factors
School resources:
_______________classes
__________teachers & classmates
_______________ school facilities
________________ school activities
Good study habits:
_____ your study
_____ goals
_____ schoolwork with other activities
Useful skills:
____________ skills
____________ skills
A positive attitude:
look on the _____
never lose ______
Para.4&5
take advantage of
make use of
learn from
take an active part in
plan
set
balance
communication
problem-solving
bright side
hope
Guidance & exploration
para 6
1. It is ______ not others that are responsible for realizing your great potential.
2. What does the proverb '' A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step'' mean?
you
What is the main idea of the speech?
The speech focuses on “ ”: its definition, significance and ways to .
potential
realize one’s potential
Summary
What makes a
good speech?
1. Asking questions
1.“What is potential?”(para.3)
Consolidation
2. As Lao-Tzu wisely said, “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step” (para.6)
3. ... what beautiful works of art you will create, what medical advances you will make or what amazing technologies you will develop! ...(para.3)
2. Using quotations (引言)
Using parallel structures
(parallelism)排比
Metaphor
隐喻
A3 What techniques does the principal use?
4. Para. 2: Most importantly, your time and effort at senior high school will open the door to your potential.
20 years after your senior high school graduation, you are invited by the principal to give a short speech to the school on the first day of term. The topic remains the same “Realizing your potential”. Use parallel structures to complete the speech and deliver it to the whole class.
Apply parallel structures.
B3
Good morning, my fellow students! Welcome to senior high school! Welcome to my senior high school! Twenty years ago, I was sitting where you are now.
The headmaster told us on my first day of senior high school that today is the start of a new term, the start of a three-year journey and the start of a promising future. I want to tell you that today is the end of being (1) ________, the end of being (2) _________ and the end of being (3) _________________. It is the starting point of growth.
immature
dependent
who you used to be
Consolidation
Senior high school is of chief importance. It is a time to (4) _________________. It is a time to (5) ___________________. It is a time to (6) __________________. Your potential is the natural ability you are born with. With time and effort, you will see how it adds colour to your life, how it shapes your understanding and how it defines your eternal happiness.
Remember to trust yourself, to explore yourself, and believe me, you will surprise yourself.
turn over a new leaf
prepare for your future
realize your potential
Consolidation
Assignment
1.Prepare a speech about your plans to realize your potential in high school. Remember to use the writing techniques you’ve learnt.
2. Finish the exercises B1 & B2 on page 5
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Make the plan
In the future three years, what would you do to realize your potential ?
A plan for realizing my potential
To know myself my strength
my weakness
my potential
To realize my potential step 1:
step2:
step 3:
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