1、Unit 1 1. To master the skills of reading for topic sentences; 2. To have a good understanding of the passage; 3. To write a letter, encouraging your friend to realize her potential and do her best. Introduce yourself to students in your group. My name is I am a I was born on in I graduated from I l
2、ike/am fond of/am good at I hope/think/want 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 proud 自豪的自豪的 2. What have you found most impressive about se
3、nior high? 3. Whatre the similarities or differences do you know between your junior high and senior high school? 给人深刻印象的给人深刻印象的 Work in groups. Look at the title of the passage, and then guess what Mr Xu will talk about in his speech. Realizing your potential Difficulties Friends Success Challenges
4、 Senior high school brings a lot of new experiences 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, think about the following questions: 2. What do you think will the principal talk
5、 about in his speech? 1. How do you think senior high school will be different from junior high school? 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
6、 a paragraph, but it may also be in the middle or at the end of a paragraph. Welcome to senior high school Para.1 Para. 2 The speech transc ript Para 3 Para 4 Para 5 Para 6 I cant wait to describe to you what senior high school life is like. Put simply, potential is your natural ability that can be
7、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 alone are responsible for realizing your great potential. Listen and read the p
8、assage then choose the right answers. 1. What can we learn from paragraph 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 environmen
9、t will surely be reached. C 2. What is paragraph 3 mainly about? A. 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 3. To full
10、y realize your potential, you are expected to _? A. rise to the challenges unconditionally B. make good use of your school resources C. have confidence in your abilities D. discover your potential during the journey B 4. When you are in difficult situations, the principal advise you to _. A. grow in
11、to a well-rounded individual B. set clear goals and plan your study C. balance your homework with your other activities D. take a positive attitude and keep the hope alive D Read Paragraphs 1-3 carefully and answer the following questions: 1. What challenges will students face at senior high school?
12、 2. Why is it important for students to rise to the challenges? 3. What does the principal have confidence in? Read for details A new environment, new knowledge and new ways of thinking. 1. What challenges will students face at senior high school? 2. Why is it important for students to rise to the c
13、hallenges? Because when you 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. Li
14、sten to Paragraphs 4-6 twice and fill in the blanks. Listen for details Make the most 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
15、 classmates habits positive continuous character 1. What school resources are mentioned in the speech? Classes, teachers and classmates, school facilities and activities. Read Paragraphs 4-6 carefully and answer the questions. 2. What positive attitude should students develop? Always look on the bri
16、ght side and never lose hope, even in difficult situations. 3. 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 progress gradually. Critical Reading Read the last two paragraphs and answer the following questions
17、: 1. 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 2. The last paragraph is meant to tell u
18、s the importance of _. A. confidence and duty B. continuous efforts C. character building D. senior school life In pairs, discuss the following 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
19、 achieve this, the speaker may tell interesting stories or ask questions. A good speech also uses quotations and such rhetorical devices(修辞手法修辞手法) as metaphor, repetition and parallelism. 1. How does the principal try to keep his audience interested? What rhetorical devices does he use? Find example
20、s from the speech. To keep his audience interested, the principal asks the question “What is potential?” and then answers it himself. He also uses rhetorical devices like repetition and parallelism. For example, “Today is the start of a new term, the start of a three-year journey and the start of pr
21、omising future.” “Who knows what beautiful works of art you will create, what medical advances you will make or what amazing technologies you will develop!” the principal also uses a quotation from Lao-Tzu, “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” 2. How are you going to realize yo
22、ur potential? It is very important to realize my potential in all areas of my life, not only in my studies. I should make good use of the school resources such as paying attention in classes and learning from my teachers and classmates. My school offers many after-school activities and facilities ou
23、tside of the classroom to help me realize my potential in other areas. Joining a club or doing some sports could help me become a good team worker. challenge confidence acquire rise to effort responsible balance take advantage of Maggie, a new student, wrote about her first day at senior high school
24、. Complete the passage with the correct forms of the words and phrases in the box below. Ive just finished my first day of senior high school and I really enjoyed it. Ive been told that schoolwork will present more of a(n) _ in the years ahead, and that the teachers will hold us to higher standards.
25、 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 rise to effort responsible balance
26、take advantage of challenge effort balancing rise to In face, 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
27、joining some 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 Forming adjectives with suffixes We can form adjectives by adding suffixes to nouns or verbs
28、. Sometimes we need to leave out or change the final letter(s) of a word before adding a suffix, e.g. centre central, decide 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 ca
29、n. Parts of speech Suffixes 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 The speech uses a number of parallel structures. Fin
30、d them in the speech. Learn this Parallel structures use the same pattern of words or sentences. They can add balance to sentences and make the language more powerful and effective. Use a similar structure to encourage someone who is unhappy. Example Shake off your unhappiness, get out of your chair
31、 and do something that makes you happy! 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 potential and do her best. Assess yourself and choose one from the following items based on your interest and competence: ()Polish up your writing to Amy within your group ()Summarize the passage in 80 words
