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课件网) Unit 1 Teenage life (Reading and Thinking) By the end of this period, you will be able to… 1. predict the passage according to the title; 2. skim the passage to figure out the main idea; 3. scan the text to find out details like Adam’s challenges, feelings and his personalities; 4. describe your own challenges and solutions. Teaching objectives: Brainstorming 13 fixed courses: Chinese, Maths, English, politics, history, geography, physics, biology, chemistry, music, art, PE and IT. Rise early and sleep late 8 classes a day; 45 minutes for each class Less time for after-school/extra-curricular activities What is your school life like in China From the title, we can predict the passage is mainly about _____. The Freshman Challenge the challenges as a freshman and how to meet the challenges What is school life of teenagers in other countries like Reading skill: Skimming 略读 A technique to find out the main idea by first taking a quick look at the title, pictures, key words and phrases, and topic sentences. topic sentences Skim the passage to find out the main idea of each paragraph. Para. 1: _____ Para. 2: _____ _____ Para. 3: _____ _____ Para. 4_____ _____ Going from…is a …challenge. I had to think about which courses I wanted to take. I had to choose extra-curricular activities. I will have to study harder…and get used to being responsible for a lot more. Challenge 1 Suitable course Challenge 2 Extra-curricular activities Challenge 3 Study The text is about the _____ Adam met in the first week of _____ and the _____ to the problems. challenges senior high school solutions Topic sentences Which paragraph is the main part Which paragraphs are the supporting parts Read for the structure Challenge How to choose courses How to choose extra-curricular activities How to study The main part The supporting parts Read for the structure Reading skill: Scanning 扫读 A technique for quickly looking through reading materials to locate a particular piece of information– a fact, a name, a date, statistics, etc. Pa-ra. Challenge How Adam feels Solution 1 Confused 2 Choosing _____ courses The school adviser _____ _____. 3 He will find a way _____ _____. 4 He will _____ _____. Going from junior high school to senior high school suitable careful helped him choose suitable courses Joining the school football team unhappy improve on his own Keeping up with the other students in my advanced courses and get used to all the homework worried but happy and confident study harder and get used to being responsible for a lot more Read for the outline How is each paragraph organized What challenges does Adam meet How does Adam feel What solutions does he take Read＆Think What courses did Adam choose Why did he choose these courses What does “make the team” in paragraph 3 mean What does “Still” in paragraph 4 mean Read for details I know that Chinese is a very difficult language, but I hope to be fluent ... ...
