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Book 1 Unit 1 A new start
Starting out
Activity 1 Lead-in speaking
Let’s conduct a brief self-introduction by turns!
If you are to share your first day of senior high, what aspects will you include?
your feelings on the first day
your first impression of the new school
the first person you know
your favorite things about the school
impressive things about senior high
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Activity 2 Group discussion
Now you can share your first day with your group members.
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Activity 3 Reflection
How do you understand the following sentence?
Book 1 Unit 1 A new start
Understanding ideas
If you were to write a diary about your first day at senior high,
what would you want to include in it?
Activity 1 Talking
Read the passage and find out the answers to the following questions:
Q1. What did the author write in his diary about his first day at senior high?
Q2. How did the author develop his diary?
Q3. Use one sentence to describe the author’s first
day at senior high.
In the time order./ In the order of time.
p4 Ex.3
Activity 2 Fast reading
Choose the best description of Meng Hao's first day at senior high.
A. He found the English class difficult and was not sure what to do.
B. With the English teachers' support, he thought senior high was easy and felt confident about his future.
C. He was not sure about life at senior high, but after the English class, he felt more confident.
Activity 2 Fast reading
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Activity 3 Detailed reading
Please read the diary again to find out its structure and Meng Hao’s feelings. (Ex.4)
How would you divide the text and what is each part about?
Before going to school.
Arriving at school.
During the first English class.
After the English class.
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Para. 1
Para. 2-3
Para. 4-7
Para. 8
Put proper adjectives on the chart describing Meng Hao’s feelings. (the emotion line)
feelings
before going
to school
arriving
at school
during the English class
after the English class
excited
curious
frightened
nervous
embarrassed
relaxed
confident
Complete Meng Hao's experiences and feelings with expressions from the passage.(Ex.4)
Meng Hao's experiences
(the plot line) Meng Hao's feelings(
(the emotion line)
Before going to school
Because it was Meng Hao's first day at 1__________, he got up early and 2_____________ to his new school. excited:
woke up early;
rushed out of the door
Arriving at school
The campus was still quiet, so Meng Hao decided to 3______. He met a man who he 4_____ find out later was his English teacher.
During the English class
Meng Hao was nervous about introducing himself in front of the class. With 5_______, he began, but everyone laughed. It turned out that he and his teacher shared 6_______.
Mr Meng said that challenges at senior high might put them 7_____. He advised everyone to 8_______ and 9______.
After the English class
Meng Hao thought he had 10________ to his new school life.
Meng Hao's experiences
(the plot line) Meng Hao's feelings
(the emotion line)
Before going to school
Because it was Meng Hao's first day at 1________________, he got up early and 2_____________________ to his new school. excited:
woke up early;
rushed out of the door
Arriving at school
The campus was still quiet, so Meng Hao decided to 3___________. He met a man who he 4_______________ find out later was his English teacher.
senior high
rushed (out of the door)
explore a bit
was surprised to
curious:
decided to explore a bit
Meng Hao's experiences Meng Hao's feelings
During the English class
Meng Hao was nervous about introducing himself in front of the class. With 5______________________, he began, but everyone laughed. It turned out that he and his teacher shared 6_______________________.
Mr Meng said that challenges at senior high might put them 7________________. He advised everyone to 8__________ and 9____________.
After the English class
Meng Hao thought he had 10___________________ to his new school life.
butterflies in his stomach
the same name
under pressure
keep calm
be prepared
nervous:
tried to turn on my brain;
the engine just wouldn't start; with butterflies in my stomach; breathed deeply
frightened:
looked at them in panic;
embarrassed
relaxed
had a good beginning
confident:
a good beginning to my
new school life
Activity 4 Language points
My First Day at Senior High
1 After I had pictured it over and over again in my mind, the big day finally arrived: my first day at senior high! I woke up early and rushed out of the door in my eagerness to get to know my new school.
2 The campus was still quiet when I arrived, so I decided to explore a bit. I was looking at the photos on the noticeboard when I heard a voice behind me. “New here?” Turning around, I saw a white-haired man. “Yes,” I replied. “I’m wondering what life
is going to be like here.” “Don’t worry,” he gave me a
smile. “You’ll soon find out.”
3 How true these words were! When my English teacher stepped into the classroom, I was surprised to see the same man I had met earlier.
4 “Good morning, everyone. Before we start, please come to the front one by one and introduce yourself to the class. I’ll go first…”
5 “What?!” I tried to turn on my brain but the engine just wouldn’t start. “I should say my name, of course. But what else? What could I say to make a good first impression? Something about my insect collection, perhaps.” I was organising my words in my head when the girl next to me gave me a nudge. “It’s your turn!”
6 With butterflies in my stomach, I breathed deeply. “Hi, I’m Meng Hao.” Everyone started laughing. I looked at them in panic. “Nice to know we share the same name,” said my new teacher. I had been too nervous to pay attention when he introduced himself! Although I was embarrassed, his words made me a lot more relaxed!
7 When we had all introduced ourselves, Mr Meng said, “Well done, everyone! I know this isn’t easy for many of you. But this is just the kind of thing you are going to face at senior high. Challenges like this might sometimes put you under pressure. But it all depends on what you do. Keep calm and be prepared. That way, you’ll make the most of your time at senior high.”
8 People say, “Well begun, half done.” I guess this was a good beginning to my new school life.
picture it over and over again
wake up early
rush out of…
in his eagerness to do…
explore a bit
be surprised to…
try to turn on my brain…
with butterflies in his stomach…
look at them in panic
keep calm and be prepared
well begun, half done
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2
3
4
Retell Meng Hao’s first day at senior high with the expressions below.
