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Unit 1 A new start
My First Day at
Senior High
Objectives
At the end of the class, you will be able to
1. find out the main events and feelings of Meng Hao
2. get the useful expressions like explore, curious, impression, eagerness etc. used to describe events and feelings
3. analyze the structure, storyline and emotion with information map
4. retell the story using the information map
5. share your own story about your first day at senior high
the school campus
new teachers
school subjects
a new timetable
an embarrassing moment
new friends
your feelings
other______
Warming up
What do you want to include in your diary about your first day at senior high?
Reading for main idea
What did the author write in his diary about his first day at senior high?
Read the whole article quickly
Reading for information
Part 1 (Para. 1 Before going to school)
Part 2 (Para. 2 Arriving at school)
Part 3 (Para. 3-7 During the English class)
Part 4 (Para. 8 After the English class)
Structure of the passage
Sequence Experiences
Before going to school
Arriving at school
During the English class
After the English class
Reading for information
Para 1
Sequence Meng Hao’s experiences
Before going to school
had pictured it over and over again; woke up early; rushed out of the door
Reading for information
Para2
Sequence Meng Hao’s experiences
Arriving at school
Reading for information
decided to explore a bit; was looking at the photos…heard…saw/met a man
Para 3-7
Sequence Meng Hao’s experiences
During the English class
Reading for information
introduced himself; tried to turn on his brain…the engine wouldn’t start; breathed deeply; looked at them in panic; teacher shared the same name;
too nervous to pay attention to it
Para 8
Sequence Meng Hao’s experiences
After the English class
Reading for information
thought it was a good beginning
Sequence Meng Hao’s experiences Feelings
Before going to school
Arriving at school
During the English class
After the English class
Reading for feelings
had pictured it …woke up early; rushed
decided to explore a bit; saw a man
tried to turn on his brain; the engine wouldn’t start; butterflies in his stomach; breathed deeply
thought it was a good beginning
excited
curious
surprised
nervous;frightened;
embarrassed;relaxed
confident
1. What is your understanding of the saying “Well begun, half done”?
2. What happened on your first day at senior high? Share your experiences and feelings with the class.
Think & Share
As the saying “Well begun, half done” goes, it means that if you have a good beginning, your chance of success is greatly improved. On Meng Hao’s first day at senior high, he was eager to get to know more about his new school. Although he met the challenge to introduce himself and experienced an embarrassing moment, yet as his English teacher said, “It is important to keep calm and be prepared, which will help you to make the most of time at senior high.”
Q 1:Why did Meng Hao arrive at school earlier?
Because he wanted to explore his new school a bit.
Because he was eager to know his new school.
Because he was eager to know his new school.
I woke up early and rushed out of the door in my eagerness to get to know my new school.
practice
Q 2:Meng Hao looked at the photos on the noticeboard in order to______
meet his English teacher
explore the school a bit
know what the photos were about
The campus was still quiet when I arrived, so I decided to explore a bit. I was looking at the photos on the noticeboard…
Q 3:What does the sentence I tried to turn on my brain but the engine just wouldn’t start mean?
Meng Hao was too nervous to think
The engine of Meng Hao’s car was broken .
Meng Hao couldn’t turn on the light.
Meng Hao compared his brain to a machine, the engine of the machine wouldn’t start means his brain stopped working. In other words, he couldn’t think.
Q 4:What does “it” refer to in the sentence But it all depends on what you do?
Whether you will be put under pressure
How to get prepared
How to face challenges
Challenges like this might put you under pressure. But it all depends on what you do.
Q 5:What does the sentence Well begun, half done mean?
A good beginning means half success
If you did something half, you are done
Don’t do anything by halves
Well begun, half done.
良好的开端是成功的一半
First day of senior high school
How do you feel on your first day at senior high ?
excited
b. terrified
curious
nervous
happy
other____
Why did you feel
so?
Because I____
Homework
Option 1. Retell the story according to the chart.
Option 2. Write a short passage to introduce Meng Hao’s first day at senior high according to the pictures.
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