摘要:
该高中英语课件围绕“新开始”主题,聚焦日记文本的阅读与情感分析。课堂导入通过分享首天期望与担忧、观看校园视频、同伴问卷互动激活学生经验,Pre-reading引导结合标题图片预测内容,While-reading用时间线和事件-情感表定位关键事件与情感变化,Post-reading通过复述和实践活动实现知识迁移,构建从激活到应用的学习支架。
其亮点在于融合多模态资源(含2个校园视频)与任务驱动设计,通过“事件-情感追踪表”培养思维品质(分析推断情感弧),“Senior High Starter Kit”活动提升语言能力(用英语规划新开始)和学习能力(策略运用)。学生能深化语言理解与情感体验,教师可依托结构化流程高效开展读写结合教学。
内容正文:
Unit 1 A new start
外研版高中英语必修第一册
Period 1 • Starting out
Learning objectives
predict the diary content from the title, pictures and text type;
locate key events, feelings and supporting expressions along the time line;
retell Meng Hao’s story and plan a confident new start.
Contents
1. Lead in
2. Pre-reading
3. While-reading
4. Post-reading
5. Summary
6. Assessment & Homework
01. Lead in
A new start begins with one question
What will be different?
Think of your first day at senior high.
people
places
feelings
new classmates
a larger campus
excited / nervous
Turn to your partner and share one expectation and one worry. Give a reason for each.
Name the feeling before you name the story
How did you feel on your first morning?
Sentence frame: I felt __________ because _________________.
1
EXCITED
2
NERVOUS
3
CURIOUS
4
PROUD
Ask two classmates. Record one reason that is different from yours.
Open the textbook: what is new at senior high?
Observe
• the campus
• the student
• the questionnaire
Task 1 Circle two visible details.
Task 2 Infer one possible feeling.
Compare
What may be different from junior high?
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- User-provided textbook screenshot: Starting out, Unit 1 A new start.
- Font Awesome Free education icons: https://fontawesome.com/icons/categories/education
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Video 1 | Exciting First Day at School
Watch for…
1 Where are the speakers?
2 How do they greet each other?
3 Which phrase could you use today?
Before: predict one greeting. While: note one useful phrase.
After: repeat it with a partner and change one detail.
Build your first-day questionnaire
Ask your partner
1
How did you feel?
2
What was your first impression?
3
Who did you first talk to?
4
What impressed you most?
Follow-up: Why? / What happened next?
Report: My partner felt ___ because ___.
02. Pre-reading
Predict before you read
MY FIRST DAY
AT SENIOR HIGH
Look at the title and pictures.
1 What may happen?
2 How may the writer feel?
3 Which picture supports your idea?
Prediction frame: I think ___ because the title / picture shows ___.
A diary follows events and feelings
DIARY CLUES
Diary date
Monday, 4 September
Voice
first person: I / my
Order
morning → campus → class
Focus
what happened + how I felt
Why a diary? It links outer events with inner change.
Prediction: the emotional line may rise, fall and finally settle.
Key words unlock the diary
picture
v. imagine a scene
eagerness
n. strong excitement
explore
v. look around a new place
nudge
n./v. push gently
panic
n./v. sudden fear
embarrassed
adj. ashamed and awkward
pressure
n. stress from difficulty
calm
adj. not worried
Keep one expression in mind: butterflies in one’s stomach.
Which physical reaction may show this feeling?
03. While-reading
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- User-provided textbook screenshot: Understanding ideas, page 1.
- Template design inherited from the user-provided PPTX.
- Font Awesome Free education icons: https://fontawesome.com/icons/categories/education
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Skim for the big picture
What is the diary mainly about?
A. The new school was difficult and disappointing.
B. The English teacher made senior high easy.
C. A nervous first day ended with growing confidence.
Evidence: beginning = eagerness; middle = panic; ending = a good beginning.
Skimming tip: follow the beginning and the ending first.
The diary moves through one school day
Read for structure
Before school
Para. 1
eager
Arriving
Paras. 2–3
curious → surprised
English class
Paras. 4–7
nervous → relaxed
After class
Para. 8
confident
Structure = time order + emotional change
Before school: eagerness starts the story
“I had pictured it over and over again in my mind.”
ACTION
woke up early
rushed out of the door
imagined repeatedly
EAGERNESS
How do the verbs make the morning feel fast?
pictured = anticipation • woke up early = urgency • rushed out = quick pace
?
At school: curiosity leads to a meeting
SETTING
The campus was still quiet.
ACTION
Meng Hao decided to explore.
“New here? ... You’ll soon find out.”
Who is the white-haired man?
curious uncertain
Evidence → inference
quiet campus → few people around
decided to explore → active curiosity
In class: the white-haired man returns
EXPECTATION
a new English teacher
REALITY
the same man!
“How true these words were!”
This delayed answer creates a plot twist and keeps us reading.
Foreshadowing: “You’ll soon find out.” → Pay-off: the man enters the classroom.
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- User-provided textbook passage, paragraph 3.
- Font Awesome Free education icons: https://fontawesome.com/icons/categories/education
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A self-introduction becomes the hardest moment
1
Mr. Meng asks everyone to introduce themselves.
