1、Unit 1 Teenge life Lesson 2 Reading and Thinking Learning aims At the end of the class,students are able to 1.talk about their school life2.learn reading skills(predict,skim,scan,summarize)3.know how to analyze the structureLead in1.How do you about your senior high school life?2.What makes you feel
2、 so?Give reasons or examples.Pre-readingGuess what the passage is mainly about.PredictYou can guess the main idea of a passage through the pictures,title,headline and so on.The Freshman Challenge Cultural corner In the United States(American English)Freshman:a student in his or her first year of hig
3、h school or college(美国高中、大学)一年级学生Sophomore:a student in his or her second year of high school or college (美国高中、大学)二年级学生Junior:a student in his or her third year of high school or college(美国高中、大学)三年级学生Senior:a student in his or her fourth year of high school or college(美国高中、大学的)毕业班学生 Pre-readingGuess
4、 what the passage is mainly about.The Freshman Challenge PredictYou can guess the main idea of a passage through the pictures,title,headline and so on.Fast reading SkimYou can find main ideas by first taking a quick look at the title,piture(s),key words and phrases,and topic sentences.Read the text
5、quickly to find the main idea of each paragraph.the first sentencethe last sentence Paragraph 1:Paragraph 2:Paragraph 3:Paragraph 4:Senior high school is a challenge.Adam had to think very carefully about which courses he wanted to take.Adam had to choose extra-curricular activities.Adam will have t
6、o study harder in the future and get used to being responsible for a lot more.WhereStructurePara.Para.Para.Para.TopicThe supporting partsChallengeHow to choose coursesHow to choose extra-curricular activitiesHow to studyCareful readingScanRead quickly but not very thoroughly in order to find key inf
7、ormationScanYou can find details by taking a quick look at some particular information a fact,a name,a date,a statistic,etc.Work in groups to find out the answers to the questions.1.What courses did Adam choose?Which one do you think would be his favorite?Why?2.What does make the team in Paragraph 3
8、 mean?3.What is Adam worried about?4.Is Adam confident that he will get used to senior high school life?How do you know?Careful reading Work in groups to find out the answer to the question.1.What courses did Adam choose?Which one do you think would be his favorite?Why?Adam chose math,English,chemis
9、try,world history,and Chinese.Advanced literature would be his favorite subject because he likes English and he is good at it.2.What does make the team in Paragraph 3 mean?3.What is Adam worried about?“Make the team”means to try out and then be allowed to join a sports team.He is worried about keepi
10、ng up with the other students in his advanced course and getting used to all the homework.Careful readingGuess the meaningYou can read the sentences before or after it to guess its meaning.4.Is Adam confident that he will get used to senior high school life?How do you know?Adam seems confident becau
11、se he says that he is happy to be there,and he will be well prepared for university or whatever else comes in the future.Careful readingSummerize Work in pairs to complete the outline.ParaChallengeHow Adam feelsSolutionCharacter1Confused2 The school adviser _3 He will find a way to _4 He will_Going
12、from junior high school to senior high schoolChoosing suitable coursesChoosing extra-curricular activitiesNot being able to keep up with others a bit nervous unhappy worriedhelped him to choose his courses.improve on his own and make the team next year.work harder and be well prepared for his future
13、.serious determined,kind,helpful hardworking responsible After-reading Work in pairs to discuss the following questions.1.What kind of person do you think Adam is?Why?2.Do you face the same challenges as Adam?What other challenges are you facing?How do you deal with them?3.What are some differences
14、between Adams school life and your school life?Discussion1.What kind of person do you think Adam is?Why?Adam appears to be hard-working and ambitious.I know this because he thought carefully about which courses and extra-curricular activities to take,and thought hard about his future.He is also a ki
15、nd person,because he joined a volunteer club.Discussion2.Do you face the same challenges as Adam?What other challenges are you facing?How do you deal with them?Some of the challenges I face are very much like Adams,while some are quite different.Unlike Adam,I dont have to choose my courses or my sch
16、edule.However,I am worried about my extra-curricular activities and trying to keep my hobbies.My solution to this challenge is to work harder at school so I can make more time for my extra-curricular activities and hobbies.Discussion3.What are some differences between Adams school life and your scho
17、ol life?I dont have to choose my own courses.All day,I am in the same classroom with my classmates,and we all study the same courses.Exercise Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the new words from the text.1.Im good at math,so my teacher _ that I should choose advanced math in my first
18、year.2.Finding time for both studies and extra-curricular activities is a big _,so I need to make a workable schedule.3.Its a little _ to choose suitable courses.I hope that my adviser can help me make a good decision.4.We can try a course for two weeks after we_ up for it.After that,we cannot chang
19、e it.recommendedchallengeconfusingsignExercise5.The main purpose of the course is to help _ each students reading ability.6.Some of the students want to become writers or editors after they _,so the teacher advised them to start a writing club.7.The school is _ for the safety of all the students.8.W
20、henever Im facing a difficulty,I always tell myself,“Dont let anything stop you.Dont ever _.”improvegraduateresponsiblequitCritical thinking1.What can we learn from Adam?2.Have you ever met the same challenges like Adam?How did you deal with them?(Discuss with your partner.)CharacterHomework(difficulties,feelings,solutions.)THANKS!
