1、Your Life Is What You Make ItUnit 1 Lesson 3What do you think of the classroom?dusty,muddy,challenging,tough,small classrooms,unstable power and water suppliesA volunteer teacherZhang TianWhat do you think the article will talk about?Read and check your prediction.SkillSkimming to check predictions
2、Skimming means reading very quickly to get a general idea of what a text is about.Look at the first and last paragraphs,but dons read every word.Pick out key words.Read the first sentence of each paragraph very quickly.Match the topics with right paragraphs a.Changes and contributions he made b.Reas
3、ons to be a volunteer teacher c.A typical day being a volunteer teacher d.Situation when he arrivedPara.4&5Para.2Para.1Para.3Read again and complete the flow chart.（Ex.4 in P.16）Reasons to Be a Volunteer TeacherSituation When He ArrivedChanges He Made School:Living conditions:School subjectsSchool a
4、ctivitiesStudents learningVillagers lifeRead again and complete the flow chart.Reasons to Be a Volunteer TeacherSituation When He ArrivedChanges He MadeSchool:Living conditions:School subjectsSchool activitiesStudents learningVillagers lifeintroduced more subjects;would organise the first school con
5、cert;He wanted to start a new lifestyle.He was inspired by the idea of going to teach where he was needed the most.much smaller;dusty and muddy playgroundunstable power and water supplies;one shower every three or four days;dishes cooked by himselflearnt English;became more confident in learning.reb
6、uilt the playground;set up a library;helped sell local products onlineRead again and complete the flow chart.（Ex.4 in P.16）Reasons to Be a Volunteer TeacherSituation When He ArrivedChanges He Made School:Living conditions:School subjectsSchool activitiesStudents learningVillagers lifeExpectation/cho
7、icesParents:Friends:Zhang Tian：Choice after a year Read again and complete the flow chart.（Ex.4 in P.16）Expectation/choicesParents:Friends:Zhang Tian：hoped he would go to a big city to find a teaching jobleft his hometown for work in big citiesfelt differentlystarted a new lifestyletaught where he w
8、as needed the mostapplied for and became a volunteer teacher in a village schoolRead again and complete the flow chart.（Ex.4 in P.16）Reasons to Be a Volunteer Teacherwanted to start a new lifestylewas inspired by wonderful teachers from small villagesRead again and complete the flow chart.（Ex.4 in P
9、.16）Situation When He ArrivedSchool:Living conditions:much smaller;dusty and muddy playgroundunstable power and water supplies;one shower every three or four days;cook by himselfchallengingRead again and complete the flow chart.（Ex.4 in P.16）Changes He Made School subjectsSchool activitiesStudents l
10、earningVillagers lifeintroduced more subjects;would organise the first school concert;were able to read,speak,and write in English;became more confident in learning.contacted charity organisations;rebuilt the playground;set up a library;helped sell local products onlineRead again and complete the fl
11、ow chart.（Ex.4 in P.16）Choice after a year feels ready to stay for another yearfeels so happy that he followed his heart when choosing what to do with his lifeRead again and complete the flow chart.（Ex.4 in P.16）Reasons to Be a Volunteer TeacherSituation When He ArrivedChanges He Made School:Living
12、conditions:School subjectsSchool activitiesStudents learningVillagers lifeExpectation/choicesParents:Friends:Zhang Tian：Choice after a year go to a big cityleft his hometownapplied for wanted to start a new lifestylewas inspired by wonderful teachers from small villagesmuch smaller;dusty and muddy p
13、laygroundunstable power and water supplieschallengingintroduced morewould organizewere able to read,speakcontacted charity organisationsfeels ready to stay for another yearfeels so happy that he followed his heart when choosing what to do with his lifeNotes taking in careful reading Answers:1._ Ques
14、tions:?Important points:*Interesting/inspiring points:Answer the following questions.1.What did he think when he saw the bad situation in school at first?What did he do then?2.Why did he introduce the subjects and activities?What were the results?3.What do the villagers think of him?What about himse
15、lf?4.Why did he decide to stay for another year?How did Zhang Tian feel at different time?“excited”Applied for and became a volunteer teacher in a village school“eager”disappointedtroubled“inspired”“satisfied”imagined all sorts of excited things.The school was much smaller The power and water suppli
16、es were unstable Their school lives are now more attactive his students were able to read How did Zhang Tian feel at different time?How did the writer describe ZTs feelings?“excited”Applied for and became a volunteer teacher in a village school“eager”disappointedtroubled“inspired”“satisfied”imagined
17、 all sorts of excited things.The school was much smaller The power and water supplies were unstable Their school lives are now more attactive his students were able to read Use adj.Use contrastDiscuss the following questions.What do you think of Zhang Tians choice?If you were in his situation,what w
18、ould you do?What words can you use to describe Zhang Tian?How do you understand the title“Your life is what you make it”?What can you learn from 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 y
19、ou are needed the most.Role-play 1.Work in group of 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 some
20、thing you have learnt from this report.Zhang TianZhang 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
21、water suppliesdeal with challengesfollow my heart.introduce more subjectsmore attractive and interestingfull of laughter and musicbring changes to the villagecontact charity organisationsrebuild the playgroundset up the libraryhelp the villagers sell local productsLIFE CHOICESYour Life is What You M
22、ake It It is our choices that show what we truly are.-J.K.Rowling.Grammar-ed/-ing adj.Unit 1 Lesson 3Your Life Is What You Make ItA volunteer teacherComplete 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 a
23、nd living conditions were more 5_ than he had thought.The playground was 6_ and the power and water 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 schoo
24、l 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.attractivelaughtercontributionsintendedRecall the article1.What did Zhang Tian think of living and teaching
25、 in a village before he went there?2.What did Zhang Tian think of living in the village when he 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 attracti
26、ve and interesting.Recall the article4.How did the students feel when Zhang Tian was planning to 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 students4.Everyone is very excited.5.After
27、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.Share answers.1.He imagined all sorts of exciting things about living and teaching in a village.2.Living in the village was also mo
28、re challenging than he had thought.3.Their school 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.
29、When to use-ed/-ing adj.?1.exciting things2.Living.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?excitingchallenginginterestingexcitedchallengedinteres
30、tedexcitechallengeinterestexcitingtiringsatisfyingexcitedtiredsatisfiedexcitetiresatisfyv.-ing adj.-ed adj.Work out the-ed/-ing adj.of the verbs.(Handout:Ex)verbs delightembarrassconfuseboredisappoint 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.1234
