1、 1. Correctly understand the general information of the passage and master the skills of reading for topic sentences. 2.Properly interpret what is not plainly written but suggested in this passage according to the context . 3.Objectively judge the points and the development of the passage and logica
2、lly illustrate their own views. 4. Encourage students to realize their potential and do their best. Complete the questionnaire alone first. 1. How did you feel on your first day at Senior High? excited nervous happy curious proud other _ happy 高兴的高兴的 nervous 紧张的紧张的 excited 兴奋的兴奋的 curious 好奇的好奇的 prou
3、d 自豪的自豪的 sad 悲伤的悲伤的 2. What have you found most impressive about senior high? 给人深刻印象的给人深刻印象的 Look at the title of the passage, and then guess what Mr Xu will talk about in his speech. R e a l i z i n g your potential Difficulties Friends Success Challenges Senior high school brings a lot of new expe
4、riences to everyone. The speech below was given to new senior high school students by their principal, Mr Xu, on the first day of term. Before you read the speech transcript(文本、记录、文本、记录、 稿件)稿件), think about the following question: How do you think senior high school will be different from junior hig
5、h school? Pre-reading Read for topic sentences Read the speech transcript and find the topic sentence for each paragraph. A topic sentence tells the reader the main idea of a paragraph. It is usually at the beginning of a paragraph, but it may also be in the middle or at the end of a paragraph. Whil
6、e reading Find the topic sentence for each paragraph. Para. 1: Welcome to senior high school! Para.2:_ Para.3:_ Para.4:_ Para.5:_ Para.6:_ While reading Welcome to senior high school Para.1 Para. 2 T h e speech transc ript Para 3 Para 4 Para 5 Para 6 I cant wait to describe to you what senior high s
7、chool life is like. Put simply, potential is your natural ability that can be developed when you try hard enough. To fully realize your potential, it is important for you to make the most of our school resources. Of equal importance are good study habits, useful skills and a positive attitude. You a
8、lone are responsible for realizing your great potential. Welcome of students arrival Para.1 Para. 2 T h e speech transc ript Para 3 Para 4 Para 5 Para 6 Description of school life Definition of potential Advice on realizing potential Expectation of students Advice on realizing potential Speech outli
9、ne The opening of the speech The development of the speech The closing of the speech Why important? What is potential? How to realize ones potential? subjective objective study habits useful skills a positive attitude make the most of school resources challenges and opportunities realization of ones
10、 potential (Para 4) (Para 5) (Para 1) (Para s 2-5) (Para 6) While reading You alone are responsible for realizing your great potential. (Para 6) Read Paragraphs 1-3 carefully and answer the following questions: 1. What challenges will students face at senior high school? 2. Why is it important for s
11、tudents to rise to the challenges? 3. What does the principal have confidence in? Read for details challenges 1.What challenges will students face at senior high school? a new environment new knowledge new ways of thinking 2. Why is it important for students to rise to the challenges? Because when y
12、ou rise to the challenges, you will have the opportunity to acquire great knowledge and enjoy personal growth. 3. What does the principal have confidence in? He has confidence in students ability to make a difference to their family, to their community and to our country. 4. What can we learn from p
13、aragraph 2? A. The new journey is not difficult to make. B. Overcoming the challenges will bring about new chances. C. Meeting challenges will help you acquire knowledge and enjoy personal growth. D. Their potential in a new environment will surely be reached. C 5. What does paragraph 3 tell us? A.
14、Students are to develop amazing technologies. B. Students can create beautiful works of art. C. The possibilities are endless for students to make a difference. D. Potential can be developed with enough time and effort. C Listen to Paragraphs 4-6 and fill in the blanks. Listen for details Make the m
15、ost of school _: your classes, teachers, _ and school facilities and clubs Have good study _, useful skills and a _ attitude make a _ effort to train your mind and develop your _ How to realize your potential resources classmates habits positive continuous character Read Paragraphs 4-6 carefully and
16、 answer the questions. 1. What positive attitude should students develop? Always look on the bright side and never lose hope, even in difficult situations. 2. How do you understand what Lao-Tzu said, “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”? Put our feet on the ground and make prog
17、ress gradually. 3. What does the “useful skills” in Line 25 refer to? A. The skills to train and develop your character B. The skills to become well-rounded individuals C. The skills to communicate and solve problems D. The skills to balance schoolwork and other activities In pairs, discuss the foll
18、owing questions. Understanding a speech A speech is a formal talk that a person gives to an audience. A good speech keeps the audience interested all the time. To achieve this, the speaker may tell interesting stories or ask questions. A good speech also uses quotations and such rhetorical devices(修
19、辞手法修辞手法) as metaphor, repetition and parallelism. What techniques does the principal use? Para 1: Today is the start of a new term, the start of a three-year journey and the start of a promising future. parallelism Para 2: Most importantly, your time and effort at senior high school will open the do
20、or to your potential. metaphor Para 3: “What is potential?” you may ask. questions Para 6: As Lao-Tzu said, “a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” quotation Badminton gym Enjoy a video again about an interview , then make up an interview by two students in pairs and show yourselv
21、es in front of classmates . How do Wendy and Stephen think of their new school life? Watch the video and finish the following Wendy: feels a bit nervous; plans to work harder in her studies and join the _. Stephen: feels _; plans to spend more time on _. Art Club very excited English and Physics ()
22、A: Hello! Im.,from School News , and Im talking about the first day of senior high school .So, Wendy , are you nervous ? () B: Im looking forward to . Example () A:How would this year be different from last year ? () B:. () A:How are you going to realize your potential? () B:. Summary Mindmap Welcom
23、e of students arrival Introduce the topic-potential Definition of potential Advice on realizing potential Advice on realizing potential Conclusion-expectation Your friend Amy wrote to you about her worry of being left behind at senior high school. Please write back, encouraging her to realize her po
24、tential and do her best. challenge confidence acquire rise to effort responsible balance take advantage of Maggie, a new student, wrote about her first day at senior high school. Complete the passage with the correct forms of the words and phrases in the box below. Ive just finished my first day of
25、senior high school and I really enjoyed it. In fact, Im looking forward to being more independent and _ for my own learning. There is so much knowledge I need to _, so Ill work harder than ever. I also plan to _ every opportunity to improve my communication skills. Ill make more friends by joining s
26、ome clubs. I have _ in my ability to do well at senior high school! challenge confidence acquire rise to effort responsible balance take advantage of responsible acquire take advantage of confidence Ive been told that schoolwork will present more of a(n) _ in the years ahead, and that the teachers w
27、ill hold us to higher standards. This means Ill have to put a lot of _ into my studies. Ill also need to be very careful about _ my schoolwork and hobbies. This is all quite new and different from my life at junior high school, but Im sure Ill _ all these challenges. challenge confidence acquire ris
28、e to effort responsible balance take advantage of challenge effort balancing rise to Forming adjectives with suffixes We can form adjectives by adding suffixes to nouns or verbs. Sometimes we need to leave out or change the final letter(s) of a word before adding a suffix, e.g. centre central, decid
29、e decisive. The speech uses some adjectives. Note the following suffixes and think of more adjectives formed with them. Then fill in the table below with as many words as you can. Parts of speechSuffixes Words Nouns -ful -less -al Verbs -ive -ous useful, helpful, careful, successful endless, careless, homeless, useless personal, national, cultural, educational active, creative, attractive, impressive various, continuous
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