Excited
Curious
Nervous
Frightened
Relaxed
Confident
Activity 5 Story-retelling
Later, I became more confident. Just as my teacher said, although (7) _______ might put us under pressure, we would be successful if we kept (8)_______ and made the (9)_______ of our time. I thought the beginning to my new school life was very good. As the old saying goes: Well (10) _______ is half done.
I was excited on my first day at (1)______high. On my arrival, I couldn’t wait to (2)_______ it when I came across a white-haired man who turned out to be my English teacher. We were required to do self-introduction which made me have (3) _________ in my stomach. When I was (4) _________ my words,the girl next to me gave me a (5)_______ to remind me to go to the front. I (6)________ deeply and introduced my name, but everyone burst out laughing because I shared the same name with my teacher.
senior
explore
butterflies
organizing
nudge
breathed
Activity 5 Story-retelling
challenges
calm
most
begun
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Activity 6 Think & share
Q1. What is your understanding of the saying “Well begun, half done”?
“Well begun, half done.” means that a good beginning plays an important role in the success of doing something. In this passage, “Well begun, half done” refers to Meng Hao's good beginning of his new start at senior high.
Q2. Do you think Meng Hao’s first day at senior high was a good new start? Why or why not?
Q3. What challenges may Meng Hao have to face later? Give some examples.
I think Meng Hao may face some challenges in the following aspects:
(1) after-school activities: what school clubs should I choose?
(2) time management: how to manage time well?
(3) interpersonal relationship: how can I get along well with new classmates?
(4) study pressure: how can I improve the learning efficiency?
(5) participatory decision-making: suggestions to administrators.
Book 1 Unit 1 A new start
writing a journal entry
Activity 1 Revision
Q1. What is the genre (style of writing) of this passage?
A diary.
Q2. What does a diary or a journal entry include?
Date; experiences; feelings
Q3. What are the tense and person?
Simple past tense to talk about the past experiences
First person (I) to record one’s own experiences, to make description vivid or to share feelings
Read a journal entry and answer the questions.(P14 Ex5)
What is the passage about ?
What happened in her physics class?
What did she do after class?
Activity 2 Reading
What’s the passage about?
What happened in her physics class?
What did she do after class?
It’s about the author’s experiences during the first week at senior high.
She couldn’t take notes of everything the physics teacher said, but the teacher told her to stop taking notes and just listen. He said that thinking was more important than note-taking and memorising.
She hurried to the school skateboarding club, and bumped into a girl on the way. Then she tried skateboarding at the club and made friends with the girl she bumped into earlier.
Read a journal entry and answer the questions.(P14 Ex5)
Activity 2 Reading
Para. Key points layout
P1
p2
P3
P4
Impression of the first week
An enjoyable class
After-school activities
and new friends
My feeling
Introduction
Main body
Main body
Ending
Fill in the blanks according to the journal entry.
Activity 2 Reading
Friday 8 September
Finally, it's Friday! I can't believe the first week is coming to an end. Things are going well, but there is always something new just around the corner.
At junior high, I took lots of notes during class. So in physics class on Monday, I did the same, but the teacher spoke so fast that I couldn't take everything down. The teacher found I was struggling with note-taking and told me to stop and just listen. "Thinking is a more important ability than note-taking and memorising," he said.
After class on Wednesday, I hurried to the school skateboarding club. I was running out of the classroom when I bumped into a girl literally. I said sorry to her and she smiled at me. At the club, I had my first try at skateboarding and fell off the board a lot. Suddenly, a girl bumped into me — the same girl from the corridor! This time, both of us laughed. Her name is Sarah. We started to practise together and soon became friends.
I'm going to watch a film with Sarah tomorrow evening. I'm looking forward to it!
Activity 3 Language points
How was your first week at senior high?
What happened during your first week at senior high?
How did you feel?
What do you think of the classes, the teachers and the classmates?
How were the after-school activities?
Activity 4 Reflection
Think of your own experiences of the first week at senior high and use some keys words to complete the notes.
Activity 5 Writing
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Write a journal entry about your first-week experiences at senior high for about 150 words, using the expressions and structure to help yourself.
Activity 5 Writing
-- To be continued
1. wake up
2. turn around
3. one by one
4. introduce oneself to
5. turn on one's brain
6. make a good first impression on sb
7. with butterflies in one's stomach
8. in panic
9. well done
10. put sb under pressure
11. depend on
12. keep calm
13. make the most of
14. come to an end
15. be around the corner
16. take ... down
17. bump into sb.
18. fall off
19. look forward to
醒来
转过身
依次地,一个接一个地
向……作自我介绍
开动脑筋
给对方留下良好的第一印象
情绪紧张,心里发慌
惊慌地
干得好
给某人施加压力
依靠,依赖,取决于
保持冷静
充分利用
结束
即将来临
记下,写下
撞到某人
掉下,坠落
盼望
Activity 9 Review
eagerness n. a positive feeling of wanting to push ahead with something; prompt willingness
eager adj. be eager to do sth.
eagerly adv.
with eagerness
in one's eagerness to do sth
campus n.
pl. campuses
be on campus
A school is an institution for education at various levels, focusing on academic learning, while a campus refers to the physical grounds and buildings of a university or college.
be at school
explorer n. sb.
explore v. travel to; inquire into
exploration n.
nudge v./n.
push (someone) gently, typically with one's elbow, in order to draw their attention to something
give sb a nudge
organise v. arrange by systematic planning and united effort; bring order to 组织 =organize (AmE)
organisation n. =organization
organiser n. (sb.)
organised adj.
a well-organized activity
butterfly n.
with butterflies in one’s stomach 情绪紧张,心里发慌
a social butterfly n.
one who is very good at socializing
panic n. an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
v. (panicked--panicked--panicking--panics)
(cause to) feel panic
in panic 惊慌地
panic over sth 对...恐慌
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