1、Unit 1 Life Choices Lesson 3 Your Life Is What You Make It Reading What do you think of the school? What do you think of the school? dusty muddy small classrooms/rooms unstable power and water supplies What would it be like to be a volunteer teacher there? What would it be like to be a volunteer tea
2、cher there? tough challenging interesting kind-hearted Predict what you will read in report. Predict what you will read in report. 1.The basic information of the village school. 2. The basic information of Zhang Tian. 3. Why Zhang Tian chose to be a volunteer teacher there? 4. What Zhang Tians life
3、was like there? 5. Whether Zhang Tian loved his job or not? 6. What Zhang Tian brought to the school? Lets skim to check your predictions. Lets skim to check your predictions. Lets skim to check your predictions. 1.The basic information of the village school. 2. The basic information of Zhang Tian.
4、3. Why Zhang Tian chose to be a volunteer teacher there? 4. What Zhang Tians life was like there? 5. Whether Zhang Tian loved his job or not? 6. What Zhang Tian brought to the school? Read the report again and answer the questions. 1. What did Zhang Tians parents want him to do? What did his friends
5、 do? 2. Where did he work as a volunteer teacher? Why did he choose to go there? 3. What did he decide to do after a year? Read the report again and answer the questions. 1. What did Zhang Tians parents want him to do? What did his friends do? His parents wanted him to go to a big city to find a tea
6、ching job. (line 10-12) His friends all left his home town for work in Shanghai or Beijing. ( line 13-14) Read the report again and answer the questions. 2. Where did he work as a volunteer teacher? Why did he choose to go there? In a village school in Guizhou Province.(line 7/21) Because he wanted
7、to start a new lifestyle and was inspired by wonderful teachers he met. (line 15-19) Read the report again and answer the questions. 3. What did he decide to do after a year? To stay for another year.(line 56-57） Read the report again and complete the information of Zhang Tian. School: Living condit
8、ions: Reasons to Be a Volunteer Teacher Situation When He Arrived Changes He Made School subjects: School activities: Students learning: Villagers life: Reasons to Be a Volunteer Teacher He wanted to start a new lifestyle. He was inspired by teachers in his early school years to go and teach where h
9、e was needed the most. (Line 15-20) Situation When He Arrived School: The school had only three classrooms and was much smaller than he expected. The playground was dusty on windy days and muddy on rainy days. (Line 30-34) Living Conditions: The power and water supplies were unstable. He could only
10、shower once every three or four days, and he had to learn how to cook. (Line 35-37) Changes He Made School subjects: He introduced more subjects including English，music， art and PE. (Line 40-42) School activities: He is planning to organize the first-ever school concert. (line 46-47) Students learni
11、ng: His students were able to read, speak and write in English. (line 50) Villagers life: He helped the villagers sell local products online. (Line 53) Read and find Zhang Tians different feelings Event Feeling Evidence Graduated from university Inspired Applied for and became a volunteer teacher in
12、 a village school Read and find Zhang Tians different feelings Event Feeling Evidence Travelled to the village Eager Imagined all sorts of exciting things Read and find Zhang Tians different feelings Event Feeling Evidence Saw the school for the first time Disappointed The school was much smaller th
13、an expected; Dusty and muddy playground Read and find Zhang Tians different feelings Event Feeling Evidence Lived in the village Troubled Unstable power and water supplies; Showered once every 3 or 4 days; Learned how to cook Read and find Zhang Tians different feelings Event Feeling Evidence Introd
14、uced new subjects and activities Excited Students love PE; School is full of laughter and music; First-ever school concert planned Read and find Zhang Tians different feelings Event Feeling Evidence End of the first year Satisfied Students were able to read in English and became more confident; Brou
15、ght changes to the village Think and share 1.What do you think of Zhang Tians life choice? 2.If you were Zhang Tian, would you choose to be a volunteer teacher there? 3.How do you understand the title of the report “Your life is what you make it”? What can you learn from it? Complete the text with t
16、he words you have learnt. 1 by the teachers from small villages, Zhang Tian 2 for and became a 3 teacher after he 4 from university. However, the teaching and living conditions were more 5 than he had thought. The playground was 6 and the power and water supplies were 7 . Besides English, Zhang Tian
17、 introduced more subjects to the school music, art and PE. The kids school lives are now more 8 and interesting, and the school is now full of 9 and music. The 10 he made to the village made him very popular among the villagers. He also 11 to stay for another year. Inspired applied volunteer graduated challenging dusty unstable attractive laughter contribution decided Would you like to be a volunteer teacher like Zhan Tian? Bye-bye!
