1、Unit 1 Lesson 3Your Life is What you Make itPeriod 1Share Volunteering ExperienceA volunteer teacherYour life is what you make itWhat do you think the article will talk about?Read and check your predictions.1.What did Zhang Tians parents want him to do?What did his friends do?2.Where did he work as
2、a volunteer teacher?Why did he choose to go there?3.What did he decide to do after a year?Answer the following questions.1.What did Zhang Tians parents want him to do?What did his friends do?They hoped that he would go to a big city to find a teaching job.His friends all left his hometown for work i
3、n Shanghai or Beijing.Answer the following questions.2.Where did he work as a volunteer teacher?Why did he choose to go there?He went to a village in Guizhou Province.He wanted to start a new lifestyle and go to teach where he was needed the most.Answer the following questions.3.What did he decide t
4、o do after a year?He decided to stay in the village for another year.Skimming to check predicationsSkimming means reading very quickly to get a general idea of what a text is about.This will help check predications about the text.Look at the first and last paragraphs,but dont read every word.Pick ou
5、t key words.Read the first sentence of each paragraph very quickly.What does this article talk about?What does this article talk about?Para 1:introduction Para 2:reasons to be a volunteer teacher Para 3:situation when he arrived Para 4&5:changes/contributions he madeRead again and complete the flow
6、chart.Reasons to Be a Volunteer TeacherSituation When He Arrived School:Living conditions:Changes/Contributions He Made School subjects School activities Students learning Villagers lifeRead again and complete the flow chart.Reasons to Be a Volunteer TeacherSituation When He Arrived1.School:2.Living
7、 conditions:Changes/Contributions He Made 1.School subjects2.School activities3.Students learning4.Villagers life1.He wanted to start a new lifestyle.2.He was inspired by the idea of going to teach where he was needed the most.much smalleronly three classroomsdusty and muddy playgroundunstable power
8、 and water suppliesshower every three or four dayscook by himselfmusic,art and PE.organise the first-ever school concertable to read,speak and write in Englishmore confident in learningrebuild the playgroundset up a libraryhelp sell local products onlineHow did Zhang Tian feel at different time?Text
9、ual evidence:something written in the text that proves an answerhttp:/ How did the writer describe ZTs feelings?“excited”applied for and become a volunteer teacher“eager”disappointedtroubled/challenged“inspired”“satisfied”imagined all sorts of exciting things.The school was much smaller than expecte
10、dThe power and water supplies were unstable Their school lives are now more attractive his students were able to read Discuss the following questions.1.Would you go and continue teaching in the village if you were in Zhang Tians situation?2.What do you think of Zhang Tians life choices?What kind of
11、life choices have you made?3.What can you learn from this report“Your life is what you make it”?Your life is what you make it!Your choice makes/shapes/determines who you are!Follow your heart and live up to your expectations.Your value lies where you are needed the most.Role-play 1.Work in group of
12、four.S1:Zhang Tian S2:Zhang Tians student A S3:Zhang Tians student B S4:one of the villagers2.Each one of you will talk about Zhang Tians experience or what you know about Zhang Tian.3.If you talk,first you have to introduce yourself and share something you have learnt from this report.Zhang TianZha
13、ng Tians studentsOne of the villagersI am Zhang Tian.I am Zhang Tians student,XXX.I come from the village where Zhang Tian volunteered to teach English.start a new lifestyleinspiredwith an eager heartlive independentlylive up to unstable power and water suppliesdeal with challengesfollow my heart.in
14、troduce more subjectsmore attractive and interestingfull of laughter and musicbring changes to the villagecontact charity organisationsrebuild the playgroundset up the libraryhelp the villagers sell local products It is our choices that show what we truly are.-J.K.Rowling.Homework1.Ex.8&9 on P.172.E
15、x.3 on P.783.Review the words of lesson 1,2&3.Period 2Complete the summary 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 w
16、ater supplies were 7_.Inspired volunteer graduatedchallengingmuddy/dustyunstableappliedComplete the summary Besides English,Zhang Tian 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 m
17、ade to the village made him very popular among the villagers.He also 11_ to stay for another year.attractivelaughtercontributionsintendedRecall the article1.What did Zhang Tian think of living and teaching in a village before he went there?2.What did Zhang Tian think of living in the village when he
18、 was there?1.He imagined all sorts of exciting things about living and teaching in a village.2.Living in the village was also more challenging than he had thought.3.Their school lives are now more attractive and interesting.Recall the article4.How did the students feel when Zhang Tian was planning t
19、o organize the first ever school concert?5.How did Zhang Tian feel when he got back to his small room after a typical long day?6.How did Zhang Tian feel when his students were able to read,speak and write in English.4.Everyone is very excited.5.After a long day,Zhang Tian finally got back to his sma
20、ll room,feeling tired.6.What made him feel satisfied was that his students were able to read,speak and write in English.Share answers.1.He imagined all sorts of exciting things about living and teaching in a village.2.Living in the village was also more challenging than he had thought.3.Their school
21、 lives are now more attractive and interesting.4.Everyone is very excited.5.After a long day,Zhang Tian finally got back to his small room,feeling tired.6.What made him feel satisfied was that his students were able to read,speak and write in English.When to use-ed/-ing adj.?1.exciting things2.Livin
22、g.challenging 3.school lives interesting.4.Everyone excited.5.feeling tired.6.feel satisfied.When we describe situations or things-ed adj.describes peoples feelings.Where are these adjectives from?excitingchallenginginterestingexcitedchallengedinterestedexcitechallengeinterestv.-ing adj.-ed adj.Work
23、 out the-ed/-ing adj.of the verbs.(Handout:Ex)verbs delightembarrassconfuse boredisappoint frighten-ing adj.-ed adj.delightingdelightedembarrassingembarrassedconfusingconfusedboringboreddisappointingdisappointedfrighteningfrightenedABCDEFMake sentences.When do you send these emojis?Example:I usually send to my friends when-what they say delights me.-what they say is delighting.-I feel delighted.ABCDEFTell a story:how I prepared a birthday gift for my best friend.