2
Meng Hao’s brain “just wouldn’t start”.
3
The girl next to him gives him a nudge.
4
“It’s your turn!”
Language effect: “wouldn’t start” makes the mental block concrete; the nudge raises the pressure.
A shared name turns panic into laughter
“With butterflies in my stomach, I breathed deeply.”
nervous
panic
everyone laughed
relaxed
“Nice to know we share the same name.”
Humour breaks the pressure.
The author turns feelings into pictures
butterflies in my stomach
nervous excitement
image
the engine just wouldn’t start
my mind went blank
metaphor
with butterflies ... I breathed deeply
action shows emotion
show, don’t tell
Effect: readers feel the emotion instead of only being told about it.
Mr Meng turns challenge into a strategy
Challenges may put you under pressure.
Accept the challenge
Keep calm and be prepared.
Choose a response
Make the most of your time.
Act with purpose
Which piece of advice matters most to you?
Apply it: When I feel pressure, I will ___ so that I can ___.
The ending turns one day into a life lesson
“Well begun, half done.”
Literal idea
A good beginning makes later work easier.
Diary meaning
Meng Hao now sees the new start with confidence.
Opening: eagerness → Ending: confidence
Transfer: write one action that can give your first week a good beginning.
Video 2 | Compare another first day
Compare with Meng Hao
• greeting phrases
• one awkward moment
• how confidence grows
Compare: Same nervous moment? Different support? How does confidence grow?
Language bank: Nice to meet you. / I’m a little nervous, but… / Shall we…?
Track events and feelings on one line
1
Before school
woke early
rushed out
excited
2
On campus
met a man
curious
3
English class
introduced himself
nervous → relaxed
4
After class
accepted advice
confident
The events move forward; confidence gradually grows.
Evidence trail: pictured → explored → breathed deeply → accepted the advice
Complete the experience–feeling table | Part 1
Stage
Meng Hao’s experience
Feeling
Before school
pictured the day; woke early; rushed out
excited / eager
Arriving
explored the quiet campus; met a white-haired man
curious
English class
found the man was his teacher; prepared to introduce himself
surprised / nervous
Underline the exact words in the passage that support each feeling.
Complete the experience–feeling table | Part 2
Stage
What happened next
Feeling
Self-introduction
mind went blank; received a nudge; said “Hi, I’m Meng Hao.”
panicked / embarrassed
Teacher’s advice
keep calm; be prepared; make the most of senior high
relieved
After class
thought he had a good beginning
confident
Emotional arc: eagerness → curiosity → panic → relief → confidence
Check your understanding
1 Why did Meng Hao arrive early?
evidence: ____________________
2 What was surprising about the English teacher?
evidence: ____________________
3 What made the class laugh?
evidence: ____________________
4 What advice changed Meng Hao’s view?
evidence: ____________________
Answer in complete sentences and quote one key expression.
Carry the story with useful word chunks
picture ... in one’s mind
想象
rush out of the door
冲出门
decide to explore
决定探索
turn on one’s brain
开动脑筋
give sb a nudge
轻推某人
breathe deeply
深呼吸
put sb under pressure
使某人有压力
make the most of
充分利用
Sentence frame: I felt ___ when ___, so I ___.
Why is the diary easy to remember?
First person
I / my
puts us inside Meng Hao’s thoughts
Time order
morning → campus → class
events are easy to follow
Plot twist
the white-haired man
becomes the English teacher
Emotional arc
eager → panic → relaxed
confidence grows naturally
Together, these choices make an ordinary day feel vivid and meaningful.
04. Post-reading
Retell the story in four beats
SET-UP
On Monday morning…
pictured the day
eager
SURPRISE
When he arrived…
met the man
curious
CLIMAX
In English class…
mind went blank
panic → relaxed
RESOLUTION
After the class…
accepted advice
confident
Checklist: accurate order • first-person voice • four key expressions • clear feeling change
Think & Share: where did confidence come from?
“Keep calm and be prepared.”
1 How did Mr Meng support the class?
2 Who helped you feel at ease on your first day?
3 What can you do for a nervous classmate?
Discussion frame: I think confidence came from ___ because ___.
A helpful classmate can ___ when someone feels nervous.
Build a Senior High Starter Kit
Choose five actions for a confident new start.
1
introduce yourself
2
ask one question
3
learn a classmate’s name
4
keep calm
5
be prepared
Process: decide → give reasons → rehearse → present
Group output: a 30-second English advice message with five actions.
05. Summary
One story, four reading keys
A NEW
START
Events
wake up → campus
→ class → advice
Feelings
eager → curious → panic
→ relaxed → confident
Language
picture • rush • nudge
butterflies • make the most
Message
keep calm • be prepared
make the most of the new start
06. Assessment
Exit ticket & homework
EXIT TICKET
I can put the events in time order.
I can infer feelings from expressions.
I can explain one narrative technique.
I can retell the story in four beats.
HOMEWORK
1 Retell Meng Hao’s first day in 80–100 words. Use the time line and at least four key expressions.
2 Interview a classmate and write three tips for a confident new start.
Ready for
your new start!
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