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School days
Unit 4 Reading
What classes do you have at your school?
What activities do you often do after school?
What are some interesting classes?
Look and guess
What does Millie think of her school life?
Colourful
Boring
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Look and answer
What is the type of the text?
What is the email about?
It’s an email.
It’s about Millie’s school days.
Who writes the email?
Who does she write to?
Tip:
Usually we fill keywords in the subject line of an email to let others know what we are talking about in the email.
Skim and match
Main ideas Paragraphs
General feeling
School timetable
Lessons at school
School activities
Millie’s hope
(1) _________
(2) _________
(3) _________
(4) _________
(5) _________
1
2
3, 4
5, 6
7
I feel great!
reading tip: skimming(略读)
Pay attention to the topic sentence and the key words.
Scan and fill
exercises
famous writers
living things
nature
activities
field trip
Para 2
Para 3-4
Para 5-6
reading tip: scanning(寻读)
Scanning is a way to read quickly. Its purpose is to find the specific information or answers.
Why does Millie like Chinese best?
What does Millie think of Biology classes?
Because the Chinese language is really amazing.
She thinks Biology is really interesting.
What lessons do you like best? Give your reasons.
Read and answer
Lessons at school
What activities do you have at school?
Read and finish
After-school
activities A field trip
Activities
Time
practice volleyball
pick apples
on Friday afternoons
tomorrow morning
School activities
What is a field trip?
It is an activity to gather information by going into the field.
What can field trips bring to us?
.........
know more knowledge
train your willpower(意志力)
make you brave and active
relax your mood
Read and guess
When does Millie do exercise?
A: 8:00-8:15 B: 9:35-10:05
show the time order between two events
School timetable
Coherent(连贯的)
Can you find any similarities(相似点) between the two paragraphs?
Structure:
favourite subject + things they do in class + feeling
Read and answer
Lessons at school
Coherent(连贯的)
Read and think
How does Millie connect lessons and after-school activities?
How does Millie connect lessons and the field trip?
Read and judge
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F
T
F
F
T
8:00
Chinese
twice a week
farm
Read and find
1.What adjectives and adverbs does Millie use to express
her love for her school life?
great
amazing
interesting
best
really
2.What else can you find in the
email to express a person’s
strong feelings?
Exclamation marks.
1.What adjectives and adverbs does Millie use to express
her love for her school life?
2.What else can you find in the
email to express a person’s
strong feelings?
1.What adjectives and adverbs does Millie use to express
her love for her school life?
2.What else can you find in the
email to express a person’s
strong feelings?
1.What adjectives and adverbs does Millie use to express
her love for her school life?
2.What else can you find in the
email to express a person’s
strong feelings?
colourful
full of fun
energetic
interesting
What do you think of Millie’s school days?
Group work:Finish a mind map about your school days.
What about your school days?
Time for school ...start/begin...
English ...read/learn...
Art ...draw...
Music ...sing/enjoy...
After-school activities ...
Life at
... School
......
Lessons
Share your school days!
School starts at...in.../Our lessons begin at...
We have ...classes on...We study...
I like...best! Because...
... favourite subject is ..., because...
After-school activities are...
...
School is the key to unlocking the world. Enjoy your school life!
Further thinking
What do you think is special about your school life?
What is the same between Millie’s school life and yours?
Must do
Write an e-mail to introduce your school days, including school time, lessons, activities and feelings.
Choose to do
Take some photos to record your school life and share it with your friends online.
Homework
Thank you!
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