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课件网) Unit 1 Teenage Life Reading and Thinking Learning objectives predict the content of the passage by reading the title and pictures; find some detailed information, summarize the main idea of each paragraph by using the strategy of skimming, scanning and detailed reading; develop positive attitudes by reflecting on and discussing real-life challenges. At the end of this lesson, students are able to: Warming up Can you recall Han Jing's first senior high school day Are you curious about school life in other countries What would you tell a teenager from another country about your school life in China What is high school life like in different countries What is high school life like in different countries Freshmen in High School Pre-reading While-reading After-reading Lead in Lead in Warming up Adam The freshman challenge According to the picture and title, what do you think the passage will talk about 1. Predict: from the title. The freshman challenge a first-year student challenge solutions feelings Tip1: We can guess what the passage is about by just reading the title and look at the pictures. Skimming Skim You can find main ideas by first taking a quick look at the title, pictures, key words and phrases, and topic sentences. Read the text quickly to find the topic sentence of each paragraph. Tip 2:The topic sentence is usually, but not always, the first sentence of a paragraph. It gives the main idea of the paragraph. Can you find out the key words of the topic sentence Read for Structure Please analyse the structures of the passage. A. Para. 1→Para. 2→Para. 3→Para. 4 Para. 2 Para. 3 Para. 4 B. Para. 1→ C. Para. 1 Para. 2 Para. 3 →Para. 4 Read for Structure Para.1 topic Challenge Para.2 Challenge 1 How to choose courses Para.3 Challenge 2 How to choose extra-curricular activities Para.4 Challenge 3 How to study What are the challenges How did he solve them 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. Going from junior high school to senior high school is a big challenge. Para 1 What is Adam’s challenge How did he feel Confused 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 2 Challenge 1 how to choose courses Solution 1 Solution 2 The school adviser helped me choose the suitable ones. My adviser recommended that I should sign up for advanced literature. What was Adam's attitude to the challenge and what were the solutions I had to choose extra-curricular activities, too. I tried to join the school footb ... ...