1、At the end of the lesson,students will be able to:find out the challenges Adam faced and how he dealt with them infer the feelings when Adam dealt with his challengeslearn the function of signal words and repetition of the same structureexpress their own challenges and explore the possible solutions
2、 Teaching Objectives:1Share your experience as a freshman at high school2freshman challenge What does Adam think of his senior high school life?How did he feel during the first week?Hi,my name is Adam and I am a freshman at senior high school.Going from junior high school to senior high school is re
3、ally a big challenge.The first week was a little confusing.3freshman challenge What does Adam think of his senior high school life?How did he feel during the first week?Hi,my name is Adam and I am a freshman at senior high school.Going from junior high school to senior high school is really a big ch
4、allenge.The first week was a little confusing.?4.Going from junior high school to senior high school is really a big challenge.The first week was a little confusing.First,I had to think very carefully about which courses I wanted to take.The school adviser helped me choose the suitable ones:maths,En
5、glish,chemistry,world history and Chinese.I had to choose extra-curricular activities,too.I tried to join the school football team,but the coach told me that I didnt play well enough.Obviously,I was unhappy,but I wont quit.freshman challenge5.Going from junior high school to senior high school is re
6、ally a big challenge.The first week was a little confusing.First,I had to think very carefully about which courses I wanted to take.The school adviser helped me choose the suitable ones:maths,English,chemistry,world history and Chinese.I had to choose extra-curricular activities,too.I tried to join
7、the school football team,but the coach told me that I didnt play well enough.Obviously,I was unhappy,but I wont quit.freshman challengeby using signal words 6.Going from junior high school to senior high school is really a big challenge.The first week was a little confusing.First,I had to think very
8、 carefully about which courses I wanted to take.The school adviser helped me choose the suitable ones:maths,English,chemistry,world history and Chinese.I had to choose extra-curricular activities,too.I tried to join the school football team,but the coach told me that I didnt play well enough.Obvious
9、ly,I was unhappy,but I wont quit.freshman challengeby using signal words by repeating the same structure 7Read Para 2-3 and complete the outline.ParagraphChallengeFeelingsSolutions23 choose _ courses choose extra-curricular activitiessuitablepuzzled/positivefreshman challenge8Read Para 2-3 and compl
10、ete the outline.freshman challengeFirst,I had to think very carefully about which courses I wanted to take.The school adviser helped me choose the suitable ones:maths,English,chemistry,world history and Chinese.I know that Chinese is a very difficult language,but I hope to be fluent when I graduate.
11、My adviser recommended that I should sign up for advanced literature because I like English and I am good at it.9Read Para 2-3 and complete the outline.ParagraphChallengeFeelingsSolutions23 choose _ courses choose extra-curricular activitiessuitablepuzzled/positive consult the school adviser unhappy
12、/determinedfreshman challenge10Read Para 2-3 and complete the outline.freshman challengeI had to choose extra-curricular activities,too.I tried to join the school football team,but the coach told me that I didnt play well enough.Obviously,I was unhappy,but I wont quit.Ill find a way to improve on my
13、 own so that I can make the team next year.I joined a volunteer club instead.Every Wednesday,we work at a soup kitchen and hand out food to homeless people in the community.11Read Para 2-3 and complete the outline.ParagraphChallengeFeelingsSolutions23 choose _ courses choose extra-curricular activit
14、iessuitablepuzzled/positive consult the school adviser unhappy/determinedimprove on his ownfreshman challenge12Hi,my name is Adam and I am a freshman at senior high school.Going from junior high school to senior high school is really a big challenge.The first week was a little confusing.Why did the
15、author say “really”a big challenge but“a little”confusing?13What challenges will he meet?How does he feel about them?How will he deal with them?freshman challengeRead Para 4 and answer the following questions.14freshman challengeRead the passage again and find language that is related to challenge.1
16、5Hi,my name is Adam and I am a freshman at senior high school.Going from junior high school to senior high school is really a big challenge.The first week was a little confusing.First,I had to think very carefully about which courses I wanted to take.The school adviser helped me choose the suitable
17、ones:maths,English,chemistry,world history and Chinese.I know that Chinese is a very difficult language,but I hope to be fluent when I graduate.My adviser recommended that I should sign up for advanced literature because I like English and I am good at it.I had to choose extra-curricular activities,
18、too.I tried to join the school football team,but the coach told me that I didnt play well enough.Obviously,I was unhappy,but I wont quit.Ill find a way to improve on my own so that I can make the team next year.I joined a volunteer club instead.Every Wednesday,we work at a soup kitchen and hand out
19、food to homeless people in the community.I know Ill have to study harder as a senior high school student and get used to being responsible for a lot more.I am a bit worried about keeping up with other students in my advanced course,and it will be quite difficult to get used to all the homework.Still
20、 I am happy to be there.Studying hard isnt always fun,but I will be well prepared for university or whatever else comes in the future.16What kind of person do you think Adam is?List your evidence.freshman challenge17What kind of person do you think Adam is?List your evidence.Hi,my name is Adam and I
21、 am a freshman at senior high school.Going from junior high school to senior high school is really a big challenge.The first week was a little confusing.First,I had to think very carefully about which courses I wanted to take.The school adviser helped me choose the suitable ones:maths,English,chemis
22、try,world history and Chinese.I know that Chinese is a very difficult language,but I hope to be fluent when I graduate.My adviser recommended that I should sign up for advanced literature because I like English and I am good at it.I had to choose extra-curricular activities,too.I tried to join the s
23、chool football team,but the coach told me that I didnt play well enough.Obviously,I was unhappy,but I wont quit.Ill find a way to improve on my own so that I can make the team next year.I joined a volunteer club instead.Every Wednesday,we work at a soup kitchen and hand out food to homeless people i
24、n the community.I know Ill have to study harder as a senior high school student and get used to being responsible for a lot more.I am a bit worried about keeping up with other students in my advanced course,and it will be quite difficult to get used to all the homework.Still I am happy to be there.S
25、tudying hard isnt always fun,but I will be well prepared for university or whatever else comes in the future.ambitiousdeterminedoptimisticmatureGood habits formed at youth make a difference.18Share your own challenges and solutions.19Homework:Write a passage about the challenges you met and how you solved it.20
