1、Reading IUnit 1 Realizing your potential1.How did you feel on your first day at Senior High school?excited nervous happy curious proud other _happy 高兴的高兴的excited 兴奋的兴奋的proud 自豪的自豪的nervous 紧张的紧张的curious 好奇的好奇的 Senior high school is a time of _ discoveryenjoyinglearningworking hardgrowing upPre-readin
2、gQuestion 1:How do you think senior high school will be different from junior high school?a speech by the principal on the first day of termQuestion 2:What do you think the principal will talk about in his speech?Fast readingPara.1 Welcome to senior high school!Para.2 Para.3 Para.4 Para.5 Para.6 Pag
3、e 4 A1 Listen to the speech transcript and find the topic sentence for each paragraph.Para.1 Welcome to senior high school!Para.2 Para.3 Para.4 Para.5 Para.6 I cant wait to describe to you what senior high school life is like.Page 4 A1(check your yesterdays homework)Read the speech transcript and fi
4、nd the topic sentence for each paragraph.Para.1 Welcome to senior high school!Para.2 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 developed when you try hard enough.Page 4 A1(check your yester
5、days homework)Read the speech transcript and find the topic sentence for each paragraph.Para.1 Welcome to senior high school!Para.2 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 developed when
6、you try hard enough.To fully realize your potential,it is important for you to make the most of our school resources.Page 4 A1(check your yesterdays homework)Read the speech transcript and find the topic sentence for each paragraph.Para.1 Welcome to senior high school!Para.2 Para.3 Para.4 Para.5 Par
7、a.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 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 habi
8、ts,useful skills and a positive attitude.Page 4 A1(check your yesterdays homework)Read the speech transcript and find the topic sentence for each paragraph.Para.1 Welcome to senior high school!Para.2 Para.3 Para.4 Para.5 Para.6 I cant wait to describe to you what senior high school life is like.Put
9、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 alone are responsible for reali
10、zing your great potential.Page 4 A1(check your yesterdays homework)Read the speech transcript and find the topic sentence for each paragraph.Fast reading:Find out the structure of the speechPara 1:_ Para 2:_ Para 3-4:_ Para 5:_ Para 6:_Para.1 Welcome to senior high school!Para.2 Para.3 Para.4 Para.5
11、 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 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
12、habits,useful skills and a positive attitude.Be confident,do your best and make us proud.Welcome of students arrivalDefinition of potentialAdvice on realizing potential Description of school lifeAdvice on realizing potential Expectation of studentsIntroduction Body Conclusion The structure of the sp
13、eechIntensive readingWhat is the main idea of the speech?AThe importance of taking courses of senior high school.BWhy Mr Xu advises students to join a volunteer club.CHow Mr Xu encourages students to develop their potential.DMr Xu is worried about students course.答案答案：CPara 1:Welcome to senior high
14、school!Today is the start of _,the start of _,the start of _,a new term a three-year journey a promising future a new environmentnew knowledgenew ways of thinkingChallengesOpportunitiespersonal growthgreat knowledgePara 2:I cant wait to describe to you _.what senior high school life is likewill be r
15、ealized with_.your time and effortIntensive reading:Para 3School resources:classes teachers&classmates school facilities school activitiesPara 4:Besides intelligence,how to develop our character?_ your study,_ clear goals and _ schoolwork with other activities._ the necessary communication and probl
16、em-solving skills._ the bright side and never _ hope in hard situations.PlansetbalanceImproveLook onloseIntensive reading:Read and answer questionsPara 6:Send a good blessing!As Lao-Tzu said,“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”How do you explain what Lao-Tzu said?ABetter late t
17、han never.BKeep feet on the ground and make progress step by step.CThe more you study,the more you will find yourself ignorant.DTalents come from diligence,and knowledge is gained by accumulation.答案答案：BIVpost-readingUnderstanding the language style of the speechPara.1:Today is the start of a new ter
18、m,the start of a three-year journey and the start of a promising future.Para.2:Most importantly,your time and effort at senior high school will open the door to your potential.parallelmetaphorA3 What techniques does the principal use?Step 6 Understanding the language style of the speechPara.6.As Lao
19、-Tzu wisely said,“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”Para.3:“What is potential?”you may ask.asking questionsquotationA3 What techniques does the principal use?Step 7 Understanding the purpose of the speech To inspire To encourage To guide To motivate The principal means to welc
20、ome the students to a new stage of life and prepare them for developing their potential to the full at senior high school.Understanding the language style of the speechTelling storiesGiving examplesBeing humorousUsing statisticsPlan for realizing my potentialThe meaning of“potential”(1)_The example(
21、s)of“potential”(2)_The significance of“potential”(3)_To know myselfmy strengths(4)_my weaknesses(5)_my potential(6)_To realize my potentialStep 1:(7)_Step 2:(8)_Step 3:(9)_Plan for realizing my potentialThe meaning of“potential”(1)Potential is your natural ability that can be developed when you try
22、hard enough.The example(s)of“potential”(2)Beautiful works of art/medical advances you will make/amazing things you will discover.The significance of“potentia(3)It helps make a difference to your family,community and your country.Plan for realizing my potentialTo know myselfmy strengths(4)being optim
23、istic and willing to try new things.my weaknesses(5)lacking organization and patience.my potential(6)study in a more independent way.Plan for realizing my potentialTo realize my potentialStep 1:(7)make the most of school resources.Step 2:(8)acquire good study habits,useful skills and a positive attitude.Step 3:(9)look on the bright side.Where there is a challenge,there is an opportunity.Turn your challenges into opportunities.No challenge,no opportunity.V HomeworkWritingWrite the plans for realizing your potential Try to use the words and phrases that you have learnt.
