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课件网) Unit 1 Teenage Life Listening and Speaking Reading and Thinking Language Competence Students will analyze textual structures and extract key information about teenage life from the reading passages. Learning Ability Students will develop annotation and summarizing techniques to process expository texts efficiently. Cultural Awareness: Students will compare and contrast adolescent experiences across different cultural contexts. Thinking Quality Students will evaluate authorial perspectives and make text-to-self connections through critical questioning. Learning Objectives Teaching Focus Develop students' ability to analyze expository texts about teenage life and extract key information through structured reading strategies. Teaching Challenges Guide students to critically compare cultural perspectives on adolescence while avoiding stereotypical generalizations in their interpretations. Teaching Focus and Teaching Challenges Part 1 Listening 1. What are the teenagers doing in the photo 2. What do you do to relax when off campus 3. What kind of life do you live What kind of life do you wish to live Flying a kite Playing basketball, listening to music, watching movies... Stressful, meaningful Happy, comfortable, challenging, peaceful, free... Look and discuss Lead-in Match the photos with the names of the clubs. Activity 1 I enjoy discussing different questions. I love dancing! I prefer helping others. I’m interested in plants and animals. Ballet Club ____ Nature Club ____ Volunteer Club ____ Debate Club ____ 2 4 3 1 ① ② ③ ④ Listen to the first two conversations and choose the correct answers. Activity 2 Circle the two clubs where these two conversations happened. A. Science Club. B. Ballet Club. C. Nature Club. D. Debate Club. What are they learning about in Conversation 1 A. Hearing. B. Sounds. C. Dogs. The students are discussing _____ in Conversation 2. A. schoolwork B. relationships C. dating Listen to Conversation 3. Then help Adam choose a club. Activity 3 1. Tick the activities that happen in each club. Listen to Conversation 3. Then help Adam choose a club. Activity 3 2. Adam says that he likes _____ but is not so interested in _____. A stories, cartoons B animals, plants C making friends, cleaning up 3 Which club do you think is suitable for Adam Why I think Adam should join the _____ Club because he says that he_____. Volunteer would like to do something outdoors Part 2 Reading (1) What do you want to know about school life in other countries (2) What would you tell a teenager from other country about school life in China Lead-in canteen holidays courses extra-curricular activities sports homework interesting clubs many students in a class taking exams regularly sports meeting 1 6 5 4 2 3 Lead-in 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 main ... ...
