(
课件网) THE FRESHMAN CHALLENGE Reading and Thinking senior high school life courses campus extra-curricular activities homework canteen/dining hall dormitory ... 1. What would you tell a foreign teenager about your high school life 2. Do you want to know about school life in other countries Let’s compare the difference! LEAD-IN PRE-READING WHILE-READING POST-READING School life in Britain Example School life in China: busy and same schedule, long time for study, high stress, few activities, more rules..... School life in Britain: more freedom, less homework,more free time, more school activities, more discussion....... Make a prediction Who what The passage talk about A freshman Challenges in high school A freshman’s challenges in a new school Look at the title and the pictures. What's the text mainly about LEAD-IN PRE-READING WHILE-READING POST-READING Skimming You can find main ideas by first taking a quick look at the title, picture(s), key words and phrases, and topic sentences. Paragraph 1_____ Paragraph 2_____ Paragraph 3_____ Paragraph 4_____ Skim the passage and find the main idea of each paragraph. skimming Take a fast look at the title, pictures, key words, and topic sentences. Reading Tips LEAD-IN PRE-READING WHILE-READING POST-READING Senior high school is a challenge. choose courses carefully. choose extra-curricular activities. study harder and get used to being responsible for a lot more. Skimming: main idea Main idea 01 02 03 04 Challenges How to choose suitable courses How to choose extra-curricular activities How to study LEAD-IN PRE-READING WHILE-READING POST-READING The structure of the passage LEAD-IN PRE-READING WHILE-READING POST-READING Careful reading paragraph challenge feels solution 1 2 3 4 Read complete the form Hi! My name is Adam and I'm a freshman at a senior high school. Going from junior high school to senior high school is a really big challenge. The first week was a little confusing. Para. Challenge feeling 1 Going from to . junior high school Para 1 Name : Identity: Adam freshman senior high school confused LEAD-IN PRE-READING WHILE-READING POST-READING First, I had to think very carefully about which courses I wanted to take. The school adviser helped me choose the suitable ones: maths, English, chemistry, world history, and Chinese. I know that Chinese is a very difficult language, but I hope to be fluent when I graduate. My adviser recommended that I should sign up for advanced literature because I like English and I’m good at it. Para. Challenge feeling Solutions 2 The school adviser _____ _____. Choose which I want to take. courses helped him choose suitable courses Careful Which course is diffucult for him Para 2 LEAD-IN PRE-READING WHILE-READING POST-READING LEAD-IN PRE-READING WHILE-READING POST-READING I had to choose extra-curricular activities, too. I tried to join the school football team, but the coach told me that I didn’t play well eno ... ...
