1、Reading and ThinkingReading and ThinkingLead-inFree TalkuHow do you feel about your senior high school life?Lead-inFree TalkuWhat new difficulties have you met in your senior high school life?studyfriendshipscheduleaccomodationI have trouble in .It is hard for me to .Lead-inFree TalkuWhat do you thi
2、nk of the school life of teenagers in other countries?Pre-readingWho：.What：.It maybe talk about:.Look at the title and predict what the text is about.a student in the first year of high schoolsomething new and difficult that takes time and hard work to deal withA freshmanChallengea freshmans challen
3、ge at new schoolSkim and try to find the main idea of each paragraph Paragraph 1:.Paragraph 2:.Paragraph 3:.Paragraph 4:.You can find main idea by first taking and a quick look at the title,key words and phrases,and topic sentenceFind the main idea of the first paragraph Hi！My name is Adam and Im a
4、freshman at senior high school.Going from junior high school to senior high school is a really big challenge.The first week was a little confusing.Para 1:.Topic sentencekey wordsSenior high school is a challenge First I had to think very carefully about which course I wanted to take.The school advis
5、er 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.My adviser recommended that I should sign up for advanced literature because I like English and Im good at it.I had to choo
6、se 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 own so that I can make the team next year.I joined a volunteer club instead.Every Wednesday,we work
7、at a soup kitchen and hand out 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.Im a bit worried about keeping up with the other students in my advanced course,and itll be quite difficult to get
8、used to all the homework.Still,Im happy be here.Studying hard isnt always fun,but Ill be well prepared for university or whatever else comes in the future.Para 2:Adam had to choose suitable coursePara 3:Adam had to choose extra-curricular activitiesPara 4:Adam will have to study harder and be respon
9、sible for a lot moreWhats the main idea of the passage?A.The important of taking courses.B.Why Adam joined a volunter club.C.How Adam dealt with the freshman challenge.D.Adam will be prepared for university or whatever else comes in the future.How is the text organized?Para.1A really big challengePa
10、ra.2Challenge 1 Para.3Challenge 2 Para.4Challenge 3 What solutions does he take?How does Adam feel?What challenges does Adam meet?First I had to think very carefully about which course I wanted to take.The school adviser helped me choose the suitable ones:maths,English,chemistry,world history,and Ch
11、inese.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 Im good at it.ParaChallengeAdams feelingsSolutions2Choosing courseThe school adviser .the suitablecareful/ser
12、ioushelped him choose suitable coursesWhich course do you think would be his favorite?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.Ill find a way to improve on my o
13、wn 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.ParaChallengeAdams feelingsSolutions3He will find a way to .Joining the school football teamUnhappyimprove in order to make the t
14、eam next year I know Ill have to study harder as a senior high school student and get used to being responsible for a lot more.Im a bit worried about keeping up with the other students in my advanced course,and itll be quite difficult to get used to all the homework.Still,Im happy to be here.Studyin
15、g hard isnt always fun,but Ill be well prepared for university or whatever else comes in the future.ParaChallengeAdams feelingsSolutions4He will .Keeping up with the other students in his advanced course and getting used to all the homework.Worried but still happy,confident about his future try to s
16、tudy harder and get used to being responsible for a lot moreThe Freshman ChallengeAdam:A at senior high schoolChallengesFeelingsSolutionsfreshmanChoosing the suitable coursesCareful/SeriousThe school dviser helped him choose suitable coursesMaking the school football teamUnhappyHe will find a way to
17、 improve inorder to make the team next yearKeeping up withe the other students in his advanced courses and getting used to all the homeworkWorried but still happy,confident about his futureHe will try to study harder and get used to being responsible for a lot more1.I know the Chinese is a very diff
18、icult language,but I hope to be fluent when I graduate.2.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.3.Im a bit worried about keeping up with the other students in my advanced course,and itll be quite difficult to get used to all
19、the homework.Still,Im happy to be here.4.Studying hard isnt always fun,but Ill be well prepared for university or whatever else comes in the future.What do these sentences have in common?negative positiveWhat kind of person do you think Adam is?bravehardworkingwarm-hearteddeterminedresponsiblesmartp
20、atientactiveconfident We may face same or different challenges when entering senior high school for the first time,but if we stay positive,determined and confident,we can get prepared for whatever comes in the future.Good habits formed at youth make all the difference.-Aristotle青少年时期养成的良好习惯影响很大。青少年时
21、期养成的良好习惯影响很大。-亚里士多德亚里士多德 Complete the passage with the suitable words from the passage.Im Adam,(1)freshman in senior high school.The first week was a little(2)(confuse).There are some(3)(challenge)I have to face in my new school life.First,I had to think carefully about my courses.Chinese is hard to
22、 learn,but I hope I can speak it(4)(fluent)when I graduate.My adviser(5)(recommend)me to sign up for advanced literature because Im good(6)it.Second,I had to choose my extra-curricular activities.I tried(7)(join)the school football team though I couldnt do well in(8)at first.Besides that,I joined a volunteer club.In order to be well(9)(prepare)for university or whatever else(10)(come)in the future,I make up my mind to study harder and get used to new situation.a confusing challengesfluently recommended atto join itpreparedcomes
