Unit1TeenageLife

Period2ReadingandThinking

LeadinWhatdoyouthinkofyourschoollife？busy

challenginginterestingcolorfulguesswhatthetextwillbemainlyaboutbeforereadingbylookingatthepictureandthetitle.ThefreshmanchallengePrereading：Readingskills(閱讀技巧）Skimming（略讀）Youcanfindthemainideasbyfirsttakingaquicklookthetitle,pictures,keywordsandphrasesandtopicsentence,especiallythefirstorlastsentenceofeachparagraph.1.Matchthemainideaswitheachparagraph.Adamhadtochooseextra-curricularactivities.Studyingharderandbeingresponsibleareneeded.Seniorhighschoolisachallenge.Adamhadtothinkcarefullyaboutwhichcourseshewantedtotake.

Readingskills(閱讀技巧）Scanning(掃讀)Scanthetextquicklytofindthesupportingsentences(搜尋支持句)anddetailedinformation,payattentiontonumbers/figures數(shù)字namesofplaces地名namesofpeople人名details細(xì)節(jié)2.Scanthetextandchoosethebestchoice.(1)WhatdoesAdamfeel___inhisfirstweekatschool?A.confusedB.angryC.happyD.worried(2)Whatextra-curricularactivitydoesAdamchoose?A.TheschoolfootballteamB.ThemusicclubC.ThenatureclubD.ThevolunteerclubAnswer:P1line3Answer:P3line5(3)Whatcanyouinferfromthelastparagraph?A.Theseniorschoollifeisboring.B.Theschoollifeisdifficult.C.Theschoollifeisbothchallengingandfun.D.Adamgrowsupstepbystep.(4)WhichwordscanbeusedtodescribeAdam?A.HardworkingandresponsibleB.Cleverandcareful.C.Kindandwarm-hearted.D.Coolandhelpful.Answer:p4Answer:p4line1and2Completetheoutline.Para.

ChallengeHowAdamfeels

Solution1Confused2Choosing_________coursesTheschooladviser_______________________.goingfromjuniorhighschooltoseniorhighschoolthesuitableserioushelpedhimchoosesuitablecoursesPara.

ChallengeHowAdamfeels

Solution3Hewillfindawayto______________________________.4Hewill________________________.MakingtheschoolfootballteamunhappyimprovehisskillsonhisownKeepingupwiththeotherstudentsandgettingusedtoallthehomeworkWorriedbutstillhappy,confidentabouthisfuturestudyharder

I'mAdam,1.___freshmaninseniorhighschool.Thefirstweekwasalittle2.__________(confuse).Therearesome3._________(challenge)Ihavetofaceinmynewschoollife.First,Ihadtothink____

(careful)aboutmycourses.Myadviser5.____________(recommend)metosignupforadvancedliteraturebecauseI'mgood6.____it.Second,Itried7.______(join)theschoolfootballteamthoughIcouldn'tdowellin8.____atfirst.Besidesthat,Ijoinedavolunteerclub.Inordertobewell9.________(prepare)foruniversityorwhateverelse10.______(come)inthefuture,Imakeupmymindtostudyharderandgetusedtothenewsituation.SummaryaconfusingchallengesrecommendedattojionitpreparedcomescarefullyDiscussion：WhatcanyoulearnfromAdam？Discusswithyourpartnerandshareyouranswer.

IknowIhavetostudyharderasaseniorhighschoolstudentandgetusedtobeingresponsibleforalotmore.Studyinghardisn'talwaysfun,butIwillbewellpreparedforuniversityorwhateverelsecomesinthefuture.1..I'mgoodatmaths,somyteacher______________thatIshouldchooseadvancedmathsinmyfirstyear.2.Findingtimeforbothstudiesandextra-curricularactivitiesisabig___________,solneedtomakeaworkableschedule.3.It'salittle____________tochoosesuitablecourses.Ihopethatmyadvisercanhelpmemakeagooddecision.4.Wecantryacoursefortwoweeksafterwe_________upforit.Afterthat,wecannotchangeit.Completethesentenceswiththecorrectformsof

thenewwordsfromthetext.recommendedchallengeconfusingsign5.Themainpurposeofthecourseistohelp___________eachstudent'sreadingability.6.Someofthestudentswanttobecomewritersoreditorsafterthey___________,sotheteacheradvisedthemtostartawritingclub.7