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课件网) Welcome to Our Class Welcome to Our Class Unit 1 Reading and thinking Teenage Life Teenage Life Teaching objectives At the end of the class, you will be able to... 1.know about Adam’s school life. 2.find the chanlleges and think about the solutions. 3. be brave to face the challenges. Lead in As freshman in senior high school, we may face many challenges. subjects friendship having lunch sleep Look at the title and predict what the text is about. Prediction a freshman's challenge at a new school It maybe talk about Fast reading Skim and find the main idea of each paragraph. Paragraph 1: Paragraph 2: Paragraph 3: Paragraph 4: You can find main ideas by first taking a quick look at the title, picture(s), key words and phrases, and topic sentences. Find the topic sentence of paragraph 1. Find the topic sentence paragraph 2. Find the topic sentence of paragraph 3. Find the topic sentence of paragraph 4. Para. 1 Para. 2 Para. 3 Para. 4 Adam had to choose extra-curricular activities. Adam will have to study hard and be responsible. Senior high school is a challenge. Adam had to think carefully to choose suitable courses . Match each para.with its main idea Read for the structure How is the text organized Para. 1 A really big challenge Para. 2 Challenge 1 Para. 3 Challenge 2 Para. 4 Challenge 3 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 Adam’s feelings Solutions 2 The school adviser _____ _____. Choosing _____ courses the suitable helped him choose suitable courses Careful Careful-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 enough. Obviously, I was unhappy, but I won’t quit. I’ll find a way to improve on my own so that I can make the team next year. I joined a volunteer club instead. Every Wednesday, we work at a soup kitchen and hand out food to homeless people in the community. Para. Challenge Adam’s feelings Solutions 3 Trying to He will find a way to _____. join the school football team Unhappy improve in order to make the team next year I know I’ll have to study harder as a senior high school student and get used to being responsible for a lot more. I’m a bit worried about keeping up with the other students in my advanced course, and it’ll be quite difficult to get used to all the homework. Still, I’m happy to be here. Studying hard isn’t always fun, but I’ll be well prepared for university or whatever else comes in the future. Para. Challenge Adam’s feelings Solutions 4 Keeping He will _____ _____. up with the other ... ...
