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课件网) Teenage life Unit 1 TEENAGE LIFE Reading and Thinking The Freshman Challenge Share your experience as a freshman at high school Have you met any challenges at your senior high school life How do you feel about them ①More difficult courses ②Unable to enter ideal extra-curricular clubs ③Tight schedule Lead in Lead in Watch the video and think about the question: What challenges may an American high school freshman face Pre-reading 1. What is the text type of the passage A．Narrative(记叙文)． B．Argumentative Essay(议论文)． C．Expository Writing(说明文)． D．Practical Writing(应用文)． √ 2. What is the main idea of the passage The passage is mainly about the _____ that a _____ meets in senior high school. freshman challenges You can find main ideas by first taking a quick look at the title, picture(s), key words and phrases, and topic sentences. a new or difficult task Who The Freshman Challenge What Challenge Skim and find out Task 1 key phrases linking words topic sentence The topic sentence is normally, but not always, the first sentence of a paragraph. It gives the main idea of the paragraph. suitable responsible You can find main ideas by first taking a quick look at the title, picture(s), key words and phrases, and topic sentences. Read for main idea of each paragraph and fill in the chart. Task 2 Work in groups and find out detailed information Task 3 Read Para 2-4 & find out the following information: What challenges did Adam meet How did Adam feel about the challenges How did he deal with them What were his attitude Work in groups and find out detailed information Task 3 para2 Work in groups and find out detailed information Task 3 para3 Work in groups and find out detailed information Task 3 para4 Post-reading A big challenge had to think carefully to choose suitable courses had to choose extra-curricular activities. couldn’t make the school football team Worried about keeping up with others; difficult to get used to all the homework Going from junior high school to senior high school Retell 复述 find a way to improve in order to make the team next year Firstly, Besides, Finally, will study harder and get used to being responsible for a lot more solution Discussion 1.What kind of person do you think Adam is Why？ Find the supporting sentence(s) from the passage. 2.As senior high school students, what kinds of habits should we form he knows that Chinese is a very difficult language, but he chose to take it. he joined the school football team and didn't play well. But he wouldn't quit and find a way to make the team. persistent and hardworking What kind of person do you think Adam is Why？ Find the supporting sentence(s) from the passage. brave to challenge himself he joined a volunteer club, working at a soup kitchen and handing out food to homeless people in the community. warm-hearted As senior high school students, what kinds of habits should we form Study hard Set g ... ...
